Bad_Wolf

Do not enlarge the page dimensions. 

And when A or B changes, the file formats are incompatible with releases that have a smaller A or B value.
Thus, we should expect that 2.1 won't be able to open 2.2 files.

To avoid all copyright problems, ask the artwork's creator; if you can draw it over, make changes. If they give written permission, you are in the clear. Maybe you have to pay for what you want, but that is normal, not?
I think there are enough websites like Unsplash and Favicon to free-to-use- artwork and photographs. For other pictures/artwork, you have to pay but hey! We all have to make a living!
Chris

Hello Alfred, MarkW and Psenda,
Please accept my apology for this delayed answer. Thank you all so much for your explanations and help. You gave me a clear understanding of the difference and when to use which view.
For game graphics where the units are pixels, I will use 100% view. For printed materials, I will use the actual size view.
I do appreciate everyone's input and thank you for your efforts spent on my misunderstanding.
Have a good day!
Chris

See ...
Tab inside table cells tabs in table cells site:forum.affinity.serif.com  (a general Google Forum search after that topic)

for windows you can do
<alt>009
using the numeric keypad

Hello Alfred, MarkW and Psenda,
Please accept my apology for this delayed answer. Thank you all so much for your explanations and help. You gave me a clear understanding of the difference and when to use which view.
For game graphics where the units are pixels, I will use 100% view. For printed materials, I will use the actual size view.
I do appreciate everyone's input and thank you for your efforts spent on my misunderstanding.
Have a good day!
Chris

Hello Alfred, MarkW and Psenda,
Please accept my apology for this delayed answer. Thank you all so much for your explanations and help. You gave me a clear understanding of the difference and when to use which view.
For game graphics where the units are pixels, I will use 100% view. For printed materials, I will use the actual size view.
I do appreciate everyone's input and thank you for your efforts spent on my misunderstanding.
Have a good day!
Chris

You’re welcome.
Glad all is sorted now.

Hi @stokerg,
Thank you for your reply and information, which I appreciate so much. Despite I completely re-installed Designer, I followed your advice and hold down the CTRL key while I started Designer. Everything seems fine now.
I want to apologize for the bad things I wrote. I was frustrated because I was completely stuck and I had to finish a project. But that is no excuse for the harsh things I wrote, I should not have done that. Please, forgive me.
I wish you a lovely day and all the best.
Chris
 

Hi @stokerg,
Thank you for your reply and information, which I appreciate so much. Despite I completely re-installed Designer, I followed your advice and hold down the CTRL key while I started Designer. Everything seems fine now.
I want to apologize for the bad things I wrote. I was frustrated because I was completely stuck and I had to finish a project. But that is no excuse for the harsh things I wrote, I should not have done that. Please, forgive me.
I wish you a lovely day and all the best.
Chris
 

Please people of Serif,
You created and sold this program. I am in severe trouble because I need Designer NOW! This is just unfair!
Thank you for your "bad" customer support!
Chris

Hi @stokerg,
Thank you for your reply and information, which I appreciate so much. Despite I completely re-installed Designer, I followed your advice and hold down the CTRL key while I started Designer. Everything seems fine now.
I want to apologize for the bad things I wrote. I was frustrated because I was completely stuck and I had to finish a project. But that is no excuse for the harsh things I wrote, I should not have done that. Please, forgive me.
I wish you a lovely day and all the best.
Chris
 

Thank you @GarryP,
Thank you for your help which I appreciate.
You are correct, there is nothing wrong with the PNG. The very small dimensions as you mentioned, where the cause of the problem.
With distorted, I actually mean "jagged" like you have when you scale up a pixel image.
The guide issue was also related to align to pixel values turned off.
Everything is fine again.
I wish you a lovely day and all the best.
Chris
 

Can you tell us what you mean by “distorted”?
Your icon is only 2.545mm across so when you export to a raster image there will, inevitably, be some pixelation, even at 300DPI, and especially since your curves (and the whole design) are not aligned to integer pixel values.
2.545mm = 0.1002in (approx.) and 0.1002in at 300DPI = 30.06 pixels (approx.)
For the arrowhead, try increasing the Mitre size in the Stroke Panel to get a point.
I don’t understand what you mean about the guides issue; can you give us more detailed information, maybe with an example document?

Hi @Bad_Wolf,
Glad to hear you've managed to get back into Affinity.
If this ever happens again, instead of the uninstall route, try starting Affinity while holding down the Control key on your keyboard and you'll get a popup asking if you'd like to clear some data.  3 options will be ticked and you can just click clear and see if Affinity then starts as normal.
Sorry you feel that way.  Tech Support aim to reply to posts as soon as possible during our working hours, which for Tech Support is mainly 8am till 6pm GMT, Monday-Friday.  Posts made outside of that time will be picked up first thing in the morning, as this post has.

