adi_cataleya

I was hoping the new algorhythm for outline stroke fixed the creation of too many extra nodes after using boolean functions. Unfortunately the issue is still there unsolved. This makes the intersect boolean impossible at the moment when using with complex shapes and curves. That's a shame, because it's a very important feature for working with vector graphics to rely on and I use it a lot for all kind of work. If we need to remove literaraly hundreds of extra and unneeded and recurve the thing with the nodes that are left, than this feature is pretty unusable and doesn't help.
For exporting graphics to svg for use on the web it's very important files are as small as possible. Having hundreds of redundant nodes is not what we want and makes our webgraphics unnecesary slow. Also we than don't have the controlpoints to animate shapes in the svg as suddenly there are more controlpoints than created during the design-stage.
Next to this we want to edit the curves of the shapes after boolean operations. And that's impossible with hundreds of nodes. So don't want to be rude and I love Designer, but on this point our well designed and optimized shapes lose all cleanness we work so hard on when using a boolean operation 'cause then there's a lot of unwanted and unneeded 'rubbish' in there making our shapes losing their original editablility.
Just did some tests and the result seems to be there in the latest stable version (1.7.3.481), beta 1.8.0.526 and still in the latest beta (1.8.0.532).
Added the (stripped) file I used in the video. Hopefully this can be fixed some day soon! Thanks in advance,

hundreds-of-redundant-extra-nodes-after-intersect.mp4 testfile.afdesign

Hi adi_cataleya,

Unfortunately the Windows build just missed this fix, but it should be fixed in the next build!

same in for Affinity Designer Windows Customer Beta - 1.8.0.532
2020-01-23-06-41-31.mp4

Hi team Serif,

I am real happy about Affinity Designer. Currently I am working on pixel art.
Affinity Designer supports every needed tools like raster, grid, pixel tool and so on.
But I absolut would love to have more options for dithering!
Now all my dithering are hand made, it is time consuming.
Dithering options like a pop-up menu under the pixel tool for may, Windows and iPad would be really lovely!
What you you think?

The dithering options could be like a brush texture and should be conform
with the magnetic and pixel exact placement. Would that be possible?

Best greetings Anke Goldbach

Coming from Illustrator, something I used somewhat infrequently but often enough was the Variable Stroke Width tool. This tool allowed you to change the width of the stroke along a curve (we have this) with adjustable Anchors along the curve (we don’t have this). Very useful if you wanted to precisely align a specific stroke width to a specific area of the shape like a pre-measured curve anchor. 
This video shows what I’m talking about:
 

Hi Friksel, nod74,
This was indeed being worked/fixed at the time of the post (it's being tested as we speak). The fix will be included in v1.8 Beta for Mac (not available at time of writing) and in v1.8 Beta for Windows (at time of writing the current Windows 1.8 Beta doesn't include this fix). Some issues imply rewriting parts of the code or the whole feature - they are not just simple corrections or addons to existing code and take more time and testing than usual. With Publisher's recent release a lot of time and effort was spent on solving its issues and on its integration with the rest of the suite which ended up delaying Designer and Photo 1.8 Betas a bit. As explained several times we have limited dev resources and some fixes may end up taking more time than we hoped for but that doesn't mean we don't care about customer's issues/problems. We are simply doing our best with the resources we have. Thanks for understanding.

I have explained the tool idea (And provide examples) in this other topic:
A tool that makes the handles interact with the nodes, the handles change depending of the node movement
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Could be an upgrade to the current node tool, as a setting for the way the node tool manage the handles:
Example:



(Second Image is a zoom for the image above)
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Or be a completely new tool instead

Every few months I return to Affinity Designer to try to make the switch. Will we ever get direct line width control at nodes that is available in Illustrator? The moment I run into a task that requires this, I have to ditch my switch.  Some tasks seem impossible without it. The slider isn't cutting it.

Please add Stock Studio, for me adding Stock Studio to Affinity Designer is very useful as a Package Designer you always need a picture/vector to add into your design without the need to switch to other window.

There is no way to Aquire the scanner into Design. You can do this in Affinity Photo, but it would be great to save this additional step by allowing Design to access the scanners.
Thanks!

