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    Ever notice that your workspace/interface needs are quite different when you're working in 1) Portrait orientation versus 2) Landscape orientation? It's already quite constraining that computer screens are landscape-shaped – who ever told Steve Jobs and Bill Gates that computers should prioritize left-right over up-down?? Blame the fact that CRT displays evolved from Television tubes. :^( But damn them for making LCD screens even more h-o-r-i-z-o-n-t-a-l! But if you're designing a vertical layout or (lord have mercy on you!) an actual vertical portrait, you're reduced to cursing the gods of prevailing horizontality. We portraitists have to make the best of it, and get every vertical obstruction off to the side of the screen. Affinity, you can HELP! Please give us the option of switching the Toolbar into a vertical bar! (I know you'd have to figure something out for the doc tabs & parameter readouts, but you'll sort it out in your usual clever way.) A gift from heaven would be a toggle/switch command to flip from your usual interface layout, to one customized for portrait/vertical documents – with a vertical Toolbar. (I'm aware of Separated Mode and Toggle Full Screen – very helpful. But I need the toolbar and the info read-out, and don't want to be constantly Tab-Toggling interface On & Off, or Tool Bar Opt-Cmd-T.) Thanks for your serious consideration! - pbass
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    Hi, How do I rotate just a selected series of nodes in a curve? I.e., on a continuous section? (Or in fact, do any transformation on only part of a curve or shape?) thanks, - pbass
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    Serif: take note and allow folks like this to renew their vows – with their wallets! :^D
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    Was really struggling with this issue today – nodes & handles & other tool's nerdy stuff obscuring the movements I was trying to make. I would love it if, once you've grabbed something, and are commencing manipulating it, the Spacebar makes the nodes and handles & stuff momentarily disappear from view. But imho something similar to Illy's 'Hide Edges' [Ctrl-H, Com-H] is _really_ needful. Please consider this ASAP, devs. - pbass
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    Thanks Dave. - pbass
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    Thanks for the quick & useful response, Dave. I don't personally deal with Illie, but wanted to know before recommending Designer to someone who does. While I have your attention: How much of a Designer-exported .pdf makes it into Illustrator? Basic layers with shapes/fills/strokes & placed bitmaps? Thanks, - pbass
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    Bump! Did .ai import ever get sorted out? Any notable qualifications? How about round trip – exporting back to Illustrator? Thanks, - pbass
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    Hi there, [ 15 months later:] What's the current state of .ai (Illustrator) import? [Oct 2015] I want to recommend Designer to a friend, but they'll need to know if it can handle their .ai files. Thanks, - pbass
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    Thanks so much, MEB, I'll have the time to try your suggestion over the weekend. Cheers, - pbass
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    Bump! Recap: Need a way to split a bitmap photo into pieces that can be moved separately. Could be in Designer or Photo. Would like to: - define the shapes with vectors, then - chop up the photo with them, then - move the bitmap pieces around. Thanks, pbass
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    Thanks for the quick response, MEB! I should have been more specific. It's not clipping I'm after. I want to _divide_ the photo into multiple shapes, so I can drag the pieces of it around separately. The effect I want is a fragmented photo — as if seen thru a shattered mirror, where the shards separated a bit. Thanks, - pbass
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    Hi all, I want to - place a photo in a Designer doc; - put a bunch of vector shapes on top; - and use them to chop up the photo into those shapes. Is there a tutorial that would show the use of shapes as cookie cutters like that? Thanks in advance! - pbass
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    Hi, In Designer I'd love to see a key command to hide the geometry (nodes and Bézier curves/lines) of the selected object, and just show the printable art. Without deselecting. I used this all the time with The Competition. Pressing Spacebar is ok for a quick look, but when you're experimenting with effects or different brushes/strokes/gradients, the curves & nodes are just distracting. Thanks! - pbass
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    Don't be snarky; it's of a snowstorm on a brilliant sunny day. Without 5 stops of exposure compensation it would've looked all medium grey; like this it's an accurate depiction. ;^>
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    Hm, thanks for this guys, I didn't know about this feature. I guess I prefer Adobe's implementation: There's a visual cue on the Layers palette that tells you what you're seeing (the tick marks change to agree with your Option-clicking). Hopefully full-editability will get sorted out.
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    Hi, I seem to remember from my PhoSho days that Adobe had a command whereby you Option-Clicked a Layer, to make all other Layers go invisible – i.e., "Hidden". Like the way a musician "Solos" a mixer or sequencer track. It saved a bunch of individual hidings clicks. Is there an equivalent command for Af. Photo & Designer Layers? (I already know you can select contiguous Layers and then hide them with one click, but that requires first selecting them and then exluding the layer you want to stay visible) Thanks in advance, - Peter
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    Fantastically useful feature! All speed, and thanks.
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    It's awesome to get your acknowledgement of requests – it confirms that the lines of communication are working full circle, and that our user needs/wishes have value. You wouldn't believe how much this strengthens user allegiance. All hail the Affinity devs! :^)
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    I'd agree with this. And it surely wouldn't be a big deal to code this. The problem is getting the devs to put the task near the front of the queue. – Which starts with getting their attention.
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    Definition of impossible: Pleasing everyone on esthetic matters! Most of us use these great apps because we're really interested in the visual arts. So we all have strong ideas of what we like. I sure offered some of my opinions early on. Whether you love the new icons or not, seen in the Dock, they are pretty good at showing you unambiguously where to click for the Affinity apps! Kudos to the Serif folks for both 1) listening to your customers, and 2) steadfastly pursuing your own icon goals.
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    Some of the below logos have perfectly fine shapes; but some way overdo the 'sheen', which (for me at least) evoke the first decade of this millennia. You missed Ableton Live, who were doing flat, simple esthetics _way_ ahead of the curve! Their logo (since around the turn of this century): Their interface (little changed in 15 years):
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    I way over-generalized in my earlier email, saying gradients irredeemably date an icon. The use of varied brightness in Plokhi's versions here are subtle and effective – just enough to suggest light. These are starting to look closer to 2015. The only thing I still don't care for is all the sharp corners. My unfortunate association with these shapes is with the cover of a 1990's math textbook. :^/ What about softening the contours with that jiffy new corner tool?
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    Hi, I hate being critical of someone's hard work and intense thought; but I can't resist weighing in. By retaining the exact same contour as the original icons, the new ones do not – to my eye – subtly suggest the 3d form of the previous ones. They simply look like an odd, _semi-random_ blocky flat shape. My suggestion would be: if you want to have an up-to-date, flat graphic, then drop the remnant contours of the old icons' depth. The other thing is: Gradients just date an icon. Instantly, and beyond redemption. :^( (Imho, even Apple-esque shiny-highlight gradients have seen their day.) So sorry for my bluntness; I do, absolutely, appreciate the care and skill you put into the new designs. The intentions are good; I think the old icons _could_ be updated and simplified.
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    That is slick. The shirt collar, in particular, kills. I think you've got the basic idea of vectors now. :^D
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    Oh dear, after the incredible load of work and care the devs have put into it, that's your first response to them? For a beta?? For which none of us have paid a penny?
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