[Foreground/background colors changes place]

Definitely!

[Foreground/background colors changes place]

I always like when software does the minimal number of things to carry out each task. Swapping foreground/background colors seems to me an arbitrary extra step. On top of the problems described above, it's really confusing when I use the color picker, then the next tool isn't using that color I just picked.

[Foreground/background colors changes place]

When I go between, say the paint brush tool, color picker tool, and the fill tool, the foreground and background colors in the color selector changes place. How can I disable this, so that everything I do always uses the foreground color like I've set things up in Photoshop?

 

[is Crop to selection possible]

I don't use Affinity any longer, mostly for small issues like this that are incredibly frustrating that just works in Photoshop like it's no big deal. Though I really don't care about a non-destructive workflow, I don't see why this can't be non-destructive if the regular crop tool can be. It's also really weird to see a debate over how this feature can work when other software already shows how it's properly done.

[Image Cropping]

No, that's not what I'll use it for. Actually splitting tilesets is something I do with my own code after I've exported the image. Sometimes, I just need to make a selection with a particular selection tool and crop to it.

[Image Cropping]

I'll join in and say I need crop to selection. I generally work with low resolution sprites for game development, and I crop a lot. There are so many ways to make a selection and I don't see a reason I should use another tool to crop to it.

[Unity integration]

Hi! Thank you!

 

That will unfortunately require me to use a separate file format for the assets, so I'll need one .afphoto to be able to rely on the full range of Affinity's features, and a separate file for the asset that Unity reads. For a project with hundreds or even thousands of texture assets, way too much time will be lost opening the right .afphoto file then exporting it over the corresponding texture file every time a file needs to be changed (and each tend to be multiple times). Even though it may seem like it should be a quick thing to do, the sheer quantity makes it a big deal (imagine for example if all websites took 10 extra seconds to open).

 

Right now I can make it work, because I enabled "save over imported PSD files" in the general preferences, but it means I need to memorize which of Affinity's features I cannot use because they're not supported by the psd file format. It's also a shame to miss out on them.

 

I guess an alternative would be if Affinity can automatically save a .png file with the same name alongside every .afphoto file at all times. It'd not be perfect since there would be two of every file, but it'd definitely be an OK solution!

[Unity integration]

Hi! I tweeted about it and got the answer I should post it here.

 

I'm a game developer and do all my work in Unity. Now I'm switching from Photoshop to Affinity. One great thing about using Photoshop with Unity is that psd files can be used as texture assets. Since even an indie game can easily require thousands of texture assets, it's a pretty big deal to not have to deal with separate files for the original and the texture asset.

 

If Serif is not willing to make the image format open, how about getting in touch with the people Unity and see if there's another solution? I have a bunch of Unity contacts (I used to hang out at their Copenhagen office occasionally) and I'd be happy to do an email introduction!