Aammppaa

Instead of using the rectangle as a mask on the ellipse, clip the ellipse by putting it inside the rectangle. Make the rectangle transparent.

Thanks Aammppaa
I've logged the UI being out of sync with the development team.  The rest are more suggestions so I will leave them for the dev team to consider directly
cHeers

Confirmed - color picker (from any of the fill/stroke.color panels) only samples from the UI not the page.
 

Day 06 [Prompt:Drooling]
AD only
Original Size: AD 400 x 400mm 300dpi (Uploaded Size:1417x1417px/300dpi/hq jpeg)

Hi all,
 
I like to work with Affinity Designer. 

Technical illustration of a carburetor from a small Subaru engine. 
The pressure profile for stroke widths makes thick/thin transitions easy.

Yes!! I just published the finished second and last part of the two-part blog online!
Thisone continues with a deep dive into Color Spaces, Color Profiles and Gamma-Correction. So you have something to read this weekend

Available again in both Dutch and English:
English : https://www.wigglepixel.nl/en/blog/what-are-color-spaces-color-profiles-and-gamma-correction/
Dutch :  https://www.wigglepixel.nl/blog/wat-zijn-color-spaces-color-profiles-en-gamma-correctie/
 
@Max P @Aammppaa @Madame
@ianrb @TestTools @Roger C @MickRose @Przemysław @eab

Hi Kodimac,
You can use the Erase blend mode on the imported image to turn it white and then click on the cog icon in the layers for 'Blend Ranges' options and adjust the Source layers ranges to remove the background, i had to adjust the underlying composition ranges to get rid of the pixelation, here's a screen shot of the settings: 
 

@Affinity Please give us the option to toggle off the "Feature" when pressing the same Tool shortcut twice it switches back to the previously selected Tool.
Its really annoying and disrupts my Workflow. I would be super happy if you could add that option in the next Update and reading the forums im sure a lot of people would appreciate that option too.
 
Ps. Im a big Affinity Fan, I have bought both Softwares and both Workbooks and I am going to buy Publisher too when its released. Im even planning on buying an iPad Pro for the iPad Versions.
 

Inktober 2018
So it begins again....All AD this year....hopefully! (except for initial sketching)...
Links
Day 01 [Prompt:Poisonous] | Day 02 [Tranquil] | Day 03 [Roasted] | Day 04 [Spell] | Day 05 [Chicken] 
Day 06 [Drooling] | Day 07 [Exhausted] | Day 08 [Star] | Day 09 [Precious] | Day 10 [Flowing]
Day 11 [Cruel] | Day 12 [Whale] | Day 13 [Guarded] | Day 14 [Clock] | Day 15 [Weak]
Day 16 [Angular] | Day 17 [Swollen] | Day 18 [Bottle] | Day 19 [Scorched] | Day 20 [Breakable]
Day 21 [Drain] Day 22 [Expensive] | Day 23 [Muddy] | Day 24 [Chop] | Day 25 [Prickly]
Day 26 [Stretch] | Day 27 [Thunder] | Day 28 [Gift] | Day 29 [Double] | Day 30 [Jolt]

Day 31 [Slice] (This one is  the only vector!)

Project Brushes INK
Working on a new Inking 'toolkit'  consisting of Vector, Raster Brushes and vector assets. Samples as shown below:
Vector Brushes
A. inkBrush - Vector - Inking  
B. inkBrush - Vector - Paint
C. inkBrush - Vector - Texture
D. inkBrush - Vector - Effects 
E. inkBrush - Vector - Granular
F. inkBrush - Vector - Render
G. inkBrush - Vector - Linear
Raster Brushes
A. inkBrush - Raster - Pattern (Geometric)
B. inkBrush - Raster - Pattern (Organic)
C. inkBrush - Raster - Sketch
D. inkBrush - Raster - Draw
E. inkBrush - Raster -Paint
F. inkBrush - Raster - Bristle
G. inkBrush - Raster - Hatch
H. inkBrush - Raster - Vegetation 'Stamps'
I.  inkBrush - Raster - Splatter
J. inkBrush - Raster - Grunge
K. inkBrush - Raster - Texture
L. inkBrush - Raster - Stipple
M. inkBrush - Raster - Effects

