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Year later I still cant make it stay at one setting... I tried everything - sometimes it works, then it changes... My most common workflow is to make shape without fill and without stroke, then fill it with color, then move to making another shape. And when I start another shape - its filled or has a stroke... I have no clue what am I doing wrong. I just dont want to have stroke or fill every time I am starting new shape... It really is pain, I dont see any pattern of behavior... It works once, then it doesnt... Is there a way I can just nail it once and for all?

Just tried making macro with "new from clipboard" and... I found this thread. So yeah, I can join the wishlist Great ideas here that would expand macro capabilities.

Cant recreate it. For me its working without issues with shape, without converting it to curves - as live filter. And as normal filter it gets automatically rasterized by assistant but it works as well. In Affinity Photo 2.6 - to be clear.

Boo hoo! They added this features because we were asking for them. Which is great because unlike other companies they actually are listening to users. If anything I am asking for simplifying the whole thing down to one option instead of couple depending on situation. Also - for me its not unstable at all - using it daily for hours at the time, keeping it on when computer goes to sleep. ZERO problems. Not saying that's everybody's experience but also dont exaggerate. Fact that you say "NO" means nothing. I am not asking you, am I?

Very cool changes regarding Image/RAW behavior - while we are at it, please, PLEASE - can you add that one option is settings "always rasterize bitmaps"? Not as default of course. I dont want to limit workflow of anybody. I just never,EVER, NOT ONCE find use of image/RAW. All my work (and of my friend so there is at least two of us ) is done on rasterized material. So instead of adding separate options of behavior for different operations - can we just have one simple option: simply any bitmap that goes in is rasterized. For people who need it. Who doesn't - can happily keep image/RAW and whatnot they find useful. PLEASE. Did I mentioned... P-L-E-A-S-E? 😉

I vote for "use full canvas" too - its a must for compositing! MATE! Thank you so much! I wasnt aware of that even if I am using Krita fairly often, but for digital painting. You saved me CRAZY amount of work! It was done in couple minutes and Krita even keeps folders structure while exporting 😮 So good.

I love the fact that these are optional. I hope it will be kept that way and there will be choice of modules we want to install or keep it light and old school. If yes - thats absolutely fantastic solution.

Yup, I am all for default for scale with object ON. Please... I understand it might be useful in some cases to not scale it with object, but in my daily work I personally am yet to see that case. While scaling with object is necessary... well - always in my case. It sort of reminds me that "image" that I need to rasterize every single time and I NEVER - not once - found use for "image". I understand some people might - just give us options, pretty, kindly please. Also - why its impossible to select multiple curves with stroke and change that setting for all of them at once? It wouldnt change look at all - just that "scale with object". Today I finally gave up and expanded stroke on all of them. If expanding stroke can be done on multiple objects surely changing that "scale with object" parameter could be as well?

No. Why this is so hard to understand? I absolutely despise it because its doing for me something I never needed help in. I love creating. I dont need anybody to help me and create something for me. Its absurd. You like to do this thing? Here, let me help you! Let me completely take away fun from you and jump to the end of process instantly! Its like selling already solved puzzle saying "look! This software made puzzle for you in an instant so you dont have to! Pretty cool, ha?". No its not - its stupid Tech-bros who cant really create anything of value of their own like AI. An artist - somebody who loves to create himself - will never really like it. For obvious reasons - it erases fun of creation. Also tech bros still banging the same drums about how much better it will become but at this point its clear that it will not. It plateaued and it is what it is. Inherent flaw of the LLMs - "hallucinations" are here to stay (thats the phrase pseudo "AI" enthusiasts love, isnt it? ). It cant be fixed because there is no thought process, no understanding. So it can be helpful, sometimes potentially game changing like the new animation tools from Autodesk. But spitting an image or 1 minute, buggy clip of low res will never replace artists. We have seen what it can do. Time to move from dreams of general AI, self driving cars and autonomous robots creating utopia - back to real world Its not as useful as everybody thought. It can be helpful - specially for somebody who cant create himself - just like Canva can help those people with templates. But just like thousands of cheap designers on feverr or whatever is that place called didnt took my job, pseudo "AI" image spitter is not doing it either. If you need work to be done for you - more power to you. Click "generate" all day long. I'll stick to creating stuff. And I keep my job just like I did all this time despite tech bros telling me that "soon I will see!" and calling me "Luddite" Keep at it - I'll create something myself meanwhile I just hope Affinity will not be bloated too much with that nonsense. I really like the software, would be shame to once again look for something thats not bloated mess (like Photoshop).

