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Also the SHIFT and CTRL modifiers are backwards to what I'm used to. Normally holding CTRL and resizing something will lock the path to a 30-degree increment, or scale an item proportionally, and SHIFT will scale it from the centre, instead of the corner. Affinity Designer is backwards in that regard. I don't work with a heap of other applications so I can't say that this is a true Windows standard, but it's certainly backwards to Inkscape.

Good morning! Just a few quick notes as I try this program for the first time. There's an actual question down in #6, please help! 1. There's an error in the installation T&C: SERIF AND ITS LICENORS - I also like how the T&C says it's the final word, even if a Serif rep says otherwise in writing. Don't trust the sales guy. ;) 2. After installation, opening a file defaults to the Windows/System32/ folder, which no normal user will ever visit, let alone store files in. Should probably default to the documents folder (or nearly anywhere else). 3. Forum registration uses Amazon to send emails. Many email servers around the world, mine included, run a 'greywall' which reports a temporary failure to incoming mail. The sending server waits a certain amount of time (set by the sending server) and tries again. The receiver sees that it's been sent before, and allows it the second time. This has a wondrous and drastic impact against spam. Amazon, however, uses a rotating server system, so that it's not sent by the same server twice. I had to manually intervene, because after four attempts it was still being refused, because four different servers sent the mail. Not Serif's fault, but it may cause some problems, and now you know it's happening. 4. Wow, this is fast, and slick. Zooming in on a blur effect doesn't take forever to draw or manipulate things, like Inkscape does. 5. When an item is selected, clicking and dragging anywhere within its bounding box will move that item. Sort of weird but OK. 6. Weird, I can't select items if another is in front of it, even if that top object is empty. Like, an unfilled circle will block the selection of all items under it. That's... Really sort of unusual. I can't think of any other app that does that. For example, I cannot click on any item inside this wobbly triangle. If I want to select that grey bit of shading, I have to move or lower every item in front of it first. What's massively weird and the bit that convinces me that this behaviour is wrong, is that if I CUT that triangle I can click through it again. Basically the inner reversed path that makes it transparent doesn't make the middle EMPTY. This is pretty crazy, hopefully I'm just missing a keystroke or something to select lower items. So far everything else has been pretty smooth. I can't find control for a blur option, but I haven't looked too hard yet. Everything else, grouping and changing layers and creating/editing/joining items, colour changes, etc - all proving to be fairly intuitive. Thumbs up!