[Pasting as shape to photoshop]

+1.

 

Same issue with Sketch to PS. I'm afraid Adobe is only allowing paste-in-shape when it comes from Illustrator.

[Affinity Designer 1.5 sneak peek: Constraints and Symbols]

Oh my, tell me you revamped the eyedropper tool :)

[Cloning Colors / Eye Dropper Tool Shortcut?]

You may have to pick colors a hundred times during a vector illustration session. The drag'n'drop doesn't make much sense.

 

Interestingly, with bitmap tools, the color switching is one click away. And it works perfectly; ALT always under the finger, superfast. What prevents you from applying the same logic to vectors?

[time-lapse making-of video's of directly in Affinity.]

Agree. The unlimited history is fantastic for making offs.

 

Another way to do it:

1/ Quicktime > New Screen Recording

2/ Go to the beginning of your history

3/ Hold ⇧⌘Z  all the way back.

Voilà! Direct to video.

 

 

Quick one: http://cl.ly/3x2S1F2e053U

[Pencil brushes]

Great tut! Thanks for sharing.

 

 

Edit: Paolo, interesting posts on your website; as http://www.paololimoncelli.com/bristles-for-affinity-designer/  Keep posting!

[help with migrating from adobe products to affinity]

Agree.

The current Shift+F5 is awkward, and do not allow Preserve transparency. A default mapping to Option+backspace and Option+Shift+Backspace would be a neat addition! 

[Fill Alpha Channel in Affinity Photo]

Another option is to create a Fill layer (that you can assign to ⌥⇧Delete!) and nest it. 

 

Still two steps, but the Fill layer gives some flexibility.

 

[Fill Alpha Channel in Affinity Photo]

Agree with the OP.

Brush + protect alpha works beautifully to fill in a layer with a foreground color. But an equivalent to the ⌥⇧Delete would be a killer.