Mr. Doodlezz

اشتريت هده الصورة لغلافي من أحد المصميمين و أريد تأكد من أنها عمله الخاص
 

2024-04-18 11-09-08.mp4    

Oh perfect, thanks @NotMyFault!
Strange, never crossed my mind that it’s related to the profile, but of course makes sense. 
 Well, consider this issue solved.

Caused by banding due to insufficient color bit depth. Convert from RGB/8 to RGB/16 and it is gone.
 

For those that don't know...
You can also ALT click the "Add Layer" icon
 
 

Hi Mr Doodlezz,
Thank you for your report.
I have logged this with our developers to be fixed in a future update.
Thanks
C

Hi @Mr. Doodlezz,
This missing functionality to turn off 'auto distribute' and set a user defined distance when considering a key object is currently logged internally so i've bumped it with your report. Also many thanks for the recording as i've added this on since you've clearly demonstrated it was possible in 2.3.1 so i've added this info onto the internal report. I can't really say why this was changed in 2.4.X but hopefully we'll see it added back in.

You can also find details of the four pledges we are making to our community here

Hi All,

I am thrilled to announce that Affinity is joining the Canva family.
This is a moment of great excitement, anticipation, and profound gratitude for all of you who have been part of our story so far. 
We know that those of you who’ve put your faith in Affinity, some since we launched our very first Mac app, will have questions about what this means for the future of our products. Since the inception of Affinity, our mission has been to empower creatives with tools that unleash their full potential, fostering a community where innovation and artistry flourish. We've worked tirelessly to challenge the status quo, delivering professional-grade creative software that is both accessible and affordable. 
None of that changes today.
In Canva, we’ve found a kindred spirit who can help us take Affinity to new levels. Their extra resources will mean we can deliver much more, much faster. Beyond that, we can forge new horizons for Affinity products, opening up a world of possibilities which previously would never have been achievable. 
Canva’s revolutionary approach to design democratisation and commitment to empowering everyone to create aligns perfectly with our core values and vision. This union is a testament to what can be achieved when two companies that share a common goal of making design accessible and enjoyable for everyone come together. 
I want to express my deepest gratitude to our incredible Affinity team. Your passion, dedication, and relentless pursuit of excellence have been the driving force behind our success so far, and I can’t wait to continue this journey with you all. 
To our loyal users and the creative community, your support and feedback have been invaluable. You’ve inspired us to push boundaries and continuously improve, and we’re excited to embark on this new chapter together. 
The future is bright, and I am incredibly excited to continue our story together and create a world where design is within everyone's reach.
With heartfelt thanks,
Ash
For more information...
We have made four pledges to the Affinity community which you can read here. We have included some FAQs at the bottom of the announcement article here. A video message from me with some more background is on YouTube here. This announcement post is locked, but I have included a duplicate of it in the questions forum here which you can respond to.

You can generate a Normal Map using Lighting live filter.
Normal_Map_Generator.afphoto
Normal_Map_Generator.afassets
1. Open your texture in Affinity Photo.
2. Use the attached file or assets file.
3. In the Lighting ilve filter settings, load the same texture.
 

Normal_Map_Generator.mp4


Added AO generator.
  AO_Generator.mp4

Found another workaround by chance: Group each everything together and the effect works like expected. 😅🤔🤷‍♂️

Already added to the post above. Here's is again.

If you bought the app in the Affinity Store, yes you can download the installers for previous versions. Here's the link.
For the other stores (Apple/ Microsoft) there's no way to revert back unless you have some backup you can revert to.

Hi @Mr. Doodlezz,
Thanks for the additional info. I did understood your issue the first time.
You compared and linked to a similar issue/report with the 3D effect which I logged myself too - the case with the 3D effect was that it didn't even fade while we were dragging the opacity slider towards 0% - then at 0% it was rendering all black.
In your case it does fade while we drag the sliders towards 0% (if you hide the picture frame at the bottom of the layer stack you can see it fading) but then fails to blend (the fill becomes visible) with the the picture frame texture when we unhide it - thus why I said it was partially working.
I'm logging the issue to be looked at. Thanks for your report.
 

