Frozen Death Knight

@stokerg Sent! ^^

Currently not at home, so I will send it later. Thanks!

I have a work file that got corrupted during Beta testing. I had a solution that worked previously by embedding the work file into a new one, but this method does not seem to work. I only get this message when placing it: I would appreciate some assistance in trying to salvage whatever work I have from Serif. I'd rather not start the entire thing from scratch.

I tried using a Compound Layer to do vector booleans with text. It works, but when updating the text, the compound fails to update after being done typing. Would be nice if it did after a short amount of time without typing as to save some processing power while typing, but make it properly update without the need to move the compound itself. Here's the file for testing. Vector Testing.afpub

Good job! Been enjoying the quality of life improvements done to the shortcuts and other tweaks. I appreciate that Object Creation Data Entry and Move Data Entry work with Artboards, since I rely on more precise values when working with those. Also, thanks for being so transparent and for listening to our feedback so fewer bugs were let through the cracks.

The test was done in the latest release of the Beta. The issue does exist in 2.1 and earlier versions as well, which is why I didn't report it as a 2.2 issue.

I noticed that the bug becomes the most apparent when you have the layer boundaries visible when using the Move Tool. If you go outside of that box, Affinity simply fails to update. It only render correctly within said box, which is why some lines do not get affected and others don't.

Here's the test file for people to try replicating this bug. Creature Drawing.afpub

I've noticed that when I used linked objects such as Symbols, I can sometimes get these weird visual drawing glitches that do not update back to normal until you zoom in and out or rasterize. The easiest way to replicate it was to make two Symbols and mirror the other one on a large canvas. Improving this would improve this kind of mirror workflow I like using for adjusting my drawings on the fly.

@Return It is possible to change brush size with a slider if you hover over the name instead of opening the sub-menu. Perhaps adding an icon when hovering the names of interactible sliders would help with the issue, @Chris B?

Had some time to work in the latest build now. Everything seems to be working fine. Thanks a bunch!

Thank you for getting it fixed for the release!

Having the tools constantly switch when resizing a brush, undoing, etc., etc. is to me a big problem. The bug happens to me on a regular basis. The only option to temporarily fix it is to reboot and I'd rather work in 2.1 than having to do that constantly. Yes, that is the exact bug I was talking about. Once it activates, it doesn't matter what key you press on the keyboard. It will keep jumping between tools like that until you reboot the program (alt colour picking seems to be the only exception). This bug has happened in every single painting session I've had for weeks now. My keyboard pressing habits eventually end up with broken keybinds and it becomes very hard to get any work done in that state.

Hehe, mission accomplished! Thanks!

Thanks! Nice, a trophy! Thanks!

@Chris B Been trying the release candidate builds now and the issue with the keybinds flip-flopping still persists. I would strongly recommend not releasing 2.2 until this bug is resolved, since it makes the programs very hard to use across the board, and people will definitely notice it.

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/VJYr95 Had some fun painting one of my favourite Spider-Man villains, Venom. Had a blast working with more painterly brushes for the skin.

I would like to see a new option that works similarly to Direction, with the big difference being that the direction of the brush locks to a single angle from the initial brush stroke. This would be an alternative to manually changing Rotation for the brush nozzle. It would also improve some compatibility with Photoshop brushes which has this option for its brushes. Another suggestion I have for the Dynamics tab is allowing duplication of specific settings such as Size Jitter, Accumulation Jitter, etc. The reason why I want this is because it would be nice to mix in various settings to create new types of patterns. For instance, being able to mix Rotation Jitter settings such as Direction and Random could unlock more potential brush effects.

@Gabe I sent one of the files I was able to find that was corrupted. If it happens again I can send more in the future.

Will do once I get home in the evening.

I only use USB drives for storage. I did not notice any shutdowns of the drive at any point. This issue only happened in the Betas. I've also been using retail and this issue has not happened once while using those versions.

I save to a physical external USB drive.

I only got it to work when I resetted my shortcuts back to default. My own shortcuts however no longer work and there is no indicator that there are other shortcuts that are assigned to the same key. This issue only happens in the latest Beta build. My personal shortcuts still work elsewhere. Photo Shortcuts.afshort

I think this is the 2nd or the 3rd time during this current Beta that a file has become corrupted after saving, closing down, and then opening up the file again.

I can no longer use the "§" key without modifier keys on my Swedish keyboard for toggling Brush Stabilizer across the entire suite. It worked in the previous builds.