Bento

Hi there, 
i'm currently trying to set new guides on an existing document with already loads of artboards (UX design).
I've always been able to set my guides on the first artboard and go on without having to set it back afterwards.
But today i need to set 2 new guides on every artboards and as i am using "Guides Manager" and setting guides on all artboards at once, everything i tried to achieve this has been a failure.
I've tried first by selecting one artboard, nope. All artboards selected, no either. No artboard at all, nah. And i've been looking for a button like "set on all artboards" or something like it. But can't find anything.
So my question is, is there something i can do to achieve my goal, or do i need to do it all by hand one at a time?
If not existing yet, is it to be added in future update? If not can it be added to the roadmap ? 
Thanks, looking to your answers.
Ben

Yes. However, it's not possible to open Affinity V2 files in Affinity V1.

In the stock panel we list a selection of stock image providers for the convenience of our customers on the basis of it being a free service. Unfortunately in the case of Unsplash they have begun demanding license fees for their API which is the reason they have been removed.
The good news is this  only affects Unsplash, the other options of Pixbay and Pexels continue to be available.
Of course should you wish to use Unsplash images you can download directly from their website using a browser and then import into your Affinity apps by drag & drop or File -> Place, as you would with any other stock library not listed in the panel.

Symbols is a feature of Affinity Designer.
 
They exist so that we can use them for... let's say you are creating ux/ui design, for a eshop website.
 
You'll probably need to change list view of products but you don't want to modify each bloc (to change the color of a button or change the image of the product).
 
So you should use Symbols (wich work trough every artboard of your document), as well as constrain (another feature) to relatively place object from it's parent.
 
So when you need to change anything on a symbol you just edit one of them, it will apply everywhere (for more détails check youtube or just google it)
 
Just a quick example :
 
Step one
 

 
Step 2 :
 

 
Cheers !

The best I have been able to come up with so far is attached.
It’s not perfectly crafted, and it doesn’t quite do what you want, and I can’t remember all the steps I took to get it how it is, but you might be able to pick it apart and apply some of the techniques to your TOC.
Known problems:
1. I can’t get the initial zero added automatically;
2. I can’t get the full stop after the number to resize nicely.
However, you can get the lines so that’s one, maybe one and a half, step(s) further.
fancy-toc.afpub

@walt.farrell I feel dumb about not even thinking of that... Thx it works perfectly
@2sticks That's a wide question, that needs a wide answer. I've been making UI since 2009, using Fireworks instead of Photoshop. I still think it was the good option. I use Sketch, Figma, and other many tools from time to time. But for me, as prototyping tools they can be great, but none of them offers a wide range of possibilities (creativity) as AD. All of them have things missing either AD does (CSS values, direct export to online services like Zeplin, Symu, InVision, plugins..)
At the end i would just say, test them all, learn to know them all (as you might need them on some projects, and so you can compare). And for your daily routine choose the one that fits your needs.
 

Pick a shortcut that doesn't use Shift?

Hi, why not just add stroke and thick it to the number of pixel wanted? (eventually expand stroke afterward and "add" the two curves to merge them together)

Hi Everyone,
i'm not sure if it's a bug, but i use "insert filler text" a lot, so i decided to give it a shortcut. 
Usualy when i use the text menu i get classic "Lorem ipsum", but since i have created a shortcut i have what seems to me pieces of "Alice in wonderland".
Is that known? Looks like an easter egg of some sort. Haven't found options to set it to "Lorem ipsum".
Any idea?
Thx ! 
Ben

I like the current 1.6 beta of the Designer app. I drew a website design in it and now I want to code it.
 
But I feel like back in the old days of Photoshop, when I need to ques every dimension, unit (pt to px conversion), color, gradient etc, by hand.
 
Current and most used apps for web/UI design have a decent way of CSS properties export, which provides clear definition of a designer intentions. Just look at Sketch, Photoshop, Avocode etc. they all have it, because it's a must for using a design further in a development chain.
 
Please Affinity, consider this feature (or API for it), if you're serious about targeting Designer for the UI design area. Thanks.

Copy the Pixel layer then select Edit > Paste Special and choose PNG
A new image Layer will be created to which you can add transparency
 
(delete or hide the old Pixel layer, afterwards)

I do agree too, AD is not UI/UX frendly at the moment.
 
It has been spoken a couple of time.
 
