Cristian Dragos

The desktop version already runs an ARM version on MacOS. Just bring that UI to the iPad (as an addition, not replacement). Why would this UI impact performance? The UI is irrelevant when it comes to computing power (if built intelligently). I can even run the current version of Affinity Designer on my older 2nd Gen iPad Pro from 2017, and it runs very smoothly. Why would the desktop UI make these apps perform worse than the mobile UI? On the contrary, it should behave better because the desktop UI is almost static, while the mobile UI has a lot of cumbersome navigation to reach things (try easily editing a global color swatch). I might also be totally wrong here, and the process I'm describing could be very difficult to implement and could create more problems than it would actually solve. Just my 2 cents.

Hey guys, With version 26, Apple is finally turning iPadOS into a more productive environment à la MacOS. With new features like the pointy arrow cursor and background processes, it might be possible to fully use the iPad Affinity apps in their desktop layout with a mouse and keyboard, and also have more than one file open at a time in different tabs. So, my request is to have a switch for either touch or mouse+keyboard (desktop like) UI. This would make the iPad my main portable device because I find the mobile UI very unproductive in my workflow, which is based on desktop with mouse+keyboard. What do you think?

@bbrother @Hangman You are both right. The issue only happens when I use the drop-down panel and when the Align To option is other than First Selected. I don't understand where is the logic in that? When a key object is selected, the Align To drop-down should either be disabled or there should be an option like Key Object that would be selected automatically.

I don't think you're using this right. Please follow my instructions above. You have to select a key object using the Alt+click command. After you do this, the key objects gets highlighted (has a thicker blue border) and the Align to drop-down gets grayed out. They key object doesn't mean it's the first selected. You could have 10 objects selected and you want to align 9 of them to the 3rd object selected. I've been using this feature since it was launched (on version 2.0 release) and it always worked as intended so it's not my first time using AD. But after the 2.6 update the behavior is the one I've described which has nothing to do with what option you select in the Align to drop down. It's called a freaking key object and not first selected object for a reason.

Again, what the hell, Affinity!? Designer 2.6 has more bugs than features. How is that even possible? Besides the many other reported bugs, here's another one: 1) try selecting two objects 2) select a key object using the ALT key 3) align horizontally/vertically left/right/up/bottom 4) and voila: the result is exactly the opposite, meaning the key object aligns to the other object and not the other way around as it should. Can anyone please confirm this as well? Thanks!

I'm having the same issue. What gives, Affinity!? It's been 10 days already. Designer is useless to me without this feature.

Yup, this drives me nuts! They should add something like an Assets Manager or something where you can remove stuff in bulk.

In the latest version of AD there's this Scale Override option in the Transform panel: https://affinity.help/designer2/en-US.lproj/index.html?page=pages/ObjectControl/transform.html&title=Transforming objects In the dropdown there's an option called Shape Corners which I think should resize the corner radius proportionally but it's not. So I'm not really sure what this option does but it's really absurd that we don't have an option to proportionally resize corner radius values.

Sounds more like a "Goodbye" message rather than an optimistic one or rather like a ransom video of a kidnapped victim that tries to assure the family that everything is OK so please send the ransom money. He looks more disappointed than us by this "joint operation".

I can confirm the same behavior on Windows as well. Weirdly, we cannot set the Selection Box to groups since we can cycle through the Selection Box. Is this an intended behavior or a bug? It would be great if this is a bug indeed because this means it can be fixed since I've been waiting for this feature for a long time and I mostly need it for groups and not specific objects.

Using AD v2.2 which still has the same nonsense behavior. It makes no UX sense to have an option grayed out until you press another button, in this case an alignment button. Also, the Apply/Cancel is very counter-intuitive from a user experience to see it in a drop-down menu. This should either be a modal with Apply/Cancel or an alignment options panel without these action buttons. At least give us the options to change this behavior, but I can't imagine why anyone would be happy with the current workflow.

I'm sure it's not placebo but the 2.1 version works much better now. I can use the app much longer before lagging and even when it starts lagging is not that bad as it used to be. Also, lowering the Undo limit makes the app work smooth for a longer time. I am now using a 50 Undo limit and I'm happy with the performance so far. Hopefully, v2.2 will get even more performance tweaks.

