JohaWeber

Hey there,
 
I always forget to check the "Save History File with Document" after creating a new one. I understand, that not everybody wants to save the history by default, because it would make a lot of files a lot larger (I guess so?). But for others it would be nice to have a Checkbox in the (User-)Settings to get the history saved with the document by default when saving a document.
Perhaps it would even be possible, to have a "per document"-exception-setting.
 
Greetings, Johannes

Hey there,
 
I always forget to check the "Save History File with Document" after creating a new one. I understand, that not everybody wants to save the history by default, because it would make a lot of files a lot larger (I guess so?). But for others it would be nice to have a Checkbox in the (User-)Settings to get the history saved with the document by default when saving a document.
Perhaps it would even be possible, to have a "per document"-exception-setting.
 
Greetings, Johannes

Hey there,
 
I always forget to check the "Save History File with Document" after creating a new one. I understand, that not everybody wants to save the history by default, because it would make a lot of files a lot larger (I guess so?). But for others it would be nice to have a Checkbox in the (User-)Settings to get the history saved with the document by default when saving a document.
Perhaps it would even be possible, to have a "per document"-exception-setting.
 
Greetings, Johannes

I'm an absolute precision fanatic. And I would expect this from a programm which even lets me zoom into my artwork by 125000000% to be absolute precise. And I would expect it even more if this is a software which lets me use geometric shapes for artwork construction (where "construction" is a better term than "creation"). A software that is based on computations for everything (isn't that the nature of computer programs/software?) should give me absolute precision in my work if I need it...
 
1+ for @Aammppaa for requesting snap to tangents.

Hi there,
 
 
in Photoshop I am using the trim feature for white and transparent backgrounds a lot. To be specific, here's the Photoshop Workflow: Youtube Video example. Reference to my initial post
 
So, please add:
 
Trim to transparent or to a specific colour function in Photo.

I'm an absolute precision fanatic. And I would expect this from a programm which even lets me zoom into my artwork by 125000000% to be absolute precise. And I would expect it even more if this is a software which lets me use geometric shapes for artwork construction (where "construction" is a better term than "creation"). A software that is based on computations for everything (isn't that the nature of computer programs/software?) should give me absolute precision in my work if I need it...
 
1+ for @Aammppaa for requesting snap to tangents.

I recently created a file with the latest beta version of affinity designer (1.8.0.486) and got the same error dialogue when trying to reopen it a day later... ("The file includes features from a later version of Affinity Designer")

Hey there,
 
>> v.1.5.3.62-b
 
while exporting some artboards with icons via the export-persona, a clip-path-tag with the size of the related artboard gets added to every exported SVG which then gets added as clip-path-attribute including every path/element that was intended to be exported in the related SVG.
I think this is not intended by design? There is no reason to have a clip-path with the exact size as the viewbox (which in this case represents the artboard) - because the viewbox will solve any occuring usecases. If this clip-path gets added to solely represent the created slice on that artboard, then we definitely need another solution than creating slices to export multiple artboards at once.
 
Greetings, Johannes

I'm an absolute precision fanatic. And I would expect this from a programm which even lets me zoom into my artwork by 125000000% to be absolute precise. And I would expect it even more if this is a software which lets me use geometric shapes for artwork construction (where "construction" is a better term than "creation"). A software that is based on computations for everything (isn't that the nature of computer programs/software?) should give me absolute precision in my work if I need it...
 
1+ for @Aammppaa for requesting snap to tangents.

Hey there,
 
I always forget to check the "Save History File with Document" after creating a new one. I understand, that not everybody wants to save the history by default, because it would make a lot of files a lot larger (I guess so?). But for others it would be nice to have a Checkbox in the (User-)Settings to get the history saved with the document by default when saving a document.
Perhaps it would even be possible, to have a "per document"-exception-setting.
 
