[pixelmator to affinity photo]

Pixelmator is indeed easy to use, but almost every move you made is destructive due to the lack of Adjustment Layer or features like that, there's no point for you not to dump Pixelmator since you already have Photo.

 

And the team made a lot of great video tutorials to get you started, they're really helpful! Viemo

[Missing Tools]

Make sure you have checked these options: 

[Drawing a flower]

Draw on paper > Trace with pen tool > Set stroke pressure 

 

Draw using pre-defined shapes will get a smooth and professional result, but the shape of that flower is too organic to perform this procedure.

[Bare Mountain. Colour and gradient.]

The gradient tool is so much better than Illustrator (What I'm talking about...Designer infinitely superior Illustrator in every way). B) The Node Tool can be bothering sometime, but Designer can achieve a great effect easily. 

 

Behance

 

 

All my work published on Behance are made with Designer or Photo, check them out as well!

 

[Affinity Designer for Webdesign: Grid Offset]

Hi lordgiotto,

Welcome to Affinity Forums :)

The Artboards/grids implementation isn't completed yet. We are aware of the issues with the grids and artboards.

There will be changes later to address those concerns including changing the origin point.

 

I love Designer's grid system, hope to see this feature soon!

[Affinity Photo is Apple's Best Mac App of 2015]

Congratulations! Just bought a copy when it was 40. Nice work! 

[More snapping requests]

+1 Really LOVE to see a better snap system, like Rhinoceros' Osnap.

 

Okay... This is kinda harsh...

 

[How to get rid of the small gap between two pixel aligned objects?]

Oops, I didn't notice the 1.3.5.18 is out... 

 

but tested just now, the problem remains unsolved.

[How to get rid of the small gap between two pixel aligned objects?]

Sorry for the delay, I'm in GTM 8, so, you know...

 

I created the elements in the latest Beta version 1.3.5.15; I copied  the shape to the MAS version Designer, the boolean Union still failed to work. However, after I copy the shape to Illustrator then Union them, no gaps anymore. Is this a bug?

 

Original File:

UI.afdesign

 

 

[How to get rid of the small gap between two pixel aligned objects?]

Hi amyas,

That's related with the way Affinity renders the elements on screen. At certain zoom levels it may disappear, while in others it may be visible.

In any case It doesn't affect the output (export) in any way.

 

I know sometimes the anti aliasing algorithm can cause the display problem and zoom can make them disappear,

 

but even after "Union" the two shapes together, there's still a line between them ( a real one! ):

 

 

If I use the Node Tool, I can even edit that line!

 

 

[How to get rid of the small gap between two pixel aligned objects?]

Small Gap Between Objects is Pretty Annoying

 

Turned on:

Force Pixel Alignment 

Move by Whole Pixels

 

Than snapped two objects, I even checked Transform Panel to make sure every pixel is aligned, but I still got this gap on screen.

 

 

After I "Add" these object together, that small gap still won't go away!

 

HELP!!!!

[Something wrong with guide system]

 

The guides' coordinate is relevant to the first artboard, instead of the artboard it's been placed (God, my english).

 

It's pretty difficult to handle especially when you are designing UI. You have to either calculate the right coordinate or draw a line then make the guide snap to it. But this won't happen to Illustrator's guide system. 

[Affinity Designer Customer Beta (1.3.5.14 - RC4)]

"Chinese (Simplified) localization."

 

Thanks for that! Hope version 1.4 could get on MAS soon!