Has anyone tried the latest Beta or have any news on this issue? For me I have to close AD v2 every 10 minutes or so because it becomes unusable just as other people also pointed out... just selecting/unselecting a simple shape on in a simple document takes seconds after using it for more than 10-15 minutes then ultimately becomes so laggy that I can barely close the app. And the interesting thing is that the AD process sticks around in Task Manager so I need to either kill the process or wait a few minutes before I'm able to open it again. This process really creates a lot of frustration and screws up my work flow. This was happening as well in v1 but there I could work about 1-2 hours before I've started noticing any slow down. I really hope they'll be able to solve this soon because I can't go back to v1 since the files are not compatible anymore. Specs: Ryzen 7 3800X, 32GB RAM, RTX 2700S, Windows 11.

@DM1The fanboyism on this forum is mind-blowing! I haven't come here to argue with people and I don't understand why comment at all if there's no value in your comment. There's already such a feature request several years old, but again, Serif knows what's better for the user just like when they removed the delete button from the v2 app and were forced to bring back by the pressure of the users. @Paul Mudditt I'm using AD to work on UI so the export dialog is useless to me when I have hundreds of artboards which some need to be exported in several dimensions. Maybe most iPad users would use the export persona more often if it would be on par with the desktop version. I don't think I'm requesting something impossible here.

My friend… I appreciate you reply but have you actual read my post? I know where the bloody Export persona is. The problem is that the bloody Export persona on the iPad is a piss in the ocean compared to the desktop app and I don’t understand why since the iPad is more than capable of handling this. And when I do have the custom export settings from the desktop app, I get this notice in the Export persona on the iPad “*This slice has additional custom export options est on it, editing will remove these custom options”. So yeah, am I missing something here?

I’m trying to jump from my desktop AD v2 to the iPad version and while most of the functionality is there, I’m missing a crucial part which is the advanced export settings in the Export Persona. Is there a way to activate those on the iPad as well? Also, why are they missing in the first place? I was hoping this would not be a problem in v2 but I was wrong. Does anyone know anything about this matter? Thanks! UPDATE The problem is that the bloody Export persona on the iPad is a piss in the ocean compared to the desktop app and I don’t understand why since the iPad is more than capable of handling this. You can’t even set a custom size for the image you’re exporting which is nuts! And when I do have the custom export settings from the desktop app, I get this notice in the Export persona on the iPad “*This slice has additional custom export options est on it, editing will remove these custom options”. So yeah, am I missing something here?

+3 this! Come one Serif, this has been asked for such a long time.

Tell me about it! It drives me nuts! And no, it works the same way in version 2. At least they could give us an option in the settings to disable this stupid thing. Not sure why the developers are so hardheaded!?

I can confirm this and is driving me nuts! A temporary fix is to switch the color palette to a different one and then switch back to the one you're using. Hope it gets fixed in the next update!

It works the same in Windows but you didn't seem to understand the issue here or the requested feature. Please read again the first post and my comments above.

Any new on this issue? It's 2022, February and we still have the same problem in the latest AD 1.10.4.1198 and it's really annoying!

Thank you for the kind words

Hey guys, here's my latest Affinity Designer masterpiece! Took me a few month to get all the icons done, but in the end, the result was worth it. What's this all about, you may ask? It is a minimalist icon pack designed in a retro style that works perfectly on your Windows taskbar or Dock. As you can see from the preview, the main idea is to use generic icons for various app categories without using specific app logos or icons (with some exceptions like the Browsers, Adobe Suite, Affinity Apps and Microsoft Office). Instead, the icons illustrate the actual purpose of the app using familiar design elements. For example, if you're a content creator, you will find different creative icons for your video or music editing apps. The same goes for gaming, where you have a bunch of icons for your gaming platforms to choose from. The icon pack currently includes the following app categories: Internet Browsers, File Managers, Audio Players, Video Players, DJ-ing Apps, Email Apps, Adobe Suite, Affinity Suite, Microsoft Office, Painting Apps, Vector Apps, 3D Apps, Video Editors, Music Production Apps, Code Editors, IM Apps, Gaming Platforms, Torrent Apps, Image Viewers, Calendar Apps, FTP Clients, Archiving Apps, Notes-ToDo Apps, Book Readers, Trading Apps, and Windows System Apps (Task Manager, Terminal, Calculator, Notepad, Settings). You can download a demo of the icon pack on deviantArt or get the full version on gumroad. Enjoy

This issue is still here. Any updates on this one? When I’m drawing I try to avoid smudging the screen as much as possible which is why I’m using the pencil to enter values and for some reason which is beyond me, this problem still persists.

Same here... panning with the spacebar is also a must for a keyboard work flow. And I know what you mean about the iPad version... it took them a long time to even add some basic keyboard shortcuts.