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  1. @iuli This is my exact point. It's unfortunate that there are several taboo subjects here, but I call it like I see it. I've been doing this for a very long time and to me, vector means vector. Clean edges and fully expandable.
  2. I appreciate your responses, but, explain to me how, in Design Persona, using a "vector" brush that was purchased, but in reality only paints a pixel along a vector path and can not be converted into a true vector, can be considered a vector brush? Just because I can select a point in that path and manipulate that path, doesn't necessarily make the effect a vector and in my opinion, it should only be available in Pixel persona and not in the other. Otherwise, what's the point of having the different personas? And I get it, pixel persona is meant to add textures and shading to created vector objects to add dimension and style to the creators ideas and concepts, but I really don't see why you insist that this is an incorrect logic in the matter of designing and of purchasing creative packs using this amazing software. Like I said, I love this software and would never want it to emulate other software packages in the same genre. It should remain its own distinct self, but it should also, again in my own opinion, label content in correct terms.
  3. Then just a simple "Raster Brush" rather than "Vector Brush" label would suffice and cause a lot less confusion for beginners. Like I stated in my original post, I know what to look for myself, only after buying several packs, but newcomers do not.
  4. Good morning all. I absolutely love using the Affinity software line and have purchased all of them when they became available. I've read many of the threads posted here from time to time and always find interesting and new facts about the apps. I mainly design and print vehicle wraps here at my home shop and have started migrating to using Affinity for most of the newer designs. It took a little while getting used to setting up layers and setting up contour cut lines that would read in my rip software but it panned out and has become easier. Maybe this topic has already come up in previous threads but here is my take on brush packs. When I purchase brush packs, whether through Affinity or through 3rd part sites, I try to purchase only vector brushes that I can convert into curves when the design is finished. Problem is, many of the brush packs that claim they are vector are really only pixels that follow a curve and are unable to expand into actual curves and fail to mention this. To me, if a brush pack says it's vector, then no matter how it is used, it should have the ability to expand into curves that can either be turned into contour cut lines or have clean edges when printed out at large sizes for wraps. If a vector brush can't do that, then it shouldn't be considered a vector brush at all and should only be labeled as a pixel brush pack and, also not installed into the designer persona brush sets but rather only in the pixel persona sets. A lot of my personal friends have also bought affinity products and echo the same sentiment. I've learned to look closely at the designs I create to make sure I can expands any brushes that I use and when it's not a possibility I go back to the other vector program and design there, but a lot of my friends are still learning and only find out after the fact and I can understand their frustrations. Thanks for all you guys do, both in this forum and with these amazing apps! Hope you all have wonderful weekends!
  5. You are correct! Appreciate the help, always a great community here.
  6. Hello all, I just installed the latest update on a Win 10 system and I am also getting this bug. I looked over the third party list of apps with known issues but do not have any of them installed. Everything that @Greg dJ listed in his first post is pretty much the exact same for me including the posted image. Video attached. Affinity Designer 2021-10-26 09-14-18.mp4
  7. I'm not sure if you ever figured it out or not, but you can create perf cuts for Versaworks just by naming any spot color PerfCutContour. I hope this helps! I actually made a pallet for AD for the cut contour and the perf cut contour. I'll see if I can add it here. I know these work for Versaworks, not sure for other rip software. Cut_Contour.afpalette
  8. This is a top feature for me and there are several others I would like to see, but that being said, I am completely satisfied with the overall products. Once you get used to navigating the menus and tools and structure, it really is a good group of apps to work with.
  9. 90% of the business in the shop I work for is vehicle related. Roughly 60% of that work requires cutting on plotters. I absolutely support this feature and it has already been discussed here that if the option were to become available, we would dump support for other design packages.
  10. Hello MEB, Thank you for your reply. I figured as much and truly appreciate your input. I will state that, I do thoroughly enjoy using Affinity Designer and Photo. I have been slowly incorporating it into our workflow at my job and designing vehicle wraps with it. It takes some getting use to for laying out designs onto vehicle templates, but I am slowly getting there.
  11. Good afternoon all. I have a problem that is really, only mildly irritating. When creating objects and duplicating them, there appears to be separation between each object. If I export it out as a PDF, for example, the separations are gone. Like I said, it's really not that big of an issue, just more of an irritation for myself. I'll attach a couple of files for you to check out. Many thanks in advance! Test.pdf
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