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In any event, the panels take up way too much space on a low-resolution display. This is one feature Adobe has and Affinity needs.

See also:
Working with SVGs
 
Export settings (switch on that page below pull-down menu to: "Settings unique to SVG format")

Count me as a user who would love EPUB export. I'm working on digitizing a rather large book, and for the time being, InDesign is still the best option for him, because it allows managing both the print and digital versions of the book from one application. He's not a techie, he's an author and an artist, and when you've got non-tech people using software, the fewer applications they have to learn, the better.
Amazon just announced they're ending support for MOBI and AZW, and they're finally moving to EPUB. I think supporting this format is more relevant now than ever before because of Amazon's switch.
As far as the format: I'm unconvinced it would necessarily be difficult to implement the HTML and CSS serializers to generate an EPUB file. Affinity Publisher documents are highly structured, if you create them properly. That makes it pretty trivial to convert to HTML/CSS - every entity on every page already contains all the information you need to include it in the final EPUB. Designer already supports continuous-flow text, which is what an EPUB requires, since ebook readers have no concept of physical pages (unless you force it, which isn't a good experience for the reader), and paragraph and text styles can readily be converted to CSS styles.
If Affinity Designer supported EPUB export, it could be the software print authors turn to for their layout and digitizing needs. It's certainly a lot cheaper than any of Adobe's pricing options.

Count me as a user who would love EPUB export. I'm working on digitizing a rather large book, and for the time being, InDesign is still the best option for him, because it allows managing both the print and digital versions of the book from one application. He's not a techie, he's an author and an artist, and when you've got non-tech people using software, the fewer applications they have to learn, the better.
Amazon just announced they're ending support for MOBI and AZW, and they're finally moving to EPUB. I think supporting this format is more relevant now than ever before because of Amazon's switch.
As far as the format: I'm unconvinced it would necessarily be difficult to implement the HTML and CSS serializers to generate an EPUB file. Affinity Publisher documents are highly structured, if you create them properly. That makes it pretty trivial to convert to HTML/CSS - every entity on every page already contains all the information you need to include it in the final EPUB. Designer already supports continuous-flow text, which is what an EPUB requires, since ebook readers have no concept of physical pages (unless you force it, which isn't a good experience for the reader), and paragraph and text styles can readily be converted to CSS styles.
If Affinity Designer supported EPUB export, it could be the software print authors turn to for their layout and digitizing needs. It's certainly a lot cheaper than any of Adobe's pricing options.

Unless you're a mod, that's not up to you. The topic is Affinity on Linux.
The topic is not Market Research Provided In A Comprehensive Report To Provide Full Economic and Fiscal Justification For Funding Affinity on Linux.

I found some 4+ years old threads on this, but nothing newer...
I am trying to switch from Adobe to Affinity across all three apps. One big feature missing from Affinity is the ability to collapse tool panels. This is less and less of an issue thanks to high-resolution displays, but one of my laptops is an old MacBook Pro with a 1280x800 display, and Affinity's panels take up a huge amount of screen real estate:

I know I can hide all the panels with the tab key, but I don't want that...I just want to make the tool panels smaller when I'm not actively using them.

I originally rotated the images from Windows Explorer:

After generating the finished document, I had to rotate the image inside the frame for several images (the example I already screenshotted, and others that were upside down entirely).
I'll try again from your example, though.

Okay, so I was trying to rotate the image in the frame, rather than rotating the image itself, so that was definitely wrong.
So that mostly fixes my problem, but I still have to spot-check and fix specific pages, so I think there's still a bug to be filed.
Thanks for the help!

Thanks for the tips. I haven't had a chance to do all the clean driver remove/install stuff, but I disabled hardware acceleration to see what might change, and I definitely think you're on the right track - perf is noticeably better without HW acceleration enabled. That's a pretty good sign it's a driver issue.
So I will get to the GPU stuff as soon as I have the time!!

Here ya go.
Rye-Regular.ttf

@ClairelyClaire,
Yup its a bug and i've just logged it with the Dev team to fix.
I've also moved this over to the bugs section of the Forums, so it's easier for the QA team to track  

Count me in for wanting a crop-to-selection functionality. This is a key feature of Photoshop that's still missing. I was happy to see a similarly key feature of Illustrator make it into Designer, so that at least makes me optimistic that the mods/admins aren't ignoring us entirely.
I've been getting into the habit of using Affinity over Adobe whenever I start something new, and this is one where it's just easier for me to go back to Photoshop to accomplish this task, rather than trying to find a convoluted route in Photo.

Count me in for wanting a crop-to-selection functionality. This is a key feature of Photoshop that's still missing. I was happy to see a similarly key feature of Illustrator make it into Designer, so that at least makes me optimistic that the mods/admins aren't ignoring us entirely.
I've been getting into the habit of using Affinity over Adobe whenever I start something new, and this is one where it's just easier for me to go back to Photoshop to accomplish this task, rather than trying to find a convoluted route in Photo.

So basically, are you just renaming the Crop tool 
 
 
So, make a pixel selection, then use that to define the Crop tool area ? Yes, that would probably please everybody. 
 
Are you listening Serif ?

What about my attached PSD? And what was Pink Floyd right about?
It seems to be that the Affinities do not understand Faux Italic as it was used in the original document. Using "real italic" worked, but still got some warnings.
Sample master-fix.psd
EDIT: If Tracking is used on the text, you'll get some warnings too.

