jradicus

It already kicks Photoshop's butt!

I just got a new job and have been spreading the word to all my new coworkers about Affinity Designer and Affinity Photo. Great job on App of the Year! It's well deserved!

+1 for me too! This would be a nice feature

That's a bummer that editable text is so difficult, but I get it. I like the idea of multiple options though!

Yeah that tool is pretty incredible in inkscape. I was trying to replicate it with smart mode for the pen tool in AD and I couldn't really get it down. I'd definitely like to see something like this in AD. For making flourishes on text and logos this would come in super handy.

Oh, nice! I was just using the version in the app store. So shapes export properly, however text gets flattened and rasterized still. Good work though, it's nice to see continual improvement to great software. I'm loving it so far.

I'm happy that it will be included in the next beta. Your comment - "it may be overlooked" - really scared me, haha. The PSD export is not working for any file that I work on. I even just created a vector rectangle and exported. When I opened it in Photoshop, it was a rasterized layer. I can definitely see how AD's versatility would make certain features impossible to reproduce in PSD format. Perhaps a nice feature would be for AD to detect all the things in your file that can not be reproduced in whatever file type you are exporting to and displaying an error list warning you of diminished quality across software.

I know this post is over a month old, but I'm having the same trouble with the PSD export. All of my folders are flattened into separate pixel layers, however it was from a fairly complex imported PSD that I was exporting. So I've been using the trial (and have now purchased the software) and raving about your software to all my coworkers and friends and while it's awesome, the consensus has been that "we have no use for it if it doesn't integrate with Adobe's software both ways." I think the use case for a refined .psd or .ai export feature is that you've broken in an Adobe dominated market. If a freelancer/contract designer does, for example, a web design for a company, chances are that company will require them to provide a PSD. All that being said, I think your software is far superior to both Photoshop and Illustrator (from what I've seen so far) and you already have my money :). I just wanted to chime in on this because I would be very interested to see how the export feature develops over time. I know that it is no small task to implement this, especially since Adobe most likely won't like the competition... but I think it's very important nonetheless. Keep up the good work!