DennisPoide

Hi, I'm Gregg. I am new to DrawPlus. I've looked  at it for a few years but always decided against it because it was Windows based. I've have always had Parallels installed on my iMac but thought using software more native to the Mac (a lot more efficient to use). I am retired and  dabble in art. My favorite software has been Sketchbook Pro and ArtRage. As for Vector programs for the Mac, they are limited. I have and used iDraw and Artboard. Both have their pluses and minus. So, a couple of days ago I decided to dip my toes in the water and bought DrawPlus 5 to see if I really like working with it on Parallels. I knew from previous experience that it was a really good program that fit in with what I like to do. I made my first entry in the DrawPlus forum and was told about DrawPlus (Beta) on the Mac. I've beta tested for a couple of CADD program and thought this would be fun. I'm looking forward to this program because the Mac needs a really good vector drawing program like DrawPlus.

Hi everyone!
My name is Tatiana I am from Russian city of St. Petersburg. Please tell me where I can write about the problem with the export of Affinity designer to EPS? Thanks!

We are pleased to announce the first update for Affinity Designer for Windows (version 1.5.1).
 
The update is described here and can be downloaded from here. Once downloaded, close Affinity Designer and run (double click) the downloaded EXE to install it.
 
To install this version you will need to have the Affinity Designer for Windows already installed OR you will need to type in your email address and a valid Product key when prompted. When installing on top of an existing version you will not be prompted for the product key. If you need it you can find your product key (and a download button) in your Affinity store account, where you will also find the email address used to generate the key when you ordered the software. 
 
If you have installed any previous beta version of Affinity Designer 1.5.0 or 1.5.1, it can be safely uninstalled before or after installing this release update, they are independent installs. The beta will stop working soon anyway.
 
Please report any problems you have installing or using this new version in the Windows forum here
 
Patrick Connor
The Affinity Team

Another vector portrait. I love to work with the pen tool, the gradient- & gaussian tool ^_^
 
 

Could you add the ability to stack effects? For example I would like to add to a one shape two outer shadows but with different colours and options like opacity so that they "intertwine" one through another.

Made a pretty cool flat landscape wallpaper, do you like it? 
Dont wonder about the size i have as a wallpaper on my two screens (2 x 4k)

ENORMOUS KUDOS (yes, I'm shouting, the occasion needs it ! )   to Affinitytutorials and Affinity Jack.
 
That all is way beyond amazing. This is how you help an extremely good and smart suite of applications in growing and spreading.
 
That story reminds me a real lot -even a bit painfully-   to certain LOVABLE meetings with a bunch of illustrators which I deeply -very much-  respected, loved and for whom had (have) great admiration (they admired me too, huh... :D), in my country. It was not as organized and well driven as yours, but was really good, too. We also met in an online community and from there went to also expand it offline. At some point the community broke, mainly as the site, which was the central nerve of communication kind of got broken. I had to cease all activities too, due to life duties. But I am aware several of the most solid friendships from there yet stand today, very current. So, I guess, a pair of applications or as was our case, the joy that certain activity (illustration, photography, design, etd) gives you (or simply the joint for sharing same freelance profession) can go a long way, even if just started on inet (I always value higher direct RL relations, but it's became clear to me that internet "can" be a good way to start really good stuff. Hey, not all has to be bad or crappy on the internet....)
 
Great kudos, I had no idea this all existed...  And long life to it !

