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Hello,
I created a document with several artboards in Affinity Designer 2.4.0.
If I now want to save an Affinity Designer document as a PDF, I can specify which page should be saved as a PDF file when exporting the PDF. Here I would like to always output all pages from the document. When exporting, I selected the entire document for the area. Now a PDF file with, for example, 6 documents is exported to me.
So far everything is working quite well. If I want to output all the pages as a PDF file a second time, I have to specify this each time. Why can't Affinity Designer remember the settings for a document?

Hello,
one wanted to ask whether real vector brushes are planned for Affinity Designer 2.x. Still looking for a way to use real vector brushes for a project. I know the function of Illustrator, but I miss the function in Affinity Designer.

Hello,
one wanted to ask whether real vector brushes are planned for Affinity Designer 2.x. Still looking for a way to use real vector brushes for a project. I know the function of Illustrator, but I miss the function in Affinity Designer.

Hello,
one wanted to ask whether real vector brushes are planned for Affinity Designer 2.x. Still looking for a way to use real vector brushes for a project. I know the function of Illustrator, but I miss the function in Affinity Designer.

Great, thank you very much for your answers. I learned something new, thank you very much.

The Vector Flood Fill tool was introduced in Affinity Designer 2.1. It is a cross between the Gradient Fill Tool and the Shape Builder tool. Today we’ll look at how to use this feature. 
 

Playball has Positional Alternates which Affinity has set to On by default.
Other applications set these to Off by default for Latin script.
Which is why other applications do not have this problem.
In the Typography Panel find the Positional Alternates section and turn those Off.
Playball has Initial Forms (init), Final Forms (fina), and Isolated Forms (isol).

Let's go back to school, with some of those common and well known school protractors for measuring in degrees.


 

... etc.
 
The protractor assets shared here ...

... are all vector based and do have printed on degree scales. You have to adapt/size the default assets protractor sizes to your document needs and thus scale them up/down so they nearly match your doc measurements.
Note that all protractors are just a bunch of grouped/layered together vector parts (curves and text) thus they can be modified in colorings and the like. Also you should always move & size etc. a whole reused protractor group/layer when needed!
Here is the associated assets file:
protractors.afassets Have a nice school day!
 
 

The best way would be to sort of disassemble what I did. In Affinity Designer, write some text like "Vintage" and choose a font for it like I used, although it can create a nice effect on many fonts, and then apply the style to it. Next go to layers and the Vintage Layer and click on FX to open up the "Layer Effects" panel. Layer Effects is the secret sauce. Click on each item with a check box to see how the layer was modified by the effect. Take note that the "Scale with Object" box is checked. This is very important with styles as when text or objects get resized, the effect will not size properly if this is not checked and you may get poor looking results when you scale vectors.

A good challenge is when you seem some stylized text you like, say on a website or in an email your received, try and recreate it using the Layer Effects. Some things can't be done solely with layer effects but you would be surprised what you can do. Keep in mind styles retain fills and strokes too so you can do some cool stuff there too. Make sure your stokes are also set to scale with object.
Here are some examples of ones I have made.

 
 
 

Hi Affinity Team, 
after repeating the same crash like three times, I recon it's time to share it with you. I'm working on M1 Mac mini with Sonoma 14.2.1 on it, Affinity Publisher 2.3.1.
Steps to reproduce the crash:
Open the file. Go to page 374. Select the Latin text (left column) from AD LAUDES to ... well, it varies. I wanted to copy the entire feast of Nativity, i.e. from AD LAUDES to a third Antiphon (Aña.) on page 378, but sometimes it crashes even before that.  It crashes just by selecting the text, nothing else needs to be done. Once I was able to select the text and even copy & paste it, only to have the program crash on me doing the same with the Czech text in the right column.
Thanks for taking care for this, I think I don't need to tell you, how bloody annoying is to have the program repeatedly crash, reopen all the documents I need for my work, because - and this might be a good idea to fix too - it doesn't reopen all the bloody documents, so I need to bloody do it manually, although my settings say otherwise!
Psalterium diurnale S.O.Cist.afpub

