Brian_J

Deselecting layers should always be possible. Have you tried selecting the Move Tool and clicking in the Document Window outside the canvas? Or via the menu: Select > Deselect Layers.

If you deselect the layer before applying the adjustment, I think you will get the results you want.

Bummer. Those instructions are supposed to work for apps purchased from the Affinity Store. Sorry it didn't work for you, man. Serif is working on providing the installer that I believe would resolve your issue. When it becomes available, I guess you would have to uninstall and reinstall the apps.

@blurred Serif is working on making the MSI installer (EXE file) available.

Haha, me too! Sometimes — as I'm saving a file that I just saved 10 seconds ago — I think, I must hit Ctrl+S more than anybody on earth. But for the most part, Ctrl+S is in my muscle memory... I do it constantly without thinking about it. It's comforting to know there are still other old timers out there.

License activation should use the same credentials you use to login to the Affinity Store https://store.serif.com/en-gb/sign-in/. Are you able to login to the Affinity Store?

@signingin54 Did you try moving the Designer 2 using the method provided in the FAQ?

I have no affiliation with Serif, so I can't speak to their motives, but I doubt they are scheming to trick users into upgrading. The people at Serif are normal humans, like you and me... they have accomplishments and they make mistakes. Hopefully they have processes in place to learn from their mistakes and incorporate that learning into process improvement. There are things about v2 that I'm not pleased with, but a lot of things I am happy about as well. I have to believe that within Serif, the goal of maximizing profit leaves room for caring about us customers (which isn't how I feel about many larger companies). I get that there are things about v2 that piss you off. If Serif has the internal systems in place to learn from all the v2 feedback, then I think they have a bright future.

@StraightFromSpace Yeah, Serif has acknowledged they should have included a notification of some sort when a file created in v1 is saved from v2. They are working on adding that to v2. It's understandably frustrating to not be given advanced warning.

@hozy @StraightFromSpace You can copy/paste content from a v2 file into a v1 file. If you're not going to purchase v2, just recreate any files you saved from v2 as v1 files.

The Assets panel is what you’re looking for. There’s also a Symbols panel that enables you to link multiple instances of an object.

Correct. v2 is installed completely separate from v1 and the two versions don’t share application files. Purchasing v1 from the Apple Store doesn’t dictate where you can purchase v2.

I can appreciate your affinity for MacOS, but the Affinity v1 apps were compatible with Windows. I wonder if the v2 UI decisions were influenced more by the design team’s style judgments / preferences rather than to accommodate Windows OS.

Yes. The Publisher file will allow people to take a look to try to identify the issue.

Completely agree.

Your "UI frustrations" are spot on. I was nodding in agreement reading that entire section.

@Dangerous I'm guessing you're on a Windows computer? From what I understand, the font size setting in preferences is only available to Mac users.

@fde101 Ah, okay. Well, good to know you Mac users aren't getting special treatment in this case. 😉

@fde101 I'm seeing the same thing as you and agree, the hollow circle would be nicer for the 'off' state. I wonder if it's an Apple/Windows difference. I'm on a Windows computer.

The Dreamphography brushes are available to v2 customers for free in the Affinity Store. https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/store/ Click on the ‘What’s included’ button. On the details page there’s a button to claim the free offer.

This issue was resolved in the Affinity v2 apps. Awesome!! Thanks Serif.

I was thrilled to discover this issue has been corrected in Publisher 2. Thank you Serif!

I agree with some of your thoughts about the UI. Much of the UI is too dim, fonts are too small, and there's not enough contrast for me. Some areas of the UI look like they are in a disabled state (but they aren't), like the Snapping drop-down and Preferences. Reordering layers was touted in one of the Serif videos as being improved. I don't know if it's better on Apple devices, but on Windows, it's difficult for me to see the difference between dragging a layer to clip, as a child, or above/below another layer. I like the functionality of v2. I'm happy about some of the features that have been added and was thrilled to discover a couple minor issues in v1 that really bugged me have been corrected. I hope Affinity revisits the UI in v2 and can make some changes to address the contrast and font sizes.

That is strange. After installing v2 on my Windows computer, file associations for all Affinity-related files (even PDF) were automatically removed. After the install, I was prompted to set file associations the first time I opened each file type.

Me too! That's a feature I liked in Illustrator. Something I find especially frustrating about deleting ruler guides is that I usually have to zoom out to make an area of the Document View visible that's outside the canvas/artboard so I can drag the guide off the canvas/artboard. I wish ruler guides could be deleted by dragging them to the ruler.