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Still no global layers in version 1.8.
Pleeeeeeaaaase, give us GLOBAL layers. It‘s essential.

I am afraid as well. But they have to change it. Otherwise Affinity becomes ridiculous with the release of the final version. Then we can give up dreaming of an Adobe alternative.

Many thanks for your demonstration videos, Alex.
Tagged Layers may be a good and working compromise. But I don't know if it would really be that difficult to offer global layers. These layers would not have to be recognized by AD and AP, because they are not needed there so urgently. Although I would be happy about that too. Maybe Affinty should just change the layer concept everywhere. That would be the best way without compromise.

No. That's another workflow. You would need a lot of master pages that all differ only minimally (the prices in a catalog are not necessarily on each page in exactly the same postion!). The overview would be lost quickly. In addition, this would only work in a document where all pages are based on the same master page. Unfortunately, this almost never happens in reality.
Apart from that, the master pages of Publisher are currently too limited in their functions.

As a layout artist you see your project as a whole. Not as a collection of single pages. For the latter one better uses a illustration app like AD.
I consider it's a big mistake adopting the level concept of AD and AP for AP.  Most layouters use layers primarily for alternative designs, which can then be faded in and out with a single mouse click. Exactly this is not possible with AP and its current layers concept.
I know, it is difficult to change, because AP should be compatible with AD. But maybe you could bypass the problem by offering the option to mark selected layers as cross-project. This could be a publisher-only function.

I am afraid as well. But they have to change it. Otherwise Affinity becomes ridiculous with the release of the final version. Then we can give up dreaming of an Adobe alternative.

For example, I have a catalog with a colored frame below the prices. I usually place these frames all on a single layer under all prices on every site. Then I place different frames with another graphic style on another layer. When I now activate or deactivate these layers, all pages of the entire document are changed at once. If the customer made his choice, I change the style of the price-design in the whole document with just one mouse click. In Affinity Publisher, I have to edit each page, create layers, select ... It costs a lot of unnecessary time.
If you are working professional for paying Customers this workflow is a must. No one pays you for the time it takes to complete a process that should be completely automatic.

As a layout artist you see your project as a whole. Not as a collection of single pages. For the latter one better uses a illustration app like AD.
I consider it's a big mistake adopting the level concept of AD and AP for AP.  Most layouters use layers primarily for alternative designs, which can then be faded in and out with a single mouse click. Exactly this is not possible with AP and its current layers concept.
I know, it is difficult to change, because AP should be compatible with AD. But maybe you could bypass the problem by offering the option to mark selected layers as cross-project. This could be a publisher-only function.

Language versioning is also a typical use for layers, right. But you can not do this effectively without "global" layers. I use layers for a thousand things, mostly for variations in design and content. But nothings works with these odd site-specific layers that Affinity offers. These layers are complete useless for any serious layout purposes.
In Indesign you can ONLY use global layers. Site-specific layers does not exist in ID (and I do not miss them either). You are always working with layers in InDesign, because unlike AP,  Indesign always has at least one layer.

Pleeeeeaaaase Affinity, give us global layers that work across all sites of a document. Professional layouters can live without site-specific layers (all Adobe-users and Quark-Users do that!), but almost nobody would work seriously without global layers. 
A layout application has different requirements than an illustration app. Avoiding much-needed features just for easy compatibility is the wrong approach.

No. That's another workflow. You would need a lot of master pages that all differ only minimally (the prices in a catalog are not necessarily on each page in exactly the same postion!). The overview would be lost quickly. In addition, this would only work in a document where all pages are based on the same master page. Unfortunately, this almost never happens in reality.
Apart from that, the master pages of Publisher are currently too limited in their functions.

Yes! Global is the right word!
I don't really like the layers concept of Affinity, but I can live with it. I think it would be enough if it were possible to transform an existing layer into a global layer. Or if, when creating layers, we have the choice whether they are globally applicable or only for the current page.

For example, I have a catalog with a colored frame below the prices. I usually place these frames all on a single layer under all prices on every site. Then I place different frames with another graphic style on another layer. When I now activate or deactivate these layers, all pages of the entire document are changed at once. If the customer made his choice, I change the style of the price-design in the whole document with just one mouse click. In Affinity Publisher, I have to edit each page, create layers, select ... It costs a lot of unnecessary time.
If you are working professional for paying Customers this workflow is a must. No one pays you for the time it takes to complete a process that should be completely automatic.