Countless amount of times this happens to me: Dragging something into composition, selecting wanted part, ctrl+j to get selection as new layer, wondering why the hell I have duplicated layer, reminding about this "super" option I had NEVER, EVER, NOT ONCE use for, swearing, rasterizing, shaking my head in disbelief that I have to do that, swearing again, ctrl+j... Definitely number one annoyance in Affinity for me.

To reach for mouse wheel I have to drop stylus... Definitely much needed improvement.

First of all - it would be an option. If I am one man army designer that sends to clients finished pieces that option doesnt affect me at all. But also - you think Canva users are hiring designers to make designs for them so they can... use it on Canva later? Canva platform is mainly way to avoid designers entirely, make a quick thing yourself starting with template. Like all the social media garbage. If anything thats good that Canva exists making that easier and quicker so we may put work and time where it matters. True. And its also optional to use. Personally I am using it because its really convenient. I wish I could save settings for each app too so in case of re-install I could just one click bring my old configuration. Its up to you who you will become. You might me working for $5 on Fiverr or making leaflets for local pub events all your life if you so choose. But its your choice. There are all sorts of clients out there. When I was really young I was also chasing ANY job. Then I realized its not worth it. There are good clients worth your time who value your work. So once again - its a choice.

And how else can I counter your 100% fictional eventualities? Time travel to the future, check what happened and go back to counter your fiction with reality? Every single company I mentioned at some point was doing one thing only. Your argument that Canva will not is... well, its not existing actually. The glaringly obvious thing is that you cant just copy-paste code from Affinity and magically make it work in Canvas online platform. It would be easier and cheaper to write it from very beginning. Canva bought Pixabay and Pexels five years ago. Infinitely easier to integrate into canva as these are simply photo stocks. Not only both are still in their separate websites, with respective names, but both are still free... But you dont want to see reality, you just have your version of whats going to happen and you will not be convinced by anybody or anything, right? Doesnt matter examples, doesn't matter Canva's past, deals they did and what happened to companies they have acquired. Just ask yourself if it wasnt be easier for them to buy Photopea for much less and have already great, already online designing software? Vectorpea is being written as well. They could get it for fraction of money and add it to their online environment with ease. Nope, this time they will take desktop app they bought for hundreds of millions, senselessly re-write it to make it available as online solution while loosing majority of existing Affinity clients. Let me put it this way - I dont think they would be nearly as successful if that was their planning 🤣

Amazon was a books store at the beginning. Now its hard to find thing they do not sell or do. Google was just search engine at the beginning. Now they are doing plethora of things including making physical goods like phones, smart watches etc. Microsoft was making operating system and slowly it started to make other software, games, consoles... Adobe was not involved in 3D at all till they purchased Substance.. Etc. Mind you I dont say these are good examples for morals and ethics. Far from it. Just pointing to fact that companies as they grow - they branch out to other fields. With Canva that makes lot of sense. Designers like us would largely not use Canva platform. I know I wouldn't. With purchase of Affinity Canva is bringing new, existing Affinity clients of different kind and making possible to get even more in the future. They will not just stick to "making platforms". Every rich company or person like Musk is branching into different field that give chance for further expansion. Maybe one day Canva will build cheap houses or something. They are by no means limited to "platforms" for ever. So yes, I actually do think that they didn't spent hundreds of millions to purchase Affinity with some absurd goal of re-making it as part of their platform. It simply makes zero sense. And expanding into slightly different, more professional area - that is probably smart, potentially profitable move. So yes, I think they will improve Affinity probably. Not for users per se. For profit and expanding. We will benefit from it like little fishes that swim next to sharks mouth. Accidentally that plan is also good for us - as if its good we will keep giving them money. And ultimately that's a great motivator for everybody.

Maybe we should start with the fact that the whole situation you have created is fictional and purely hypothetical. I think the best prognostics for the future of Affinity is fact that to bash Canva people need to make up non-existing stories In case of Adobe or Autodesk we can easily look at their record and see software they have killed. In case of Canva its all assumption "whats going to happen is.." followed by fictional horror story that suppose to justify authors point of view.