doeboy

A fast composition.
The man who brings you Stone Soup made with a few of the Textured Intensity brushes here.
This has a cheat with the watercolor paper background dropped in to add a little real media texture.

Hi everyone,
 
We just thought it would be helpful to offer a thread that explained why things may seem quiet at present with respect to Beta releases and new features...
 
 
We have two active code branches at present, one is the bug fix branch from the App Store version (this is where the current 1.4 Betas are built from), the other is our development branch that contains all the new features. At present we have to make sure that our launched Beta versions fix the issues that customers may be encountering, without introducing any other side-effects. This is so that we can be in a position where we know the App Store version is dependable and that customers will be getting a good experience.
 
As soon as we have tested the 1.4.2 Beta thoroughly it will be uploaded to the App Store and will become the 1.4.2 App Store version. We do not expect this to be a lengthy process, but it will not be immediate as it requires a certain amount of testing before we can responsibly push it as an update.
 
Once this has happened we will be able to start building from our development branch and produce a 1.5 Beta for you. The development branch contains a large number of new features already, but we won't make them visible until they have reached the standard you would expect, so we're not going to comment on what those features will be until we know we can share them with you.
 
We hope that makes sense and clears up any queries, if you have any comments then please feel free to post them.
 
Thanks,
Matt

Brilliant, thanks.

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Hi doeboy,
 
At the moment Affinity Designer does not have a Spiral Tool this may be added in a future release, This link is to another post showing how to make a spiral in Designer.

Wow this is great!
 
I just added a shutter.
 

just a camera lens.
 
 
 
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just a camera lens.
 
 
 
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just a camera lens.
 
 
 
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I usually edit in Lightroom, love the tools and ratings so its my default app. I spent some time using Affinity Photo to create this Noir look. Shot with a Panasonic G7 and my Samyang 50mm.
 
Must admit, I'm addicted to a Black & White shot. ;)
 
 
Can't wait for the D.A.M to be able to organise the shots.
 
 
 
Allan

just a camera lens.
 
 
 
file:

Here's a time-lapse of me creating a new comic-style drawing. Mistakes and back-pedalling included.
 

 
Final result:
 
 
Authoring file:
 
 
Enjoy!

Ok, well I guess this one went off track.  :unsure:

Voilà! Details in the image are tack sharp right now and all the skin pretty much is untouched by the sharpen filter. Check out the before and after and readjust the sharpening sliders if you wish.
 
This procedure is applied quickly even if it has several steps. Once the function of Actions is added to Affinity Photo it will become a task even faster. To me it is absolutely worth the extra 60 seconds to get even better results with edge masking the sharpening effect. I have set custom keyboard shortcuts for most of the filters, so this speeds up its usage.
 
This method is totally influenced by Deke McClelland, who is one of the Photoshop Gurus and all the credits belong to him. After some trial and error I was able to translate his method to Affinity Photo and I hope to help some of you to achieve better results with sharpening techniques. Same rules apply to landscape photographs, architecture, still life… you name it. Play with the radius’ values depending on your sensor size and desired ‘focus’ of the sharpening effect.
 
Enjoy!

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Hello From Canada!!
  I'm excited to announce that I have finally completed my epic puzzle platformer "Big Fun".  I'm posting a gameplay video below and would love to hear your thoughts on the finished game.  All of the artwork was done with Affinity Designer.  Using scalable images really helped me out a lot.  and Affinity designer is my preferred Vector Artwork program some really fabulous things can be accomplished with affinity even with limited artistic skills.   Gameplay Video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9id9a-VU7Xs Additional Game Art is available on my website : http://madduck.ca     THE GAME   Meet Ty, the adorable "bug" that's afraid of heights. His best friend is a snail, and they never leave the ground. But when his family is captured by stink beetles he's forced on an incredible adventure to get them back.    Swing, spin, and shoot your way through the magical lands using your web grappling hook. Meet strange insects and escape fierce enemies. Travel in bubbles, or catch a ride on a dragonfly or roach when needed. Even though our hero is small, it's tremendously Big Fun.   Big Fun is a family friendly platformer with a unique grappling hook mechanic. With a huge variety of levels, enemies, and puzzles that will keep you laughing.    App Store Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/big-fun/id974673964?ls=1&mt=8   Greenlight Campaign: (Please Vote Yes!) http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=592617062   Twitter Account: https://twitter.com/DarrylFrith   Website: http://madduck.ca

I'm one of the designers you refer to. I reluctantly pay Adobe a fee every month to use InDesign. I'm not opposed to subscription pricing, but I do think Adobe's pricing is extortionate; so I've long been looking for an alternative.
 
I agree, that Affinity can be that replacement for a lot of people. Small design houses, freelance designers, students - these are the people and businesses that Affinity should target. Move on to much larger companies and agencies, and you will be hard pressed to move any of them away from tools and workflows that they have heavily invested in. It has to happen eventually... just look at Quark, but releasing three Mac apps isn't going to make it happen. Half of Adobe's dominance isn't how capable their tools are, but how ubiquitous their tools are.
 
I was looking forward to a speedy release of Publisher as much as anybody, but it's hard to fault a company for focusing development on an emerging technology where (if done well) they could arguably own customers mindshare.
 
A 30 year old interaction model (desktop PC's) won't dominate in the future, it can't, technology moves too fast. I won't claim that the likes of an iPad is ready to take over and power businesses worldwide right now, but I do believe that thinner, lighter, faster, and more natural (like pen on paper) devices like it are the future in an industry such as design.
 
So while Adobe faff about making gimmick apps designed to tie you further into their world, and require their desktop tools for any meaningful output; someone like Serif can concentrate on making apps that can actually be used for professional output. The next generation of designers will flock to a great app on a device they love, and happily wave goodbye to the desktop. Companies like Adobe will show themselves to be the dinosaurs they are, and continue extorting larger businesses until they're forced to die or change (there's definitely a little hyperbole there).
 
TLDR; There's definitely money to be made by releasing desktop apps, and still years where the desktop will dominate; but there's more money to be made by owning the mindshare of a generation raised on touch devices.
 
Can't say I blame them for focusing a little more on something like the iPad Pro. If released quickly, Affinity Designer could see them on stage at the release keynote for the next iPad Pro.

No, indeed, the CSS code of the forum software should handle this, in my opinion. But I fear the devs are still on their very well deserved holidays, aren’t they? Perhaps we will see some updates addressing that issue in the next weeks or so …  :)  
 
In short, I would second that request as well … in the mean time you can always use the Save button to open the image in a new tab, and Safari (and I believe, also every other browser) will scale it for you …  :)

Put a limit on the dimension of an image that a user can upload to the "Share your work" section of the forum??....It's quite frustrating scrolling around..
 
1200PX LONG SIDE

The hardest thing is convincing the forum moderators/owner to fix this so everyone's work is viewable.
 
hint hint

I tried to do a more textured drawing. Not sure I will dig more into this way but making my own brush was cool ^^
Still a little bit disappointed by AP instability :S But I'm sure that'll be fixed in further version :)
 
And Happy new year to everyone! And thanks again Serif's folks :)

Multiple Colour Formatshttps://vimeo.com/149265352
 
 
Global Cloning (and subtle adjustments)https://vimeo.com/149628411