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MattP

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    MattP reacted to pier in Things I'd like to see in Designer   
    Hey

    I've been trying Designer and while it is very promising I think it lacks some fundamental features before it can be used in battle. I know some of these are coming in the future, but others are not.

    Being able to use the space outside of the artboard
    This is a huge deal. No artist or designer ever works in a confined space. We need to try things, compare, or maybe save some little thing for later.

    Multiple artboards
    This might not be a big deal for an illustrator, but it is for a designer (paper, UX, etc). Rarely projects span 1 single layout, and having all layouts on the same document is a big productivity boost because it allows to move and copy elements between pages. Of course this also comes handy when exporting multipage PDFs or printing, but it's not the main reason IMO.

    Rotate workspace
    Photoshop does this, but Illustrator does not. It's an essential feature for people that learned to draw on paper (like myself). Manga studio, Sketchbook, or Procreate which are the most used illustration apps also do this.

    Shaper builder tool
    While this is not an essential tool it has changed my vector workflow for the best since Adobe introduced it 2 or 3 years ago. It would be great to have something similar in Designer. This is it.
     
    Eraser vector brush
    Again, this is not essential, but it's a nice feature to shape objects with the tablet using pressure sensitivity.

    And that's it. With Affinity Photo and Designer I can see myself moving away from Adobe for all my individual projects, and maybe some of my collaborative projects.

    Good job guys
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    MattP reacted to WIllB in Flow text within a reszied text area   
    Fantastic! Sorted now, much appreciated.
     
    Any way well done to the team that make the product it is brilliant!  I cancelled my Adobe subscription yesterday, only took half an hour of saying no I did not want any of their special offers to stay.
     
    Keep up the awesome work.
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    MattP got a reaction from Lescot in Performance?   
    Thanks for that, roddy - it's useful to know that the selection brush is one of the tools that causes slow performance. Can I ask what size of image you are working with?
     
    The print issue sounds like it needs fixing - the print output should be just the same as that from exporting to an image and printing in Preview :( Is there any chance you could send the document to us at support@seriflabs.com so we can find out what is happening? :)
     
    Thanks again for all your effort on this - I'm sure we can get things working properly when we get to the bottom of these issues! :)
    Matt
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    MattP got a reaction from Lescot in Performance?   
    Hi Bitman,
     
    If you select 'Use hardware OpenGL' and deselect 'Use only integrated GPU' then you'll be back at the defaults which are nearly always best. You only need to change them if you're having a problem OR you're on a laptop and worried about power consumption from your discrete GPU (if you have one).
     
    It's also worth making sure that in the same preferences options you have View Quality set to 'Nearest Neighbour' for fastest performance on your Mac. This, again, should have been established as the default when your Mac first ran Affinity.
     
    Thanks,
    Matt
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    MattP reacted to penwiper in Affinity illustrations and experiments   
    I really love the image of the woman at the bus stop.  It is an easily recognizable scene with a strong character.  Very well done!
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    MattP reacted to Deadbyxmas in Affinity illustrations and experiments   
    Hi all,
     
    as I've been quite taken by various jobs I haven't posted here for a while Besides being invaluable for everyday commissioned jobs (e.g. quickly creating assets to be used in Flash animations), at the time I did a couple of more illustrations in Affinity which I haven't shared yet (I was kind of reminded by the fact that I'm doing a new  - slightly more elaborate - one at the moment)
    Here you go, back for more soon
    r.


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    MattP reacted to JOLLORANDI in #2 Attempt   
    Kind of ran out of gas...so it was time to stop.
     
    No gradients, just different shades of rectangles.

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    MattP got a reaction from PabloNeirotti in Spotlight support   
    Nice suggestions - I'm sure we can get these sorted soon :)
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    MattP got a reaction from ronnyb in Affinity Designer Customer Beta (1.2.0.24229)   
    I like the idea of the recently picked colours area - we'd have to talk it over though to make sure it was something everyone was happy with :)  I may look at a separate Colour Picker tool - accessible from 'i'... again it needs talking about though... Tony is out of the office until Monday so we'll try to talk it through next week :)
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    MattP reacted to jackamus in Line pressure   
    That's much better. Thanks Matt. If you find a problem with my file let me know what it was.
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    MattP reacted to MEB in Affinity Designer Customer Beta RC3 (1.1.2.23834)   
    It's also being featured in the Portuguese App Store and probably on a lot more... :)
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    MattP got a reaction from Lescot in Affinity Photo beta for real work   
    With the exception of the rotate gesture (which will soon be added to rotate the canvas) - what were you expecting to happen with the trackpad/mouse that doesn't? We support much smoother pan and zoom than anything else on the market and this obviously means properly supporting Apple's gestures, so I'm confused by what this comment means?
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    MattP got a reaction from ronnyb in Affinity Designer Customer Beta (1.2.0.24229)   
    I'm happy to add the simple '/' shortcut for 'No Fill' as it is trivial and not dangerous, but if I started to look at locale-specific shortcuts then I'm entering days of work and potential for bugs - which is fine apart from the fact that we are going to add customisable shortcuts which would address this properly in the future, so I don't want to do work which I know is going to be deleted quite soon...
     
