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Frankly, it took me 5 years after I bought the first public version of Affinity Designer until I was ready to do the switch from Adobe CS5.5. The release of Publisher was a key point then. The whole process also involved mindset switching on my part, however. Keep in mind that Affinity apps are not meant to be Adobe clones. That's a Good Thing™ in the long run. On the other hand, I was an avid Freehand user since the early 1990s. So being forced to use Ill-Frustrator after Adobe killed the former was a major p.i.t.a. all along. Hence good ridance, all the missing features in Affinity notwithstanding.

https://affinity.help/publisher2/en-US.lproj/pages/Panels/swatchesPanel.html Of course you can: Hold the command key to temporarily switch to the Node tool. https://affinity.help/publisher2/en-US.lproj/pages/ObjectControl/objectDefaults.html Because Leading is a paragraph attribute. https://affinity.help/publisher2/en-US.lproj/pages/Panels/paragraphPanel.html Do not confuse it with "Leading Override" which is a character attribute that is to be used only for special purposes in rare cases where you actually know what you're doing. https://affinity.help/publisher2/en-US.lproj/pages/Panels/characterPanel.html

The Layers panel is your best friend. Just inspect the vertical layer hierarchy there and select the layers – or blocks of layers – you need. The PDF layer hierarchy tends to nest lots of blank rectangles inside other blank rectangles – which is what you likely mean by "masks".

Speaking of which… yeah, they do, but you can always do this:

Oh dear, you're aware that with most of this kind of software there's usually… https://affinity.serif.com/trial?

@Megnusin, you're two years too late. Pixel persona Layer → New Live Filter Layer Voilà. You're welcome.

^ which reminds me… … I have posted many such examples in the past. I don't remember the exact context of those, but the old screenshots are still in my forum attachment archives. This example shows a design created on the Artboard object alone, just stacking strokes and fills: Other random examples: Symbols and artboards: ade_symbol_layer_over_multi_artboards.mp4 ade_symbol_layer_over_multi_artboards_print.mp4 Global guides: Even more examples, nested artboards, warped artboards etc.:

It depends. If you include bleed on PDF export, it will ignore the custom artboard shape. (Usually a printer will ask for the die-cut template to be included as a spot plate which they will disable in print themselves.) If you disable bleed, the custom shape will crop the artboard content, so the export will be WYSIWYG.

You can do anything you need to do with custom shaped artboard. For example, if you're designing a T-shirt print, you may want to have a T-shirt shaped artboard so that you can easily preview where to place your design and how it would appear. Or if you have a die-cut template for packaging design, create an artboard that matches the die-cut shape.

You guys do make regular backups, right?

https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/search/&tags=AF-3109 https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/search/&tags=AF-3206 https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/search/&tags=AF-3277 https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/search/&tags=AF-3717 … among others, or simply just see: https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/search/&q=expand stroke bug&quick=1

@Jill Wolcott please post details about the computer model you're using, its operating system version and the Publisher version. Also which PDF export preset you're using.

Have I already mentioned that Canva is operated by extra-terrestrial lizards? Trust me, I've read it on Teh InterWebz!

Of course: create a new hyperlink select "Type: File" click the "…" button to navigate to the local file you want to link

Please post an example of what exactly you mean in the https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/forum/5-affinity-on-desktop-questions-macos-and-windows forum section.