Greetings, Johannes

Click here to download the latest beta
 
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Fixes
Fixed crash when making a gradient document fill global  Improved performance when History and Layers panel are visible Fixed PDF Export bleed for artboards Fixed PDF Export for some documents Added bottom right resize grip corner to floating document windows Added Float, Float All, Dock and Dock All commands to Window menu Fixed Adjustment panels appearing at an invalid location if the panel was closed on a monitor which is then subsequently unplugged Fixed metadata not loading for unicode paths opened via drag and drop Fixed failure to close down due to waiting for invalid files to finish opening Fixed Text Styles panel to reflect the document defaults when no text is selected  Fixed Layers panel to add more distinction between clipped and nested layers  Fixed document DPI showing decimal places Fixed Workspaces getting reset when new panels are added in updates Fixed vector export of clips on rasterised items Fixed Fit/Shrink to printable not fitting to printer margins  Fixed second Print having a zero size document in printer dialog  Fixed exporting artboards to include any adjustments drawn on top of it, even if they are outside of the artboard Fixed fonts being rejected if they had a space in their Postscript name Fixed being unable to move the Greyness node in Layer Effects > Colour Overlay Improved resizing of floating document windows Fixed closing a floating window through the taskbar closes the app Fixed Alignment Editor applying a second time when clicking away via a direct new selection Changed 'Arrange' button text to be 'Alignment' Fixed being unable to adjust custom wet edges spline  Fixed sporadic hanging when opening many image files at once 

Thanks for the new beta!

Thought I'd give you a glimpse of some of the features that will be coming in 1.7.
 
Please note - this thread is only for discussing the features detailed here.  Postings related to other feature requests should be posted on their own thread (else they will get deleted from this thread).
 
We have spent considerable time overhauling the internals of some of our main tools.  It's been a labour of love, but it's going to open up greater possibilities for our core tool set.
 
The core tools are:
- Move tool
- Pen tool
- Node tool
- Shape creation tools
- Text tools
- Fill and Transparency tools
- Place Image tool
- Vector Crop tool
 
So, what improvements can be expected?
 
- Advanced grid editing on spread (move the grid origin and edit it's axis with a handy new widget, with full snapping of course)
- Guides can be created and moved in all the core tools, plus a toggle to turn guide editing off
- Move the artboard ruler origin (with editing toggle)
- Create objects and shapes into an arbitrary grid
- Rotate and flip objects in grid planes (great for people working in isometric), plus an option to rotate shapes in plane using the Move tool
- The Move tool will now allow you to cycle though selection boxes, including regular boxes and grid plane aligned boxes
- Snapping performance improvements
 

Hi JohaWeber,
 
I am not quite sure if this has been changed recently but by looking at the 'layer' menu there is a hint that SHIFT+CTRL+L unlocks the layer. This works similar to group/ungroup.
 
d.
 

v1.6.1.93
Just rediscovered something which I thought had been fixed.
Draw a 10px line (curve) Duplicate the line, change it's colour and shorten it to reveal the line below. Group the two lines together Try to select the group by clicking directly on one of the lines. 

grouped lines.afdesign

Unfortunately this is a known issue that is still with development to be fixed.

Click here to download the latest beta
 
Status: Customer Beta
Purpose: Stability
Requirements: A valid product key, issued when Affinity Designer was purchased.

As this is a beta it is considered to be not suitable for production use. This means that you should not attempt to use it for commercial purposes or for any other activity that you may be adversely affected by the application failing, including the total loss of any documents. 

We hope you enjoy the latest build, and as always, if you've got any problems, please don't hesitate to post here and we'll get back to you as soon as we can. Thanks once again for your continued feedback.

If you have a general question about the software, please head over to the Questions Forum, or if you have any suggestions, please head over to the Feature Requests forum.

Fixes
[Partial] Fixed failure to close down due to incremented load count from (failed) abandoned documents (still needs 1 further fix for corrupt abandoned files) Fixed Text Styles panel to show the document defaults when no text is selected  Changed Layers panel to add more distinction between clipped and nested layers  Fixed document DPI showing a decimal place in some situations Fixed reset of user workspace when new panels have been added Fixed newly created Text Styles being applied twice to a text frame on creation Fixed vector export (including PDF) taking a long time due to large clip areas Fixed Fit/Shrink to printable does not fit to printer margins  Fixed 2nd Print has a zero size document in printer dialog  Fixed adjustments being ignored when outside of an artboard even though they may have an effect on the document Fixed being unable to move the Greyness node in Layer Effects > Colour Overlay Fixed colour node appearing on the Colour panel  Fixed hit testing on floating window edges to make it easier to resize windows Fixed closing a floating window through the taskbar closing the application (a side-effect of this change is that Alt+F4 on a floating window will now just close that window, not the app)

Click here to download the latest beta
 
Status: Customer Beta
Purpose: Stability
Requirements: A valid product key, issued when Affinity Designer was purchased.