If you search for pixel alignement issues , it is revelant of what's a major issue.
 
Last answer that goes in our way was given by Ben on this thread :
 
https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/36949-layer-pixel-alignment-issues/?page=3
 
 
  Not sure that it will be enough but that's a start.   As i said before, we need, when we create a new document for UI/UX (it is in your presets options when creating a new document), a real pixel based document, even when we resize an object from the corner (it should force the object to resize with no digits ! Even if it deforms it by 0.3 for example)   Cheers we count on you guys.   Ben

Mr. R C-R, you have already stated that in the original thread about the issue. Do we really need to go over Graphic Design-101 at this stage? 
The very capable Serif developers understand the issue, they know how graphics work inside out and they're aware of that case.

Hello Serif team,
I want to thank you for the effort of taking such a big project on, for both AP and AD (and other upcoming software) and getting so far in a short period of time.
Designer has great ideas and a great future ahead of it, and has reached far into the pool of features in other software from larger and more experienced companies. For that, congratulations!
 
However, plenty of the core, basic features for any graphic design software are broken:
- Moving objects so that they snap to pixels works most of the time
- Pixel preview is completely broken, with the pixel grid moving around documents and artboards when you change zoom level
- Line alignment follows an unorthodox system that turns simple tasks like making a 1-pixel high line into chores
- Color pickers around the UI don't show the same values for a single object
 
There are many other issues unfortunately, but I'm keeping this list to what I believe is basic to any design software.
If one can't even get proper pixel alignment going, why work on new features and a complex roadmap?
These should be top priority concerns, as it feels like the very core of the graphic engine is broken.
If there is a proper time to get the basics right, this is it. Please don't wait any longer.
 
Unfortunately for me (and I believe for many other professional UI designers) these are breaking issues.
I hope the team will be able to sort these soon, but I need to get my work done and I'll have to jump back to Photoshop.
 
I will not be asking for a refund and in fact I'd love to be able to donate to the project, even if I have already paid for the software, because I want to be set free from Adobe. At this time Designer is not ready for my kind of professional activity.
Best of luck to the team,
Fernando

It would be great if both Affinity Designer and Photo had the ability to export CSS, LESS and SASS code similar to what this photoshop plugin does:
 
https://csshat.com/
 
This would be great for web developers and designers alike.
 
Cheers,
 
Vince

Thanks, good one!

One thing that really threw me off in the beginning was that holding Alt to create a copy of a dragged object also disables pixel snapping, UNLESS you let go of the key after initiating the action. Took a bit of rewiring my muscle memory to get used to that.
 
Anyway, in my mind the "Force pixel alignment" checkbox could be stricter than it is now. It's safe to say that in UI projects, I don't want ANY sub-pixel values whatsoever, so it would be useful to be able to ignore those even when there are other mis-aligned items in the project (which may be unavoidable for example when importing & resizing images with a fixed aspect ratio). So maybe there could be a "strict" setting somewhere that actually does justice to the word "force" in the name of the option. ;)
 
 
That's actually another good example: I think "Force pixel alignment" should also apply to objects being distributed or aligned to objects with odd widths - sharp strokes and container edges are more important to me than mathematical accuracy. (And it's not like anyone would notice - web browsers for example center-align objects with pixel snapping, so they're not 100% accurate - but at least the borders are never blurry.)

Hi, 
 
i'm trying to figure out if, there's a way to work on a pixel based document wich would be rounded up to the nearest whole number.
 
I'll try to explain :
Let's say i'm working on a ui/ux webdesign, and my base value is obviously pixel. As i need my design to be as square as possible i really dont need all the decimals wich are more a pain to correct every time i create or move something. 
 
So is there a way to tell AD to get rid of decimals, and snap things to pixel perfect position ?
 
Hope to be clear enough.
 
Thanks !

Hi everyone,
 
i'm new to Affinity Designer, an di'm trying to learn how to use symbols.
 
I think i have mostly understood how to use them, but one thing still has no answer :
 
Is it possible to "unsync" text content from a symbol, without unsyncing it's properties.
 
Like i have a button wich it's text is red and bold, and i need to duplicate it and change the text (let's say from "OK" to "KO").
 
Will i still be able to change the color of all my buttons on a layout (as the are all based on the same symbol) ? And if yes, how do i do it? As it seems that Unsync and Resync button doesn't work on texts.
 
Thx !
 
Bento