Vector Assets
A. vectorAssets - Grunge
B. vectorAssets - Texture
C. vectorAssets - Geometric Patterns
D. vectorAssets - Organic Patterns

Tutorials
A. Creating Vector Brushes
Experiments
Vector Brush Experiments

 
Inktober Prompts
Day 01 [Prompt:Poisonous]
AD only
Original Size: AD 400 x 400mm 300dpi (Uploaded Size:1417x1741px/300dpi/hq jpeg)

Already fixed in 139.
Time to update

Already fixed in 139.
Time to update

Would be nice if the cursor gives you an idea of what you are doing. For example when cloning an object using CMD-button. That way you have an indication that you pressed the right shortcut or any shortcut at all.

A later release is now available here or pinned to the top of this forum
Click here to download the latest beta for Windows
Status: Public Beta
Purpose: General Testing
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Hi, we have a preview of build 139 for you. Hopefully we will put it on Auto Update later this week, but for now it is just a manual download.
As this is a beta it is considered to be not suitable for production use. This means that you should not attempt to use it for commercial purposes or for any other activity where you may be adversely affected by the application failing, including the total loss of any documents. 
We hope you enjoy the product, and as always, if you've got any problems installing or running up, please don't hesitate to post in this thread.
Any problems actually using this version please make a new topic in this forum and we'll get back to you as soon as we can. Please feel free to leave general suggestions and comments in the Discussion Forum. Many thanks for your continued feedback.
Fix List
Document Setup / Import
- (Windows) Fixed selection of a User Preset after editing
- Added Picas as a unit of measurement
- Fixed bleed labels for facing pages
- Fixed display of inner bleed guides in facing pages documents
- Fixed placing images from stock panel into picture frames in non-RGB/8 format documents
Document / Page Management
- Fix for master page objects not loading correctly, resulting in apparent loss of content / display issues
- Fixed various issues when symbols were used on master pages
- Document bleed is now applied correctly to newly created master pages
- Fixed crash when detaching a master page layer via Symbols Panel
- Fixed crash when attempting to apply a deleted master page
Tools and Menus
- (Mac) Moved View > Zoom to separate sub menu
- Added View > Preview Mode - hides all guides and applies 'Clip to Canvas'
- (Mac) Fixed Ctrl+Click in Swatches Panel
- (Mac) Fixed issue deleting Document Palettes
- Fixed Pages Panel so that masters and pages cannot be selected at the same time
- Fixed Navigator Panel so it always displays current spread
- Added Colour Picker tool to keyboard shortcuts on Windows
- (Windows) Fixed persistence of the 'Automatically Update Linked Resources' option
- (Windows) Fixed issues resetting defaults from Preferences
- (Mac) Guide Manager lists are now sorted
- Implemented Cancel / Undo for multi-image import
- Added a textual description to the Fields Panel
- Fixed crash selecting 'Edit Mask'
Text
- (Mac) Fixed entry of Line Breaks (Soft Returns)
- Fixed issue with text input due to invalid Tool context selection after using e.g. Fill Tool
- Autofit frame to text now accounts for hidden overflow text
- Autofit frame to text now honours bottom text frame inset
- Fixed interaction of Paragraph decorations and first line indents
- Fixed general character counting hyphenation issues with multi-byte characters and ligatures
- Fixed hyphenation issues with dictionaries using encodings other than UTF-8
- Fixed character width issues with specific OpenType fonts
- List tab stops now calculate correctly if document has been re-scaled
- Text Wrap for Text on a Path now wraps correctly to the open curve
- Text ruler caret now handles document scaling correctly
- Fixed issue accessing multiple decorations when editing a text style
- 'No Change' text style options now inherit base style values when edited
- Fixed issue entering 0 value for text style options when set to 'No Change'
Find and Replace
- Prevented Find and Replace from being enabled if no search criteria specified
- Fixed glitch preventing Find and Replace with empty replace string
Font Manager
- Fixed 'Locate Font' not wrapping at end of document
- Ensured 'Locate Font' always selects the relevant text
Resources
- Fixed Resource Manager to open with currently selected image(s)
- Resource Manager commands are now initially enabled correctly when images are selected
- Prevented unwanted Embedded / Linked Policy switch prompt when updating linked images
Export / Printing
- (Mac) Fixed issue printing where blank pages were generated
- Fixed Print dialog preview not reflecting current N-Up settings
- Fixed issue printing with page range and Booklet imposition
- Fixed instance where Print > Layout Height and Width fields could be reported incorrectly
- Fixed issues where Export could remove previously exported file
- Fixed bleed for single page PDF export
and the fixes included in the previous patch #133

