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This is a must have as far as my work goes.  I've been doing hacks to get around it - but at a cost of many hours, literally.  I vote +1

This is a must have as far as my work goes.  I've been doing hacks to get around it - but at a cost of many hours, literally.  I vote +1

In addition, my strong need is that the fill is proportionally distorted as the object shape is manipulated.  Wishlist for my ongoing project commitments.

Agreed - It's the silence (neglect?) that is frustrating.  A reply such as "we hear you.  We are currently focusing on other key improvements and priorities and will give you an update later.  This feature IS on our planning list."
That said - I love the product and do recommend it for most users.  I've also said in surveys before - I'd be willing to pay more for the base product - It's more than worth it.
The silence spurns roumours and loss of interest, unfortunately.

Agreed - It's the silence (neglect?) that is frustrating.  A reply such as "we hear you.  We are currently focusing on other key improvements and priorities and will give you an update later.  This feature IS on our planning list."
That said - I love the product and do recommend it for most users.  I've also said in surveys before - I'd be willing to pay more for the base product - It's more than worth it.
The silence spurns roumours and loss of interest, unfortunately.

I VERY STRONGLY SUPPORT ADDING THIS AS A DIRECT FEATURE - not a complicated workaround. 
I need custom vector fills and swatches for draweings/images MULTIPLE TIMES EVERY DAY and having to create fill assets, create object containers and subordinate the fill asset to the container layer is absolutely not practical. The complicated work-around above is not practical for every day, repeat needs.  I have hundreds of drawings to apply this to.   As well, the images copied do not accurately reflect the fill as needed. 
PLEASE, PLEASE fix / add this.  I am currently looking for another app that has this ability.  (other than going backto Serif Draw 8 legacy which does this pretty well.) 

Sorry - I know about and have tried this workaround.  But with hundreds of figures to do (not counting rework from Customer feedback) - this is downright impractical. 
Odd that this basic feature has been requested for years and although Affinity Photo has such a feature, it remains unsolved for Designer.  So, I will be using Serif Draw until I find a different product that fulfills my Production needs.

Sorry - I know about and have tried this workaround.  But with hundreds of figures to do (not counting rework from Customer feedback) - this is downright impractical. 
Odd that this basic feature has been requested for years and although Affinity Photo has such a feature, it remains unsolved for Designer.  So, I will be using Serif Draw until I find a different product that fulfills my Production needs.

Sorry - I know about and have tried this workaround.  But with hundreds of figures to do (not counting rework from Customer feedback) - this is downright impractical. 
Odd that this basic feature has been requested for years and although Affinity Photo has such a feature, it remains unsolved for Designer.  So, I will be using Serif Draw until I find a different product that fulfills my Production needs.

I ended up with a picture/image with no fill.
FINALLY - I've decided to revert to my old copy of SERIF DrawPlus 8.  It does everything I want in vector fill.  (Importing image into Designer does not work.  You just get an image.)
So for now, working on my book wholly outside of Designer and waiting for the someday when basic Vector fill function is included in Designer.  

I ended up with a picture/image with no fill.
FINALLY - I've decided to revert to my old copy of SERIF DrawPlus 8.  It does everything I want in vector fill.  (Importing image into Designer does not work.  You just get an image.)
So for now, working on my book wholly outside of Designer and waiting for the someday when basic Vector fill function is included in Designer.  

Argh.  This is where I was typing and it would not take.  I reopened Designer and now it works.  I had something wrong, but works now.  Thanks.
Thanks,
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Can Affinity tell us if they really are working on a vector fill or not?  A post in 2014 suggests that it was in the mix.  (See below.)  That's 7 years ago.  Is it any closer, or should we plan to count on other resources/tools?
> On 10/9/2014 at 1:33 PM, TonyB said:
>  We will add a vector fill tool but we want to do it right so it might take a while.

I VERY STRONGLY SUPPORT ADDING THIS AS A DIRECT FEATURE - not a complicated workaround. 
I need custom vector fills and swatches for draweings/images MULTIPLE TIMES EVERY DAY and having to create fill assets, create object containers and subordinate the fill asset to the container layer is absolutely not practical. The complicated work-around above is not practical for every day, repeat needs.  I have hundreds of drawings to apply this to.   As well, the images copied do not accurately reflect the fill as needed. 
PLEASE, PLEASE fix / add this.  I am currently looking for another app that has this ability.  (other than going backto Serif Draw 8 legacy which does this pretty well.)