abra100pro

See movie (with audio)

APUB-Selection-Bug.m4v

That's perfect, thanks. No worries, I could retrieve it from the old .ai File (btw: that's how this problematic file has found its origin as well, maybe something there?).

It's funny that we live in a time where people think their pet peeve feature is the only priority the developers should have at a software company with multiple products for multiple plattforms. 🙄
Yes, it sucks that this part of Affinity Designer does not work better. No, people are not claiming that Designer is feature complete and can do everything Adobe software does. No, that does not make the Affinity suite of applications worthless.
Depending on your needs they go a long way, but yes there are still features missing here and there. Some of them might even be a dealbreaker. And then there are other features that are way better than Adobe's (the unified file format is absolutely genius and works so well). And if you compare the cost of ownership the value is tremendous.

AP: I see your point! 🙂
So everything in the newest (non beta) version 1.10.1
AD and AP in App Store - APub via serif.com Website.

Hi @abra100pro,
Unfortunately as far as I'm aware, it's not possible to change this modifier in Affinity currently, my apologies.
I'll be sure to raise this with our developers as an improvement request for a future update, I hope this helps

Oh, thanks, I didn't know. You're right about the offset but most of what I can think of can be achieved that (existing) way - cool!

that's been reported thanks

Wow, in terms of vector manipulation VectorStyler seems top notch. While it is a thin line between feature rich and overblown these features (warping, bending, gradient shapes/meshed and multiple strokes (!!) would make AD make look good.

Agreed. The isolate function in Designer is not the same at all and can only be used on a single object, not a group.
A simple Option+Click on the visibility icon like Adobe does it would solve this issue and save so much time clicking, especially with many layers.

Hello
It would be very efficient If I could get to the location of an opened file as in many other Mac Apps - by right click onto the docuent's titlebar or its tab.
See the two samples from Photoshop (rightclick on tab of File) and MS Word (right click onto the docuent's titlebar). This is sooo handy.
 
Is there a way already that I don't know?...
Thanks for any hints or consideration.
 
Alex

@loukash - thank you, that helped, too.
@walt.farrell - there is no change of aspect ratio - I made 34 banners - from 300x50 to 944x150 - each has its own artboard and is neither resized nor adapted from another. I think there is a misunderstanding, no?

I use vectorization of a pixel based graphic a lot - but I learned, that there are cheap one-time buy tools (Super vectorizer for multi colour and Image vectorizer for one colour) that do a much better job than Illustrator (at least when I last used it about 1.5/2 years before). So this is not a plus for Adobe IMO. However free transform of shapes/text,... would be really handy needed. But I'm sure that we will see this in the near future.

I still use Adobe products - actually only Photoshop and XD. All their major apps have so much old code - they get out a fraction of the possibilities of modern CPU/GPU (except for instance the new XD - very fast!). Exporting a 3000 x4000px for web lasts waaaaay too long! I sometimes force quit PSD because I have not enough patience - and I am on a MacPook Pro 2018 with 16GB of RAM! And it's not the mac which is at its limits - it's just ole' Photoshop.
PSD still in beta for the new M1 - and once finished it will not really use the M1's power - I am convinced! They never did optimize in the past (multi core, for instance). Illustrator: Besides a user interface beyond common human understanding: Giving a shape a simple shadow and zooming in and out brings the app to its limits and turns the fan of my computer to an airplane turbine. In Affinity everything I do is fast as light - they're ready for M1, now, not in 5 years.
Every app has its flaws, I never ever used an app I was 100% happy with - who does. But I am sooooo happy to have valid! alternative to Adobe and that Adobe has competition (hooray!). So as of today I use Publisher and Designer and will never go back to Illustrator and InDesign. I know Photoshop that well with all its shortcuts that I cannot change to Affinity Photo. But that may change sometime in the future as well.

I use vectorization of a pixel based graphic a lot - but I learned, that there are cheap one-time buy tools (Super vectorizer for multi colour and Image vectorizer for one colour) that do a much better job than Illustrator (at least when I last used it about 1.5/2 years before). So this is not a plus for Adobe IMO. However free transform of shapes/text,... would be really handy needed. But I'm sure that we will see this in the near future.

We're now at Designer 1.9.1 and STILL waiting for a vector type distort feature. Yes, you can take work into Photo and use Warp there, but that destroys the vector quality and limits you to bitmap, meaning you are limited in quality of output at large size. It's a severe gap that many users need filling urgently. Even very early versions of Freehand and Illustrator had it - because they knew how useful it would be to a graphic designer. Come on, Affinity!

This bevaviour (I call it a bug!) is still there in 1.9.1.
This situation cannot be that exotic: I have a bunch of artboards with (in this case) two sizes: 1080x1080px und 1080x1920px - I can't manage to export them in this very size!!! Some are ± 1px of their effective size. It drives me nuts!
I placed each of the artboards on integer numbered x-/y-positions (no decimals) - which is in itself absurd as canvas is canvas - artboard is artboard! But nevertheless they don't come out as they should. This cannot make any sense in any way! I must admit I am very disappointed to see this bug still in there. It literally costs me a ton of time.
I exported them via export persona. The only workaround is that I set width and height in this insanely small size-field of each slice separately (36 slices with different dimensions!.)
My document: See image.
Please, Serif, fix this terribly annoying bug.
 

Maybe it's an Apple thing - Affinity Designer, Affinity Photo and Affinity Publisher take extremely long to start. The icon hops more than 43 times until the welcome screen, then maybe another 5secs until document chooser. Display of the app is very quirky (parts of design disappear on zoom or hand moving the artboard, etc. 
 

My number on feature request is free transform of any element - see movie. It would be a quantum leap in vector design.
adFRTransform.m4v  

Thank you very much for your feedback.
I really dislike the forum - the same question or problem being asked multiple times - with different answers - quite a mess...

My number on feature request is free transform of any element - see movie. It would be a quantum leap in vector design.
adFRTransform.m4v  

You're right. No rocket science. However - many of the issues can be defined so differently that it is hard to find them. I call it "free transform", you may call it "perspective deformation", another one "3D distortion".... endless...
However: we can shorten this: it is as it is, let's work with it! Give my best to guess the right topic.

I call it an everyday basic vector functionality

I don’t need a forum police. I need free transform, distort, envelope distort. Whatever it is called, we need it.
A lot - LOT - of posts are created and replied to by active or potential (!!!) Serif customers because the feature is extremely missed, needed and anticipated. 
CREATE. Don’t patrol.

You're right. No rocket science. However - many of the issues can be defined so differently that it is hard to find them. I call it "free transform", you may call it "perspective deformation", another one "3D distortion".... endless...
However: we can shorten this: it is as it is, let's work with it! Give my best to guess the right topic.

My number on feature request is free transform of any element - see movie. It would be a quantum leap in vector design.
adFRTransform.m4v