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Nathan thanks for responding and checking this out. I tried this with a new file and was unable to reproduce the issue so I went back and opened the file that I experienced the issue with. I wasn’t able to reproduce the issue exactly but I did experience something unexpected and repeatable that may be a part of what caused the original issue to happen. I have attached a screen recording of the behavior. The file has a missing image that was duplicated. When I launch the file it asks me to replace the missing image (which is a little strange cause I recall embedding it, but potentially different issue). I replace each instance of the image with a new image for demo purposes. It appears that both images replace correctly. I then close the file without saving it. I then re-open the file and it does not prompt me about missing images. When I go to the resource manager it appears I can update the images. Updating the images updates to the images that I swapped for before I closed the file without saving it. Not only that, it appears to update both images to one of the images that I swapped out. Perhaps that’s where this strange linking is happening that caused my initial issue. I go back and forth with undo and redo and it appears to act strangely (last part of the video). I would also like to note that closing Affinity Photo from the multitasking menu and then re-opening it appears to solve the issue of the phantom re-linking. ScreenRecording_06-03-2025 12-25-29_1-compressed.mov

Good workaround @walt.farrell thank you. I would also like to suggest that the current behavior should be considered a bug, given that the menu appears to allow you to replace each instance individually and then AP swaps it unexpectedly.

I link a photo in a file. I duplicate it so there are two instances of it. If I go into my links it shows one photo with a drop down to each instance. If I go to replace one of the instances to a different photo it appears to change. But if I save the file and re-open it both photos are changed. The replacement also appears to be overridden if you undo and redo though the history. The bottom line is I would like to be able to replace one of these photos and not the other one, and then have the links update correctly to show both photos on the top level.

Designing with precision can get frustrating when you are required to have an instrument (your finger or a pencil) touching the screen the entire time you move an object a specific amount. Dragging the X Y transforms also requires careful screen handling. Typing math into the boxes is just slow. Please add a virtual button or controller to the screen for precise object and point movement. This should follow the nudge settings in the preferences. I finally may consider going to a cafe and designing without a keyboard. I’ve seen this come up as a side thought in other posts and wanted to create a dedicated topic for it. Please and thank you!

You are correct! I had no idea scale override existed. Thank you! Solved.

No it doesn’t seem to matter if the objects are in a group or not. It also doesn’t matter if there’s only one object or multiple objects in the selection. Once that second finger is placed on the screen to scale them proportionally, it also scales the stroke.

I’m creating outlined icons. When I scale them using the transform tool and hold an extra finger on the screen to scale them uniformly the line thickness also scales even though the scale with object setting is turned off. 2.6.2.3228 iPad Pro 11in

Multiselecting on iPad without an external keyboard is harder. The select all by trait buttons at the top are great. However when you have double tapped into a group those traits still select everything in the document. It would be much more intuitive and useful if they only selected all by trait within the group when you’re isolated in the group. Please 🙂

Oh! However your comment made me wonder if it's a scale issue. I scaled up my text and line thickness to the point where the line thickness is the maximum (100pt). When I expanded the stroke it worked! So the real bug is that when you expand a stroke at a small size, some points may be merged into each other causing unintended side effects.

I need those two nodes that are close together to create the angled edge. They're not fully overlapping. Otherwise the edges of the stroke would be sharp.

I'm working on this custom typeface title which uses an extremely thick stroke. I have some small slanted corners in there. When I try and convert it to outlines it looks like a palm leaf on the edges. I don't know of a workaround. I have attached a working file to test. Test.afdesign

Seconded. Specifically on a Mac, resizing from both sides is universally done using the Option key, even when resizing windows in Finder. It's very confusing that Affinity Designer requires the Command key to be pressed to do this.

Is this still the best method? I believe manually typing in a width or height while transform each is turned on should automatically make all the objects the same width or height based on what was typed. The current behavior doesn't seem nearly as useful. To circumvent this I am dragging my images into Figma, which does do this. When multiple objects are selected it lists the width, height, and positions as "mixed". Manually typing a value forces all of the selected objects to scale to that value. I would love to see this in AD in the future.

Is this a bug or am I missing something? I created a custom stroke using an image texture and when I click the expand button, which is not greyed out in the quick menu, it doesn't do anything.

Wonderful. I'm so excited to hear this will be addressed. Thank you!