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Can't speak to Illustrator offhand, but in VectorStyler at least it updates dynamically as you adjust the objects on the ends. You can also adjust the number of object in between, etc.

Which ones, other than VectorStyler (the only such app I seem to be able to find)? CorelDraw - introduced in version 2 InkScape offers an extension with a similar capability but it is not "live" - that is, it does not update when you move one of the original objects - and it seems to have some bugs... Vectornator - no such tool Not sure when it was added to Illustrator, but it does not appear to have been in 1.0:

While I do not disagree with this specific request (to remember that setting, most likely for a particular document), I do feel a need to point out that just because something is requested multiple times, does not mean it is a good idea. People frequently ask for things they would later come to regret, which would cause problems for someone else, or which would get in the way of even better things they may not have thought of when making the request.

"unusual" doesn't even begin to describe it... they way they implemented those windows is just plain wrong.

I agree with @walt.farrell, this setting should come from the text styles, not from the individual paragraph settings which are meant to override those styles locally for exceptions. Create a new document with the basic characteristics you generally use (page size, etc.) Right-click "Base" in the Text Styles panel, choose "Edit Base" Go to the Paragraph -> Spacing page using the list on the left Change "Space after" to zero (0). Make any other desired changes to the base style (the other styles inherit from this style so except for those properties they override, changes to the Base style will apply throughout the document automatically by default). File -> Export As Template and save the template to a templates folder you create at a convenient location File -> New Select Templates along the left Click the add folder button at the bottom of the list Select the folder where you saved the template Create a new document using your template From now on your template should be readily available with the text styles already set up in the desired manner. Additional templates can obviously be created and saved to that same folder to give you appropriate starting points for your projects.

In addition to what Alfred pointed out, you can adjust this within a text style to apply it by default within that style. This is on the Paragraph -> Spacing page while editing the style; just set the space before/after to zero.

Not sure where you are getting this. Many newer OSes are using "sandbox" techniques to help isolate applications from each other; while there is certainly technical merit in this, it is mostly a workaround for a design that has not stood the test of time. Very high levels of security can be achieved using techniques that are *less* impactful on performance than the traditional ACL model, something which has been proven quite effectively in the form of the Capabilities security model introduced by systems such as KeyKOS (http://cap-lore.com/CapTheory/upenn/). The cost of the CPU is not relevant. A more targeted platform using embedded system techniques (which is what you are describing) could implement security appropriate to the application without any significant performance impact if it is done correctly. The lack of a learning curve implies a lack of progress as well. This stability in terms of not needing to adjust to new features and changes would come at the cost of the pace of development, and people are still begging for a lot of key features that are still missing from the products. I don't think this will be a popular request. Already offered via the versions that run on an iPad.

This has been requested before, but can be a bit more complicated than it sounds. For example, if hyphenation is being used, there is a possibility for the split to occur in the middle of a word, in which case you suddenly have a half-word at the end of one frame and another at the start of the next frame, which can lead to spelling errors while at the same time removing the hyphen (since it is no longer one connected word from the perspective of the text engine). Similarly if your text is displayed justified and the split occurs in the middle of a paragraph, then the last line of one may no longer stretch across the width of the frame since it is now the last line of the surviving portion of the paragraph and the first line of the other may not longer stretch across the width since it is now the first line of its surviving portion. Other text flow rules may similarly be impacted by splitting the text in the middle, and there may not always be good solutions to match these things up. Serif would either need to accept that splitting the frames will impact formatting in this manner, or would need to arrange for "phantom" paragraph content on either side to help maintain the exiting status of the flow (and then work out what to do when the user edits the content from there). None of it is 100% insurmountable, but I suspect they have bigger fish to fry at the moment.

... unless you are using Photo, where that option is not available.

The joins may not be clean with that approach... of course, if the change is done at a segment level, there are limits to how effectively that can happen regardless. Most apps set line thickness at the level of specific nodes added for the purpose, or possibly just at the nodes joining the segments. The Affinity apps set it... arbitrarily along its length, totally ignoring the nodes and segments...