As this is a beta it is considered to be not suitable for production use. This means that you should not attempt to use it for commercial purposes or for any other activity that you may be adversely affected by the application failing, including the total loss of any documents. 

We hope you enjoy the latest build, and as always, if you've got any problems, please don't hesitate to post here and we'll get back to you as soon as we can. Thanks once again for your continued feedback.

If you have a general question about the software, please head over to the Questions Forum, or if you have any suggestions, please head over to the Feature Requests forum.

Fixes
Updated social media references

Not sure if this is a new bug or if I failed to notice it before, but the slice titles may be misleading at times. For example, both PNG-24 and PNG-8 slice are named as such:
1280x800, "Artboard1", PNG, RGB 8-bit I understand it is actually 8 bits per RGB color, but "PNG-24" would make a lot more sense here. Don't you think?
 

It's a little bit disappointing and frustrating to see that using layers with constraints in symbols leads to total failure. I saved a file and can't even open it anymore. Instant crash.

Hello
 
Is there any possibility of using the RYB color model in the Colour Pallete when creating colours, creating gradients or adding Chords to swatch?
As an example, when creating a gradient from yellow to blue, I would like to have green in between, and not grey. Grey is created because in the RGB model, Yellow is complementary to Blue.
But in "real" colours, I would get Green and not Grey.
 
As the RYB model is already present in the Paint Mixer Brush, it seems that I might be missing something.
 
Thank you

What I think:
The constraints function/panel is not enough to use it as a proper UI design tool or to become a proper design tool. What every UI tool lacks is IMO either a proper HTML(Structure)/CSS(Style)/JS(Animation) export, the "truly responsive"-part or a "multiple states in structure and style for a single UI-element"-part. I could live with at least two of the stated features. I will not add invision studio to my toolset if either they only provide it on a monthly/yearly subscription base or they only provide the tool to mac users. As far as I know none of the statements were made yet - but who knows what a big corporation thinks inside... I wanted to move away from adobe because of the subscription model and couldn't/can't use sketch as a windows user. If they don't get the color workflow for spot colors a lot more easier and keep the professional print production options/features (overprint! spot-color-duotone!) on this level, I don't know why I even should wait for Affinity Publisher to be released. So what's their strategy? In general I think (but hope not) it will turn into the same as GIMP but as a paid product: A quick and easy step into the industry which will be followed by a turn to Adobe for pro users. I also think it would be best to focus on providing a perfect featureset for ADesigner, APhoto and APublisher nearly the same as Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign which then would suit Illustrators, Photographers and DTP-Pros and create a standalone UI app which just integrates in the Affinity universe. Without compatibility for plugins created by users/companies both Affinity Suite and inVision Studio will not succeed the way Sketch or Adobe does. It's the same with every "closed-for-plugins" tool: Looks great, works fine - until you get to the point were the idea is in your head, was approved by your team/client and you're not able to realize it because of the limitations of the tool itself. So you move on to the next one or back where you came from because you can't write your plugin or buy a plugin which brings your idea to life in a breeze - yes sure, nearly everthing a plugin in the graphic-design area does can be achieved without it, but only with a high application of time (which is money). And most projects only have a limited amount of hours on their table.  

@Wiredframe Nice idea! The tiny areas drive me insane - one of the reasons why I'm not using the constraints panel/function as much as I would like to!
 
@Aammppaa YES YES YES! Absolutely on your side!  Especially for the tiny icons in the right bottom corner...

@Wiredframe Nice idea! The tiny areas drive me insane - one of the reasons why I'm not using the constraints panel/function as much as I would like to!
 
@Aammppaa YES YES YES! Absolutely on your side!  Especially for the tiny icons in the right bottom corner...

A good suggestion.
 
Could we also have some tooltips for each area to remind us of the action (during my slow headed moments!)