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Hi Lito This is not a feature of the app at the moment, it has been requested before so it could be something considered for the future. J

Hi James, Welcome to the forums! :) Are you using the latest Designer beta? I am able to replicate the black background when using the App Store version. This was an issue raised previously but has been fixed since. J

Hi ryanmortenson Feel free to download the trial of Affinity Photo here :) It would be possible to do this sort of thing in Designer, you could convert the text to curves and use the Node Tool to change perspective manually, although this would take more time.. Affinity Photo would be better for this sort of thing. Also, your .afdesign files will open in Affinity Photo, so you can carry on where you left off in Designer. J

Hi John :) The documents units are stored within the document, but you can change the units under File > Document Setup J

Hi eyesofjoe Welcome to the forums! This video may be of some help :) J

This is not possible at the moment but a good suggestion! I will move your post to the Feature Requests section :)

You'll find it towards the bottom of the toolbar on the left - just click the arrow on the icon to access the other tools and you will see the Blemish removal tool listed here.

Hi Makanov Welcome to the forums! I would suspect you are getting this issue because Sony A7M2 RAW is not currently supported by Affinity. As you can see from the supported list here. This list does get updated, so you may find this will change in the future :) J

Hi biciclown You could try the Blemish removal tool or the Inpainting tool. Both should do the trick :) J

Hi Jonas14 Does this issue occur with every file exported in Affinity or just this one shown specifically? J

Hi Stuart Welcome to the forums :) If you go for the File>Save option, this will give you an Affinity document. I would suggest Exporting (File>Export) the image to a JPEG or PNG for example, save it to a location and then import the edited file into iPhoto afterwards. J

Hi Dan Welcome to the forums! :) I would suggest resetting the app, this can be done by holding down the CTRL key when opening the app, then click 'Select All' and 'Clear'. If that does not help, it may be worth uninstalling and reinstalling. J

Hi evtonic, You can back up the keyboard shortcuts by going into Affinity Designer>Preferences>Keyboard Shortcuts, here you will see a 'Save' option, just click that and then use the 'Load' option when you want to import them back in. As for Brushes, when you have the brushes tab selected you should see an icon with 4 lines to the right, that will allow you to import/export brushes And Styles, it might be worth taking a look at this thread :) J

Hi Twomen, It is possible for you to create back ups of Styles, Brushes and keyboard shortcuts in the latest beta. Being able to create backups of the workspace has been requested before so this could well be something we see added in the future. :) J

Hi imacken Just an update, this has been fixed in the latest beta which you can download from here. Cheers - J

Hi Bec, Welcome to the forums :) You could use Photos to store your images and them import them via the Media Browser (View>Media Browser). Or you could set Affinity Photo as an external Editor, so you can right-click an image in Lightroom and "edit in - Affinity Photo". We do have plans to introduce a DAM product in the future as mentioned in the interview below, watch this space! https://affinity.serif.com/blog/interview-with-lead-affinity-photo-developer-andy-somerfield/ J

Hi jmca62! Would it be possible to provide the file you are working with so I can take a look at this for you? J

Hi fmlfoto! We have a video here and you can also search for 'Diffuse Glow' in the help within the app for more info :) J

Hi fmlfoto Reinstall would be one option! Otherwise I would suggest resetting the app. This can be done by holding down the CTRL key when opening the app, clicking 'Select All' and 'Clear' If that does not help, please provide a copy of the file you are working with so I can investigate this further. J

Hi Blee Welcome to the forums :) You can't access your Photos library via File>Open so I would suggest using the Media Browser. Within the app, Go to View ▸ Media Browser... or just drag or double-click an image from the Media Browser to open in Affinity Photo. J

Hi fmlfoto I have the Exposure 7 plugin and I can see the Halation effects, they appear to be filters that you can apply. Is this what you are looking for specifically? We don't have these specific filters but you could create something similar using the tools in the adjustments menu within the app. J

Hi Shamguy4 Welcome to the forums! :) We are looking at making some improvements to the Smart Objects, at the moment the support is limited but we hope to improve it over time as mentioned here. With regards to Power Duplicate, you would be be able to undo a particular part of the duplication if you need to, you would see as you are going along the progress it is making, should you be unhappy with its progress you can undo or make and adjustment to the petal for example, and then continue. For the 'Live Transform', in Designer draw your shape, then go to the Corner Tool (or press 'c' on the keyboard). Now select all the handles (press Cmd+A) and just drag one of them inwards and you should find you've added a radius to all the corners :) Filling a layer with colour can be done differently, you could place a quick Shape rectangle across the background and give it the colour you want, then lock the layer to ensure it isn't affected when working on different areas of your project. Alternatively you could use Layer>New Fill Layer, apply your colour then place it under the background layer. At the moment there is no way to reset the colours back to black and white but this has been requested previously J

Hi woosaj Welcome to the forums! We have no plans for a Black Friday discount at the moment. If this changes, we'll let everyone know :) J

Hi VectorCat :) You could turn off the 'Edit All Layers' option so you would only be able to select/edit the particular layer you have selected in the layers tab. This option is in the bottom left of the Layers tab. Alternatively, you could place all the objects within the group into a new layer and lock it. I hope this helps! J

Hi imacken Thanks for bringing this to our attention. I am able to replicate this issue in the latest beta but not in the Mac App Store version. I have logged this to be looked at. J