Brinomi

Take a look to sketchbook, it is incedible smooth and fast in vectorpainting

Yes please. Many designers use Samsung and other pro level tablets.

Absolutely!!!

Yes. We need an Android version please.

Its just crazy there isn't an Android version of Affinity.
My two cents.
Yadda yadda about M1 and processors etc. This is a professional tool, Affinity is not supposed to be just winning a drag race for number crunching speeds. I'd be quite happy with my Android tablet coming in a few milliseconds behind Mac, as long as it got the job done in a tolerable time. 
 
 

Almost every printer (in the Netherlands) has automated their preflight check with pdf/x-1a:2001. If otherwise, it will return an error message.
I switch frequently from print suppliers. Most of them use pdf/x-1a:2001. It maybe an old standard, but it's foolproof.  So why not implement in Affinity suite. I still use Indesign for exporting cPDF.
I use pdf/x-1a:2001 in the last 15 year and never had an issue. So why change a winning team. Affinity should know.
 
I hope it's on their roadmap asap.

So Sad...
Here in Brazil 99% only accept a PDF/x-1a:2001, I keep using Adobe Ilustrator only for export in PDF/x-1a:2001. If Affinity add this preset, i can leave all the adobe products...

That's sad.
As you see many major printers still require 2001. they are living in the past.
And they may keep using 2001 till the end of the world.
 

I live in Brazil and most of the print shops here demands this PDF format to send our jobs. Yes, it is an old format, blablabla... but I liked Affinity Publisher because it is most pratical to me and foremost the affordable price besides other solutions.
Thanks in advance.
PS: sorry my bad english, not my native language.

Maybe having the ability to save Presets would do the trick in such situations.
 
Some of the reasons for me to use Affinity Designer is that some great decisions have been made in terms of workflows. It's lacking features, yes, but it has the potential and the time to have such neatly done implementations.
 
Yes, the point to use some screenshots of the rival App is just to show desired results, with the intention of making things better, locical and natural, not in the old-fashioned way. Also, thanks to you. With your experience and knowledge you provide valuable inisghts to many of us novices.
I hope we can read some of the thoughts from the Dev-Team.
Best regards!

TYPE FOUR
How could I forgot? Another kind of Distortion that some might find useful is to adapt text into some specific shape.
The idea is as follows: the ability to fit text into a shape, like this one (again, with editing capabilities):


So, yeah, with this one added, I know it's A LOT to cover, but please, take it into consideration for your internal Roadmap.
Best regards!

Hi there!
DISCLAIMER: First of all, this is not another "bring the Mesh Warp / Distort Tool right now!" Topic. I'm not asking the Team to give us an estimated time of arival... None of that. It's something different, hinted in the Title.
INTRODUCTION & INTENTIONS
The purpose of this Topic is to share my thoughts and considerations, specially with @MattP, the talent behind this and some other great Features, to keep in mind when developing this. Why? The reasons are simple:
Some of us are more than impatient to have this Feature available. It's been on the Roadmap for so long... Many need this and they are all in into Designer and lefting [Design Application] behind. There are high hopes and so much anticipation. And it's in the Dev Team plans. That's all good, but... is the gap between the Dev Team idea and the users need really been closed, even narrowed? When realeased, will it be what a lot of people are expecting? That's the key point that might turn things ugly here in the Forums.
So, I want to open a relaxed discussion to talk about needs, capabilities and workflow. I will do so by diving the kins of distortions I know in 3:
TYPE ONE
Miscellanous Specific Forms Distortions:
Topic 1: Arc Warp. @TonyB confirmed it will be doable as some other transformations. Said feature works like this for texts (but also for shapes), in Illustrator 2019 and on other Apps like PSE 10:

The other transformations available are this ones. Available on both Apps but they don't work exactly in the same way:

 
Now, the thing about these transformations (and the other Types) are these ones: Control and configuration. They are done through a set of parameters, not through a Mesh like the one in Affinity Photo. so, it's not just that it's doable, but that it's repeatable and done with a degree of presicion. And of course, it has to be editable and resetable, or as it's called nowadays: live. For example, trying to do it through a Mesh is not that great (the red one is done by hand after a lot of struggle, and it's no good):

That's the Arc Warp but imagine this for all kind of options known to man.
TYPE TWO
The next thing is about Perspective, whis is another popular requested feature.
Topic 2. This is really clear as what it has to do. Not just of one object, but for an entire Group, to do a pseudo 3D thing. On this one, DrawPlus does a good job and offers interesting options, like the slider on the Top part, and it gives the sens of working with a 3D object.

The one in Illustrator does its part, but once you transform an object, you can't have the original back, so it's a destructive effect (making this a live feature would be awesome).

If the angles of "rotation" can be in the form of parameters and mouse control, would make it cover all scenarios.
TYPE THREE
The last kind of Distortion people ask for in the forums is the Free Transform.
Topic 3. This is the one that sounds more like the one currently present for bitmaps in Photo or the Envelop Tool in DrawPlus. Personally, this is the least I am interested in, but it has its uses and would make this feature as robust as it can be.

