Jens Krebs

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.

Once in a blue moon up until a few years ago. And I had need to reinstall Ventura Publisher a week or so ago.

Hey, be proud of your midschool status. You can still be cantankerous to all these little snotnosed kids running around, thinking they know about all about computers because they jailbroke their iPad that one time. :D
 
:shakes cane:

I hold a high standard to what constitutes oldschool. If you're not wearing suspenders all the time, and don't do almost everything from the terminal, you're squarely in the midschool.

These are just the initial features - much more will be coming :)

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

Ok, so let's agree that most of the users can already use Page Plus now, and the others will have to wait until Affinity Publisher (for Mac) will be released then?

Willingness to use it varies by users. I own a Mac to NOT have to work with Windows. I'm sure many other see it the same.

Why can't you just let it go?
Currently, there is no Affinity Publisher, so, if you need to do DTP, use something else. When the software is ready to test, give it a go and see if you like it.
I personally am very happy with Photo & Designer and I'm sure I'll be happily using Publisher too when it comes out, but until there is actually something to talk about, it's not worth getting adjutated about it.

Hi all,
We usually have a new Beta available before the last one expires but sometimes due to some issues or delays (and in this case Easter holidays and and bank holidays as well) things weren't so smooth (again). I'm sorry for the trouble/inconvenience this is causing. We should have a new Windows beta soon. Today is a bank holiday in UK and in a few more countries as well so most of the staff isn't around. But there should be (hopefully) some news this week.
 
Please avoid to use the Beta for commercial/important work. I know it contains some fixes that may solve some of the issues with the retail but it's really not intended to be used as a replacement for the retail version, only for testing and feedback. Besides the expiry date, there may be changes/upgrades to the file format, the need to force a reset or other issues/bugs that may prevent it from working or output/save files incompatible with the current retail version. The only exceptions are release candidates and minor fixes after a Retail update where the changes are usually minimal and focused in solving very specific issues. In any case we always provide that info in the Beta's announcement thread (in the beginning of the post).

Well as MEB already said, the standard Apple Photos app on MacOS can make use of Affinity Photo via it's extension interface here. So you can call and use AP services here from inside of Photos. The other way around the Affinity apps themself don't offer any own integrations, beside the limited PS plugins interface of AP. - On a Mac for example the Pixave 2 image organizer can be used/setup to open the Affinity Photo app for image editing tasks etc.

Hi guys! I've been working on this template file to create social media branding material for my clients. 
I've managed to create a single file with multiple artboards (each one with it's export presets) ready for use.
You are welcome to delete the ones that you will not use (so you don't generate empty files on export).
 
It also includes flat icons from each platform just in case you might need them.
 
It's updated for 2017 according to this data from Social Sprout.
 
Hope you find it as useful as me.
 
Leave a comment if you like/use it. If you are going to post it anywhere else, please add the proper credits
 
Thanks!
social-media-templates.afdesign

Hello!
 
It's been a while since I've posted (I've been busy paying rent :D). I'm still working on creating a set of raster markers that feel similar to graphic markers (a'la copic, tombow, etc) and have a few more ideas that Im knocking around for brushes.
 
With the next release I want to create a separate store page (outside of Gumroad), and I was thinking it would be cool to feature other artist's work using the brushes on the page. I'd give full credit to the artist on the thumbnail/image and the images would link to their portfolio (or whatever they wanted). Is this something people would be interested in contributing to?

Hello Everyone,
Being a software developer / designer - ah... - multidisciplinary creative?! - creative developer (to avoid the hacky 'coder')
--- well --- you know?!  ;)
 
I don't understand that push for v1.6! - on one hand AF & AP aren't fundamentally broken...
in spite of few little things missing/not working properly, which is fine by it self, considering the age of the software..
 
Secondly, there is already a new macOS/iOS looming on the horizon. In fact, we all see June 5th,
'what will break' our software and needs to be ironed out until late-ish September.
 
APFS for instance ( due its case sensitivity - which by it self breaks for example all Adobe software ) - And trust me, APFS is a big deal! 
That's why i highlight that here. I don't care about it's security here that much, more about the end of data degradation!
For those, like me, having 30 years of data to preserve (I started coding at the age of 5, music composing around the same time)  
- i value that little detail quite a bit! -- just to have a real world example!
 
