[Random crashing in the background]

Same problem here with an intel iMac.

[Who's excited for 2.0?]

I just want a copy/paste fx without random values...also a free transform.

[Paste FX will resize the effects]

Up! Any news on this crucial point for UI design?

[Paste FX will resize the effects]

One day? I don't understand why this is not resolved since 2017...it's a crucial fix.

[Affinity Designer Customer Beta 1.9.0 (1.9.14 - RC2)]

What about the fix for the Copy Paste FX with pixel value corrected for the RC3 ?

[Crucial features and fix]

Hi!

Here a list of my most wanted features and fixes for Affinity Designer (also for Photo):

• Pixel Persona, the ability to have pixel selections snap to the pixel grid and canvas boundaries with all selection (marquee) tools.

• The software window should stay in its place when I click on items (personas, buttons, etc), it's very frustrating to see the software window that moves when I interact with an element.

• Copy paste FX, please fix this one. It's very, very frustrating to check every element every time I do an fx copy and paste to correct the pixel values of each effect...

• Designer Persona, Free Transform (yep...)

• Saving default settings for Flood Select Tool (and potentially others...)

• Better PSD export (fonts, fx)

• Ability to rotate the canvas with the pen with one or two keys from the keyboard. ( Sometimes I wonder if you are using a Wacom input device )

• Designer Persona, Knife tool

Good luck! And maybe one day I will uninstall Photoshop!

[Flood Fill Tool working randomly]

I think I know why it's not working. If you use the mouse for exemple and if you switch from the move tool without moving your mouse, you can't fill with the flood fill tool unless you move your mouse a bit.

[Flood Fill Tool working randomly]

Hi @MEB

Here is a little clip where you will see that I try to click multiple times with the fill tool to fill the second black square in red. (I can't find an app to display recorded mouse/pen inputs on the screen.)

Also I tried with several tolerance value and it's the same.

[Laggy paint brush input after zoom in/out]

I just tried, it's better with a slight lag. We can say it's a temporary fix for me, thanks!

[Laggy paint brush input after zoom in/out]

I have the last driver installed, but as I said on the first post, I got the same lag with the mouse too. This happens if you draw very quickly after using the zoom.

Also I noticed that if I'm on metal acceleration instead of OpenGL it's more laggy when I'm drawing quickly.

 

[Laggy paint brush input after zoom in/out]

Hi @SPaceBar

Any news on it? 

 

[Flood Fill Tool working randomly]

Hi,

I got some serious issues with the Flood Fill Tool (Designer and Photo, also on the last customer beta)

When I use the Move Tool to select a pixel layer, and when I switch to the Flood Fill Tool to fill the desired part of the pixel layer, often the input is not registered and I have to click several times in order to get the job done.

I tried on several canvas sizes, wacom pencil, mouse and I'm able to reproduce it very easily.

[Flood Select Tool settings by default]

Hello!

I would really like to have the option to save the Flood Selection Tool settings by default because whenever I work on multiple files I have to do for each independent file the following process:

1. Select the Flood Select Tool
2. Go to the menu bar
3. Click the tolerance button
4. Set the tolerance to 0
5. Uncheck the Contiguous box.
6. Do my work on the file
7. Repeat...

 

[Laggy paint brush input after zoom in/out]

Hi @SPaceBar

Wacom Intuos Pro, last macOS Catalina 10.15.5, Affinity Designer 1.8.3.

The problem happens with every brush, every sizes (but increase if the canvas is bigger). I noticed that if I wait 2-3s before drawing after I'm using the "scrubby" zoom I have no latency for the first new input. And as I said, I have no problem at all on Affinity Photo.

I have the problem with the mouse too if I'm trying to draw with it.

[Laggy paint brush input after zoom in/out]

I'm the only one?

[Laggy paint brush input after zoom in/out]

Each time I zoom in / out on my A4 canvas I have some delay for the first paint brush input (both with wacom tablet and mouse). I don't have this problem on Affinity Photo. (Same config, same brush, same canvas)

With smaller canvas it's better but I also feel the slight delay.

I tried with OpenGL and Metal to see differences but it's the same for both renderer.

[Expand Stroke Problems]

I have the same problem, maybe we should have an option like 3D software do to clean / merge by distance nodes.

This will be very useful and we can imagine having a distance parameter for better control.

[Better Clipping Layer Options]

You have two ways to create a "mask":

First, you can have a rectangular shape, set its opacity to 0% and drag what you want inside and it will act as a mask.

Or you can have your rectangular shape above your group, set the layer to "mask to below" and everything below the mask will be masked.

For both ways, I have no problem of resizing the mask to not lose any contents aspect ratio with the "lock childen" checked.

If it's not clear, maybe you should post a screen of your problem or your file!

[Better Clipping Layer Options]

Hi notMateo,

if I clearly understand your problem, for the first use-case you have to check "lock children" on the context toolbar (the top one) , you will be able to move your boxed layer mask and the content inside will not move.

For the second use-case, you just have to put your adjustment layer inside the group and above all layers.

[Copy/Paste individual FX and remove them all]

Hi Calma!

Yes, I use the shortcut to copy paste FX but as I said, I just want to copy one FX from a layer with multiple FX. It takes time to copy all fx and to go to the effects layer to uncheck unwanted FX one by one...

That's why I submit the idea of a right click option on the FX layer panel to just copy the selected or multi selected FX. And we can add the option to turn off selected FX too.

[Copy/Paste individual FX and remove them all]

Hi!

I would like to have the ability to copy and paste one or several FX's layers from a shape. As we have the Effects layers panel, we could have a right click option to copy the desired FX.(one or several selected)

Also to remove all FX's from a layer it's a long process because we have to deselect each layers one by one. It would be nice to have a turn off/turn on option with a right click on the layer for exemple.

[Copy/Paste/Replace selected nodes]

Hi!

When I'm working on UI, I want to quickly copy and paste or replace selected nodes inside the same shape or another shape.

I know I can do it with a compound object but it's a long process when you just want to isolate a group of nodes and turn them into a new curves path or paste/replace on another.

[Designing a gradient is a slow process]

+1 on this.

We will save a lot of clicks/time and it should be every time we want to choose a color

Also the drag is a slow process, why I can't just click on the color picker and click where I want to pick a color? We can have both solution.

[Copy > Paste Fx Causes Rescaling of Drop Shadows]

Hi @Sean P 

I have the same problem with Inner glow, outer glow, etc... Everything with the pixel parameters on FX gives random pixel sizes from the original element copied (and I have "Scale with Object" unchecked)

The same goes for Styles. When I'm working on UI elements, I need consistency of FX and it would be nice when I apply a style to an object to keep the exact pixel values instead of random pixel scales.

[Scrollbar not displayed from the Brushes Panel on MacOS]

It depends, I use the arrow keys from the keyboard when I'm on safari/chrome or I'm using the mouse instead. Wacom touch functionality is not great for me so all my touch features, buttons and scroll ring on the tablet are disabled.

The layers panel has by default its scroll bar activated instead of the Brushes panel, so this is an inconsistency for me. You can see on the attached file below.