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Hi, I dont see it requested anywhere but as the new iPhones are out and add the @3x factor, it could be great if it was added as well to Affinity. I think it could be beneficial to have some options to actually setup multiple export size manually. That would be great. Thanks

Hi Matt, Is this still on the roadmap ? Because the App reached RC and it's still not there. It's kind of a big deal for UI designers :-/

Hi, Right now when you copy paste layers from the same or another file, the paste is always done at the same coordinate as the original object. Which can be good if the file is the same size, but in UI design you usually have a library and copy/paste between files and big files. This become a nightmare very fast. I spent my time scrolling all the time to the top of the file (13,000px) just to be able to position the object I just past. Please add an option to paste the object in the center of the screen instead of an absolute position in the file itself. Thanks :)

Hi, Unless I miss something, I think the text workflow could be improved. Right now I always struggle when I finished typing the text. Enter do a carrier return, Escape doesn't do anything and clicking outside the text create a new one. What are you supposed to do once you have finished to type your text ??? Also, I think it would be very helpful to add the text color into the text tool and not having to switch to the pencil to change it. Thanks :)

I am just adding my request to this one as it's related. could be great to be able to search for text too throught layers. Use Case: sometime you need to change text for icons or headers, and there is no easy way to search for the current text value to filter all the views you should change in the layers view :)

Cool thanks !

Hey, Not more ridiculous that requesting a version for Windows ( :P), I wish you port Affinitiy Designer on iPad with a specific Touch UI. Not sure how much memory it needs to run, but it would def be a killer App and fit in my workflow. I know it's prob not appearing soon but you never now, as OSX and iOS are merging and nobody is doing it on iOS for now. Could be a good opportunity to be first, esp with the rumors of 2GB of memory in next iPad ;) Tschusss :)

ok ! I was just wondering if for example, the snapping could be working "less" good with increased number of objects (like too many objects to compute to snap to middle, to borders, etc...).

I was speaking both :D Good to know. I am "only" 7000x14000px so far. My document feels small now !

Hey guys, I would like to know if there is any size limit to documents ? I am growing and growing and it's always as fast. It's crazy B)

Hey, May be I am missing it but I have a really huge document that I am slipping in multiple part so you have a one big view, but they are then sliced in smaller views that can be printed more easily. Right now I only see slice export in pic format for the slice. And in the export options, the PDF document option is "everything" only. Is there any way to either add a slice selection in the PDF export or add the PDF format in the slice export tool ? Thanks :)

MattP is always my man lol ! Thanks buddy :)

But that's a basic feature on PS, fireworks, Sketch, Pixelmator, and all drawing apps. I am chocked not finding it in Affinity. It seems not to be even planned.

Hi, Is there any way to have statistics about affinity files ? Like how many layers / group / object ? That could help to report bugs when some happens at large scale ! :)

Hi, When you create a "print" document with exact size (US Letter, US Legal, etc..), the size is never used when you want to print. I have to export to PDF and then use Preview to be able to do it. I think it could save a lot of time to have it automatically matching the document settings when you want to print.

Thanks, not sure how I missed that one in the search :)

Hello, Another idea that came to my mind would be to be able to have a custom shapes / object library. I know that linked file is coming, so it will partially solve the problem. What could be really cool and make the difference is to have a shelf where you can put your UI element so you just have to drag and drop to duplicate and use them. Then having an option to unlink the object in case you need to do heavy changes that you don't want to apply everywhere.

Hi, it is critical in UI design that you can control how lines are drawn in shape to not overlap the size of your control. Right now, the application is always centered and doesn't offer any controls over it. It involve far too much manual steps to deal with it (basically resizing the shapes to a smaller size to fit inside the target size). I know there is a stroke options in the Fx that allows you to do that but it doesn't do the job. Stroke only works if you already are drawing a line. If you remove the line or draw a line of 0px, Stroke doesn't work anymore. And it would be a workaround anyway. It get worst when you have to tweak your design by changing line width. You have to manually resize every shapes to fit in the target size every time. I didn't find this feature requested anywhere and/or in the roadmap. Hope I am wrong and it's already planed. But this is a huge deal for any serious UI designer !

Hey, Not sure if I missed it or the feature is missing but seems there is no vertical layout for Frame Text Tool. Would be great to have centering options there: top, center, bottom. :)

Affinity is announcing Affinity Animator for Mac. Can I tweet it already ? :P More seriously, I think there is almost no good alternative of any animator tool in general. At least on Mac. Same for 3D, but it's a lot bigger ;)

Hello, I know you can simulate partial stroke with the "pressure" feature, but I was wondering if you could add a specific feature for it directly into shapes / path. Like in UI design, very often you have like a square shape with only one side stroke. For now you have either to use this pressure sensitivity to do it manually or draw a specific line. It could be a life saver if you just had like a box where you can select sides you want to stroke. More generally (or even better), seeing a line or live shape where you can pick any line between two vertex to stroke there only. :)

"all the proprietary stuff" Sure, it's well known that Microsoft is the most open source software. You can find the code online, they have plenty of succesfull open source project widely used and they don't use proprietary file format. You can even install Windows without online registration and serial numbers. Wait.... Not only this but it's well known that Mac users are more willing to pay for software meanwhile Windows users will try to pirate it first. (kind of the iOS vs Android story).

This feature can't come soon enough !

Hey Matt, Thanks for you fast answer. Indeed I just found the option for swatches. when is this was added ??? Could it be possible perhaps to add the swatches directly in the window or popup without having to switch ? Sometime the workflow is like - pick a color in the swatches - tweak it with sliders Right now you have to switch between view to do that meanwhile it's usually all integrated in most apps. Swatches are always showing for quick adding new one from your tweaked color if needed :) I will try to document the color tab behavior if I am frustrated again. Could be a problem when opening / closing / switching between documents.

Hi ! Not sure how to explain that one. Right now, when you do some UI stuff, you group elements by screen / UI part and so on. Now, there are needs for annotations and may be device shapes aroung those screens, but you don't always want to show them. For exemple, I could have some annotations when presenting by want to remove all of them in one click. But with current (or traditional) grouping system, the only way to achieve that is to group all annotation together, but then if I move any UI element, the annotation won't follow. It could be great if you could like "bind" or "glue" some layers to others even if they are not in the same group. That way you could enable / disable part of your document, will easily keeping it consistent when moving element around. Probably not easy feature to add but I just wanted to document it. It would make a huge difference for UI designer over competition :)