MCFC_4Heatons

All these 'solutions' are workarounds - can the Affinity Designer devs please just look at Adobe Fireworks, these may seem like trivial thiings buts its so infuriating when these little things are made difficult. I've been playing aorund with Affinity Designer and aa long time user of Fireworks the lack of some simple functions to crop and resize canvas is frustrating.
In Fireworks:
edit > crop document (crops document to current selection)
modify > canvas > trim canvas (trims canvas to all objects
modify > canvas > fit canvas (fits canvas to all objects - used when objects are outside te bounds of the canvas)
I can see in Photo there is an option document > clip canvas

This features is well overdue, can we expect it soon?

Are we going to see the ability to convert a selection into a path in the near future?

Are we going to see the ability to convert a selection into a path in the near future?

My bad, for some reason show toolbar was disabled after updating to the the new beta!! 🤣

Compared to the bloated clunky UI of Photoshop it is a triumph IMO

Compared to the bloated clunky UI of Photoshop it is a triumph IMO

Compared to the bloated clunky UI of Photoshop it is a triumph IMO

Compared to the bloated clunky UI of Photoshop it is a triumph IMO

Compared to the bloated clunky UI of Photoshop it is a triumph IMO

Compared to the bloated clunky UI of Photoshop it is a triumph IMO

This is a very small but ever so annoying. I bought all three apps, not for publisher but to use Photo/Designer features combined with our having to use edit with switching between the two apps. Yes there are lots of ways to open a JPG  in Publisher drag to Publisher icon, right click image icon -> open with... But why can I just not open a JPG  from within Publisher without typing *.jpg in the file dialogue every time? It really irritates me tbh!!

This is a very small but ever so annoying. I bought all three apps, not for publisher but to use Photo/Designer features combined with our having to use edit with switching between the two apps. Yes there are lots of ways to open a JPG  in Publisher drag to Publisher icon, right click image icon -> open with... But why can I just not open a JPG  from within Publisher without typing *.jpg in the file dialogue every time? It really irritates me tbh!!

I'm just amazed its still the same after all the comments I have seen on the internet about it.

Hello !

I'm using the blur brush tool but is there a way to increase/decrease it's strength (like increasing a gaussian blur size), because in 4K resolution it's too light. And of course I tried changing the brush size/flow/strength but even at 100% it's not enough.
Thanks in advance for your help.

Is there a shortcut key for create symbol? I can only see the button on the symbols panel and nowhere else to access it?

Hi @MCFC_4Heatons,
You could duplicate the Layer and run the plugin on the duplicated layer, then you could delete the layer you've ran the plugin on and you'd have your original image.  Another method, if you enable Save History With Document and save your file as an afphoto file, you'd always be able to jump back through the history to the step before you ran the plugin.
Other than those, i'm not aware of another method but its likely someone else will post a workflow if i've missed one.
 
 

You are right of course. It IS sad affinitys team does not have a better understanding of the needs of us designers. I am glad we got ANYTHING at this point, and at least some workaround ist now possible.
Yes, we got here because of Adobes dominance. For me it is not about the price. It is about dependence from an evil company. Up until CS6, I owned the software. Even now I can use an older Mac, install my CS6 package and open the files I had created with it. If once you depend on newer versions of Indesign f.e., you need an active subscription or you  can not even open your own files anymore. That is a no-go for me.

Yes snapping and especially for perspective warping I would love some centering function. So basically the stuff you usually get with shift/one finger and ctrl/cmd/2 finger for normal transform.

Sounds like something big is happening:

https://affinity.serif.com/?utm_source=serifemail

Any ETA on non destructive free transform, perspective and warp tools like those found illustrator/Photoshop?
 
 

good luck, more chance of pigs flying than getting an eta on v2

good luck, more chance of pigs flying than getting an eta on v2

Hello Serif. In 2014 you mentioned a "Mesh warp/distort tool" in your roadmap.  How's that coming along? It's September 2022 and we still need a non-destructive vector distort tool please.  

Any ETA on non destructive free transform, perspective and warp tools like those found illustrator/Photoshop?