Andreas Larsen
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I know it's a well know issue and you've promised to look at it but the bug has been there since day one: Any timeline on when expand stroke will work?
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How it's currently "working": Have multiple tabs open -> view tab A -> view tab B -> close tab B => you are now viewing tab X
How it could (should) work: Have multiple tabs open -> view tab A -> view tab B -> close tab B => you are now viewing tab A again
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Can you save in the pictures folder? or the documents folder? You can try repairing your permissions, or try giving your user account permission to the app.
See this post: https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/4357-exporting-image-or-saving-as-in-dropbox-folder-not-working/?p=40318
Tried all sorts of things but none helped so had to quit and loose all my edits - (they were slices so didn't win anything by exporting which worked).
It works after reopening the program. Please focus on stability and less on features.
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Hmm...I'm only using beta because app store is also buggy but this release won't even let me save...
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Am I missing something or is there really no way to convert linked slices to unlinked?
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Not sure if this is beta only but: Open/create file -> make some edits -> "forget" to save -> cmd + w -> ask if you want to save the changes -> "yes" -> file is saved but window is still open.
If it's intentional then I'd highly suggest you change it - all other programs I've tried does "save + close window" when you click "yes".
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Yikes. The text repositioning with zoom will be fixed in the next beta. The document is saved with it in the wrong position, but if you load it into the next beta, nudge it and then undo it should come right.
Great, what about the file size - looks huge to me. The image used was originally 4-5mb and that combined with some text and layer effects shouldn't result in a +100mb file?
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https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3019777/gidolesquare.afdesign it's also ridiculously huge
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And the colors are all sorts of wrong when I try to open it in the normal version.
So currently I have to save as psd, open in photoshop, export png to get usable files.
Affinity is really testing my patience as of late - glad to see #25 and hope you get things sorted soon so we can have a more stable and reliable product.
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Glitch in PNG export - never seen it in other versions. Also PNG export seems to be slower/more resource demanding (CPU).
EDIT: The same glitch appears when zooming in/out.
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The graphics solution proposed seams like an unnecessary workaround to just using embeddable graphics with duplicates.
Only problem is embeddable graphics only works with raster witch limits it's usability so this would have to be fixed.
Another feature I'd love is the ability to export to folders. The way Xcode and other platforms handles localised images is the create e.g.
en.lproj
image.png
da.lproj
image.png
So the folder names are different but the images have the same file names.
Currently you have to export e.g.
image-en.png
image-da.png
add to folders and batch rename
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They way FontForge does it is by converting them to "normal" points when you rotate unless rotation is +=90(n)
An alternate solution could be to make horizontal/vertical fixed standard and then only allow other angles with modifier pressed.
The shift solution works great for "new" points but if you already have a point with handles then getting them "perfect" requires you to delete the handles first.
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Similar to curve point handles can only extend horizontally or vertically.
When drawing logos, icons, UI, type etc the wast majority of curve points are like this and having the point type makes drawing a lot faster + more precise.
Screenshot is from FontForge (notice the difference between round and diamond shaped dots)
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Slice tool export has another even bigger bug - slices get twice as big as they were, so I'm having to shrink them after each cycle of:
Only thing I've done is save + close, work in another document, reopen the sliced document, adjusting some colors -> export persona.
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@MEB I'm not saying I expected there was a quick and easy fix - just that it's an essential function of the app that in it's current state is useless in some cases requiring daily use of another app for just that function.
On an unrelated note:
There seems to be issues with embedded documents not updating. Only the one you double clicked to edit gets updated automatically. I have to turn visibility off/on for the others to update/refresh
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I don't know if it's just the beta but "File" -> "Open Recent" get's reset with every update.
Slice tool
Slice tool only works with pixel even for print documents in mm making it impossible to use for printing works where accuracy is needed.
Slice tool should be (at least that's how most other programs do it) be restrained so you can't go "off canvas".
Snapping should work for the slice tool too (you shouldn't have to zoom in the be able to hit the upper left corner of a canvas.
Expand stroke (please fix it - it's a basic function that should just work)
Expand stroke still produces way, way to many points - a simple circle (should be 4 points) generates 20+ points.
Expand stroke together with "scale with object" doesn't work (looks like it get's the original thickness of the stroke).
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If you have scale with object on stroke expands wrong thickness
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Any updates on the expand stroke issues? Still many bugs and even when it gets it right it still uses way too many points rendering the function useless.
Expand stroke is a basic function that should just work.
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Better - although that glue icon is a bit unconventional it makes sense.
The icons should also grey out when you can't use them - e.g. when I've selected just one curve (path) I can still click join curves which obviously does nothing.
Names are wrong though. Should be
Break node (or break path)
Close path
Smooth path
Join paths
Reverse path
and they would probably make more sense if reordered like this
Break path
Close path
Smooth path
Reverse path
Join paths
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I don't know if it's isolated to the beta but outlined strokes with dashed style shows all sorts of glitches depending on shapes and settings.
The only workout is currently to expand the stroke, and then switch to inline stroke but is no good because it's destructive :)
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Thanks for reporting it @Andreas Larsen. Issue logged to be looked at.
Cheers, would be great if the text was automatically highlighted when you create a new slice, so the workflow could be:
drag out a new slice -> cmd+v (or type) -> click return
so you wouldn't have to move the mouse away from slicing at all
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+1 times a million, all numeric input fields should "capture" the keyboard up/down and shift+up/down
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Just bumping this because I'd also really like keyboard shortcut for switching personas
EDIT: I created them myself in apple system prefs but would be nice if they were in affinity designer by default :)
Ability to "hide" Layer Styles
in Older Feedback & Suggestion Posts
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Similar how to you can currently disable a layer mask by "Shift + click" or "right click" -> "hide"
So "Shift + click" on "fx" toggles the layer style on/off.