Gianno Becatinni should think twice before putting such crap in the front section if his book. When I read such things at the beginning of a book, that book and the author will immediatelly loose my interest... forever! The only conclusion coming from that paragraph is the frustration with the software and temperament of the author.
Many other authors successfully, create and publish books made in Affinity Publisher. They struggle from time to time, have to find workaround but in the end they deliver their masterpiece to their audience.
Like Loukash already perfectly said, if you are not happy but the Affinity Suite, then use something else. There are other alternatives which will let you do the same thing, even for free. But Gianno Becatinni, don't put that kind of message in your book, it only shows you are a very short tempered person. Instead, just use another application which gives you better results. Maybe Affinity is not a good tool for you and another will deliver perfect results for you. Such things happen.
I hope you learned a wise lesson  today.
Chris
 

Gianno Becatinni should think twice before putting such crap in the front section if his book. When I read such things at the beginning of a book, that book and the author will immediatelly loose my interest... forever! The only conclusion coming from that paragraph is the frustration with the software and temperament of the author.
Many other authors successfully, create and publish books made in Affinity Publisher. They struggle from time to time, have to find workaround but in the end they deliver their masterpiece to their audience.
Like Loukash already perfectly said, if you are not happy but the Affinity Suite, then use something else. There are other alternatives which will let you do the same thing, even for free. But Gianno Becatinni, don't put that kind of message in your book, it only shows you are a very short tempered person. Instead, just use another application which gives you better results. Maybe Affinity is not a good tool for you and another will deliver perfect results for you. Such things happen.
I hope you learned a wise lesson  today.
Chris
 

Gianno Becatinni should think twice before putting such crap in the front section if his book. When I read such things at the beginning of a book, that book and the author will immediatelly loose my interest... forever! The only conclusion coming from that paragraph is the frustration with the software and temperament of the author.
Many other authors successfully, create and publish books made in Affinity Publisher. They struggle from time to time, have to find workaround but in the end they deliver their masterpiece to their audience.
Like Loukash already perfectly said, if you are not happy but the Affinity Suite, then use something else. There are other alternatives which will let you do the same thing, even for free. But Gianno Becatinni, don't put that kind of message in your book, it only shows you are a very short tempered person. Instead, just use another application which gives you better results. Maybe Affinity is not a good tool for you and another will deliver perfect results for you. Such things happen.
I hope you learned a wise lesson  today.
Chris
 

Gianno Becatinni should think twice before putting such crap in the front section if his book. When I read such things at the beginning of a book, that book and the author will immediatelly loose my interest... forever! The only conclusion coming from that paragraph is the frustration with the software and temperament of the author.
Many other authors successfully, create and publish books made in Affinity Publisher. They struggle from time to time, have to find workaround but in the end they deliver their masterpiece to their audience.
Like Loukash already perfectly said, if you are not happy but the Affinity Suite, then use something else. There are other alternatives which will let you do the same thing, even for free. But Gianno Becatinni, don't put that kind of message in your book, it only shows you are a very short tempered person. Instead, just use another application which gives you better results. Maybe Affinity is not a good tool for you and another will deliver perfect results for you. Such things happen.
I hope you learned a wise lesson  today.
Chris
 

Gianno Becatinni should think twice before putting such crap in the front section if his book. When I read such things at the beginning of a book, that book and the author will immediatelly loose my interest... forever! The only conclusion coming from that paragraph is the frustration with the software and temperament of the author.
Many other authors successfully, create and publish books made in Affinity Publisher. They struggle from time to time, have to find workaround but in the end they deliver their masterpiece to their audience.
Like Loukash already perfectly said, if you are not happy but the Affinity Suite, then use something else. There are other alternatives which will let you do the same thing, even for free. But Gianno Becatinni, don't put that kind of message in your book, it only shows you are a very short tempered person. Instead, just use another application which gives you better results. Maybe Affinity is not a good tool for you and another will deliver perfect results for you. Such things happen.
I hope you learned a wise lesson  today.
Chris
 

Gianno Becatinni should think twice before putting such crap in the front section if his book. When I read such things at the beginning of a book, that book and the author will immediatelly loose my interest... forever! The only conclusion coming from that paragraph is the frustration with the software and temperament of the author.
Many other authors successfully, create and publish books made in Affinity Publisher. They struggle from time to time, have to find workaround but in the end they deliver their masterpiece to their audience.
Like Loukash already perfectly said, if you are not happy but the Affinity Suite, then use something else. There are other alternatives which will let you do the same thing, even for free. But Gianno Becatinni, don't put that kind of message in your book, it only shows you are a very short tempered person. Instead, just use another application which gives you better results. Maybe Affinity is not a good tool for you and another will deliver perfect results for you. Such things happen.
I hope you learned a wise lesson  today.
Chris
 

Gianno Becatinni should think twice before putting such crap in the front section if his book. When I read such things at the beginning of a book, that book and the author will immediatelly loose my interest... forever! The only conclusion coming from that paragraph is the frustration with the software and temperament of the author.
Many other authors successfully, create and publish books made in Affinity Publisher. They struggle from time to time, have to find workaround but in the end they deliver their masterpiece to their audience.
Like Loukash already perfectly said, if you are not happy but the Affinity Suite, then use something else. There are other alternatives which will let you do the same thing, even for free. But Gianno Becatinni, don't put that kind of message in your book, it only shows you are a very short tempered person. Instead, just use another application which gives you better results. Maybe Affinity is not a good tool for you and another will deliver perfect results for you. Such things happen.
I hope you learned a wise lesson  today.
Chris
 

I shouldn't have sold my Paul Reed Smith 20 years ago. Recently I bought a used Les Paul and I actually hate it. Or rather, my back hates it. But hey, I also play a fretless Fender Jazz Bass and I love it!  
Anyway…
Honestly: I do.
If you were an architect, would you also tell your client: "Sorry that your house doesn't have a proper bathroom but I couldn't figure out how to draw it with the architecture software I was using so it's all their fault!"

I fully share your pain about lack of quality, stability, essential basic functionality available everywhere else, and countless UI inconsistencies. But writing such a paragraph into a book, eventually created with help of an Affinity App, is childish and would only demonstrate lack of moral maturity. It will poison your otherwise valuable work.