[Blending shapes]

I've just committed myself to Affinity Designer after over three decades of drawing vector artwork and I can hardly believe that there's no function for blending objects. Surely this is a basic function of vector software? I congratulate the developers on a magnificent product but without the ability to blend it's both left-wanting and, compared to the rivals, very much in the slow-lane.

Blending really is a necessity and I urge that it's available as soon as possible.