TonyB

The grids automatically change their scale based on zoom at the moment. We will be adding more flexible grid settings soon.

Photo will have multiple personas. Not too long a wait now to find out what they are  :)

The Text tool in Photo and Publisher will be the exact same tool. This is the benefit of our shared document and shared code strategy.

The Text tool in Photo and Publisher will be the exact same tool. This is the benefit of our shared document and shared code strategy.

There are no foolish questions...

 

The Pen Tool gives you more control over your lines. You have to place each point individually and thus define the shape of each path with a great level of precision. You can assign pressure profiles, but you can't control them directly (the width) while you draw them. The result is pure vector paths.

 

The Pencil Tool gives you freedom. You don't place nodes individually. You draw the lines in their entirety. It leads to more expressive paths, like in hand-drawing. You can control their width with pressure sensitive tablets while you draw them. But, they are still simple lines (paths) with variation in width. The result is pure vector paths. It's great for inking or free-drawing where the expressiveness given by the width variation is important (cartoons; for example).

 

The Brush Tool is similar to the Pencil Tool regarding the freedom to control the tool while you draw. But, here you can attach a bitmap texture to create a multitude of organic/natural effects. The pressure (or other controller) define how those strokes will be drawn. The result is a bitmap based stroke. If you zoom in enough you will start to see the smoothing effect applied by AD to the pixels (to avoid pixelation). So it's wise to use high-res textures if you want to keep the detail of the texture used to create the brush. There's a multitude of uses for this, but the end goal is to get a more natural, less synthetic look. Since you can create you own brushes, it allows a more personalized/distinct result. It lets you develop a style if you will.

 

In all the three cases you can still change to the Node Tool to correct/adjust the nodes/paths created by those tools, which gives you more control than painting/drawing directly with pixels.

We can't load Illustrator template files as they don't include a PDF stream. You will need to save the template files as normal Illustrator files to load them into Affinity.
 
This isn't something we can fix, sorry.

We can't load Illustrator template files as they don't include a PDF stream. You will need to save the template files as normal Illustrator files to load them into Affinity.
 
This isn't something we can fix, sorry.

You have to type +=25% in the edit field. You can do all sorts of functions in the edit fields, just search the forum or have a look in the help file.
 
Shift should give you 15 degree increments. You can't set your own angles yet but I think Ben has it on his list.

If you mean rounded triangle then the only way is to add the corners yourself with the pen tool. The corner tool is on its way so not much longer to wait.

We have a lot more planned for Export persona so keep checking the updates for improvements.

Not at the moment. Spot colours and Pantone colours are on our feature roadmap.

Hi, I'm Tony Brightman. I head the SerifLabs team that have been developing the new Affinity range of applications. We have been deep in research for 4 years but it's now time to show the world.

 

TonyB

Clone brush will be a feature of Affinity Photo. All Affinity apps will share the same file format and you will be able to dynamically switch between them.

Clone brush will be a feature of Affinity Photo. All Affinity apps will share the same file format and you will be able to dynamically switch between them.

Yes, Affinity Photo will support RAW. Not sure if AndyS has tried CMYK Photoshop plugins yet but I don't see why we shouldn't be able to support them.

Hi, I'm Tony Brightman. I head the SerifLabs team that have been developing the new Affinity range of applications. We have been deep in research for 4 years but it's now time to show the world.

 

TonyB

Thanks, we have now reproduced the problem here on a Macbook Air. We will fix it and build another beta soon.

We wil add this soon. A full auto-trace persona is a long way off but selection to outline isn't difficult for us to do.

Not at the moment. These features will be implemented over the coming months.

You can't, I'm suggesting that we add the feature.

Thanks for your help with this issue. We will get this sorted and your videos are very useful.
 
We are half way there, so just a few more tweaks.

The help file lists the keyboard short-cuts. Also remember to look at the status bar at the bottom of the app for key modifier tips.

Yes, the warp tool will cover all these kinds of distortions.

We need to add a release clip/mask command. This should achieve what you want.

Thanks, we have now reproduced the problem here on a Macbook Air. We will fix it and build another beta soon.