dominik
-
Posts
2,776 -
Joined
Posts posted by dominik
-
-
There was some discussion on this when it was being internally tested. I believe it used to scroll through the different categories but something was broken and that is why it goes back and forth now.
I personally prefer the way it is now as you can quickly get back to the category you were just in but maybe an option could be added in Preferences to change what the arrows do :rolleyes:
Great. We'll see what the developers come up with :)
d.
-
Whilst it is probably "by design", I don't think it's all that intuitive.
The right arrow will take you to the last category selected, but only once a category has been selected and the left arrow used to return to the main preferences dialogue, but when the dialogue is first opened it won't take you anywhere, because there is no "last selection", giving the impression that it isn't working.
There is no indication of which category was last selected when you are back in the main Preferences dialogue, so other than ones own memory, no indication of where the right arrow will take you.
The amount of the white fill in the General icon makes this icon stand out, and it could be mistaken as a highlight indicating the current selection position, and the possible assumption that the arrows might move the selection through the different categories, which is wrong, but would in my view be rather nice.
I posted this in the suggestions forum and we'll see. Even though I consider this of minor importance it could be a nice improvement :)
d.
-
With this discussion in the AD Windows beta forum in mind I want to suggest a change in behaviour of the arrow buttons that are located in the top left corner of the settings window.
Right now they work similar to the arrow buttons in many web browsers. They take you back to where you came from and let you jump forward to a settings screen that was viewed last.
Major drawback is, if you haven't been to any screen before, the right arrow button does nothing. Which could leave the impression that something is broken... :)
My suggestion is to make these arrow buttons step forward and backward through all the available settings tabs consecutively.
I hope this makes sense. Thanks for listening.
d.
-
Hi all,
The forward and back buttons work similar to those found in a browser. There is also the drop down next to them if you want to go to a specific section of the preferences
Hi Chris,
thanks for clearing that. Then there is no bug :-)
Would you and the team see it as an enhancement if these buttons would step through the different settings pages? I would then post this in the requests forum.
d.
-
Hi,
I create some symbols and when I drag the window (add to another group of panels or detatch from it) , all symbols has disappeared, I have to press the button create to see them again.
By the way, thanks for this wonderful software.
Hello Typo,
welcome to the forum.
This issue is already on the todo list of the developers and should be fixed in one of the coming updates (as stated here).
d.
-
If I click on '<' in the General settings, I go back to the icon overview. If I then click on '>' button, I go forward to General again.
Hi Alfred,
this is correct, same here. But if I click the > button only (without first clicking the other one) nothing happens. That is what made me wonder :)
d.
-
The settings window has in it's top left corner two arrows: < and >
E.g. in the general settings I can click the < button and get back to the icon overview.
But when I click the > button, nothing happens. Is this meant to work this way?
I could think the idea is to click through the different settings panes...
d.
-
Installer
- Enabled German, French, Spanish and US-English localisations
Thanks for this latest version.
Minor typo in the installer. In the language selection dropdown it should read "Deutsch" and not "Deutsche" :)
Other than that the install went flawless and the splash screen is instantly visible.
d.
-
@dominik:
(1) The gamma control doesn't work.(2) After a restart of designer, everything is back as before.Hi Michail,
(1) for me the control does work but not very good. It is very slow. With a little playing around I was able to place the slider at mid point and thus the tools on the toolbar are highlighted.
(2) you seem to be right. After a restart of AD the highlight of the tools was lost again.
Well, this is obviously a known bug and I am sure the programmers are going to fix this :)
d.
-
The selected tool does not get highlighted on the bar.
Hi BraGGa1988,
a temporary workaround for me was to set the UI Gamma slider in preferences > User Interface to it's default setting in the very middle. Perhaps you have to restart AD, too.
d.
-
-
Are you using a pixel brush? You need to use ALT+RightMouse + LeftMouse drag to adjust the size or hardness.
Hi Mark,
yes, I am using a pixel brush and had created a pixel layer before.
In Photoshop it is possible to just ALT+RightMouse click and drag to adjust size and hardness. That is why I tried it that way.
From Patrick's post I learned that I additionally have to press the left mouse button. That is new to me :-o
There's many fingers involved with this :)
I have to play with it to get used to it. But I can confirm that it is working here, too.
Thanks to all,
d.
-
From the release notes of version 1.5.0.9
- Added right mouse button as fourth modifier, which enables support for brush tool size and hardness shortcut amongst others (ALT+RightMouse)
Does this mean we can use the right mouse button alread to change the brush tool size? Or is it just a first step?
