Rick G

Lets bump this as it is a small thing that would help work flow and merely resets to the defaults

If anyone uses the clone brush a lot and is constantly changing the angle, scale or flipping the selection, you might agree with having a button to reset the brush back to defaults

Status: Beta
Purpose: Updates and Fixes
Requirements: Purchased Affinity Publisher
Windows Store: Not submitted
Download: Download
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Hi,
We are pleased to announce that Affinity Publisher Customer Beta 1.8.4.648 is now available as a download from the link above.
If this is your first time using a customer beta of an Affinity app, it’s worth noting that the beta will install as a separate app - alongside your store version. They will not interfere with each other at all and you can continue to use the store version for critical work without worry.
This beta is an incremental update to the 1.8.3 version recently released to all customers (though it installs parallel to the release). We recommend that you use this beta in preference to the store version if you are affected by any of the issues listed below.
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We have a number of fixes to tools when working across multiple spreads:
Allow immediate dragging of objects on other spreads Constraining while dragging objects between spreads now works correctly When dragging between spreads, snapping is now performed on the target spread candidates Dragging objects between spread using the Focal Point handle now works correctly Fixes for dragging curve nodes across multiple spreads Fixes for 'restart drag' when translating across spreads Fixed issue with auto-panning in the text tool Plus miscellaneous updates and fixes:
Fixed crash when dragging items in the Layers control Improved performance of PDF import (~40% faster in the test case) Improved performance of text when rendering text Fixed vector export of text occasionally filling characters Fixed crash when closing floating document  Fixed New Document dialog previous document selection highlight not being remembered Fixed PNG export not displaying the size warning if the export dialog was previously closed with a different preset Additional logging and diagnostics added to installer to help anybody with install issues ---
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It has been implemented, just as it has for Photo and Designer.

There was a bug in 1.8.2 that prevented it from working for any file that had previously been saved, but it was fixed in 1.8.3.

Hi cje,
Welcome to Affinity Forums
You can send the whole Designer document (not single images) to Affinity Photo going to menu File > Edit in Photo then switch back again to Designer using the same process or for simple edits just use the Pixel Persona in Affinity Designer.

Create a Live projections
When you are almost done and you try to remove the plane with the button, nothing happens. You can ADD a plane with that button but to remove the plane you must do it from the layers menu
 

@Rick G,
I went through several prior Beta versions, stopping at 1.7.1 and all of them are like this. I've never noticed it until now. Never using the Smudge brush I guess I'd miss it.

I have not had any trouble with my assigned shortcut disappearing with updates.

Affinity products not added to Windows 10 Set Defaults by App menu
None of them are added. I just installed the new release but the betas had the same behavoir
 

Do what they call a "Control runup" which is holding down the control key while you start the program. It will bring up a menu that lets you clear some data including possibly some of your customization. Try with the first thee checked and see if that fixes it.

That might even be better!

I miss the feature from Creative Suite where you can make a panel into a collapsable button.

Hey Auggie_Wren,
Can you check to known software conflict list and let me know if you've got any installed:
 

Hey shojtsy,
It does seem to be a bit lazy. I've shown the behaviour to the developers and logged this with them. Thank you  

A bit harsh? I don't think any of us know what it would take to implement that. A little patience and kindness would go a long way
In the meantime perhaps someone can offer a work around

Silly question, probably, but have you verified that you're in New or Add mode, and not Intersect?

You may have hidden the selection. Pardon, I didn't read to the end!

Check the Feather setting is at 0 not 1024px

I was going to mention XnView but was afraid they would run me out of here 😁
It beats the daylights out of ACDSEE which I used for years

It is not entirely fair from your company to not give your customers information on whether you are preparing a program that will replace the lightroom. I supported your company by purchasing all AP and AF and Publisher licenses for both PC and Ipad. Although I only use vector occasionally. All these programs are amazing and I really appreciate the work you have done. In my work, however, I can not do without Adobe Lightroom. Please tell us your intentions if you are preparing something like this. Apparently I'm not the only one who can't sleep.

Keep in mind this thread was not begun by Serif themselves. It was a consumer that posted the poll and comment thread based upon a number of rumors and a few isolated unofficial statements made by forum moderators. Very few companies pre-announce their future products at least until they are only weeks or months away from delivery. If they have nothing near delivery, then I don't expect to hear anything from them. 
This thread says less about Serif and more about how consumers' minds work. We don't "deserve" better treatment by Serif. They've already gained my trust, and I signal that by spending my $$$ on their imaging products. If and when they release a DAM, I'll be happy to check it out. But for now, there are other capable products that perform this function well enough for my workflow.
Creating a true DAM (which Lightroom itself is NOT) is difficult business. I hope Serif figures out how to define and design one that fits in with the aesthetic and capability of their rest of their tools.

Serif generally won't say when the release will occur.
I will mentiont that they are still implementing new functions (e.g., the New file dialog is quite recent on Windows, and support for Photoshop Smart Objects was just made available), as well as fixes for problems. And they just released the first beta for Photo on iPad (none yet for Designer on iPad).
So I would expect it's still going to be awhile (1-2 months?), but that's just a guess. And sometimes they have surprised me

Wow what a breakthrough.  Just installed the Affinity Photo latest beta 1.8.0.555, available here.  
For the first time since I got my new Canon camera (which uses .CR3 RAW file format), I can use it with Affinity's raw processor.  I've not had a chance yet to test it extensively, to see the quality of the output, and questions like can Affinity handle the compressed ("C-RAW") CR3 format.  That's worth checking, as many apps out there which say they work with CR3, will choke on the CR3 compressed C-RAW files and produce bad output (Luminar 4, I'm looking at you).  My quick preliminary check seems to show that Affinity handles the compressed C-RAW files just fine.  But either way, it's great to see this progress with the Affinity beta.  I'd add to that the ever-improving support for IPTC/XMP metadata handling, there are more of the standard XMP metadata fields supported now and enough that Affinity should be a viable alternative to anybody who extensively tags their files with metadata.  I've tested the compatibility of the metadata support.  Affinity has implemented this 'right' as far as I can tell, by which I mean they've followed the standards and if you tag a given XMP attribute in Affinity, the value will show up correctly if you open the same file in other IPTC/XMP standards-based metadata tools, such as Adobe Bridge or Lightroom.  That is a big win because it means you have better inter-op between Affinity and other photo or file management tools.  For example, you could use Lightroom classic as your photo management/tagging app, and specify Affinity as your photo editor, and all the metadata values will be compatible between the apps.  
For me this makes Affinity once again a live option and a strong competitor to Photoshop.  Thank you and keep up the great work guys!  

Shortly after Affinity first launched, I used the software to layout the print edition of my latest book. To say that it was a painful process was an understatement. I constantly encountered bugs and wasted hours searching for work arounds. I eventually finished the book layout after around 80 hours and the results were acceptable. At this point decided to leave the layout alone because every change threw up a new problem.
Today I’m creating a print layout for my latest book and wasn’t looking forward to the experience. But what a surprise. I’m powering through the layout process and after a couple of hours have 40 pages complete. The latest version of the software feels very professional and I’m even enjoying the process.
We don’t say it often enough so here goes...
Well Done

It would be right for this sort of guidance to appear on AffinitySpotlight.com too (in the Learning section)