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  1. 9 minutes ago, gdenby said:

    Um, I don't do much work w. pixels, but I know that AD's selection brush will do a pretty good job of selecting color areas. Just started using AP, and the selection tools there for pixels are a lot more subtle. Seems fairly workable to me with only a small amount of practice. While I hadn't done much w. graphics for the preceding 5 - 7 years, I do know that it took me some time to unlearn what I was habitually doing and figure out how the Affinity software did the same things I was used to in Corel Draw, or Photoshop, etc.

     

    Is it possible the Windows Beta is different from the MAC version?  

  2. I'm a long-time Fireworks user coming over from the program that Adobe finally killed after 30 years. SO. Let's talk LASSO. In Fireworks, I can use the vector-like lasso to click along the edges of an area. There seems to be something like this, in Affinity, albeit with a bunch more steps. I am trying to figure out how to use it. AND, since I've been reading this thread and it makes no sense, understanding that you have to put transparent mode on to see the changes, particularly on a white background being edited, there really is no tool here to click on a color and just have the wand locate all of it?

     

    I'm in the same boat as you. Appears to be a learning curve with Affinty. Or their selection tools are not industry standard. I'm left with frustration, end up up clicking and loading old faithful Fireworks.

     

    Hopefully someone can show us the light..so we can be free of Adobe subscriptions.

  3. To be fair to Serif, I don't think a Magic Wand Tool (flood select tool) is a "basic method" in a Vector Illustration program. Which is what Designer basically is. A Magic Wand Tool is for selecting pixels, for which you would surely expect to use a Pixel editing program, like Photo ?

     

    I think the Affinity idea is, you use Designer for Illustrations, Photo for Photos and when it comes out, Publisher for Page Layout. There is obviously some crossover, which is great, but there is no substitute for using the right tool (a specialised tool) for the job. When it is done, with Publisher out, you will be able to switch between apps seamlessly (In theory) and use the full arsenal of tools available in each.

     

    This is basically the same as Adobe (without the high prices). Illustrator for Illustrations, Photoshop for Photos and InDesign for Page Layout. One of the main reasons for Adobe adding other (crossover) tools to each app is to justify the annual upgrade price.

     

    Adobe Fireworks does both (don't need 2 separate programs for vector / raster (illustrations / photos) . All the support forums and alternative suggestions, all point to Affinity Designer as the holy grail replacement. So I bought AD. Installed it. And appears to way different. I am so lost. Can't find simple tools like magic wand.

     

    So like you state..I'm on the Afinity Photo for pixel band wagon. Let's try that. Affinity Photo is my second attempt. Especially since they advertised "Magic Wand" on the website (see previous screen grab). I install Affinty Photo. Same issue. No Magic Wand. No simple way to do mass selections, inverse selections, similar selections. It may be there. It's just not obvious. I spend 5 to 10 minutes on it. Give up in frustration, then go back to Fireworks.

     

    I'm willing to give Serif a go. I so badly want it to be my go to solution. I'm so done with Adobe subscriptions. I just don't have time to spend x number of months getting up to speed with a new unfamiliar product. My work load is too high. Slowing down to a crawl would kill me.

     

    Autodesk was headed in the right direction with "Pixlr Editor" (pixlr.com). Zero learning curve. Editor tools were exactly like Fireworks or Photoshop. But they ditched the desktop app. Free Online with adds now, and painful to use. So that's out.

     

    The cost for Affinity products are so affordable. I'll just hold on to it, in hopes it will add basic universal editing tools, so I can hit the ground running, vs crawling. I just hope the product upgrades are not costly.

  4. I just downloaded the Affinity Photo trial for Windows.  I see the "Flood Select Tool" in the software, but strangely its called "Magic Wand" on their website at https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/photo/.

     

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    Hopefully they can get Designer tools designed, for us Fireworks users... who can transition easily.. vs learning a whole new method.

     

    Fair enough to add new awesome features.  But PLEASE  provide the basic methods, so we don't have to learn all at once.  We can pick the other new tools and methods over time as we go. 

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