ashf

You can paint a normal map using any brushes.
Use the document palette. There are just two colors, RGB 255 and RGB 235.
Normal_Map_Draw.afphoto
 

Normal_Map_Draw.mp4  
Normal map is almost ready. There is a small problem, but it can be fixed.

Normal_Map_Draw_2.mp4

In Designer. Normal Map + Vector Brush. As in the previous variant, you will need to fix the dark parts of the image. 
Normal_Map_Vector_Brush.afdesign 

Normal_Map_Vector_Brush.mp4 ---

Hi ashf,
Development are still very aware of this issue, but from what I know it is not a trivial fix to make. However I will get your comments passed on. 

Hi ashf,

Thanks for the files! Certainly looks like there is something strange going on with the import there. I'll get these passed over to development to see if it can be improved!

Hi @ashf, this isn't a bug but rather the Windows behaviour is now consistent with Mac. Adding an enclosure layer should, by default, expand the parent layer so you can see the layer you have just added. If you prefer not to have this behaviour you can go to Edit>Preferences>User Interface and disable the option "Auto-scroll to show selection in Layers panel".
Hope that helps!

Translation for the word "Export" is inconsistent.

File menu
Export => エクスポート
Persona
Export Persona => 書き出しペルソナ

Either of 書き出し or エクスポート  is ok but 書き出し is more common and Adobe uses this word.

Is seems that it's nothing to do with Affinity, but has something to do with a cloud drive.
https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-installs-integrations/Grey-X-on-desktop-files-folders-and-shortcuts/td-p/281206

I think iOS has issues with file types sometimes but it only seems to effect some apps.🙁

We're aware of an issue where PSD files are greyed out when trying to open/import them into our iPad apps. This is happening because you have opened PSD files into another iPad app and the .PSD file extension is now associated to that app. If you've opened .PSD files into an another iPad app such as Adobe Fresco, you will need to temporarily uninstall that app. Once uninstalled you will be able to open/import PSD files into our apps. Once PSD files are associated with our app you can then reinstall the other app again if needed.
This issue is logged with our developers.

I see.
That is applied to all kind of objects but just masks.
Actually frequent question in this forum.

I've just found out what it was. It's one of the snapping commands that made the Outlines constantly visible.

Would be nice if you could implement Davinci Resolve style color adjustment.
https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/color
 

Yes I and Serif are aware of that.
This topic has been used to improve Japanese translation of Affinity suite for a long time.
I don't remember why I created this in the Designer section in the first place.

Thank you for pointing out anyway.
 

Hi @ashf,
just a friendly reminder. You posted this in the Affinity Designer forum. Your suggestions for Astrophotography that is part of Affinity Photo might get overseen here.
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Translation for the Astrophotography is inconsistent.

File menu
New Astrophotography  Stack => 新しい天体写真術スタック

Filters menu
Astrophotography  => 宇宙写真

「天体写真」is common translation.
So this would be better.
File menu
New Astrophotography  Stack => 新規天体写真スタック
Filters menu
Astrophotography  => 天体写真

I am now pleased to report that our combined efforts so far have put Affinity Photo at position 18 within the top 20 and that is good news.
We can still do more though. We can let our Linux friends and colleagues know by social media, messaging services and email that we would very much like them to help out by registering with Wine, going here https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=39311 and then voting for this app by ticking all three boxes then that would be a very great help.
 

New Nvidia drivers solve the problem.

Well, I bought ADe on October 8, 2014, a week after its release, looking forward to completely replace CS5 for good very, very soon.
As of March 2021, that still didn't happen.
And in Freehand 9, 21 years ago. Just a few weeks ago I've launched it for the first time in years on my still working PowerMac G4, running in Classic mode in Panther, only to be surprised how many nifty tools I forgot about it had.
Freehand 9, I do miss you!
(I don't miss your crappy PDF export though.)

Dear all, 
 
References to XNview and other tools looks like metadata management is important for many of us. 
This does not make these tools real DAM tools as far as I am concerned. Limited search capabilities do not help.
I would suggest Serif managment to look at Daminion. See https://daminion.net/feature-tour/daminion-server/
The free version can manage up to 15.000 pictures per database. Paid versions ar affordable as single user. There are ways to upgrade for teams and share files management through the cloud.
This is a powerful tool that covers JPG but also PDF and many other formats. It is geared to document files, but also to retrieve them by various search facilities
Bulk functions are very powerful
Regards, Philippe
 

I think the context bar translation is probably closer to what is intended

Hi ashf,

Thanks for the file - I can reproduce that here and will get it passed on to development.

Hi ashf,

This is a known issue with development. I'll get your comments passed on and get the issue bumped.

Question.
About "Construction snapping" of the node tool, which is the meaning you intended for "construction"?

1. structure
2. drawing

In a tutorial video, you translate it as "structure" in Japanese. (構造)
https://affinity.serif.com/ja-jp/tutorials/designer/desktop/video/301797512/

On the context bar of Affinity, you translate it as "drawing" in Japanese. (作図)
https://affinity.help/designer/ja.lproj/index.html?page=pages/DesignAids/constructionSnapping.html?title=カーブの作図スナップ

So it's not consistent. I want to confirm the meaning you intended.

Would be great to have the export persona options available to Publisher! 

Apologies if this was started already as a suggestion.
I think that Export Persona should be very useful in Publisher. Imagine trying to negotiate various PDF export options.
Being able to PDF only certain pages or exporting pages in other formats would really be great.
I know that we have Export command but Export Persona would act as some sort of Presets for a variety of exporting options.
This should be a low-hanging fruit for the dev. team as most of the functionality already exists in Export Persona in Designer and Photo.

I'm just passing through.
I completed Affinity series on sale and bought some assets, so let me give my opinion as a Japanese person.
I'm a bilingual English/Japanese, and if the Affinity series supports vertical writing, we will be free from Adobe, which we don't even want to use.
A lot of Japanese people around me have bought Affinity series.
We are eagerly waiting for the development of vertical writing to be given a higher priority, so please consider it.
We have not forgotten this.
https://twitter.com/affinitybyserif/status/1164489719549501440
Someday, we will come to appreciate Affinity.
Not as a minor software, but as the next generation of software.
https://i.imgur.com/sLzVIZV.png
Kind Regards
rakineko