[How to Edit the Alpha Channel]

I'm going to add my voice here. I'm generally very happy with the whole Af suite, but this Alpha channel issue is very frustrating for me. I'm an animator and today I need to create a complicated transparency for a texture I'm developing. I couldn't find a way to do it on my own so I came here. Very sad to see this is an issue I might not be able to solve. Serif, please recognize that this is a concern for many of your clients. A fix would be very much appreciated!

[Direct scanning]

I'm a big fan of both Designer and Photo. I too would like to be able to scan directly from this software, specifically from 'Photo'. The 'poor 64-bit scan driver support' sounds like a weak excuse to me, although I'm no programmer. If others can do it, why can't Affinity?

[Affinity Designer as a Web Publisher]

Nuts... but not unexpected.  Thanks and I will still likely join the community soon.

[Affinity Designer as a Web Publisher]

I'm unclear as to how effective Designer might be as a web publishing tool.  I've been using Muse and I like it (other than it's from you-know-who).  I see that Designer can do responsive layouts and I assume create links and such.  However, can it publish multiple pages directly to a site?  Can it organize assets and upload everything so that it just works?  Or does that need to be done manually?  What I've seen so far in demo videos makes me think it's a one-off page designer and not really a publisher.  Can anyone confirm?  I may buy it anyway to replace Illustrator, but I'd like to know if I'll still want to keep Muse in my toolkit.