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Contour and Blend are very different tools. Contour adds additional objects based on a single or group of objects. Blend morphs from one object, or group of objects to another. In the screen capture below you can see the various settings from CorelDraw 2020. This would be the target for Affinity if they want to implement robust, productive Contour and Blend tools. Frank

Here is a Palette for Designer and Publisher with the Roland Spot Colors. The actual color doesn't matter. It just has to be a Spot Color and must be named exactly like this. CutContour PerfCutContour RDG_WHITE RDG_GLOSS RDG_MetallicSilver Frank Olivio Roland-Palette.afpalette

I can already say...I'm SOLD! I will definitely be getting this app the day it goes on sale. As a former Serif devotee I am very excited to see Affinity filling my needs with an all new look and feel, while maintaining the common sense approach they've always had. Frank Olivio

You are correct Alfred, I was referring to the original object. For example: text that has a bevel effect added still remains a text object. Likewise, a rectangle that has a texture fill is still a rectangle. The attached coin shows a 100% vector drawing with numerous filter effects applied, yet the objects remain vector.

This is an absolute must for my workflow. I've been creating them in CorelDraw and importing the vector into Designer to add the excellent f\x features. DrawPlus had a super cool Filter Effects dialog similar to the one in Photoshop. Since it remained a vector, I considered it better than Photoshop's.

I bought ALL of the PhotoPlus Graphic Authority packages offered by Serif, but now many of the files cannot be opened due to the lack of .spp support. That's a problem for me. Frank Olivio

Got mine! Thanks Serif...Awesome software...AGAIN!

Cool! Thanks...

Are Filter Effects only available on Layers? In DrawPlus we could apply Filter Effects to individual objects. If we can only apply them to layers we will end up with tons of layers making object hierarchy a real pain to deal with. I can see some of my drawings having easily more than 100 layers. Frank

Thanks Chris...

Thanks Matt for your response and the tip. Frank

I use the Auto-Hide Taskbar feature in Windows (Win 10), but when I'm in Affinity it doesn't work, forcing me to hit the Windows key to display it. I've tested this on 2 Windows 10 computers. Frank

Can Affinity create a Contour (single step or multi-step) (outside, inside, and to center)? DrawPlus did a poor job of it, while CorelDraw does a really good job. I expect Affinity can do this, but I haven't been able to find it. Thanks in advance. Frank

I use VersaWorks as well. That's great to know I can create CutContour lines. Do you mind if I ask you to post the steps? Thanks in advance. Frank

Meb, Thank you for the links. That is some incredible work! I think I'm getting a better idea of just how cool Affinity is going to be. Since I don't have a Mac, my hope is that some of this makes it's way over to DrawPlus. Of course, I've always believed that creative types can make awesome stuff with crayons. Thanks again...