Tourmaline

I am quite sure that registered users of Affiniry Photo or Designer will get an email about the beta being released!

It won't be perfect at all at the first launch because it won't incorporate all the features people want now... I am more then happy if it does all the basics very well.

There's nothing you could have done. No matter what you've done, there's always people moaning.

Of course it will. If Affinity Photo and Designer are running just fine on your pc, expect Publisher to do the same thing as they all share the same engine!

The signs are there allready by the split of LightRoom into a stand alone version and cloud version. But how long will this stand alone version be available? They are working on a smooth transition to the cloud.

They need money to continue developing. So selling new products to get income is a normal way of doing things. You can't expect them to work for free, do you? Income ensures development of all products.

You crack me up.... Sums up nicely some posts in this thread.

I'd like to see a measurement tool like this one in Designer: You can set the scale and units and it works in any direction. You click on a certain part of the document and drag the red line and it automatically measures the length. See also Astute Graphics Dynamic Measure tool. Ideal for floor plans and stuff.

Would love to see a measure tool like this: It works in any way and can set scale and usints. Ideal for measuring floor plans etc.

Yup.

The limitation is your memory installed. If I remember correctly, you can set the amount of RAM used by the application. Under "Preferences"---"Performance" you can set the amount of memory you want to be used by the application. If you set it higher, you are able to load more files simultaniously...Or work with larger files...

Tons of really good alternatives, like the free Darktable, C1Pro etc. Both are better in a lot of ways. Stating there is no real substitute is not really true and a very personal observation.

I would suspect begin fall, end of summer.

It makes the file smaller as it only "links" to the image. Embadded images eat up space real quick. Especially if you use a lot of them in your design. Means larger files. On the other hand, if you embed everything, you can't forget to send the images with the file.

Unfortunately not. I put in a request for support for the Affinity line of products and they told me to look into it. There is an option to activate fonts in the Affinity line of products via "New Application Set".