Petar Petrenko

Yeah, that's true.

And what's wrong with dreams?

This silence drives me to think that Affinity has finally started repairing old bugs and that we will stay a little time on 2.6.x, so when they start working on v.3, that will be a fresh and stable version without any new serious bugs.

Hi, is it possible to add a feature to protect text styles, table styles and so on, with a password? This will be useful in situations where the customer insists on the originals but we do not want to discover the definitions of the styles. I know that there is a possibility of deleting styles and retain formatting, but in some cases, like in running headers (footers) an error occurs.

Any software you are going to try will take time and will not be 100% accurate, which you already know and you will have to pay for it. Instead of wasting your precious time, I would advice you to covert them to IDML first. They are 100% correct INDD files. At this moment Publisher's IDML import does not support all common features between both apps, but as Publisher's IDML grows, you will have more and more accurate files.

With each new version you have a 30-day trial period. I think that's enough time to see if the bugs (you're concerned about) have been fixed, and to decide whether to buy it or not.

Yes, at this moment I am on Windows.

No, it is not. It shows "Use Baseline grid". On both Publishers.

I think that is Microsoft's problem, not Affinity.

Hey @MikeTO. Can you tell me where you found that "Independent Baseline Grid"? I can't find it in both versions of Publisher -- beta and retail.

New feature usually comes with two number versions -- 2.1, 2.2... 2.6, not three 2.1.1, 2.6.3. There were already new features in 2.6.

In FreeHand, that tool doesn't draw smooth lines. It is combination between Designer's pen and pencil tool: when you just click the left mouse button and drag the mouse, you are in Designer's pen mode -- drawing a straight line; when you hold the left mouse button pressed, you are in Designer's pencil mode -- drawing freehand curves.

Curved edges are easy to get when you first draw the straight ones. I miss Freehand tool (pen or pencil?) for drawing straight lines and free shape curves (not like using pen tool in Designer or Illustrator) with one tool only.

Maybe, but that's the way I work. Everyone has rights to have its own style -- right or wrong.

@Bynah Is this OK to you? Plymouth Salads.afdesign

The document is empty (only 6 guidelines). Next, you mention artboards which are Designer oriented elements and you uploaded Publisher file.

Wow, it never happened to me. Can you explain exactly how it does it? How do you create the artboard(s) -- when creating a new document by checking "Create Artboard" or are you trying to convert the new page into artboard?

@thomaso Well, at least you won't end with an open shape.

In case I have to draw a closed shape, I don't use pen or pencil tool. I start with rectangular shape and convert it to curve. Then I start to reposition the nodes and add new ones as needed.

Just curious. Why would you like to delete it even it is not your project? Canvases / Artboards / Pages, are useful to define what is going to be printed or exported or... anything else. It is something like the painter trying to destroy the canvas, but keep the painting.

So, this is what we want. Just a small talk from time to time with a staff member to keep us happy and on trucks. Thank you.

At least, it's moving, to everyone's joy. Affinity goes forward with new strength.

OK, you can do to the very first image you open. What about any other image if you would like to place? You can't do it. It automatically selects the first image you used for defining the size of your document, which you could do that with "New..." dialog box. You can use it only once, for only one image in the document you create.

Would you elaborate on this more thoroughly, please? So, "New..." function is not needed in Photo?

Would they exist after a new version is installed?