Point being.. 
Be excited, that these guys work hard, to provide a usable and more and more feasible alternative to Adobe/Corel/OpenSource software. 
Be more excited, about the time these guys, spend to experiment with actual new and innovate features or even just new touches on things that need to be re-thought. 
And don't forget they work still on Windows versions, as well iPad versions - and i'm not sure how much of their resources that takes.
 
Motivate the guys! Cheer to them! - And they will show/tease that way new ideas, perhaps even come up with innovative ways to incorporate feedback.
And stop behaving like kids ob the backseat of a car... nagging all the time when the trip is over (1.6 beta out < see the absurdity?!) and repeat even you've got what you wanted! 
 
Thanks for reading!
Happy designing...  let's make the guys proud.

But it seems you can edit the tools to your liking … simply use the Move Tool without the flyout option …  :)

This is so funny how you guys make a big issue from using Twitter and FB :D You don't need to have account to check Twitter page of Affinity, you know that? You dont even have to check anything AT ALL because software will let you know there's a new version available. And you are still making a big deal out of nothing.

Their main policy seems to be releasing the product when they feel it's ready. Therefore too much announcement may create too much complain. You can see a handful of people seen the blog and their post about releasing, yet many of us here talking about it.

So announcing it in all media will probably make it more chaotic, distracting from the product creation.
 
Blog and Forum is good enough. Plus the software does announce when there is an update. As long as the updates are good and make the designers happy. Then all is good and people will eventually get the product. 
 
Anyways as we were talking about happiness, so just to let you guys from Serif know that it would really make me happy if you guys can collaborate with zeplin or sympli :P in the next release. Best of all reveal your prototyping feature in 1.6.

Organic texture Brushes Pack 1 Version 2.0
 
 
I have been working on updating the original texture brush packs so that it complies with more recent uploads
 
The original 11 brush packs(.zip) files have been removed and replaced with a single file containing all the original brush packs so that they are stil accessible
Added a new set now containing 12 brush packs (120 brushes) also in a single file for download.
 
Made significant changes to the original brushes
a. simplified the nozzles by removing the intense pattern overlays and added 28 new additional png files to increase pattern variation.
b. Reduced the initial size of the some of the original brushes.
c. Adjusted the brush dynamics to allow for use of flow and accumulation in the general brush tab
d. Where possible reduced the reliance on random size variation in brush dynamics
d. Added sample 4 page PDF for download
e. Removed original sample images (11) and replaced with just 4  
 
enjoy!
 
 
New Versions
TB ORGANICS V2.zip
 
OB 1 Set 1.pdf
 
Old Brush Set
ORGANICS 1 ALL V1.zip 
 
 




 

Each time I see FH in action, I can say it's really better than AI.
 
As Rui mac, I've tested a lot of softwares for replacing AI and AD is the best.
 
Expression 3 was also a great software with unique tools, brushes in particular with so many options. But the interface was too old school.

I think you mean "facetiously". ;)  (It's one of the very few words in English that contain each of the vowels exactly once, in alphabetical order. Apart from "facetious/ly", the only other example I know of is "abstemious".)

You can already use the Export persona to achieve this.  Your artboards should be automatically added as slices.  You can then just set up your export preferences on each slice (or use one of the presets), and use "Export Slices" button to export them all.
 
It will also allow you to export as multiple formats, and into specified sub folders.

You know what?
 
I have no idea what on earth you are all writing about!
 
Not unusual nowadays with me but it is fun trying.
 
Really hope I can still use AP when you all get it doing what you need  :lol: .
 
Regards.   Sharkey

Affinity is the best alternative that I have found to Illustrator. And I can assure everyone that I have been looking out for alternatives ever since Adobe killed Freehand.
I started out, back in 1988 with Illustrator 1.0 (and, soon after, Illustrator 889. But then I met Freehand 1.0
NEVER LOOKED BACK!!!
Freehand was just amazing!
I will go on making these movies showing Freehand stuff. :)

"Approximately 200 other fixes" this is not "changelog"/"changelist", this tag is wrongly used here :/

Also, will test over coming days :D

"200 other fixes" <--- YES! So now the challenge: find what has been fixed :D