I use this file type for cutting vinyl by exporting it from Illustrator

If in any way possible, could the set of preordained tools be expanded with a spiral tool ?
Thanks !!!!!!
 C.L.

I was wondering why not make a redistribution of the panels?
1. if the panel transforms we always put it in the upper left corner, we would retrieve a space in the panels on the right so as to have other more open panels and do not open and close between the tabs.
2. Add the methods of the document next to the file name.
3. Make sure that even if I have the tool tab on 1 column, I can display the fill and trace color samples (now it works only from 2 columns onwards), I would recover space horizontally, since I have so much vertical space on the bar unused tools.
4. I would appreciate the possibility of having collapsible panels like in Adobe (I would save space and I shouldn't always go to the menu to call up the panels)
Now it is only possible to combine the panels on the right and left so as to occupy the entire column on the right and left, at the expense of the visual space dedicated to the work tables.
As it is now the interface should work with a 4k monitor to get the visual benefits, I have a 27 "1920x1080 and it seems like I'm always looking for space to better see the artboards.
I hope the idea is appreciated ...
 

You haven’t had updates for a long time, but before that you did the update twice a year.
The community in forum offers so many cool ideas to you. And you have not done useful tools for a long time.
You made a great product but it doesn’t develop.
So many people love your product and ask for the basic things that should be in the tool for professional
What are you doing there?

Question to experienced Affinity Designer/Photo users:
Is Affinity for self-employed designers? I ask because I have been seeing that most employers list in their job requirements - Adobe photoshop/illustrator/InDesign and MAC.
If someone wants to get a job in the graphic design field, will an employer accept Affinity Designer/Photo experience?
When I look on indeed.com and see the requirements for graphic designers, it says that they are looking for Adobe software experience.
What are your thoughts on this?
It's nice that the Affinity software is reasonably priced and has good features, but, if a graphic designer/photographer is looking for a job and does not use Adobe software - how will it help the job seeker? just asking. Something to think about though.
What is the Affinity software developer or marketing department plans to get the software into the workplace? perhaps attend trade shows that businesses and organizations attend to create the need for Affinity software?

Inkscape has a killer feature called spiro splines. It's really amazing how much easier it is to draw and manipulate perfectly smooth, beautiful curves with spiro mode turned on. AD's 'smart curves' are no comparison.

It's useful when drawing an icon set.

Thanks for posting! That is very encouraging. We'd look forward to seeing firm details in 2019.

There are so many people that create fonts to sell them on marketplaces that I think it would be great to have something like fontself.com to integrate Affinity software (something that would work perfectly with Affinity). It's just an idea. 

Designer has been an excellent substitute to Illustrator, but a Width tool to vary the width/tapering for Strokes on the fly, would be amazing.
And while we’re on the subject of Srokes, if Affinity Designer ‘appropriated’ a Smooth, and Eraser tool, I would leave Illustrator behind in the dust!

I'm ready to exit illustrator if you propose:
+++ the shape designer without going through the pathfinder
+++ the curvature tool (to avoid adjusting the tangents)
Freeform Gradients
Invert mask layer

I'm crossing my fingers for you to put this in place in the next update because I really like your software.  

Hi,
i like the design of the Affinity Designer very much. But there is one little thing that could be better. I don´t know why, but for me the thumbnail design in the layers section looks a bit old. Maybe this is because of the background in this box.
If you compare this for example to the layers section of Pixelmator, this looks much more new and fresh to me. The same goes for this "gear" thumbnails from the styles section ... pictures down below.
 
So maybe you could do a redesign of such thumbnails in a future update. I would love it!
Greetings
Josef

The new Affinity designer for iPad looks and feels awesome.
I would love to see a similar version of the Designer on Windows 10 which uses the full potential of the Windows 10 touch functionalities. A direct copy of the iPad UI could be awesome. 

To better explain this idea, ive taken a small video of corel draw. In this short segment, i never touch the keyboard once, all of the nodes that are deleted are simply double clicked on. It's so intuitive when editing to be able to do this. 
*edit - don't mind my co-worker sneezing in the bkg, i didnt realize i was recording sound, HAHAHA!

double click to delete node.mp4