Paul Mudditt

Does it do this if you draw with your finger? If it is an Apple pencil have you tried unscrewing the nib then screwing it back on again? Are you using a screen cover? Have you tried restarting your iPad?

Draw a rectangle shape, look in the transform studio you will see the size of the rectangle. If you want to see the size in pixels use document - resize and on the context bar change to pixels. When you have got the size you want convert the rectangle to a selection by selecting the pen tool then to selection

Can you save your files in .afphoto format ok? Did your problems start after you installed an Adobe app? If so try removing the Adobe app or use the Affinity native .afphoto format for saving your work that you want to return to.

Use the guide manager and enter directly the number of rows you require as a start perhaps? Alternatively use Power Duplicate and the transform studio for exact measurements and angles.

Try printing via Epson iPrint app from the app store. i.e. don’t use ‘print’ use ‘export’. In Affinity use Export -> Share -> Epson iPrint.

No, you must save your work outside of the app in an external folder. The Home Screen is like tabs on a web browser, just a temporary sandbox which auto saves while you work. You should always use the various save options if you require a physical file that can be managed as such.

Yes, that was my concern initially but results of using this free app for the past year on the openly restored Facebook group have shown the results to be good/excellent and fairly accurate according to family members, if used carefully. It is important to repair the image first in Affinity and be prepared to help the AI by increasing the resolution of the image and for multi person images slicing the image first then recomposing afterwards. Sometimes I’ve found better results by colouring first before using the AI. Skipping these steps can give horrific results.

Columns guides do not work in Guides Manager. They are also now broken on Photo and Designer on PC, MAC. Also broken in Photo beta on iPad and Publisher on MAC.

Column Guides do not work in this 801 beta. They are also broken on Photo and Designer on all platforms, PC, MAC and iPad. Until this release, Publisher was the only V1.9 beta that had column guides working so I suspect a common library module that you have just updated to on Publisher.

Column Guides do not work in this or any V1.9 beta on Windows, Mac and iPad. It is also broken in Designer for Windows and Mac. Likely broken in Designer iPad but since there is no beta cannot report. This has already been reported against the iPad version. Extra Note: Publisher is the only app that still has Column Guides working on PC & MAC. EDIT: Now broken in Publisher build 801 on MAC

https://affinity.help/designer/English.lproj/pages/Panels/appearancePanel.html

I don't know why people are not using the Appearance Studio, you can add as many strokes to a curve as you want in there.

@Chris BBUMP 2: This is nothing to do with iPadOS beta, Column Guides is non-functional on all of the available betas on iPad, Mac and PC for Photo AND Designer, note On Publisher beta column guides still works however. I presume the functionality is being deprecated from Affinity?

BUMP: Update to iPadOS 14.2 beta 4 came in last night, column guides still not working.

Sure but to be honest the biggest innovation about the iPad is iCloud. I use now the 2TB option, the file optimisation means I have nearly 400GB of files and 40’000+ photos on my 128GB iPad Pro, with plenty of free space. The way infrequently used files are offloaded but accessible anytime I need them is great. Plus this is a secure backup so if I lost my device I won’t ever lose my data.

Once I realised that iCloud files is just like a hard disk drive, and you can create your own folder structures from the root upwards, that is where I now store all my files and generally ignore the auto-created folder that apps create in those locations. So I have a 0-Affinity Photo, 0-Affinity Designer, 0-Raw, 0-Slices, 0-Affinity Resources etc folders and manage all files my self. The 0 means I see my folders first alphabetically. My home screen in the app only has the files I am currently working on, nothing else to avoid problems like you are seeing.

Think of the Affinity home page like having Safari browser open with two tabs both looking at the BBC web site. The Affinity home page is just a temporary sandbox, a tab on a web browser not a storage location. Just like with an open web browser you can move forwards and backwards in your file history like your browsing history so long as you have the tab open. Always save your work outside of the app in On my iPad or in iCloud folders and remember to close the temporary file on the Home Screen.

It’s not Affinity, I can import .cube files no problem, you likely have an Adobe app installed which causes the problem for Affinity and any other app which wants to use .cube files. Uninstall your Adobe apps, you may also need to remove and re-install Affinity after removing the Adobe apps.

If your printer has an iPad app then use export -> share -> printer app to get better control over printout. This works with my HP printer anyway.

+1 on this one, I’m forever toggling snapping on and off whilst restoring old photos. Magnet please !

Column guides not visible in V1.9.0.199, they are visible in V1.8.6.198

1.You never mentioned your project history’s which will make each project quite large, deleting layers won’t make any difference as they will still be in the project ready for you to backtrack in time and recover them. In fact the file size could grow as you delete layers and add to the file history. 2. You should not keep your project files open in the app. Projects are like tabs on a web browser, they are meant to be saved off, with or without project history, by default without to reduce the file size. 3. Turn on optimise photos will save as it suggests several GB. You can still download your full res versions at any time. My 40’000 plus raw photos occupy 210GB of iCloud but only 9GB on my iPad memory. 4. Your iPad is 256GB, 200GB of iCloud is not big enough, either save your projects off your iPad on external storage or consider upgrading to the 2TB. That is what I use, its a lot cheaper compared to the expense I have spend previously on external backup drives. 5. After saving all your projects to iCloud or external remember to close them all. 6. There is a delay on the iPad re-calculating free space so you I get not see then space freed up straight away. 7. It is worth turning your iPad off and on or doing a forced restart occasionally to re-initialise memory. Maybe others can add some other ideas, hope these help.

Ah ok, I have just got used to it now, I forget it’s even there mostly. Well if they add that as an edit icon option I hope they add the Designer snapping Magnet icon too as I am always toggling snapping as I work and even though it’s in an edit menu it’s a pain too.

Not sure why you would need this, generally I only use that when I want to do an explanation as a screen recording. It serves no other practical purpose so turning it on of off from preferences doesn’t seem like a hardship or have I missed something?

Ha lol ! EDIT: Dave you are correct as usual but this is going to bite a lot of people. I inverted the pixel selection then found it, however it is completely invisible when I invert once more. This behaviour is identical on PC too. @Affinity Photo team:- Developers need to see something interesting here, invert the pixel selection and zoom in on PC or iPad to these 2 problem pixel selections. Now invert selection and they disappear. Using smart selection brush with a very small brush add to the selection a few more pixels which appear. Now invert selection and the original problem pixels re-appear, invert once more and they vanish but the new ones don't. Seems to be a sweet spot in the maths maybe somewhere. IMG_9011.MP4 Photo_Customer_Beta_2020_10.11_-_11_41_42_09.mp4