    If we can accept the fact that it's not going to work for all keyboards for the moment, but that it'll be properly resolved in the future (and at least be useful to some customers until such time as we implement the proper solution) then I'm happy to add it?
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    MattP got a reaction from ronnyb in Affinity Designer Customer Beta (1.2.0.24229)   
    I've added the swap line/fill Shift+X shortcut... Removing a fill - hmmm, what shortcut would that be? Also, you can currently hold Alt (Option) and drag in any tool that doesn't use the Option+drag to mean something special and it will access the colour picker. Is that no good? :)
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    MattP reacted to O. Chevetaigne in iMac or iMac 5K   
    I'm not sure either why your consultants would recommend a second monitor.
     
    Did they say why?
     
    A quick caveat before you buy:
     
    I don't think the current iteration of the 5k iMac can drive an external 5k display.   :(  (Please correct me if I am wrong).
     
    So, if you were to acquire a 5k iMac at this point in time, your second monitor(s) would have to be a lower resolution than 5k.
     
    It could be the upcoming iMacs will have USB-C connectors capable of driving external 5k monitors.
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    MattP got a reaction from A_B_C in Affinity Designer Customer Beta RC3 (1.1.2.23834)   
    Quite interestingly, Logoist was on there again too - they were initially featured when we launched and now they're featured again with a big update at the same time as we launched our big update! Spooky! :S
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    MattP got a reaction from AdrianKLægreid in Affinity Designer Customer Beta (1.2.0.24229)   
    Purpose: Improvements, Features, Fixes
    Status: Beta
    Requirements: Purchased Affinity Designer
    Mac App Store: Not submitted
    Download: https://s3.amazonaws...stomer Beta.dmg
     
    To use this beta, simply download the file from the link given above and double-click on the file to open the installer. Follow the instructions to install the beta version. The beta sits alongside the Mac App Store version and will not interfere with it.
     
    Improvements, Features, Fixes   - New customisable grid - including custom axis and snapping support. - Fix for vector export of blend ranges and Text support of blend ranges. - New elliptical / rotating cursor previews for pixel tools. - Fix for dropping SVG/PDF onto the view not creating vector items. - Path Text - improvements to operation of 'reverse' function. - PDF import of blend modes on text. - Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements.    
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    MattP reacted to A_B_C in Affinity Designer Customer Beta RC3 (1.1.2.23834)   
    Wow, Designer is featured on the German app store again …  :)
    Congratulations!

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    MattP reacted to denironaut in Christmas card design#1   
    I've decided to experiment and try to design a range of Christmas cards. This is my first offering! I just wanted to create something fun and fresh looking, please tell me what you think..
     
    Thanks
    Craig.

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    MattP reacted to Busenitz in offset paths?   
    Thanks again, and in the meantime, I REALLY am trying to be patient.  :-)
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    MattP got a reaction from ronniemcbride in offset paths?   
    I'll get there, just busy typing lots of things at the moment, but I haven't forgotten! ;)
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    MattP reacted to toyotadesigner in Mask with paint brush?   
    geez, yes: add layer, hit q, paint with white and soft edge, hit q again, add modification i.e. exposure, done.
     
    Thanks two tons!
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    MattP reacted to agoago in Introduce Yourself   
    Hi,
     
    I'm just a guy who uses your product to design name card and fixing up the websites. I want to drop in to say that affinity is bloody incredible. 
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    MattP reacted to AshTeriyaki in Affinity Designer Customer Beta (1.2.0.24229)   
    Sorry Matt, was a huge canvas, working fine.
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    MattP reacted to A_B_C in Localisation not complete in Version 1.2?   
    Um die deutsche Übersetzung von Affinity Designer 1.2 zu reparieren, installieren Sie bitte dieses kleine Update.
     
    Or better:
     
    Um die Probleme mit der deutschen Übersetzung von Affinity Designer 1.2 zu beheben, installieren Sie bitte dieses kleine Update.
     
    What about that?  :)
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