Maybe for a document with 8 pages I would prefer to have the publisher straight away
should use. But you're always smarter afterwards.
I always assumed that the Affinity Designer had the same options (for word processing) as the publisher. I hadn't worked with the publisher yet. Always use the designer 90% of the time. But for simple text documents I'll fuss a little more with Publisher.
walt.farrell
Thank you again for your great help and your patience with me

Es ist schon erstaunlich, was aus meinem Affinity-Projekt mit meinen digitalen Heften geworden ist. Daran habe ich im Sommer 2021, als ich begann, nie gedacht. Auslöser war sicherlich der Hype um die Affinity-Suite, aber auch mein Einsteigerbuch zum Publisher, das im September 2020 auf den Markt kam. Ist das alles schon so lange her? Nun ist mittlerweile das M62-Heft Nr. 20, auch ein Sonderheft ist kürzlich erschienen. 
Viele meiner im Laufe der letzten 3 Jahre geschriebenen Artikel sind aus meiner täglichen Arbeit heraus entstanden. Auch einige Themen in den Affinity-Gruppen bei Facebook wurden behandelt. Heute frage ich mich, wie ich in der Zeit insgesamt 516 Seiten schreiben konnte. Ungezählte Stunden habe ich mit Recherchen, Screenshots, Tüfteln und Ausprobieren verbracht. Mit jeder Ausgabe sind neue Leser und Leserinnen dazugekommen, nicht selten wurde ich auch privat angeschrieben, um ein Problem zu lösen. Also, näher kann man am Leser einfach nicht dran sein.
Zudem wuchs auch meine Internetseite mit vielen unterschiedlichen Informationen stetig an. Wenn etwas mehr Zeit übrig bleibt, werde ich diese weiter ausbauen und erweitern. Für die aktuelle Ausgabe Nr. 20 habe ich wieder sehr interessante Themen gefunden und ich darf Ihnen wie immer recht viel Freude beim Lesen und Ausprobieren wünschen!
Freuen würde ich mich auch einmal über ein Feedback der Affinity-Macher, denn mein Projekt ist in Deutschland einmalig und hat mittlerweile viele Freunde/Freundinnen gefunden!
https://magazin62.de/

I think is's not really a problem of the 3 AFF apps, but since the actualization to the last Sonoma version (14.3) in my M1 Mac, the ultraslow first launch that we used to have before M1 has returned: frequently more than 30 seconds after dock-click lasts to appear the AFF window. Its probably an OS problem, but it's annoying. It happens only on the first launch after computer (re)start, next launches are near instantaneous, as we used to.

I would love to see more improvement of Strokes and Lines for Vectorizing resources,
I hope Affinity will give attention to this feature's requested.

Hi, all! I'm excited to share my latest illustration with you all: Baby Dragon Vector Illustration in Affinity Designer 2.
Whether you're a seasoned illustrator or just starting out, this video is designed for everyone who enjoy the vector art without overwhelming technicalities.
Feel free to share your thoughts, ask questions, or simply enjoy the illustration process!
Don't forget to like, comment, and subscribe to the channel for more artful content!
Click her to watch:
 

Ever want your design to have a more realistic texture on a surface? Displacement Maps are the perfect tool. In this video, you’ll get a deep understanding of how Displacement Maps work and also how to use them in common scenarios like T-Shirt mockups.
 

That's exactly what I'm saying, in V1 this 'was' the default behaviour, in V2.3.1 and V2.4.0 the default behaviour is now the 'selected' Artboard and by 'selected I mean whichever Artboard has the Subtle highlight in the Layers Panel rather than being 'physically' selected... i.e., in this example, Artboard 3 denoted by the Subtle blue highlight Left vs actually being selected Right which still equates the last Artboard you did physically have selected...
So, if you select a different Artboard, e.g. Artboard 3 and then click a blank part of the Workspace or below all Layers in the Layers Panel, Artboard 3 will be the default selection in the PDF export window...
In V1, regardless of your last selected Artboard the default when exporting Artboards to PDF was always 'Ganzes Dokument'...

It's not possible to apply 'Set Selection Box' after Cycling the Selection Box to Regular Bounds for objects rotated by 90°, 180° and 270°...

