Carlonike

QR Generation integrated in with Publisher would be a nice feature. Yes you can create QR codes elsewhere, but can you create QR codes based on variable data? Not all QR codes are common in their use. I have a few clients who generate QR codes based on data, so each piece addressed to a person will have a different QR code, or for business cards when scanning the QR code it adds their contact info. This can all be done through a data merge and because Indesign has QR creation it can be done directly with the data, no manual creation of the QR code for each name. 

Yes, I see now there are many options in the App store to explore, but sure would be nice to have this creation with Designer then option to connect up with data base or file to merge that info into a bar code. 

I have a job which requires labels printing with a unique QR Code. Not one for all, but each label needs a unique QR code with a custom info behind it.
We are talking sequential code in tens of thousands of consecutive numbering and variations - so basically a variable data merge from a CSV to a custom QR Code.
It is fairly straightforward with InDesign which can do all of that in a single operation - so Data Merge & Custom QR Code generation on a template, which then is populated in required sequential number of times for further imposition onto larger sheet and subsequent printing / kiss cutting and so on.
It would be great to have such possibility with Affinity Publisher. Just the QR Code generator from a Data source (CSV, Excel, Database etc.).... 

I would like to suggest some things which could be beneficial added to affinity publisher: 
 
- QR code generator
- watermarking
 

Apps: All
Platforms: macOS and Windows
When in the move tool, as well as other object creation tools such as shapes, picture frames and artboard tool, pressing Return or Enter will now show a new dialog, allowing you to specify a precise distance you want to move your current selection. e.g. below I am moving the apple 100px to the left and 200px down. As you can see that also shows what it means in terms of what angle and distance that relates to. You can alternatively choose to manually specify distance and angle. 

The original position of the object is indicated with a light grey box.

In addition you can chose to duplicate the object to the new position, and also specify how many copies of it you want to make. In the below example I've moved the item 200px at a 45 degree angle and checked the duplicate box, and 5 copies. This results in a total of 6 apples.

 
As you are adjusting any of the values you will get a live preview of your result. You can choose to cancel the operation with the Cancel button (or Esc) or commit with the OK Button (or Return / Enter) or simply by clicking off the dialog.
The dialog will optionally remember it's previous values the next time you bring it up when you have "Previous Settings" checked, meaning you can move multiple objects one by one by the same amount (for example in a case where items are on different spreads / artboards or in other cases where achieving a multiple selection of them to begin with is difficult). A Reset button is also available to quickly zero all the values in the dialogs to start from scratch.

As well as manually typing the values in, you can also change them by click-drag on any of the labels, or using mouse roller when hovering over any of the input boxes.

Rotation

As has been requested during the beta of this feature we have now added the additional option of Rotation. This again makes it easy to rotate an object by a specific amount. It also opens up some useful options when used in combination with duplicate.

e.g. in the example below I have created a ring of 25 evenly spaced squares, by moving the transform origin of the square and choosing a rotation of 14.4 degrees with 24 copies. TIP: you don't need to get your calculator out as all of these fields accept equations. So in this case you could just type "360/25" in the Rotation field to work out 14.4 degrees is the required value.

You can also try playing with a rotation and distance step on duplicates for various effects. e.g. below a couple examples with a line and a star where copies are being stepped by both a distance and rotation:


 

One of the only reasons I have not gone completely to Affinity and keep an old copy of Illustrator CS6 is because of the image trace function. Converting of bitmap/raster images to vector artwork is a mainstay for logo designers. Having to manually do this in Designer is a real drag.  

agree entirely
+1 for global & editable styles

Affinity 1.9.2 and still not possible to set opacity on global colors?!
I just started to create icons theme and got stuck hard on this, when I'm unable to define global transparent colors to be used on all icons.

This is still an issue in 1.7.3.481.

Would be very handy to be able to edit opacity of global colours.

affinity calendario.zip
Ho creato due nuovi modelli di calendario, uno a due colonne con ai lati il mese precedente ed il mese successivo, e uno di tipo settimanale. Ho anche creato un file HTML che attraverso JavaScript crea i dati per creare il calendario da copiare e incollare nel file csv. Può essere usato anche per gli anni futuri visto che il codice JavaScript calcola le fasi lunari e quando cade il giorno di Pasqua. il codice JavaScript prepara i dati per diversi tipi di calendario: a una colonna, a due colonne, a tre colonne o settimanale. Prepara anche i mesi precedenti e successivi se sono necessari per la grafica del calendario. Distingue poi i giorni festivi da quelli feriali, e i giorni appartenenti al mese precedente e successivo, in modo da poter abbinare uno stile differente e distinguerli graficamente nel calendario.
Se qualcuno dovesse avere problemi ad utilizzare questo calendario risponda in questo forum che proviamo a risolverlo insieme.
 
