[Expanding "pattern fills"]

AD doesn't currently have vector fills, so I don't think there is an equivalent.

[Warning that file is unsaved before File > Edit in]

tl;dr Feature Request: If the file has not been save, AD / AP should prompt you to save before invoking a File > Edit in… action.

 

 

Here's a not so fun little exercise…

1. Start a new file in AD.
2. Create some stuff (ideally spend a good hour making something really gorgeous).
3. Important: Do not save your work!
4. Now click File > Edit in Photo.
5. AD kindly closes your file (without prompting you to save).
6. AP now opens your (temporary) file.
7. Now close AP.
8. AP will warn you that the file is unsaved…
9. BUT since you haven't actually made any changes in AP, you figure that there is nothing to save - right?
10. Click 'No' and AP graciously closes the file.
11. Now neither AD not AP have any record of the file ever existing, and your work is gone.

 

OK - it is a rather convoluted example, and yes it is to some degree my fault, but I do think Affinity ought to try to save you from your own stupidity!

 

 

 

 

[Designer: How to update styles?]

At present I think you'd have to be pretty organised and put all your roads into a single layer, then you can apply a stroke to the layer and it will affect everything contained within.

 

The same for other objects that share formatting.

 

This will be much easier when Affinity add the ability to select objects by their characteristics, and / or update styles.

[[ADe] Show hidden characters]

Would be nice to get a comment from Affinity as to whether this will make it into Designer, or become a Publisher only feature?

[How I can do this in Affinity Designer]

This was discussed before...

 

https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/25846-packaging3d-mockups/

 

Hope it helps :)

[3 in 1 [but not apps]]

I agree that this would be a nice option - it can be a bit of a pain repeatedly jumping between the 3 tabs.

[Hide shape handles whilst applying Layer Effects]

In addition to MEB's point above... you can always hold the spacebar to hide the handles.

[Summer Evenings...]

Looks nice - you may have gone a bit far on the jpg compression though! Looks rather granular :)

[Print Gird]

AD doesn't have the option to print the grid at present.

 

This feature has been requested before… https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/27927-print-grid/?hl=%2Bprint+%2Bgrid

 

I suggest you add your support for this idea --^

 

I the mean time, you could draw a grid of your own, using the power duplicate feature this should be fairly straight forward.

 

Or try something like this… https://www.printablepaper.net/category/isometric_graph

[invert mask in Designer?]

That was my work around.

 

But it is not elegant.

[[AD] Mirror Tool]

Ah - OK. That is clear now.

[Default tool settings]

I'd suggest...

 

Make the arrow how you want it, then create an asset.

 

Now when you need a single ended, red arrow, just grab it from your assets panel, and resize / reposition as required.

 

There may be other ways.

[invert mask in Designer?]

+1 As I have found myself desperate to invert a vector mask in AD several times.

[rasterize multiple layers]

Came across this today - I too would benefit from some refinement to the rasterize action…

 

Would like to have the option to Rasterize multiple objects to a single pixel layer or individual layers.

Sometimes it is not practical to group a series of objects, which would allow the current work around.

 

I also notice that a Vector Layer, can't be Rasterized, but a group can… why not?

 

Also an option to keep the original vector objects, and create a Rasterized copy.

 

Finally, some insight or control into the format use for the Rasterized image - what DPI is used? Can I override this?

 

Perhaps I am hoping for too much from this function and should instead be using the Export Persona, then Placing the results back into my file. I am coming to AD from Xara Designer which does support many of the requests above.

 

Thanks.

[[AD] Mirror Tool]

Perhaps I am not fully understanding the question... but if you want to create a mirrored, duplicate of an object, that remains editable (so that changing the original also updates the mirrored copy) then you can do so with Symbols.

 

1. Make the original object into a Symbol
2. Drag a new instance of the Symbol onto the page
3. Flip it (horizontally / vertically) and align so that the axis of reflection lies between the two Symbols

Now you have a live mirror, where changes are reflected across to the other side.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdT6IgtAgBE

[[ADe] Select and Delete a Line Segment.]

 I can't get used to those break, join and close icons. They are too similar imho.

 

Couldn't agree more - they are so indistinct, similar and tiny - some of the worst icons I've come across!

[Designer -- Drag rulers onto the page would be helpful]

Sounds like two different requests to me…

 

1. Set the origin point (and direction of the axis)

 

2. Physically move the rulers onto the page / artboard

 

[Make CTRL+drag and CTRL+rotate behave the same way (= duplicate)]

Personally I prefer the duplication method used by Xara Designer - using the right mouse button.

• Right click + drag - creates a single copy.
• Right click + drag + left click(s) - creates a copy every time the left button is clicked.
• Right click + rotate - creates a single rotated copy.
• Right click + rotate + left click(s) - creates a rotated copy every time the left button is clicked.

 

It is quick, versatile and elegant. Can be done with one hand and without the need to remember which modifier key(s) you need to press!

 

[Make CTRL+drag and CTRL+rotate behave the same way (= duplicate)]

Argh! This drives me crazy too!

 

Ctrl + Rotate should make a duplicate... why do we need the extra step of make a duplicate and then rotate.

 

Please Affinity, make it so.

[Layer Effects Do Not Work on My Text]

1. The white dot is a rotation handle. Grab it and drag left or right and the text will rotate about the center point. All objects in AD and AP have this.

 

2. Select text by dragging over the text with the Text Tool. The selected text will be highlighted in blue (may be hard to see since you have a blue photo as a background). Alternatively double click to select a word, triple click to select a sentence, or click four times to select a whole paragraph.

 

3. Bold and Italics are only available in fonts that contain bold and italic characters. Andalus does not, try switching to Arial / Time for example, and you will be able to use bold and italic.

 

4. The red and green lines look like snapping lines. They are telling you that the text is snapped to other objects on the page. In the case of the green line, that is the center of the page.

 

5. In your original post you ask about FX. You do not need to select the individual characters of the text in order to apply FX. So long as the text layer is selected in the Layers Panel all available FX should work just fine.

 

 

[Asymmetrical opacity]

The entire of Layer1 has a linear transparency applied (from left to right) so the final petal is translucent.

[Texture Brushes 04 [Hatching]]

Thanks for sharing your resources. I look forward to trying them out sometime soon :)

[Designer | Node tool - Drag both opposite handles]

@reglico Yes you can move multiple nodes, but you can't adjust multiple control handles simultaneously, which is what the OP is asking for.

[FX Resizing on Shapes (Affinity Designer)]

Look for "Scale with Object (bottom right of effects window).

 

 

Also: if your object has a stroke and you want that to scale on resizing, check that Scale with Object is selected in the Stroke Panel too.

[Erasing half of an ellipse]

Or use the segment tool?

 

Drag out a segment, and position the cut line (middle orange handle) in the center to get half an ellipse.

 

Search Help for Segment to get more info.