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It is May 2025 and I have been following this post since 2021. It is not my intention to attribute any blame as to how, why or when this 'Acquire Image issue will be addressed, but to ask that the developers prioritise a result. I am a publisher of manuscripts and pictorial based books. Not being able to utilise the built in 'Acquire Image' is very time consuming. A typical publishing project has between 150 and 200 images that need to be scanned. I cannot really contribute anymore than most have already written about. My experience is that I can use the 'Acquire Image' at any resolution as long as it is in 'Black and White'. If I try and do the same with a Colour setting the image fails, producing a patchwork of pixelated squares that does not relate in anyway to the original image. So....if I wish to produce a B&W publication....I can. I feel this is issue (as a professional publisher) that is not being addressed with the enthusiasm the Affinity Team might. Please, as a ex-Photoshop user (more than 25 years) find the resources to not make me go back to Adobe.

I have been a professional software user for well over 30 years. In that time I’ve bought 3 houses, 8 cars, numerous changes of clothing, 20+ computers, 13 mobile phones and a considerable amount of software. None of the above came with a discount because I’d bought one before. I don’t NEED V2 but have bought it to continue support for the non subscription model that too many other, not named, software providers have taken on. Sometimes you have to stand back for a minute and realise what is good value for money. The 4th house wasn’t - so I didn’t buy it.

I too would welcome a means to add measurements to a design. I use Affinity Designer in many ways, but my main use is designing lighting for large scale concerts. There are software applications within our industry for doing this but Designer provides a illustrative 'feel' to design with a much larger 'expressive' palate. Combining lighting design with the set-design within Designer has become simply a glorious way to be creative. Once a design has been finalised, I have a need to create a layer where dimensions and measurements can be attributed to the design. This allows me (in the real world) to identify the various lighting units that might be used to achieve the effects created. This can then be turned into a project listing of material needs. In a typical lighting rig you might have 100's of luminaries that have to be precisely positioned on various hanging truss. The ability to be able to draw accurate dimensions within designer is fundamental. It surely can't be too hard to provide as the underlying dimensions are already there when moving objects around the document? For me, this facility would complete the package and allow me to leave Illustrator for good!

Suggestion - On our MAC's, the default scroll (left and right, up and down) is very sensitive and fast. This often creates issues when selecting and using tools or utilising 'Right or Left click' for accessing secondary menus. It becomes terribly frustrating when the document on view continually scrolls off the screen when touching. the mouse to select another action. This is also an issue for me when using Affinity Designer and Photo. Would it perhaps be possible to reduce the sensitivity within the UI (scale 1 - 10 as an example) and/or provide a shortcut or other command that can be used to lock the document in the current position, so that one can work without chasing the page every time you touch your mouse. This could be a keyboard shortcut that toggles 'Lock - Unlock' so that you can quickly unlock the document, reposition the area you are working on and then re-lock it. Thank you.

I have run the beta upgrade and installed. No issues. I have also run the manual update and found no issues with this either. Very good.

I apologise if this subject has been covered elsewhere, but I could not find it. I am new to Affinity but with 25 years of Adobe experience. Being able to view the 'bleed' in a document before printing is very much desirable but I found mention of it elsewhere as a likely upgrade. My main question is of being able to move the ruler origin in a document so that like in 'Illustrator' you can easily change the origin while you are working to suit different origins within your design that you need to work from. It is very rare, when working, that you don't wish to shift the origin for the purpose of measuring simply from a particular object. Is this already possible, but I've missed it in the help or tutorials or is this something that might be provided in an update? Otherwise, I am enjoying the experience!