I would say that the behaviour is exactly what I'd expect and not a bug.
Each symbol has been stretched and distorted, so anything that you put inside the symbol will also be distorted.
What is the exact behaviour you are trying to achieve?
Imagine I make a logo that is square, and I now insert this into an artboard (or any container) that is very tall and thin.
How should the logo appear?
Stretched to be tall and thin? <- This is what you are doing at present and is not what you want. Proportionally scaled to the height and therefore hugely cropped at the sides? Unlikely. Scaled to the width with a large gap top and bottom? Might be the best option. More importantly, how can the software know which of these options you want? How can it make an intelligent decision?
It can't, so you need to make that decision when scaling the symbol on your artboards.
Don't stretch it, just scale it to appropriately fill the area.
You might want to take a look at the Affinity Publisher Beta, since this has Picture Frames, that deal with this scenario at least semi-automatically.

This is really a needless irritation for new users and a workflow block for everyone. Again something that is solved in a perfectly consistant, much simpler and less error prone way in Photoshop. Ctrl+clicking the Layer miniature in the stack turns its content into a pixel selection, regardless what it is - even if it's an embedded layer Photoshop can't edit natively. No need to have a particular tool active, no need to create a bitmap copy first - the right object is targeted automatically, by having to click the layer. Affinity really needs to get rid of such traps and needlessly convoluted workflows. Nesting universally useful and often needed functionality (create selection) inside tools (here the pen tool) is a really bad UX idea.
PS: That same Ctrl-clicking also works with masks in Photoshop. This time one clicks the mask miniature.

Totally agree, Serif should amend or fix existing features more frequently IMHO. I empathise with the devs to a point, they have a continuous hill to climb but I think there should be a fast track patching system in place for smaller bugs, I think this would at least show some incremental progress and alleviate continuous postings of known issues.
Making everyone wait a long time for a job lot release is frustrating and having a more frequent smaller 1.7.1 or even 1.7.1.1 cycle in between 1.7, 1.8 releases would encourage confidence in Affinity products as they are being visibly proactive. As it is there are long pauses between fixes and updates. 
Having said that, I would rather wait for something to be fixed properly and features to be added that go beyond what the competition are putting out. What I don't want is "Affinistrator," I want something more than just a clone of adobe software.

If the two ends points in the pressure graph show a tiny dot in the center, then they move in sync. 
Click either end once to remove the dot, and they now move independently. 

It is a good question.
In the rounded rectangle tool (where percentages already exist as an option) the percentage seems to relate to length of the shortest side. Obviously this will not work for an irregular shape.
I guess that the units aren't what is important here. The desired function is that the corner scales and remains editable with the corner tool.
So if my corner initially has a radius of 5mm I should be able to tick a box to Scale with Shape (just as I can in Stroke and Effects Panels). Then when a resize occurs, the radius is simply recalculated relative to the amount of rescaling. If I increase the size of the shape by 3.456% then the radius is also increased by 3.456%.
That would work wouldn't it?
And if I want an absolute radius, we just retain the bahaviour as it currently exists.

You can also hold down the alt/option key & drag one end point to move it independently of the other end point.

When it works it is great, but I've wasted too much time trying to be clever in less than ideal circumstances, where I should have just made a manual selection!

Many of the shapes in your file have corners defined by the Corner Tool. These are specified as an absolute size (like 0.125in) and hence they are not scaling as the shape is resized. This changes the shapes such that they no longer line up.
Easy fix… select all the shapes, and then using the Corner Tool > Bake Corners.
Will now resize just fine.
A better fix would be for Affinity to upgrade the Corner Tool so that radii can be specified as a percentage, which will scale with the object.
See…
 

Hello,
 
I am requesting these two features
 
1 - The ability to scale shapes that are using corner tool without losing their actual shape.
see this post for more details.
 