Affinity Designer 1.6.0 update now available on the Mac App Store
 
Affinity Designer 1.5.5 update now available on the Mac App Store
 
Fixes include
Reduce unwanted screen updates that caused visual artefacts when moving artboards around. Resolved issue with pixel layers inside symbols which are then transformed. Controversial change to pixel documents: 100% view now maps document pixels directly to screen pixels. If you have a retina Mac you will now see 100% view showing a pixel in the document on each pixel on your display. Wireframe view mode now allows the user to select locked items by click or marquee. Basically, if you're in wireframe view and you can see it, you can now click it to select it. This makes wireframe view much more useful for toggling on/off to select specific items in the document. With rulers visible and a high-frequency input device such as a pen tablet (or a mouse in macOS Sierra) the rulers would make the document update very slowly, this has been resolved. SVG export of gradients is now more compatible with QuickLook. Stability fixes for text. Fixed bug applying OpenType contextual rules. Fix for crashes with 32bit documents on Lion and Mountain Lion. Fix for right-clicking a text object in the Text tool failing to select the current word if the user is over the caret. Improved PSD import/export of HSL adjustments. Improved PSD import of fill layers with empty stroke masks and also parse line origination data. Import badly-formed PSD files created by Marmoset. Fix for occasional crash with embedded documents. PDF export fix for Overprint flag which was not getting unset at certain times, leading to items unintentionally overprinting. Fix for system chime noise when holding Cmd+Alt+Space. Fix for layers panel showing incorrect document information when changing from Separated window mode to normal mode if multiple documents are open. Fix for some images opening and saying they are 1dpi. Numerous other stability improvements and fixes.  
Many thanks,
Team Affinity

Has there been any serious thought to provide users with personalizing their UI. For example I’ve been trying to use Photo for B&W conversions and tonality changes. The Adjustments tab provides 22 possible adjustments, but I hardly use any of them, and definitely not in the order the UI provides. 
Software is getting more personal, and it would be effective for me to be able to choose which Adjustments I want, and in what order for a palette. Perhaps I could have a B&W Palette of Adjustments, as well as a Landscape Palette of adjustments for color.
 
This suggested also applies to the Develop module. I know I can move around the palette tabs, but it is within each tab that I’m suggesting personalizing.

As if we didn't have enough good stuff to tell you today with our amazing pair of app updates, we learned this afternoon that Affinity Photo is the Best Mac App of 2015!
 
We can't quite believe it, but it's true! That makes it best photo app too, but it’s also BEST ANY KIND OF MAC APP OF THE YEAR! Best App! :) Amazing, thank you Apple! This is what developers dream of!
 
There's not too much more to say except thank you, to Apple of course but also to everyone that has helped us shape the app into what it is. Pop over to our blog to read and see a little more.
 
Thank you, Dale.

Hi everyone
 
In case you didn't know, AFFINITY PHOTO HAS LAUNCHED and is in the Mac App Store now.
 
I could say a ton about how fantastic the app is and give you so much information, but it's already out there on our website, so I'll just give you some links!
 
Mac App Store shortcut
 
Affinity Photo web page
 
Awesome promo video
 
Affinity Photo full features page with system requirements
 
Affinity Photo blog post about the launch
 
Launch Tweet - please retweet if you can
 
Launch Facebook post - and please share too :)
 
Obviously the whole team is delighted to see today after so much work, the devs have done an incredible job. Thank you all too for your part in helping the app grow during the beta test.
 
Dale.

Hi everyone
 
We're over the moon to announce that Affinity Designer has been recognised by Apple with a prestigious Apple Design Award at WWDC 2015 in San Francisco. Congratulations to the whole SerifLabs team for such a remarkable achievement, 5 years in the making.
 
It's the stuff of dreams, thanks to all our fans and forum participants for helping to make it an awesome reality.
 
Read more at https://affinity.serif.com/blog/affinity-designer-wins-prestigious-apple-design-award
 
Dale, on behalf of everyone at Serif.

Hi,
 
It's probably a font issue. When converting the PDF to a Doc file using the online Nitro converter, the font is replaced, probably because the original font cannot be found. Since the document has been created with Affinity Designer, it probably uses a font installed by Affinity Designer.
 
My two cents...

Hi postmadesign,
The trial will be available in about one month.
 
[EDIT (4 Nov 2015)] The trial is already available here.

Brilliant piece!

You might try somethin like this is AP with the perspective tool. I've provided a screenshot of it Just change the direction of the shadow to 180.  :)
 
Perspective Tool Icon

As of now, the update is not visible in the German App Store!