Hi @Mr. Doodlezz,
Regarding the first issue - the fill opacity is partially working. It doesn't if there's a background layer. If you hide the background and adjust the fill opacity for each case in your sample file you should see it fading. I'm logging this to be looked at.
I'm still checking the second issue - copying/pasting layer effects...

Thank you. Same for me – I don't see the reason (and logic, considering any other kind of »compound object«) behind its current behaviour. 🤷‍♂️

Hi Affinity Team,
I would like to use the Elgato Stream Deck with the multi-action hotkeys it offers. This allows me to assign the most important functions of my workflow to one key and thus speed up the workflow.
However, this fails because a selected menu has no focus at all, so I can't enter any values in the input menus using the keyboard (as descriped in this thread before)

Example: In Live Unsharp Mask, the default values (Radius 0px, Factor 0.5, Threshold 0%) make little sense. I would therefore like to set the focus on the Radius input field. This is not possible without using the mouse (IMHO). Strangely enough, I can enter a value for the opacity using the numeric keyboard. However, I cannot move the focus from there to the other input fields.
In my opinion, it would therefore be helpful if these functions had a defined start focus when called, so that values can be inserted automatically with defined keyboard sequences.

It would be very useful if Spacing Vertical/Horizontal operation would work with Key Objects. As I don't see it in 2.3 Improvements, I would like to know, if Serif will work on it.
And @Mr. Doodlezz, thanks for this thread!

@loukash referred to this thread in my last post regarding the Corner Tool.
@Ash, I would very, very much appreciate this to be toggleable somewhere in the preferences! 👏
Especially when I'm working with the Corner Tool and need precision because I want/need to try different radii, it is very irritating for me and stops me in my tracks because I have to actively work against the automatic tool selection. I have become so used to the way it worked in previous versions that I currently see no advantage in automatically switching to the Node Tool. Maybe the option to exclude this mechanic from certain tools would be a solution?
Cheers!

Sure, I just tried – no difference in behaviour. 😕
But even if it would make a difference, setting it to No tips shared does seem like a workaround for the actual problem rather then the solution. Maybe I do want to share some aspects of brushes.

RPReplay_Final1697990176.mov  

Hey guys!
 
Today I played around with the displace live filter.
It’s a very nice and powerful tool to simulate folds of cloths,
but also cracks in walls (like shown in one of the official tutorial
videos by Affinity), grainy paper textures and so on …
 
This is my first »tutorial« … ever. If you may call it one.
So forgive me for eventual mistakes.
Though It’s pretty much self-explanatory and not that hard
to follow, I think. ;)
 

 
Like I captioned the video: basically you want to create a separate
image with a greyscale profile (at least that’s how I do it), reduced
noise and texture plus a good balance between high, low and mid values.
  Grey fabrics work best if you want to change the colour afterwards.   Maybe this helps, have fun playing around with different backgrounds!  ;)   Cheers Dennis

Don't get me wrong: I wouldn't mind either!
But until that happens…
If you're using a clipboard manager utility, some of them likely have those tools built in. This is from Keyboard Maestro (Mac only):

^ As you can see, it also has tools to manipulate pixel content on the clipboard.
Also a great tool for Mac is WordService from Devon Technologies: devontechnologies.com/apps/freeware
But unfortunately it doesn't work with Affinity because Serif is using some custom text framework, so that the MacOS Services don't recognize a text selection in an Affinity document as text.

@loukash referred to this thread in my last post regarding the Corner Tool.
@Ash, I would very, very much appreciate this to be toggleable somewhere in the preferences! 👏
Especially when I'm working with the Corner Tool and need precision because I want/need to try different radii, it is very irritating for me and stops me in my tracks because I have to actively work against the automatic tool selection. I have become so used to the way it worked in previous versions that I currently see no advantage in automatically switching to the Node Tool. Maybe the option to exclude this mechanic from certain tools would be a solution?
Cheers!

For me, it shows Linked Remote.
Strangely, for me, today Files on my iPad showed the .afdesign file as present (not in the cloud), but the Resource Manager in Publisher showed the file as Missing. In the workspace it looked perfectly fine (not pixelated at all).
Also strange: The placement preference in the document is for Linked, and the Resource Manager showed Linked Remote (and Missing). However, when I used Replace in the Resource Manager, and specified the same .afdesign file in Dropbox, it became Embedded.

Exactly.