[[Photo] Specify Marquee aspect ratio/absolute dimensions]

is there a way to set the ratio/dimensions for the marquee tool?

[[Photo] Is support for metadata editing coming in the near future?]

I wonder when we'll see the feature in AP

I really wish to open photoshop less frequently 

 

[[Designer] is there a "Make Grid" feature to duplicate objects to form a grid layout?]

in Sketch, there's this convenient feature "Make Grid"

I wonder if Affinity Designer has it too

Thanks

[Bleeds]

Hi mike,

Welcome to Affinity Forums :)

Yes, you have to extend the artwork a little beyond the canvas/artboard to cover the bleed area. The issue here is that currently there's isn't a bleed preview on canvas so you don't know exactly where it is. This will be implemented in a future version.

 

Hi, may I know if bleed preview is going to be added in 1.6?

Thank you.

[[Designer] Inspector panel to show object dimensions & position?]

Hi Eggimage,

 

the Transform panel a the bottom right of the app should do what you are looking for :)

 

C

 

1. AWESOME! THANKS!

[[Designer] Inspector panel to show object dimensions & position?]

I'm switching from Sketch and still getting used to Affinity Designer.

I wonder if there's an inspector panel that shows the dimensions & positions of the selected objects?

 

Thanks

 

inspector in Sketch:

 

 

[cropping canvas to selected object's size]

1. Is there a way to crop the document/canvas/artboard to the exact rectangular area of the selected objects?

 

In photoshop, you could cmd+click on the layer's thumbnail to select the entire object in the layer, then press C to switch to crop tool, and it automatically fits the crop area to the selection, so you get the minimum canvas size that fits the object.

 

How do you achieve this in AD? While it's able to cmd+click on a layer to select the objects, I can't figure out a way to do the cropping for the canvas other than adjusting the document size with numbers.

 

2. when exporting, the "Area" dropdown menu is greyed out, how do I enable it?

 

Thanks

[Designer Workbook in digital format? iBooks version please?]

does the new tutorial book only come in physical copies? could you release an (interactive) iBooks version?

[Awesome Affinity iPad News!]

Any timeline on its release date yet? Totally thrilled

[Can we do software requests? possible Lightroom alternative?]

Love your software. I wonder if you guys have any plans for a Lightroom alternative

I look forward to the Indesign replacement next year.