Sure, I've attached a PSD and AFPUB with an example. Interestingly, I also just discovered that if I go to edit the PSD within APub, the italicized text becomes normal. If I open the PSD in APhoto, there is no italicized text.
Yes, this is a bug. Sorry for posting in the wrong location!
Sample master.psd Sample page.afpub

If you are a new arrival to this thread and have found that it is locked but still want to show your support for Affinity on Linux, simply like this post

This thread has led to dozens of uses of the "report" button, mainly against 2 or 3 recent participants. The reports are mainly upheld and the posts are not in keeping with the rules of these forums. I am now following a number of the participants in this thread to make sure the arguments in this conversation are FINISHED and do not re-start elsewhere. There is no point, and it makes this place unpleasant. Anyone arguing about Affinity on Linux will be banned from posting, certainly for 1 week but potentially permanently.  
If you do not want to see any future posts from a forum user, on a desktop browser simply hover over their avatar image and a pop-up will appear, with an option "Ignore User". Alternatively go here. (This option is not available for ignoring moderators) I seriously recommend it's use if a user is posting things you do not want to see.
Having wasted too many hours today reading and re-reading the 5 pages of posts made in this thread over the 3 days before it was locked I have come to the conclusion that it would not be possible to delete only some posts and leave others as they are so intertwined and full of pull quotes that I am left with 2 choices
1. Delete all posts made since last Thursday and reopen the thread
2. Leave the thread as it is, argumentative and locked.
Option 1 is the fairest on the other participants in this thread and all to you guys I am sorry to have to do this. However, after 45 pages or posts most of the justification and ideas about how to get Affinity on Linux have been posted and discussed ad-infinitum, so the thread has probably run it's course. Furthermore if it was to be unlocked I have a feeling that the same conversations as have just happened would happen again.
Option 2 means that others will see the discussion that took place and how it (almost inevitably) took a(nother) downward spiral. Many of the points made were valid and I think deserve to be seen, but the lack of implementation (which is still true all these years later) has led to more and more speculation as to the whys and less and less about of users simply wanting to "+1" to show support. Serif understand there is a lot of support for this and the thread does not have to be open to appreciate that.
Neither is ideal but I am choosing option 2. This thread will not be unlocked.

I don't block opposing views.  I block people when they are extremely arrogant or otherwise unpleasant in the way they express their views.  If we can have a civil discourse despite being on opposing sides of an issue, then I will always pay attention.
Honestly though, it does also get extremely tiresome having to refute the same ol' outdated arguments for being against a Linux version.  I also don't appreciate being treated like just some silly home Linux user who's deluding himself about the importance of Linux.
My use-case for commercial Linux software is at a studio full of existing Linux desktops already running lots of other commercial Linux multimedia and graphics applications.  Adding 40-50 licenses of Affinity Photo to those Linux desktops would be fantastic for us.  The Linux users in the VFX industry may represent a small number of global users compared to all the Microsoft Solitaire players on Windows, but we are BIG SPENDERS.  If you don't believe me, just ask any other software developer who caters to our industry.  They'll probably tell you that you'd be crazy to not release a Linux version.
 

And you've been told many a times that it's not nearly as tricky as you're making it out to be.

Yeah, you can. When you get right down to the bare basics, the only real differences between all these various distros is when they update their libraries. Appimages, flatpaks, and snaps solve this problem by including all the libraries with it, making this a non-issue.
...as has been stated many a time before in this very thread.
But what about desktop environments? Gnome, KDE, XFCE, Cinnamon, etc. etc. etc.? Doesn't matter. They're all cross compatible with each other. Worst case scenario is that you get an app that doesn't fit in with the style of the rest of your desktop. But hell, Windows users have been facing this problem for years and years now, and it hasn't been a dealbreaker. It's the same on Linux.
But what about package managers, distro specific installers, and all that good stuff? Yeah, back in the day, it was something of a pain when you had an .rpm file, but you were on a Debian based distro, and you had to use something like Alien to convert the installers. It's hardly an issue anymore though. Why? Because you have appimages, flatpaks, and snaps now. Package managers these days are more about how your distro updates itself, and where you get your FOSS software.
It's just not as big of a deal as you think it is anymore. If the Affinity suite were to come to Linux, all Serif would have to do is target a distro to serve as a base to support, and they're done.

Hey all.  Expressing anti-Linux sentiment in a thread talking about the desire for Linux versions is the epitome of internet trolling.  Don't give the trolls the attention they want.  Best way to deal with internet trolls: IGNORE them.  Do not engage.   They're not adding anything valuable to this conversation.  Lets move on, please.
Also, pro tip:  click on your profile name at the top right to open a pulldown menu, then click "ignored users" and enter the username of someone that you don't want to see anymore.  As per attached image:

Unless you're a mod, that's not up to you. The topic is Affinity on Linux.
The topic is not Market Research Provided In A Comprehensive Report To Provide Full Economic and Fiscal Justification For Funding Affinity on Linux.

I used to have this cat who had a real spicy attitude. She'd come into a room full of people, flop down, and start rolling around on her back and flirting with everyone, putting all attention on her. But she ALSO liked talking big game and growled and hissed a lot.
If you removed her from the room, she came right back in, demanding attention.
i don't know why that just popped into my head...

How something went mainstream matters a lot more than nitpicking over which guy technically thought of it first.