Moddo

Hi @brntoki, @Invictus, everyone,
We are aware that masking could do with some improvements. V1.9 (currently in Beta) already introduced a few changes/improvements but there's still work to do. It doesn't seem fair to me comparing Affinity Photo to other apps that were on the market/being developed for two decades no matter how basic same features may seem - not so much because we can't implement them, but because there's a lot of "basic" features to consider depending on user's point of view/interests, because we are also developing the whole suite in parallel (features introduced in Photo must be also supported and used in the other apps) but mostly because the resources we have are far from being comparable to those that Adobe has available. We are doing our best to develop/expand the apps as fast as we can, taking user's feedback in consideration whenever is possible but it takes time to get there. I've filled an improvement request for this in the hope it gets added along with other masking improvements for the next version but it's up to management/development to decide if/when to implement it. Thanks all for your feedback and understanding.

I cant believe there is no fullscreen mode in AF Photo!! Im using fullscreen mode in PS all the time to evaluate my design without having the UI in the eye all time ... Its a very simple feature - but super important imho! Please consider adding it asap.................

Of course, every designer should have the ability to preview their work-in-progress, full screen, without having to export it as and then view it in a separate image-viewer application.
This is so obvious, that it is baffling how the programmers of this software have not included this for Windows users.
Judging by the date this request was first posted, it's now at least three-and-a-half-years waiting for a features which comes with most free image editors as standard.
I think this Affinity team don't care about Windows users, as Mac OS apparently has a system which lets them view the application full screen.
So the team have chosen to simply ignore their Windows customers, because their Apple customers are already served with this function.
This is unacceptable.

Firstly and importantly, let me preface the following by saying how happy I am using Affinity Photo as a new user. So many great features and such an incredible bargain. My hat goes off to the development team and everyone at Affinity for what they have achieved.
With regard to the aforementioned 'full screen' mode however, I must say that I was both a little surprised and also disheartened to see that this basic feature, which at this current point in time, was apparently requested over three years ago, has not yet been implemented into the Affinity application(s). it makes one wonder when or if it ever will be? 
But for whatever it's worth, let me also add my support for the inclusion of a true 'full screen' (user interface-less) mode within the Affinity suite, or at least within Affinity Photo (to achieve more parity with Photoshop).
I will add that as an ex semi-advanced Adobe user, I was pleasantly surprised at just how many features Affinity were already able to match with the vastly more expensive Photoshop.
However, that only makes the omission of what would appear to be rather a relatively simple feature to implement, all the more puzzling. Especially, since the somewhat related 'tab' functionality to hide some parts of the UI (toolbars and panels) etc. 'has' effectively been 'emulated' from that other well known software. I guess the question is, why not go all the way and also include the completely 'full screen' (i.e. zero UI clutter / no menus) that is offered in that competitor?
If this is more complicated than it would seem to actually implement, then apologies for my ignorance. However, it just seems like a no-brainer to add to Affinity's already stellar applications.
This would be a very appreciated feature to many users, especially to those migrating over from Adobe to Affinity (since it has been a staple feature within Photoshop, since as least far back as I can remember) and Affinity have already gone at least 'part' of the way, with the existing 'tab' mode.
Here's hoping  some future user isn't reading this in another three years time and still requesting this.
Thank you.

OK, but I still want to preview designs I make for games and videos fullscreen fast and easily.

Nowhere in Affinity Designer can I find character-level letter manipulation anywhere. I don't mean the Character - Positioning and Transform table. This is suitable for normal kerning, although still a very clumsy and slow way.
I want the possibility of horizontal and vertical shift of the character in Artistic Text Tools. Just like I show in the video.
Is this possible in AD? And I don't mean conversion to curves.
Because if he can't make such a small change for a few seconds, I'll do it relatively uncomfortably and for a long time.
The source is from Corel and I understand I'm soaked with it (25 years of work). Affinity has many perfect techniques and ways, but I haven't worked out this basic technique for me.
Thank you very much for your guidance and answers.
 
Video example from CorelDraw: 
 
 

Way too cumbersome. I miss that feature, too.

Do it.
By the way - you can also move a rectangle with the Transform Panel ... 😉

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Hi and welcome to the forums @Moddo
See the Character Panel

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Nowhere in Affinity Designer can I find character-level letter manipulation anywhere. I don't mean the Character - Positioning and Transform table. This is suitable for normal kerning, although still a very clumsy and slow way.
I want the possibility of horizontal and vertical shift of the character in Artistic Text Tools. Just like I show in the video.
Is this possible in AD? And I don't mean conversion to curves.
Because if he can't make such a small change for a few seconds, I'll do it relatively uncomfortably and for a long time.
The source is from Corel and I understand I'm soaked with it (25 years of work). Affinity has many perfect techniques and ways, but I haven't worked out this basic technique for me.
Thank you very much for your guidance and answers.
 
Video example from CorelDraw: