JariH

Hello I did some artwork in V2 Designer the other day and would have desperately needed precise softness control for a shape. Layer FX does Gaussian blur for the whole shape and matte. If we ever get adjustable width nodes for path stroke, the same idea would be great for the softness. Add points on a curve and adjust the width of the effect by dragging controls. (Screen capture from After Effects matte feather function) Would this go under a "warp gradient-like" tool?

Yes, please. I'll post this here too. The Width Tool equivalent gets my vote. Setting the stroke profile in profile edit does not directly correlate to the actual path. Adjusting line width is very cumbersome and results are not very smooth. Having direct control of the line itself would be great.

Yes, please. Setting the stroke profile in stroke edit does not directly correlate to the actual path. Adjusting line width is very cumbersome. Having direct control of the line itself would be great.

My only interest for V2.5 is "Will it blend?"

One more vote for the blend tool - again! It would open so many wonderful creative possibilities. Unfortunately, there is no workaround for everything. Please enable blending paths shapes and colors - and combine these to create a true vector brush 😉.

Yes, please. I second! Some form of extrusion is an essential modification tool for the shapes and curves. In other postings, similar requests go under the "blend" tool. You would be able to blend between shapes and colours. Combining it along a path would be very close to a true vector brush, opening up numerous creative possibilities that are not currently possible (or very laborious) in the current Designer version. This example would have been a breeze with the extrude/blend tool.

The discussion is getting a bit off-topic... I would like to get this back to the original thread 😁. Blend Tool is one of my most wanted features. It is a kick-ass tool in Illustrator (amongst some others). I can't decide yet, whether to ditch the other "A" or not. Please tip the scale, Affinity. As somebody mentioned, to get more Adobe users to jump the wagon, you need at least matching features. There's already a great start in a more user-friendly package.

Alfred, Thank you! Still learning these hidden features 😀

Hello! I tried searching for a solution for this; the oldest posts are from 2018! When adding effects in the FX panel, please add an option to make the "Scale with Object" on as a default. It is very rare when I need this setting to be off. But if you forget to turn it on, you're in trouble when scaling your elements.

I did change the language earlier from the default, but that does not have any effect. Hope Affinity will have a fix for this soon.

Thanks, That is really interesting. Maybe it's the period vs. comma thing?

Hangman & loukash, thanks for the input I'm guessing you navigated to the value box with a Tab key? Select the value directly with a cursor to highlight the value. Mine gets messed... That would be a bummer since a comma is a standard separator in Nordic numerals. Unfortunately, using a period is not an option. Movie Small.mov Ha! You have to click the number field title to activate the field frame. "Interesting behaviour" 🤨 Clicking a value inside a box and adjusting the value with an arrow key should be possible without extra user actions. I don't know any other software where this does not work (Adobe, Apple, Blender, etc...). To me, this is poor UI implementation. PS. Why are my inserted videos displayed so huge? 😜

Thanks. Highlight was a darker colour that works fine everywhere - but not in Affinity layer selection. There is also a difference between "Accent colour" and "Highlight colour" 😁. Works better now...

Hello Affinity Designer v2.3.1 Is there a setting for layer selection highlighting? Am I missing something? To me, logic says: when it's highlighted it's selected - But active layers are darkened. Affinity Designer UI does not look like this anywhere else. Which do you think are active layers? I hate this:

macOS v13.6.3 Affinity Designer v2.3.1 What's the difference here? The first number box is highlighted like I use in any other software. Second has been selected with a cursor and enter has been pressed. Both can be adjusted with the keyboard's arrow up and down keys, but the highlighted value behaves illogically. When adjusting sub-values keeping Alt key pressed: Cannot always adjust sub-values at all. Strange limits to values +-0,7 and +-0,3 (pixel, millimetre, angle). Locked aspect ratio in the Transform menu breaks apart. Is it required to press enter before adjusting any numeric values with arrow keys? To me, this is an unnecessary extra step that stops my workflow.