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Why not buy them through the Affinity store and download them when you get the new iMac? You don't have to buy them through the Mac App Store.

For what it's worth, when I changed to metal there was not much of an improvement, but then I cranked up the available RAM to the mid-way point and things improved greatly.

Thanks for your answer, I think I comprehend it, have to let that one mellow a bit whilst it sinks in. In the meantime, surprising, bogus, correct or otherwise behaviour, it is going to be very useful to me, and I shall fiddle with it to see what else I can do with it.

So it seems, but what I find interesting is that when you have done the work with the 'flood select tool' (in this case) on the image layer, then create and select a pixel layer above it (I haven't tried it below) the marching ants are still apparent on the pixel layer and can be filled with the 'flood fill tool', leaving the original image layer unaltered. Nothing has been done with the image layer other than make selections, which have not been copied nor pasted to the pixel layer, so how does the new pixel layer have the active marching ants on it which are able to be flood filled in?. If anything should happen, surely it is the original image layer that should be altered?

I was trying to work something out and fiddling about in photo as you do. I had a new pixel blank layer as the top layer - visible - i.e. 'is visible' check box checked. Below there are number of png image layers - not visible. I was on a 'not-visible' png layer (selected) and, with the 'flood select tool' enabled double clicked on the blank 'paper' of the layer (no idea why), when the marching ants appeared showing the outline of the invisible texture, which I thought was interesting. I selected the top visible pixel layer and the marching ants were still there, so I experimented with the 'bucket fill' and was able to colour the background. It occurred to me to invert the selection and then I could flood fill the separate elements - flowers in this case. On pressing cmd+d the ants disappeared and I was left with a the coloured in pixel layer. The original png image layer was not changed. I found I could also do this with the png image layer, visible or not, by using the 'flood select tool' and then creating a new pixel layer when the marching ants appeared, selecting it and flood filling it in; I haven't tried doing anything else so far. In either case, the original layer is unaffected. I hope I have made this clear. So the question is 'Is this a bug, an unintended feature or just my ignorance of Photo's awesomeness'?

Thanks Carl123, works a treat now; thanks also Bruce - we got there in the end.

Thanks Bruce, though I still can't get any distances to show, the nodes slide along left or right but no measurement showing up. I'm wondering if this is a Windows only feature - I'm working on a Mac.

I recently watched an Affinity Designer video in which a measuring tool was being used, as you will see, but I can't find it anywhere and the YouTuber didn't say. Has anyone any idea? The relevant part starts at 1:36

Glad to see your avatar has a mask on RCR, however these posts are not two metres apart as per social distancing rules.

If the 'Text Ruler' is annoying you can just drag it off the page until it is fixed.

I don't know this plugin, but looking at the two images, could it be the zoom? The top image is at 9% and the bottom one is 38%.

If I understand you correctly, try pressing \ (back-slash), that should reveal the shapes, etc., and show/hide items stored off the page.

+1 for that

I can't help thinking that the ' dark look ' (yes, I have heard the arguments; easier on the eye and so forth) is a fashion statement of the 'Emperors New Clothes' category. Recently, the bank sent me a new shiny pin pad. Guess which one is the new one. Dark mode, it seems, is not limited to user interfaces.

Hi Dan, Thanks for getting back and your efforts. I will look into the vector solution.

Could it be the print 'quality' settings in the print dialogue being set to 'draft' instead of 'High Quality'?

Drawplus X8 ?

Hi Dan, Thanks for your reply. File is attached. The brush was made following the instructions in this video, so credit to the Youtuber. Export.afbrushes

I have found the best way for me is to nuke the document in a plain text editor like Note Pad or Note Pad++. That way I don't get any hidden control codes etc., corrupting the text.

Yep, works for me too. Have you tried the usual things - re-booting etc., etc?

Greetings all, I have been given a pixel brush that draws 9 different flowers when you paint with it. The individual flowers draw randomly, repeating themselves up to 9 times before changing to the next flower. The effect, represented by letters, is like this: AAAAAAAAABBBCCCCCCCDDDDDDDEEFFFGGGGGHIIIIIIHHHGGGGFFFFFEEEDDDDCCCCBBBAAAAAAAAA The flowers draw from A to I then I to A and so on - you get the idea. I want the brush to draw like this: ABCDEFGHIABCDEFGHIABCDEFGHIABCDEFGHIABCDEFGHIABCDEFGHI that is, one flower (x 1 image), followed by the next flower (x 1 image), and so on until they have all been painted; when the process repeats from the beginning, rather than the end, which goes backwards. I have played with all the settings I can find to achieve this, but to no avail. Is this possible, and if so, does anyone know how to do it, and would they kindly tell me, please? Thanks in advance.

Just seen this whilst searching on another question. Definitely would like this feature.

It's just another of the things you can do in DrawPlus X8 but not in AD.

Hi Walt, That seems to have done the trick, the setting that was set in the beta and not the AP proper was 'Show snapping candidates'. Thanks! Live and learn

Hello everyone, I was having a play with the latest beta and found that the object frame (I assume that is what it is called, it's the line that appears as you draw out a shape or text box) does not disappear when you click off the object. It goes away if you scroll or pan and when you press the space bar. I can't find a means to turn this effect off so I assume it is a bug? I have opened the file in AP proper and it works ok - no outlines. I have attached a screen shot to show what I mean.