[1.4.1 updates out now]

So...out of curiosity...is Designer supposed to be $24.99 (USD) right now, or is that an error? Photo is listed at it's normal price of $49.99 (USD).

 

Seems intentional... that's the price listed on the web site as well.  Photo has since gone up, however.

[Text on curve]

I too hope Affinity will reconsider the omission of this feature from Photo.  Although Designer is a great value for those who do any sort of illustration, I would really only use it for text-on-a-curve, superimposed on top of photographs. I can accomplish this, inelegantly, but taking my final photograph and using a $3 iPhone app to add the text, but it would be so much more convenient to just finish the job in Photo.  I think this is why Adobe saw the merits of including the feature in Photoshop and not just illustrator.  

I do have a need for a page layout program, and I assume Affinity Publisher will have a lot of text handling features including text-on-path. Hopefully this will enable the feature in AP as well...?

[Barrel distortion correction?]

Hello!

I shoot many photos with a Canon Elph 500 HS, a compact with a great 24mm, F2.0 lens.  I use CHDK to enable RAW mode on the camera, which is great except that I then miss out on the camera's barrel distortion correction.  This is one of the reasons I am thinking of purchasing Affinity Photo.

I assume I can use Affinity Photo to correct for this (can I?), but can this somehow be made a near-automatic procedure, or will I have to fiddle around for each and every photo?  Will it be possible to create a lens profile?

A sample photo is attached.

Many thanks.