Set Selection Box.mp4

Hello Affinity Community,
I'm Jun, and I'm excited to share my new YouTube channel, Vectorize with Jun, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzZXp5PGuh-RDO2t85S20qQ, where I'll showcasing the process of vector illustration using Affinity Designer. 
I started this channel in late December 2023 and uploaded speed up vector illustration process videos. As the channel grows, I hope to also share some useful Affinity Designer tips and tricks.
I'm reaching out to invite you to join me on this creative journey. Your support, whether it's a watch, a like, or a comment, means a lot. I'm open to feedback and suggestions as we explore the world of vector art together.
I also share the sketch of the illustration on each video so you can vectorize along. Don't forget to check them out!
Check out the Latest Video: 
I also share the sketch of the illustration on each video so you can vectorize along. Don't forget to check them out!

PROJECT: PORTRAITS
TITLE: SISTAH
A series of portraits inspired by people, nature and ideas from all corners of our world.
For this second one we travel to the Caribbean to meet SISTAH.
Sistah is a term of endearment used to refer to female friends, family members, and even strangers in Jamaican culture. It conveys a sense of closeness, respect, and affection.
Sistah also represents a sense of sisterhood, camaraderie, and mutual support. It's a way of acknowledging and celebrating the unique bond that exists between women.
It is a powerful symbol of Jamaican culture, embodying the strength, resilience, and unity of women.
Tools:
Affinity Designer, Affinity Photo
Let's connect:
https://www.behance.net/bah-is-life
https://www.instagram.com/bah_is_life/
 

Hi,
There is a bug that I've been waiting for to be solved by the Affinity Team but as of yet - no luck.
I'm using the version 2.3.1 of the Affinity Suite for MacOS.
When implementing a svg-file exported from any of the software in the suite into a HTML document I want to be able to control the svg file with CSS - eg stroke widths, colors, fills and so on. With svg files exported from any of the software form Affinity Suite this is not possible. The only thing I can control with CSS is the size.
The only "solution" I've found as of yet is to open the svg file in Adobe Illustrator and export it again with the box "Presentation mode" ticked and only THEN I'm finally able to control the svg file as intended.
I've attached 2 files exported from both Affinity Pulbisher and Adobe Illustrator Also attached are screen shots with export settings from both softwares. Just to be clear, a svg file exported from affinity software works on a web page but is not controllable with CSS.
Please fix this bug asap as I don't want to be forced to keep Illustrator just to be able to produce svg files that can be controlled with CSS.


affinity.svg illustrator.svg

This has already been addressed several times in several posts here in the forum.
There are a few posts about it. But unfortunately that won't change.
I would also bind it better if it was displayed with "+" and "-".

The align object
key object distribute spacing cannot work!
Perhaps the key objects can be attribute spaced according to the input value.
But can they feature be improved?
The align key object distribute spacing cannot work.mp4

Alternatively to @Aammppaa's hint with the Contour Tool which will maintain an equal distance, – below a result with a copy of the green compound which got its nested larger ellipse and also the entire group manually scaled with Move Tool and the bounding box handles.

Here’s a slightly different method:
Draw an Ellipse; Give it a Fill of None; Give it a small Stroke so you can see it more easily; Convert To Curves (not always necessary but can be useful); Duplicate it; Use the Contour Tool to create a duplicate which is a bit larger – this gives you the ‘gap’ between the ‘swooshes’; Bake its appearance (may not be necessary, try it and see if it is); Select the inside Ellipse (Curve); Set the Stroke Colour to Blue; Set Align Stroke to Inside; Set the Stroke Width to a larger value (you can change it later) Set the Pressure Curve as shown in the video (approx. values are (X,Y): 0,0; 1,0; 2,1; 4,0); Select the outside Ellipse (Curve); Set the Stroke Colour to Red; Set Align Stroke to Outside; Set the Stroke Width to a larger value (you can change it later) Set the Pressure Curve as shown in the video (approx. values are (X,Y): 0,0; 1.5,0; 2,1; 4,0); Select both curves; Rotate as necessary. (Some of the steps in the video are in the wrong order but I'm not going to record it again.)
You can now manipulate the Pressure Curves and Stroke Widths until you think the ‘swooshes’ look as you want them.


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