As a layout artist you see your project as a whole. Not as a collection of single pages. For the latter one better uses a illustration app like AD.
I consider it's a big mistake adopting the level concept of AD and AP for AP.  Most layouters use layers primarily for alternative designs, which can then be faded in and out with a single mouse click. Exactly this is not possible with AP and its current layers concept.
I know, it is difficult to change, because AP should be compatible with AD. But maybe you could bypass the problem by offering the option to mark selected layers as cross-project. This could be a publisher-only function.

As a layout artist you see your project as a whole. Not as a collection of single pages. For the latter one better uses a illustration app like AD.
I consider it's a big mistake adopting the level concept of AD and AP for AP.  Most layouters use layers primarily for alternative designs, which can then be faded in and out with a single mouse click. Exactly this is not possible with AP and its current layers concept.
I know, it is difficult to change, because AP should be compatible with AD. But maybe you could bypass the problem by offering the option to mark selected layers as cross-project. This could be a publisher-only function.

Yes! Global is the right word!
I don't really like the layers concept of Affinity, but I can live with it. I think it would be enough if it were possible to transform an existing layer into a global layer. Or if, when creating layers, we have the choice whether they are globally applicable or only for the current page.

For example, I have a catalog with a colored frame below the prices. I usually place these frames all on a single layer under all prices on every site. Then I place different frames with another graphic style on another layer. When I now activate or deactivate these layers, all pages of the entire document are changed at once. If the customer made his choice, I change the style of the price-design in the whole document with just one mouse click. In Affinity Publisher, I have to edit each page, create layers, select ... It costs a lot of unnecessary time.
If you are working professional for paying Customers this workflow is a must. No one pays you for the time it takes to complete a process that should be completely automatic.

As a layout artist you see your project as a whole. Not as a collection of single pages. For the latter one better uses a illustration app like AD.
I consider it's a big mistake adopting the level concept of AD and AP for AP.  Most layouters use layers primarily for alternative designs, which can then be faded in and out with a single mouse click. Exactly this is not possible with AP and its current layers concept.
I know, it is difficult to change, because AP should be compatible with AD. But maybe you could bypass the problem by offering the option to mark selected layers as cross-project. This could be a publisher-only function.

Still not ready for production: Version 1.8 has no global layers and no PDF Pass Through. Extreme disappointing.

If you apply a colour to a bitmap image, it recolours the bitmap. If K-Only is off, then we use an HSL algorithm to recolour that preserves black. It has always worked for RGB8 documents but wasn't implemented for other colour models. It now works for every colour model, including CMYK.
If K-Only is on, then we use a different algorithm to recolour which produces tints of the colour you apply. This doesn't look as good visually, but if the colour is a Spot, it can be exported to PDF on a single colour plate. This is important for some people. If you toggle K-Only on and off, you should see the difference: without K-Only, 100% black parts of the image remain 100% black, and with it they become 100% tint of the colour you applied.
You can also recolour to a gradient. The visual effect with/without K-Only is what you'd expect given the above, but currently it will convert to process colours during PDF export.

Sorry, only someone who has never worked properly with InDesign can claim this. Too bad that I have to defend InDesign here. All I really want is for the Publisher to get basic functionality, without which professional work under time pressure is unfortunately not possible.

@Pixelkobold: The Layers in ID show the objects of the site too. But they are working across the whole document. My englisch is too bad to explain the details. I am working for 18 years with ID. Itˋs Layer Concept is much more better than Publisher´s layers.
 

@ Walt.farrell: We do not need global layers for static objects, as commonly used in master pages, but for flexibel variations in design and content. These can not be activated simply by changing the master page. Am I right in assuming that you are not a designer or layouter? I really hope that some people from Affinity also work in the industry, because if Affinity stays with the current concept, the publisher will not succeed and its users will be limited to hobbyists and occasional users.
Your Example is not working in the real world, Walt.
Maybe someone is here with better english skills who can explain the issue?

Pleeeeeaaaase Affinity, give us global layers that work across all sites of a document. Professional layouters can live without site-specific layers (all Adobe-users and Quark-Users do that!), but almost nobody would work seriously without global layers. 
A layout application has different requirements than an illustration app. Avoiding much-needed features just for easy compatibility is the wrong approach.

As a layout artist you see your project as a whole. Not as a collection of single pages. For the latter one better uses a illustration app like AD.
I consider it's a big mistake adopting the level concept of AD and AP for AP.  Most layouters use layers primarily for alternative designs, which can then be faded in and out with a single mouse click. Exactly this is not possible with AP and its current layers concept.
I know, it is difficult to change, because AP should be compatible with AD. But maybe you could bypass the problem by offering the option to mark selected layers as cross-project. This could be a publisher-only function.