[Inheriting style from its parent on inline text objects.]

Would be nice if you could add an option to sync style(font and size) between a text object and belonging inline text objects.

[Asian Punctuation Line Breaking Problem]

Also please don't forget about Ruby(phonetics) feature.
https://w3c.github.io/i18n-drafts/articles/ruby/styling.en.html
Usually above the text(horizontal writing) and the right side of the text(vertical writing) is used.

[freeze when font selection]

Here's the log from the Photo beta.

Log.txt

[Affinity Photo for Visual Effects]

Some says Affinity is useful and better than Photoshop per builtin OCIO support.
According to them, one of shortcoming is scripting for automation.

[Filter Forge]

So this information is outdated...
https://filterforge.com/download/hosts.html

[Filter Forge]

@firstdefencethat's good news.

Yeah, I saw many people who want something like Filter Gallery in Photoshop especially artistic category.
This one is surely good alternative to it.
So I'm recommending this to them.

[Filter Forge]

Yes I'm using it.
Only downside is that it works on only Windows.
The developer is blaming Serif that Mac version is half baked as plugin host, so I hope it will be improved.
https://www.filterforge.com/forum/read.php?FID=16&TID=15627

[Asian Punctuation Line Breaking Problem]

Here's a comment from omachi about line breaking rules.(in Japanese)
He suggested to use external file to assign target characters so you don't need to spend much time to improve rules or UI since Japanese users can create better rules by them self.
Also he suggested you to affiliate with a developer of discontinued Japanese text engine such as EDICOLOR, AVANAS BookStudio, ELWIN, UrbanPress, RYOBI EP-X in order to develop proper text engine quickly since Japanese typography is super complex.
Even Adobe asked Japanese developers to help to create Indesign.

https://cs5.xyz/blog/2020/05/ap184kin_ps.html

[freeze when font selection]

5 minutes ago, Leigh said:

Thanks for trying. Can you now try the latest beta build to see if that improves things? They have some fixes/improvements related to fonts.

It seems that the beta is better than 1.8.3 but there's still some lag that looks like frozen.

[Fill layer compatibility on psd import]

found related topic but it's more than 2 years old.

 

[Fill layer compatibility on psd import]

I suppose you already have a plan to improve this compatibility but I post this just in case.
Raster layer mask of fill layer(solid color layer) created in Photoshop become transparency instead of a mask in Affinity.
Masks should be preserved as a mask if possible like on pixel layers.



 

[Locking layer contents]

+1 for protecting locked layer from delete key.

 

[Giveaway Of The Day you might be interested in . . .]

it seems that it's provided by Eldamar Studio
https://eldamar-studio.com/giveaway/brushes/

[Unsupported 16-bit]

According to a post on Twitter, it's caused by an AntiVirus software.
So try to disable protection while installing Affinity.

 

[freeze when font selection]

1 minute ago, thomaso said:

Does it mean if an empty text frame or no object at all is selected you don't experience the lag in the font list even with active font preview?

I just tried without selecting text but still there's lag, sorry.
 

[freeze when font selection]

8 hours ago, Leigh said:

Can you try the steps mentioned in my previous post to see if that improves things? Are you using a trial or purchased version?

Ok, it seems that there's no lag without preview.
I'm using Serif Store version.

My guess is that the cause is not font preview on the font list but selected text.

[Affinity Photo on iPad - selection to layer with mask crash]

I saw another person who is having this problem on Twitter today.
Definitely there's something.

[Appearance Panel Multi Stroke / Fill on Text]

Any updates on this?

[Crash on duplicating multiple symbols]

it seems that it's gesture but key modifier.

 

[Crash on duplicating multiple symbols]

2 minutes ago, DM1 said:

Copying a symbol and trying to paste into another document results in a crash. The issue has been listed by mods for developers to fix.

Yes I saw that topic.
But the one posted on Twitter says it's on the same document and the same artboard.

[Menu bar problem on dual monitor setup]

Someone on Twitter says there's a bug with dual monitor setup.

After closed Affinity window by clicking red button and click the app icon on Dock , only menu bar on secondary monitor become active.
When create a new document from the secondary menu bar, menu bar on primary monitor flashes. until clicking primary menu bar, the new document won't show up.
Sometimes the new document has artifacts.

iMac 27" 2017
macOS 10.12.6
Affinity Designer 1.8.3

[freeze when font selection]

I suppose changing the font of selected text by just hovering cursor on the font list cause the problem.

[Crash on duplicating multiple symbols]

Someone on Twitter says there's a problem when duplicating symbols on Affinity Designer.

According to the tweet,
It happens when duplicating multiple symbols at once.(by cmd dragging)
Duplicating single symbol or grouped symbol seems to be fine.

iPad Pro 2nd gen 12.9"
iPadOS 13.4.1
Affinity Designer 1.8.3

 

[Text layers in old Photoshop psd compatibility]

10 hours ago, walt.farrell said:

When I open your PSD file in Publisher 1.8.4 beta, I get an error message, @ashf:

I guess it's because its psd version is old.
Even Photoshop CC shows alert that the text layer need to be converted in order to edit.
But after converted, it's editable in PS CC.

[Text layers in old Photoshop psd compatibility]

Here's what I see in Affinity Photo 1.8.3.
I can open the file but the text layer is rasterized.