I created two new calendar templates, one with two columns with the previous/next months on the sides, and one of the weekly type. I also created an HTML file that through JavaScript creates the calendar's data to copy and paste in the csv file. It can also be used for future years as the JavaScript code calculates the phases of the moon and when Easter day. JavaScript code prepares data for different types of calendars: one-column, two-column, three-column, or weekly. It also prepare the preceding and following months if they are needed for the calendar graphics. It then distinguishes holidays from weekdays, and the days belonging to the previous and following month, in order to assign a different style and graphically distinguish them in the calendar.

If anyone should have problems using this calendar, please answer in this forum that we try to solve it together.
 

Si tratta di un file documento Publisher che, prendendo i dati da un file .csv, genera il calendario 2022 completo di festività italiane, santi del giorno, fasi lunari, numero della settimana. Tutte le fotografie sono scattate da mio padre e non sono soggette ad alcun copyright o riservatezza e si riferiscono ai dintorni del mio paese. Le fasi lunari sono dei file PDF creati con Affinity Designer. Le foto dei mesi sono in formato JPEG che hanno come nome il numero del mese a due cifre. Utilizzate il materiale come credete più opportuno!
Note: dopo tanti tentativi nei quali il Publisher andava in crash ho rimediato creando un file csv con qualche campo in più e limitando i record per la generazione al numero di 396 (33 giorni x 12 mesi).
2022.zip

Si tratta di un file documento Publisher che, prendendo i dati da un file .csv, genera il calendario 2022 completo di festività italiane, santi del giorno, fasi lunari, numero della settimana. Tutte le fotografie sono scattate da mio padre e non sono soggette ad alcun copyright o riservatezza e si riferiscono ai dintorni del mio paese. Le fasi lunari sono dei file PDF creati con Affinity Designer. Le foto dei mesi sono in formato JPEG che hanno come nome il numero del mese a due cifre. Utilizzate il materiale come credete più opportuno!
Note: dopo tanti tentativi nei quali il Publisher andava in crash ho rimediato creando un file csv con qualche campo in più e limitando i record per la generazione al numero di 396 (33 giorni x 12 mesi).
2022.zip

Si tratta di un file documento Publisher che, prendendo i dati da un file .csv, genera il calendario 2022 completo di festività italiane, santi del giorno, fasi lunari, numero della settimana. Tutte le fotografie sono scattate da mio padre e non sono soggette ad alcun copyright o riservatezza e si riferiscono ai dintorni del mio paese. Le fasi lunari sono dei file PDF creati con Affinity Designer. Le foto dei mesi sono in formato JPEG che hanno come nome il numero del mese a due cifre. Utilizzate il materiale come credete più opportuno!
Note: dopo tanti tentativi nei quali il Publisher andava in crash ho rimediato creando un file csv con qualche campo in più e limitando i record per la generazione al numero di 396 (33 giorni x 12 mesi).
2022.zip

Si tratta di un file documento Publisher che, prendendo i dati da un file .csv, genera il calendario 2022 completo di festività italiane, santi del giorno, fasi lunari, numero della settimana. Tutte le fotografie sono scattate da mio padre e non sono soggette ad alcun copyright o riservatezza e si riferiscono ai dintorni del mio paese. Le fasi lunari sono dei file PDF creati con Affinity Designer. Le foto dei mesi sono in formato JPEG che hanno come nome il numero del mese a due cifre. Utilizzate il materiale come credete più opportuno!
Note: dopo tanti tentativi nei quali il Publisher andava in crash ho rimediato creando un file csv con qualche campo in più e limitando i record per la generazione al numero di 396 (33 giorni x 12 mesi).
2022.zip

Those look like issues with the fonts, related to the Affinity applications not having support to use the fonts embedded in the PDF file. This is a well-known issue.
1.9 improves that for Placed PDF pages by allowing Passthrough mode, where the PDF page is treated more like an image if you export the Publisher file to a new PDF. (It still looks wrong when viewing the Publisher file in Publisher, but should look correct when viewing the PDF you export from Publisher.)

Ah well ... it must be hard to implement one of the core uses of pdf's in DTP apps - uninterpreted pdf.  If only Publisher would be able to convert missing fonts to curves to maintain look of document - not to wish automatic placement of long pdf documents into publication ... But as it is now in v1.9, placed pdf's look ugly on screen because of missing fonts and are printed ugly on average PCL printer - if not exported to pdf and printed from Acrobat using Passthrough feature.