The Merge feature only works on raster data, so layers that are vector (such as text and shapes) would need to be rasterized in the process of being merged. On the desktop app, Merge Down is disabled when the layers are not pixel layers, while Merge Visible will automatically rasterize the data in the process of merging the layers. The problem with the iPad version appears to be that Merge Down is not disabled in the same cases where it is on the desktop - for the options where the command cannot possibly work. As a result the user can select the command and it looks like the command was accepted, but it doesn't actually do anything. Merge Visible does seem to work however, just as it does on the desktop. The fact that the option is not disabled is likely a bug, and if not it is a serious design flaw, so either way I believe this should have been filed as a bug report instead of a feature request, if it has not already been added to the bug report section of the forums.

This camera (as well as the S6) will probably take some time to support as the company introduced a new compression scheme for these cameras which will need to be reverse-engineered unless Panasonic provides documentation for the format (which camera companies rarely seem to do without some kind of NDA being signed or similar) and that can be a hit-or-miss operation which can slow down any attempts to provide support for it: https://discuss.pixls.us/t/lumix-s5ii-raw-support/35976 It is, however, supported by Apple's RAW engine so if you are on a current version of macOS you can switch to that within Affinity Photo and it should work: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213267 If S5M2 is the same as S5 II then it looks like Capture One supports it though (but curiously not the S6?): https://support.captureone.com/hc/en-us/articles/360002718118#h_ceed14ae-dd9b-4837-8ad0-d322dabf8739 Same with DxO PhotoLab: https://www.dxo.com/supported-cameras/

It seemed to work under Windows 11 on my Mac Studio, which is ARM-based. I haven't done much with it because I was basically just checking how the installer behaved after reading a few other threads early on after the v2 release - I just use the native Mac version - but I didn't run into any issues getting it started at least. I agree with Walt's suggestion to try the trial version and see how it works on yours.

You can join the beta program: https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/affinity-beta-program/ Note that occasionally something will show up in a beta then be pulled out before the release if Serif feels it was not actually ready, but if something is going to show up in a release, it will almost always show up first in the beta.

In the meantime, you can insert one of arbitrary size, then enter the dimensions you want in the transform panel. If there is a size you use frequently, you can also create a blank one then store it as an asset in the Assets panel, so you can drag it out from there into a new document, wherever you need it. List view is helpful in this case as you otherwise are working blind to locate the one you want.

This is not generically possible. For example, consider a line with a gradient applied to it, to which you apply a curves adjustment with a complex curve. The colors along the line may be affected in such a way that they would not be possible to achieve on the vector shape without potentially altering its geometry with the addition of nodes to represent points where the color changes, something you would not want happening unexpectedly, and even then this may require some very complex computations to achieve, beyond the boundaries of what would be reasonable to expect from any ordinary graphics manipulation software.

Non-destructive is already possible by not applying the filters at all - just leave them as layers. Applying a filter means you want to bake it in, which modifies the pixel data and is thus destructive by definition.

Assuming it is the vector brush tool, you can delete the stroke by right-clicking on it in the Layers panel and choosing Delete, regardless of the selected tool. The delete key should also work, but agree that in the vector brush tool it does not. I could understand it not working in the *raster* brush tool because a raster brush does not create a layer but draws on an existing pixel layer that can have other unrelated content making that operation questionable when that tool is in use, but the truly strange thing is that it actually *does* work in the raster brush tool and not in the vector one! I suspect it is probably a bug that the delete key does not work with the vector brush tool as the key definitely works in other vector-oriented tools such as the shape tools and the pen tool, and even in places (such as with the raster brush tool) where I am not sure that it should?

This is not correct. Shift constrains the aspect ratio (makes squares and circles instead of rectangles and ovals). This is labelled clearly on the status bar along the bottom of the window, as with any other tool. EDIT: as you indicated shift+alt for add, I should clarify that this is what shift does on the Mac; I don't know if this might be different on Windows...

There are iPad versions of the Affinity products which can open the files from the desktop version (and vice versa).

If you have a current version of macOS on your Mac (assuming you are using one) and of iPadOS on your iPad, you can mirror the Mac display to the iPad over WiFi or USB.

You mean like this (done in Designer without any need for a script)? Screen Recording 2023-06-05 at 09.03.29.mov

Short version: when it is supported by the underlying libraw engine (see https://www.libraw.org/node/2753), or if you or on a Mac, then alternatively Apple's RAW engine (https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213267), as both engines are supported by the Affinity products on the Mac.