For me the ALT+RightMouse click does nothing.
d.
-
Thanks for sending that, i've reproduced it and will get it logged for the developers to look into :)
Thank you. I am looking forward to get this resolved :)
d.
-
Thank you. An email is on the way.
d.
-
I have a document consisting of three artboards, each containing stationery designs.
On one I placed some frame text to see how it looks when the stationery is in use.
In this frame text there is a line with a couple of tab stops. When I want to change the value of the last tab in the paragraph palette (clicking on the value, entering new value, hitting enter) the focus jumps to the first tab stop in the palette and the value does not change.
Can I send someone of the development team the AD document via email. In this case I don't want to post it here publicly.
Thankyou.
d.
-
When I tred to open the attached pdf AD locked up and froze. I had to use the task manager for force close it. The pdf was created in Xara Designer Pro 365
Hello Angelize,
I can open this PDF in AD with no problem. I can access and edit it's elements. See attachment.
I opened the PDF in Xara Designer Pro X11. I got the message that two fonts are missing on my machine. But the PDF opened anyway with replacement fonts.
Alternatively you can try with a blank document in AD and use File > Place... to see if this makes a difference.
d.
-
Alignment is not acting as I would expect it to. I would expect to have some way to choose a candidate to align to, but I don't see any way to choose.1. I created 3 rectangles and defined their left edges with a guide line. See 1st screenshot.2. I selected all 3 rectangles. It doesn't appear to matter which order they are selected.3. I choose align center from the top tool bar.4.AD moves all 3 rectangles and centers them up on the green one as can be seen by looking at the guides. See second screenshotI must be missing something. This can't be right, can it? There has to be some rhyme or reason as to which rectangle they align to. It shouldn't move all 3 of them. What if I wanted them center aligned on the red rectangle. How would I do it?It is also weird how it does align left or align right. If I choose align left they all align to the left edge of the orange one. If I choose align right they all align to the right edge of the red one. What if I wanted them aligned left or right to the green one?Align top or align bottom is similarly messed up as well.Is there supposed to be a method to choose which one they align to?
Hi BobsDaubs,
there was a discussion on this topic in the questions forum a couple of weeks ago.
It seems this function is not there yet but in the plans.
I would appreciate to have this, too.
d.
-
Hi Dominik,
Unfortunately I'm unable to reproduce this using both Windows 8.1 and 10 - for me the box does get deselected however the value continues to increase. Are there any specific boxes that you've found this with? Also do you have any applications installed that effects the scroll wheel or mouse actions at all?
Thanks
Hi Sean,
my fault. Because I saw the value box deselected I didn't continue to spin the mousewheel. Now I see that I can move the mouse pointer above any value box and even without clicking in it I can change values. Very handy, actually.
So see this as a false alarm. Please excuse.
d.
-
Affinity is opening my psd files editables with all its fonts as pixels, I can't edit text
Did you try this option? See attachment.
d.
-
That's odd. This is what you should see:
Ok, I played around randomly to see what could be the case.
It seems to be related to the gamma setting in the UI settings. The gamma was at about 75%. Once I set it to the default 50% the icons display exactly like in your screenshot.
d.
-
From the release notes thread for 1.5.0.8
Fixes
- Changed style of tool and Persona buttons to more closely match the macOS version (added border)
I do not see a border.
And: selected tools are not at all different from all other tool icons.
See picture. The V-Tool (top) is selected but the icon doesn't indicate anything.
d.
- Changed style of tool and Persona buttons to more closely match the macOS version (added border)
-
Hi, have you tried this with 1.5.0.8? If it still doesn't work, can you attach the PDF here so we can try it? If it's too big, upload to Dropbox and we'll take a look at the problem.
I tried with the same PDF that previously made AD crash. Now it works OK. I tried with a couple of other PDFs, too, and no crash so far.
d.
-
I came across some strange behaviour in the effects-settings.
1) Add an effect to an object by ticking the checkbox at the left side.
2) Click into a value box right to the value slider.
3) Use mouse wheel to increase or decrease the value.
4) The value increases or decreases by one unit and then disables the value box.
This makes it impossible to dial in a large number with the mouse wheel which would be very handy.
Additionaly:
In the azimuth and hight value boxes of the 3D-effect I can hold the shift key to increase by .1 units.
I would expect that a shift modifier key would multiply by 10 as with moving objects with the arrow keys.
I am not sure if this a bug or feature. To me it seems to be inconsistent :-)
d.
More than one gradient to one object
in Pre-V2 Archive of Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)
Posted
There is a workaround that can work in certain situations.
I hope this helps to some extent :)
d.