2- Having brushes fill the whole shape's stroke without a gap at the beginning.
see this post for more details
 
and thank you :)

Hi!
I'm sorry if this was posted before. I couldn't find this topic on the forums.
I'd like to have "Radius by percents" for the Corner Tool. I'm currently having this problem where I can't use the Corner Tool with symbols of different size, because when I change the radius of a bigger symbol, its smaller copies get same amount of pixels in corner change, which makes it a dramatic change for a smaller object.

P.S.
Is there a workaround in the meantime?

While I agree in concept, it's worthy of some further discussion because this can be taken as another example of assuming that Adobe Illustrator is the end-all "leading' functionality worthy of being mimicked when, here at nearly one fifth of the way into the 21st century, we really should be aiming rather higher.
Not trying to be a know-it-all, but the following may be instructive to those...well, younger.
Like most vector drawing programs, Illustrator also started out with just the four basic Boolean path combination operations (add, subtract, intersect, exclude), and as I recall, it didn't move beyond that until around version 9 or 10, when its so-called "Live Effects" became all the focus. That's when Illustrator's so-called "Pathfinder" functions became (by default) its so-called "Compound Shapes" (which, in typical Adobe fashion, creates untold confusion with the term "compound paths"; an entirely different thing).
Affinity Designer also provides the four base Boolean path operations, and they are also already "live" constructs.
In Illustrator's case, it was actually user reaction against "Compound Shapes" (the "Live Effect" behavior) being the default that finally reversed the default so that the "Live" behavior requires the modifier key.
Regarding the Merge Pathfinder in particular:
Illustrator's Merge Pathfinder cycles through the selection in its stacking order and performs Boolean subtract on paths with differently-colored fills (which Mintcar's screenshot depicts). But its differentiating aspect is that it then cycles through the results and performs Boolean add on any adjacent same-color fills (which the screenshot does not depict).
This is indeed a very useful time-saving feature, especially when designing for rather involved instances of purposes like cutting sign vinyl and stencils, or screen printing. So yes, when priorities get around to elaborating the Boolean operations already in Affinity Designer, something similar to Illustrator's Merge would be valued. But for decades prior to its appearance, we did what Merge does by simply performing Boolean subtract, followed by Boolean add.
As in almost all such comparative requests, there remains much to be desired, and we should aim higher than "like Illustrator."
For purposes to which Illustrator's Merge is most beneficial (and thereby worth of a separate command), a degree of overlap is commonly, if not usually, needed (similar to separation traps in offset printing terms; but more like offset path commands in vinyl and screen printing). To make Illustrator's Merge feature something rather more special than just doing color-specific Boolean subtract followed by Boolean add, it should have also been provided a simple field for an offset value.
Illustrator's Merge also suffers from the same problem which has always plagued its Pathfinders (and other things like its Knife Tool): It doesn't know what to do with strokes. Whenever Pathfinders have this problem, strokes are just removed. Even before the advent of so-called "Live Effects," competing programs did not have this problem. FreeHand, for example, simply kept strokes as strokes (which, if one thinks about it, is also a "live effect") in the results of its Boolean path combinations (and its Knife Tool correctly cut all paths, open, closed, filled or unfilled).
Illustrator provides multiple features which essentially do the same thing, and add to its overall clutter. While sometimes useful, this is not elegant interface design. It's a better user experience when more "power" is provided "just under the hood" of more fully thought-out and better-integrated functionality of relatively fewer tools.
In this context, I'm not sure that greater path combination functionality couldn't be accomplished as part of a user-friendly scripting or macro implementation.
Given that, as explained, Illustrator's Merge button is, in effect, a "macro" that performs two base Boolean operations (subtract, add) in one move, with the caveat that the operations are color-specific, consider:
Wouldn't the "missing" overlap value field also be valuable for the normal subtract function? Wouldn't all the Boolean operations benefit from an option to set a conditional constraint, such as same or different color?
So Boolean path operations represent yet another opportunity for Affinity to break beyond and rise above the conventional-wisdom treatment, providing greater power with less "feature glut."
JET