I see there are two variations to this feature:
One with the handles, as seen on the previous pictures. One with "sharp" cornes, without the handles (it's almost like a Perspective Distortion, but I present it like a different one because with a perspective you should be able to maintain the aspect ratio, with this one you can go beyond that). In Illustrator, the Free Distort Effect does this in the "sharp corner" fashion, turning it to semi-curves in some extreme distortions:

As with the previous ones, the ability to reset and edit the effect on already distorted objects, would be gold.
SUMMARY
As I said, when talking about Distortions / Warping, most people have one or more of the three I showed. So, I leave some key points:
Having all of the three types listed above in Designer is the best thing that can happen in this regard to Serif and us the Users. Also, having the ability to reset, edit and have parameters in some of the cases, would provide absolute control (and enjoyment). If the Dev Team implements this one after the other and not all in the initial release, even if it's not desirable, is still a good path. Limiting to one or two of the Three Types "by design" would hurt the product. Very important: I'm not saying "copy this and copy that", I'm just showing examples of the possible use cases for a Tool like this; however it's implemented, as long as it's logical and feels natural, offering all of the capabilities presented, would be perfect. So, citing Matt himself:
I want our products to be good in their own right: It’s not good enough to be better than ‘x’ or ‘y’, you should just be really good and that be the end of the sentence
I expect from you what you have set as your own goal: the best possible Affinity Designer.
Finally, I invite anyone who wants to contribute by bringing examples or something they want for this Feature that I missed.
Best regards!

Still these time consuming workarounds involving a secondary purchase are not exportable as vector.
The ecosystem of three apps with features fragmented into each app is pointless. There has to be some overlap, even more so now they actually share the code for it. And when they share code it makes absolutely no sense to have to switch to Photo or Publisher to use features Designer supports anyway. And vice versa.
Lets see what will actually be implemented and/or changed in coming revisions and versions. Dreams do not count.

Personally I think the way it works right now is not the finished workflow. It's an intermediate step (some may call it a workaround). I am sure AD will have a capable envelope and distort funciton of it's own. Perhaps a refined version of distort in APh. I'm looking forward to what they come up with.
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It has, however, some disadvantages. One is that even if you convert text to curves, each letter will have its own Live Filter, and if you export that file, the result is not the distorted curves.
 
All of the examples are shown to provide examples (with links to other Topics) of what people expecto. One of the purposes of this Topic is to reduce the gap of what we expect and what Serif have plans on developing.
Best regards!

Why oh why do so many people feel the need to be so aggressive and threatening in their requests demands for features? I very much doubt that being so unpleasant to what is a very responsive company which sells its really good products at amazing prices is going to cause them to drop everything and add your requested demanded feature. What was that saying about honey and vinegar?

Draw an ellipse Draw a rectangle to it sits over the middle of the ellipse like so Now do a Geometry: Subtract and you should now have this While the object is still selected do a Geometry: Divide, this will separate the left and right shapes into their own layer Again while the shapes are still selected, Select the Node Tool and drag over the four inner nodes and from the context menu just above the workspace select Action: Break Curve (first Icon) Now delete the layers shown in the image below You should now have this

It's all very well comparing the latest iPad with the latest Android tablet.  But Affinity Photo was released 3 years and therefore works on 3/4 year old hardware.  I don't think modern Android tablets would struggle at all. 
Unfortunately, this seems to be a commercial decision, which we must respect.
However, with Krita coming to Android, we may not need Affinity Photo at all.   However, awesome it is.
 
 

hi, I have a question - do not you plan to enter Affinity on Android devices? - today devices with this system are able to support the software often have better solutions than those in Apple - an example may be Note series from Samsung, these phones and tablets have a great hardware specification as well as have an excellent S-pean

Hello MEB(?) :) 
 
 
Thx for your lighting fast reply.
I've attached two pics with this post to clarify what I'm up to.
 
When using the Pen tool, I sometimes get additional distances (in red) between two nodes (though I wasn't able to screen capture them). This is helpful, but why not snap to the middle, when you already have the data?
 
Or when using the Node tool, I can hover over a line and insert a additional node, which is good,  so I'm able to do this (snap to middle) with the object itself (this is why I might be able to do this on the sides and on the top/bottom of the attached hexagon) not with the line. -_-
 
I got you right, this option isn't implemented yet, or am I missing something fundamental?
I mean, working with symmetry is on of THE most important feature to have in content creation (and also lining up vertices/nodes evenly on any line).
Because I really like to make the transition away from Illustrator and use AD as a freelancer professionally (where the 50 bucks is really cheap, dunno how much longer you can sustain this price-policy if you transition further into a whole suite of pro-grade tools with Pages and stuff).
 
Anyways...
if any of you out there has a workaround, I'd appreciate every help. :) 
 
 
 
Bo
 
 
 
It took me seconds to do this in Corel Draw. I really would appreciate if you'd implement some serious node- & line-tools in 1.6!
This is a dealbreaker for some kind of work. thx.

Yeah, I also miss the option to add a point in the center of a curve...
Like Sketch has it -> you just have to press shift when adding a point and it's perfectly in the center between 2 points.
This makes it very easy and quick to create simple geometric icons!

This just needs to be a menu option like Illustrator – something like Object => Offset Path => <enter value>. So much faster than this method.

Hello!
I love the isometric-Tool in Designer!
I would like creat isometric vector icons like shte SmartIcon Generator 2 for photoshop (creates bitmap-graphics).
Is there in the Designer a extrude-toll like in coreldraw or Libreoffic Draw (see screenshot)?
Regards
max
 

Hi chirpy,
 
please note that it is already implemented. Just uncheck Show text in points in the preferences and text sizes will be shown in document units …
 
Hope that helps …  :)
Alex 

Now, I don‘t know if this is still relevant, but I found this website Photopea which lets you work with smart objects, that are needed for mockups. You simply drag and drop your PSD file in, double click the smart object layer, edit it, save it with crtl S and return to your mockup.