[Swatches panel lag]

FYI, the lag seems to be much worse in the 2.0.3 update.

[Graphical bug when Warp Group is inside a Group]

This appears to now be fixed as of the 2.0.3 update! 👍 Thank you.

EDIT: I spoke too soon. It seems there are still some instances where the bug appears, particularly when the warp group elements are extending outside the selection box. Notice that the "great times" at the bottom left is fine.

 

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[White line, WHITE LINES!!!!]

OK then, nevermind… I just tried a third time and now I am getting the lines regardless of the unit.  I am at a loss.

[White line, WHITE LINES!!!!]

I wasn't able to reproduce your issue until I found out that the white line appears if you change the document units before export. So if you create the document in millimetres, it should stay in millimetres before exporting… If you change it, you'll get the line. This is not ideal, and I agree it should be an option in the export dialog.

The only other workaround I found was to export individual artboards instead of the Whole document… this seems to get rid of the line but obviously isn't the best solution since you'll have to compile them afterwards. So just maintaining the same unit is the way to go.

[Strange/broken light UI style]

I also prefer working in light mode, especially during the daytime. And I have to say that I 100% agree that the light mode UI in V1 is a much better user experience than V2's light mode. The dark theme of V2 is beautiful, but it's quite apparent that light mode just did not receive the same amount of love and care.

[Swatches panel lag]

In Affinity Photo the swatches panel lags quite a bit, while the swatches panel in Designer is fine. This is especially apparent when browsing large swatch sets, such as Pantone. See here:

 

Both apps are using the same Performance settings:

[Knife tool doesn't work with fonts]

I also noticed that when you are doing consecutive cuts in a particular direction, it won't let you cut back in the opposite direction (unless you select that area that has been cut). As seen here:

[Knife tool doesn't work with fonts]

4 hours ago, EmT said:

Hi @ℓurié
We are aware of this issue and I've passed over your example to the devs to help with their investigation.

@Patrick B We've currently only been able to replicate this issue on Windows, could you provide a screen recording of this issue in action on your mac so we can try to recreate it? 

Hi EmT,

Here are some screen recordings. I am working with the document "Knife Bug 1.afdesign" that OP posted.

[Missing AutoTrace? I use Serif DrawPlus X6]

If you don't mind using a web-based app, another option is Photopea (it's free). Just upload your image and go to Image > Vectorize Bitmap.

[Vector Warp - awesome, but...]

1 hour ago, Dampsquid said:

Being able to draw a shape and have the warp applied such that it 'just fits' with a couple of clicks... very quick and usually a good result.

I agree, I think it would be great to have that quick option available. The downside of Adobe's implementation is that the warp mesh is not very editable — you can modify the outside points/curves but not the interior area. So having the flexibility of Affinity's Warp Group, with the added ability to conform to a shape as a starting point, would be remarkable!

[Graphical bug when Warp Group is inside a Group]

I'm on an M1 Mac running macOS 11.7.1.

Sorry if this has been reported already.

[Display Brush Names]

19 minutes ago, Murfee said:

If you click the little brush icon on a layer you get a drop down window showing all brushes that have been used on that layer, just select one of them to reuse that brush

Oh wow, I didn't even realize that. 👍 Awesome feature!

[vector warp tool improvements]

On 11/16/2022 at 12:46 AM, deeds said:

Excellent demo of the problems. 

Both of the E's in the Affinity version have problems with the top stroke's bottom edge. And the middle stroke of each is a bit wonky, too. 

 

It looks and feels like they've never used the FFD (Free Form Deformation) tools of other apps.

Well to be fair, it's more user error on my part than anything, let alone a software problem. I think I've been too spoiled (and brainwashed) by Adobe's automation tools.

[Official comment on ePub support?]

Another update, this time from the official Affinity account:

 

[Unselected brush names aren't legible.]

On a side note… why are brush names not included in the desktop apps, only the iPad? It's much easier to find a brush with a label.

[Knife tool doesn't work with fonts]

I am using an M1 iMac running macOS 11, and I'm able to replicate the problem on my end. As has been said, the bug seems to only occur when cutting a straight line (holding Shift) across curved paths, seemingly at specific areas. This only happens on curves that were converted from fonts, but not every font and not every glyph has this problem. Hope this gets fixed.

[Visual glitch when drawing, disappears after zoom or mouse over (mac & ipad)]

I can confirm that I'm seeing this bug happen on an M1 iMac, running macOS 11.

[vector warp tool improvements]

I was attempting to replicate a perfect arch using Designer. Adjusting one node at a time, freestyle, is very tedious and time-consuming when such an effect requires a reasonable amount of precision. I need to practice with this manual way 😅… but I expect a computer to do more of the work.

[vector warp tool improvements]

Agreed with all of the above. I find the Warp tool very primitive. At the very least, there should be the ability to snap handles to perfect horizontal/vertical angles, as well as being able to align and move multiple nodes at once.

[is there a more intuitive way to rotate canvas?]

I agree that a dedicated Rotate Tool will greatly benefit us illustrators. People who draw with a graphics tablet are kinda being left in the dark there. I've tried the keyboard shortcuts, and mapping rotation to the tablet touch ring, but both options are inferior to a Rotate Tool if you keep one hand on the keyboard while drawing.

[adding colored text to grayscale image]

Is the document colour profile set to Grey? It will need to be RGB, or CMYK, depending on your use, in order to incorporate any colours. On Mac, the option is under Document > Convert Format / ICC Profile… > Colour Format.