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I downloaded it in the Brave browser for Windows just now and it worked fine.

I haven't had a chance to test this yet, but if some layers had other FX applied would this reset the all selected layers to be the same?

Probably for the U.I. you only need the checkbox for "Use Global Angle". If that box is checked the the circle uses the global angle and any adjustments change the global angle. If you uncheck the box, then any changes are just for that layer.

Photoshop has a global illumination setting for effects like drop shadow, bevel, etc. I'm not seeing that option in Affinity Photo, but it sure would be nice to have for times when you have a hundred layers with shadows going one direction and you want to change the direction for all of them. In Photoshop this was a 10 second edit. In Affinity Photo this like like a ten minute edit, unless I'm missing something. I realize a group or folder can almost achieve the same thing but isn't nearly as flexible since layers can't be separated by other layers without the effect. Nor can it import a file from Photoshop properly.

The page numbers don't look too bad or distracting to me, especially since they don't have the dot leader. But bringing them closer to the chapter they are starting or further away from the previous chapter would help for sure. Perhaps an ever-so-slightly larger font size too.

I have a vector file that I wanted to use as an SVG on a web page where certain shapes in the image would highlight on mouse hover and then link somewhere when clicked. Can this sort of thing be done with SVG and is there any special prep work that can be done in Affinity Designer (or Photo) to make it work better? Chopping the image up into boxes wouldn't be ideal because some shapes would intrude into each other's boxes.

The analogy is flawed. Mattel getting together with Hotwheels, Fisher Price, and Mega Bloks is probably be a more apt analogy. Basically it is because Mattel wants to expand their audience and market outside of where they already had experience.

That website makes it seem like a single developer wrote PixlPath. Which begs the question, why is Serif have trouble getting a lightroom clone built? Especially considering that they likely already have code libraries from Photo/Designer/Publisher that could be used to speed things along.

Hopefully their DAM will incorporate StudioLink too and be able to use Photo or Designer right inside the DAM if needed.

Canva bought Serif. Linux didn't make a competing offer.

Doesn't the Lenovo Yoga 7 16in weigh over four pounds? That is not a very usable tablet. That is just a laptop without a keyboard. The 13" Microsoft Surface Pro at just under 2 pounds is a little better, but still a strain to hold for very long. The iPad Pro and many Android Tablets in the 11" range weigh just over 1 pound. I think weight and price are the biggest reasons why an Android version is wanted. The stylus pen might be useful, but it shouldn't be mandatory on a tablet designed for finger touch like the Android and iPads are designed to do. There are plenty of times I carry a tablet without carrying all the accessories. So it is nice if all the apps can work reasonably well without the accessories.

I haven't had a Mac in 10 years, so I'm curious as to what you are seeing it do? Can you put a screenshot of the "multiple tabs in one window" and what you doing that closes the one you aren't looking at?

The iPad apps have a different interface that is better suited for interacting with your fingers instead of a mouse and keyboard. Here is a 30 second video that Affinity made for Affinity Photo 1 when it debuted. Here is a much longer video really exploring the interface in Affinity Photo 2.

Posting about the competition on the Affinity forum might not be clever, but I seriously doubt Affinity would avoid a platform because of potential competition. If they were afraid of competing they wouldn't have picked the most crowded markets first.

The problem is the Affinity apps aren't finger-touch friendly like they are on the iPad. It would be nice if the Windows apps had an alternate interface like the iPad apps that could be triggered manually or automatically by Windows Tablet Mode.