[Why I lost the noise on EPS File? (Affinity Designer)]

I htink the noise function isn't supported in EPS, because it is specific to Affinity. I have recently exported a file with noise to EPS and with me, it exported the color with noise as a raster (where the noise was way less visible), and the outline as a vector.

[Exclusive panel for Artboards]

Interesting! Thanks, will give it a try!

[Format Variable in Export Persona]

Yes! +1 absolutely!

I think the variables could definately use an update! Also it would be awesome to have the custom ones be available everywere else, and have a variable for filename as well.

 

Awesome Flags!! Happy pride month!

[Why should I buy Publisher as well as Designer and Photo?]

Affinity Publisher is kind of what Adobe InDesign is. Like said above, it is great for publishing longer documents. I think one of the best features is you can edit your other affinity documents (photos or vectors) right in publisher, no need to start up the seperate programs, just click the vector- or photo persona inside Publisher and you have every tool available to you right there!

[Exclusive panel for Artboards]

Thanks @Pšenda!! Yeah, I usually have them collapsed indeed, I just click the little triangle left of the artboard.

[Improving Export persona (save for web)]

I think you can change the size of the image just like the panel in Illustrator. Just choose which setting, or just type the desired size in here.

 

[Exclusive panel for Artboards]

On 6/9/2021 at 5:03 PM, Pšenda said:

I don't understand the context with the Guide Manager. Do you mean the one in the View\Guides Manager menu?

I can see that this is very unclear... I guess I was pleasantly surpised by this panel, it seems quite organized, so I mean a panel like that...

 

On 6/9/2021 at 5:03 PM, Pšenda said:

If you use Collapse Selection (context menu), then only Artboards will be displayed in the Layers panel - ie their reorganization/rearrange, or changing the size and position using the Transform panel, is very easy.

Is this what you mean? Otherwise I'm a little lost...

[Exclusive panel for Artboards]

On 6/9/2021 at 7:14 PM, loukash said:

Why? This is not Illustrator with its clunky "slapped-on-but-coming-15-years-too-late-to-the-party" artboard "concept" (or rather the lack thereof).
Affinity artboards are objects. Use the Move tool or the Artboard tool, as well as the Transform, Layers and Appearance panels, and edit, resize and rearrange as you see fit.

I am doing that now, and this works very well indeed if you have a few 'artboards', but if you have heaps of them, I think it will be easier to rearrange rows and/or columns with a few clicks rather than doing each row/culumn seperately. The more time you can save by clicking and dragging less, the better.

[DXF/EXD File Support]

On 5/25/2021 at 1:19 PM, Akreative said:

Hi people,

The ability to export DXF/EXD files would be a big add on for a lot of people using Illustrator instead of Designer. I would really LOVE this feature for Designer. Currently I have to use my old CS5 Illustrator version on my PC to do this! If anyone is working with laser cutting programs or export for designs to be cut into those programs you'll know what a headache it is! My wife and I have our own business where I frequently design products for laser cutting. To have these file formats supported by designer would SAVE me and other designers a lot of time and love Affinity so much more than what we already do! Please Affinity team... can you add this? Would really appreciate it!

Any takers on this?

I tried to simply change the extension from SVG to DXF and it worked, I could open the DXF file in Silhouette Studio. On the mac you can easily use automatior to batch-process this. It's still an extra step from exporting, but I guess it's faster than manually opening and exporting each document. Hope this helps!

[Shape Builder Tool]

+1

[Export all artboards in a document.]

Check out this video by Elaine Giles, she does a deep dive in the export persona!

 

[Aling to center (horizontally and vertically) with just a single click]

+1 

Great suggestion! That would save a lot of time!

[Exclusive panel for Artboards]

+1
 

Yes, a panel just like the guides manager, to make it easier to resize or rearrange the artboards, would be awesome!

[DXF/EXD File Support]

+1
 

Yup! Totally with you on the DXF export for lasercutters!!

[Gradient Mesh]

+1

[Add filename token to export slices]

+1

[Vector/pattern fill]

On 3/21/2019 at 10:25 AM, MEB said:

Hi jc4d,
Currently there's no specific tools to fill objects with vector patterns however you can use symbols help you achieve a similar result - you only have to edit the symbol to update all the instances of it in the project. To learn more about symbols check this video tutorial:  Symbols.

I've tried using symbols to make patterns as well, and they are very powerfull indeed, but you're still 'building' your pattern by hand. The whole point of a pattern is that it repeats on its own.

+1 for vector patterns