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AD will be one heck of an app should they implement this CSS feature. I really hope they are llistening to this and planning for implementation sometime in the near future.

Second this! Hi Affinity team, please implement a 2-finger-tap for a single undo, a 2-finger-tap-and-hold for multiple undos, a 3-finger-tap for a single redo, a 3-finger-tap-and-hold for multiple redos. Procreate leads in this field and I am guessing it is a very good approach to emulate. Secondly, I do not know if it is just me, but I feel that the leaked UI from last year looks so much better to the one in the currently released app. The tools look they are meant for touch-based input whereas the finished product mimics the desktop version more closely. I am not sure if that is a good thing. Check the pic on last year UI below:

This is such a disrespect for not only the cross-platform paradigm, but a direct-manipulation approach as well, which could genuinely offer quicker and more efficient workflow. One could be just as arrogant if they were to insist on iOS/macOS-exclusive Affinity apps so as to better distribute and tap on resources.

It is almost mid-March 2017, there is still no sight of the iPad versions ...

Try as anyone might, it will all be in vain. I know everybody likes free stuff, me included, but I think it is good to help out a company who is helping creatives by purchasing the physical copy. I have a genuine concern though, when new software updates are released, is Serif releasing a workbook version 2, hence "forcing" users to buy the updated copy (old and new contents) altogether? Or can we have a version 2 with only new contents, guides and projects, to justify another purchase?

Just thought of bringing this topic up again. I was trying Autodesk Sketchbook Pro's perspective tool. I think it is an interesting implementation. Not perfect, but great. Affinity team, could you take a page from this and provide us a perspective tool in Designer soon? Their french curves are good to have too.

There should be parameters to play with concerning the two features, and Serif may implement differently but it is always good to note new technologies that others come up with, to say the least. They inspire.

First of all, MikeW, we are not just talking about one or two use cases, concerning ColorChameleon (CC). Fortunately, you were quick to point out, there could be other instances where CC would come in handy. Secondly, I knew QuickLayout (QL) was demoed using AI. But I'm making a case for Publisher. I don't even need to open an app to find out if a QL feature were useful. And obviously, all those drawbacks/constraints you mentioned, will need to be addressed if Serif were to come up with a highly effective/successful tool in this department. This is for their consideration. Again, we should not just be limiting to one or two use cases here.

Since all of DAM users will be searching their assets at any given time, this definitely gets two thumbs-up! Please turn this into reality, Serif.

I would assume both and features, introduced at #AdobeMAX, would be essential in software like Publisher. Please make a Publisher-equivalent for each a reality in its original release.

Does the Affinity DAM need to be a native RAW developer too, like Lightroom is? I rather have the DAM just be a really good DAM, i.e. it just manages / catalogues digital assets better than anyone else, including Adobe Bridge - which the Affinity DAM should resemble more closely in terms of functionality, in the market. With that said, this DAM can, however, harness Photo's RAW and image editing capabilities (or even leverage on Designer's / Publisher's strengths) to edit assets from within the DAM itself (roundtripping may not be required) for seamless workflow. In other words, users will need to have licenses to both DAM and any of the other software in the Affinity range, in order to have cataloguing and other creative tools at their disposal.

Rather have the Affinity for iPad out first, agree with the team. May I ask though, why will Photo be released first, then Designer? If so, how soon, after Photo, will Designer be released?

Hi Serif, would you guys add perspective tool to the roadmap as well?

If you're planning on drawing as you described above, Designer seems like a more viable software. But sadly, the Affinity range lacks any useful perspective tool.

With the advent of VS for Mac, would it help?

It would be nice to have touch-friendly UI for Windows too.

Hype is another interesting HTML animation software: http://tumult.com/hype/pro/

While Phil's quotes are excerpted from http://appleinsider.com/articles/16/11/14/apple-svp-phil-schiller-addresses-touch-bar-other-macbook-pro-concerns, I wonder what MS's responses would look like: Schiller: Can you imagine a 27-inch iMac where you have to reach over the air to try to touch and do things? That becomes absurd. Microsoft: Silly us, what were we thinking! We should have consulted Apple first, Phil, before working on the Surface Studio (SS), which would slide down to function as a big and beautiful art canvas. Schiller: Whoa, whoa, you're going too fast. (Quote-on-quote) Microsoft: Again, did we just offend you with the SS? If we did, first and foremost, we extend to Apple our deepests regrets and apologies... for coming up with, what some say, a fresh and exciting innovation, which any of Apple's new notebooks lacks. Sorry, your touch-what-bar? You call that exciting? So much so that even Logic's update will only be released in 2017 to take advantage of it? Schiller: I know our team made very smart choices and this is the best notebook that can be made with the greatest technology. Microsoft: You mean, that's the reason why 1) Apple uses AMD instead of Nvidia for their new notebooks, 2) the new 13-inch MBP cannot fit in a quad-core CPU while the 15-inch variant can? But I must add, these may be some nitpicking against the brilliant Apple company, who has given consumers so much till this day. Their iOS and macOS seem superior, as far as I'm concerned. For example, I mean who could pull this off, but Apple, coming up with an undo feature by shaking the iPhone? Clever indeed! Now, let me try to undo changes on my 12.9" iPad Pro, likewise. Wait, you mean I might want to shake that iPad too? Talk about being absurd, well done, Phil!

I would like anyone from Serif to shed some light on this, how will an Affinity DAM work (effectively)? Are all the files/assets going to be stored on one drive? Or configurable to multiple?

I take Ash's words: Serif claims with the iPad version, we can do some things better.

I assume you use the Apple Pencil or a similar stylus? How's the experience with Astropad?

Let's go easy on Serif, guys. They are but a small team compared to Adobe behemoth. The fact that they decided to go with releasing Windows apps means that they have a very good strategy to expand brand awareness and user base, which should help to improve the quality of the existing apps we love. A solid requirements process, amongst other things, is crucial to ensure that chances of screwing up big-time in the future are minimised. Time is needed to ideate, prototype and test. Serif is doing all this in our interest. With the work they've released this far, we are indefinitely grateful to them.

Agree on the excitement bit, but irrelevant analogy. I don't celebrate Christmas yo.