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  1. I am going through the Affinity Designer Workbook regarding the Geometry Tools.  On page 91 it says that the boolean tools are non destructive and to add the 4 shapes together which I did as instructed.  It shows an arrow in the book next to the combined ice cream image and it says that you can select this expand back into the shapes they were previously.  It also shows that add tool to the right on it sublevel of the combined image.   

    When I follow the instructions, it is not like this at all and my addition is not nondestructive.  Am I doing something wrong or is there an issue with my program.

    copy of geometry tools screen shots.afdesign

  2. I added a rectangle shape with a white fill to an image with a transparent background. I tried to position the rectangle to the back or behind the image. It could not be done with either the layers panel or the position shift buttons at the top.
  3. Since I have Serif Drawplus I Noticed some features that Drawplus has that affinity does not. These two tools I really enjoyed in Drawplus and thought it could be very useful in the AD. They are the Blend Tool and the Shadow tool. the blend too is really cool for blending different objects together to make some nice affects. The drop shadow tool is so easy to use. This makes applying shadows much easier; however, I know there are other ways to apply shadow. I did not see any way to apply the blends, though and I don't know a work around for that. Something else I was looking for was a replicate option. Did not see this when I looked in designer. I regards to the gradient tool. I think it would be good to have it be able to follow a curve, Such as in the case of an S, where currently the Gradient is limited to certain options like Linear, radial, etc. This leaves an S with only the top and bottom of the S getting part of the gradient and the other side the opposite instead of the entire right getting the darker and the entire left getting the liker or ice versa. In the image, If you can see it, I have a line down the center of the S design in which there is bleed over from one side to the other. I feel that if the gradient could follow this line it would solve this issue. I'm sure there are professional that can work around this issue, but I am not a pro. I am a home tinkerer. This program appeals to me as has the other Serif products I have purchased because they are affordable to the lay person. I also like the transparency tool, but I don't know if it is possible, but the transparency is applied directly to the layer the transparency is applied to. I think it should have at least a sublayer or it's own adjustment layer clipped to the layer the effect is being appied to. Just some thoughts to consider. Thank you guys for this wonderful program. You are great. Billy
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