jemhuntr

+1, this would be really helpful. Additionally, this should also be on context menus.
 
I believe these "Collapse All"/"Expand All" should be in the same places as Designer's 1.6 Beta 5 "Hide All"/"Show All".

I have this problem on Beta 9 8 as well. Things jump around when I perform Align/Copy+Paste/etc on constraint-edited objects. Specifically when I copy an object from inside a constraint group and paste it on another constraint group.
 
I attached a document where you can reproduce the off-canvas pasting behaviour. Since there's no cross-artboard pasting going on and the document is small, the effect is minimized (the pasted object is just right outside the artboard).
Bug 46677.afdesign

Is it possible now, or will it be possible in the future, to create tints and shades of a global color which are linked to the global color in a way that when you change the global color the tint and shade change as well?
This would be extremely helpful when giving an object a single color that can be changed at any time. I know there is the FX tool to change colors but when that is exported to another file type the effect is rasterized.
 
Illustrator has this now, but with tints only I believe.
 
 

+1, this would be really helpful. Additionally, this should also be on context menus.
 
I believe these "Collapse All"/"Expand All" should be in the same places as Designer's 1.6 Beta 5 "Hide All"/"Show All".

Hi,
I just started using Affinity Designer at work and I love it so far.
One of the features that will really come in handy is to collapse all artboards with one shortcut key.
I usually end up with several artboards in an Affinity Designer file and it gets pretty annoying to navigate through layers on top of layers.
So please add this feature to the next rollout of the app.
 
 

Thanks!
 
 
 

Not sure if this counts as a bug or a feature request, but currently the Colour Picker Tool does not recognise transparency.
 
(This makes it pretty hard to do icon design for non-retina screens in Affinity.)

Redesigning the new design showing the redesign redesigning the redesign. http://i.imgur.com/FZuhjzc.png
 
 
I planned to practice my skills on this and create the alternate dark and contrast modes (plus a plethora of other alternate UX options for some controls in AD). A lot of stuff are yet to be recreated (the buttons up top, the additional layer controls at the bottom, other tool windows, selection focus modifications, etc etc etc), but this seemed like a good WIP I can share.
 
PS: Liking the new light UI on AD. Thanks, devs!
 

Hi,
 
given the amount of items in the "View" menu, I think it would be a great help, if the "Studio" got it's on main menu entry rather than being a sub-item of the "View" menu.
It does make logical sense, having it in the ,View' menu, but it would be much easier and faster accessing the panels through it's own window, especially considering how crowded the "View" menu already is and how many items the "Studio" contains.

Is there a way to copy contents with copy/paste, and in the same location? How about making a duplicate of an artboard?

Hi Matt,
 
Many thanks for new beta! Great performance and speed, I'm so impressed!!!
 
The very first request is please make (or fix) 'copy/paste in place' feature) from artboard to artboard.
It really slows down workflow when you have to copy one element (logo, for example) from one artboard then to paste it in other (with same size) artboard and... after that to correct element position.
 
Here's a link about this issue earlier:
https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/14983-copy-paste-between-two-artboards/
 
Cheers
Vitaliy

Status: Beta Release
Purpose: New features, fixes
Requirements: Purchased Affinity Designer
Mac App Store: Not Submitted
Download: Here
 
This is the first beta of a substantial change to our codebase and as much as we have tried to ensure the quality of the code, it should be considered to be not suitable for production use. This means that you should not attempt to use it for commercial purposes or for any other activity that may be adversely affected by the application failing. In addition it is definitely worth noting that files created in Affinity 1.6 may not open in 1.5 so always make a copy of your important documents before opening them in 1.6 to ensure you do not accidentally overwrite them and are unable to open them in your 1.5 version.
 
To use this beta, simply download the file from the link given above and double-click on the file to open the installer. Follow the instructions to install the beta version. The beta sits alongside the Mac App Store version and will not interfere with it.
 
Fixes/Improvements:
First and foremost, the 1.6 version is mainly about: Light UI! (go to Preferences->User Interface) Improved view pan/zoom performance and new pixel-differencing pixel shader Improved performance with large documents New font chooser dropdown with recents, used fonts and favourites New Glyph browser Stroke stabiliser for all pencil and brush tools Align to key items (first/last selected) Text frame vertical alignment options Fit frame to text (double-click on bottom centre handle). Transform panel uses the rotation centre Scale/shear can now be performed about rotation centre Double-click now resets shape handles and rotate/shear handles Many PDF export improvements including vector export of multi-stop gradients Numerous bug fixes and stability improvements