walt.farrell

Thanks. There's an old V1 bug when using the Paint Mixer Brush Tool with Strength set to 100% that may not be fixed yet: https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/search/&tags=afp-3049 You can cut it down to 99% and it should work, though it may be subtle until you decrease it further.

A screenshot of the complete application window might be useful to help us explain what's happening. Please also include the Layers panel.

Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums, @misminali. That's a known issue: https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/search/&tags=AFB-5632

That change to the Develop Assistant settings in V2 requires that you close and reopen the image you're working on. It's been logged with the Developers: https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/search/&tags=AFP-5735

There's an icon at the bottom of the Layers panel, or in the Menu, Layer > New Layer.

You have one in your document. No. Groups have some similar characteristics and capabilities to Layers but are different than Layers. Groups also have some characteristics/capabilities that Layers don't have. And Layers have some that Groups don't have. There's a discussion that mentions a bunch of them: There's also a list in the Help, but it's a bit incomplete (or unclear), as it doesn't clearly distinguish some of the layer types that use the same icon. https://affinity.help/publisher2/en-US.lproj/index.html?page=pages/Layers/aboutLayers.html?title=About layers

I do not see any Auto-Correct settings that would affect this.

I think you've used a Bitmap Fill as a Style. As far as I know, that will always zoom to fill the object you apply it to. You might try the following: Apply your Style. Select the Fill Tool. Adjust the handles to make the fill smaller, while holding the Shift key. Play with the Extend settings in the Context Toolbar

So, in the other programs (Affinity V1 or other programs) you have tried Saving while you have no network access? That cannot possibly work, if you're trying to save to something on the network. But it would be good to know what kind of error you get.

Every object in Affinity is a layer (small l). You can group layers into Groups. A Group is also a layer (small l). Groups can contain other objects. A Layer (capital L) is a different kind of object that can hold other objects. It is also a layer (small l). As we're talking about Designer, an Artboard is another kind of layer that can hold other objects.

That may be part of the reason for not seeing the option, in some cases, but we already know for our purposes in this topic that the option is totally missing on Windows, from the above.

So give it your email.

Thanks. Note that it is not "to the right of a group of curve layer" but "to the right of a Layer" (with a capital L). A Layer has a "highlight" property which defaults to that shade of Blue. It can be set on the desktop versions of the Affinity applications, but I do not see a way to set it on the iPad versions. So, for example, I could make a Layer with a pink highlight on the desktop apps. Such as the one attached below. The highlight color can be used to distinguish various Layers in the Layers panel/studio. But it also will affect the color of bounding boxes for objects in the document, too. So, a Rectangle on a Layer with the default highlight property is blue, but a Rectangle on a Layer with a pink highlight will show as Pink when selected. (You can add objects to the document below to see this; I didn't bother adding any.) layer-properties-pink.afdesign

Perhaps too succinctly. Please provide a screenshot.

Thank you. And my apologies for a misinterpretation. As they are separate paragraphs it is more likely that you need to adjust the Space After setting for the first paragraph, also in the Paragraph panel. This defaults to 12 pt, and I think you want to decrease it.

You're welcome.

Your red arrow confuses me. I think you're saying you want to reduce the spacing between the lines (Leading). The red arrow seems to indicate you want to reduce the space between the letters (tracking). Tracking would be in the Character panel. Leading is in the Paragraph panel, but can be overridden with Leading Override in the Character panel. If you're adjusting Leading in the Paragraph panel in Photo and it's not helping, then (I think) that one of these is most likely: You have a Learding Override set in the Character panel; or The document has a Baseline Grid set by Publisher.

I only have to turn it off once per session, not on every file. Perhaps we're saying the same thing I don't know why V2 acts differently, but one of the Serif Staff will have to comment on what is intended, and whether V2 should have changed.

I can't comment on how things work internally for an iPad. On the desktop, all the Assets are kept in one file, which can get very large. And when it gets large it can take longer to read/write the file at startup and when you are changing the Assets. And it becomes more fragile, and yes it breaks more often. So it is good to make sure you Export any Asset categories you create to make sure you have a back up of them, so that you can reinstall them if/when they break.

Doesn't the uneven condition of the background indicate that the rectangle colors will also have been unevenly exposed? In that case, any simple WB function probably can't properly correct any of them.

Here are some earlier topics that may help. I think you should change your display setting so it's not using the virtual device profile, but standard sRGB. https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/search/&q="virtual device model profile"&quick=1

I am not seeing that, Tony. It is working differently from V1, where it seems Snapping is always Off when the application is started. In V2, it seems that Snapping is always On when the application is started. However, if I turn it off then it is off for all subsequent files I work on. In other words, I only have to turn it off once until I stop and restart the application, not for every file. I'm not sure why mine is working differently from yours.

You could try resetting the Assets to their "factory installed" state, which might recover the function of the Assets studio and let you start adding your assets again. If you want to try that: Make sure none of the Affinity V2 applications are running. You can do that from the iPadOS application selector (drag up from the bottom of the screen, and when you have the list of applications, flick the ones you need to close upward so they disappear) or by fully powering the iPad off and back on again. Start Designer 2. When you see the application splash screen, quickly double-tap it with one finger. In the Clear User Data dialog, unselect the first option, select the Reset Assets option (second one). Click Reset. You will need to reinstall any Assets you have created or installed.

There is an indicator: the layer type shows as an Image layer, not as a Pixel layer. It is, though, an indicator that is not helpful until you understand what it means.

I think it will be difficult. It might be possible, but I'm not sure how to do it. Someone else more skilled than I with color correction may know how to do it.