Raffomatiko

Any update on this topic? Searching for an answer in May 2020. 
Thank you, Affinity Team! The animated function would make you 200% more awesome!

Hello, Affinity team.
So i've been using Affinity Photo for quite some time and i was thinking if i could do some Animations, so i've looked hours if theres any tool for Animations and found nothing.
So my recommendation is to add some kind of Animation tool, because many people on the Internet are the same Opinion.
I really like Affinity Photo and dont want to Change to other programms so i would be happy if you could try something.

Hopefully u guys can add possibility of making animated gifs! I’ve been doing this in photoshop and now since I switch to affinity I need to go always to other apps to do that coz is not supported in ur applications! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇

maybe I'm missing it, but is there an option to open a JPEG, or bitmap image
and trace,or convert it to a vector file for further editing? If not there should be one, it would be a great option. even if it had only a few modes like black and white, and 5 color
it would make me convince me to convert from adobe illustrator

Illustrator has them, Inkscape has them (free no less), but Affinity does not.  They sure would be helpful in creating depth maps and 3D reliefs for CNC and Laser projects.