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What good are autosaves if they require the original file ? This is excessively bad decision making. Hi, I had an SSD crash and I lost my master files. I had set a "BACKUP" for autosaves.. so I *thought* I had saved backups of important files!!! **NOPE** - While I have gigs of "Autosave" files that were saved to a folder that was defined under the option of the Program's Settings, under tab: "BACKUP". --- THE FILES ARE NOT AUTOSAVES NOR BACKUPS! They are containers of data that are completely useless without the original file! ..you can not makeup how stupid this is. IF THEY ARE "BACKUPS" as the settings UI claims.. then why are they called "Autosaves" ? Autosaves and Backups are not supposed to be useless container files! I have autosave files that are 200MB.. completely useless. The program demands the original file. I PURPOSELY didn't "link" the images used as so the backup would contain the files.. and now I learn the backup/autosaves are completely useless without the master file ? This. is. epic. tier. daft.

this is absurd..where is the ICO support ?!

lol.. this post reminds of when I started in technical 3d art 20 years ago. It's just better to not post if you can't help. Thanks anyhow Carl.

I can understand that it could have cost too much for wider licensing.. that's 100% not a problem ... and locking it to affinity tools makes sense for marketing, ... but to not have additional licensing available by either business is quite odd.

@R C-R Since your reply feels more like a snark comment than a genuine question.. if you can't help and you're not capable of understanding the question not that this would be basic knowledge the business should have to provide.. it would be appreciated if you avoided posting. @carl123 Thanks for pointing out the correct place to post Carl. I'll remember that. .affonts are locked to Affinity tools. Hence your post is missing the point. I can not use an .affont in a website.

it is not "bad design" in a tool interface. // I edited to remove my New Yorker style of reply. Sorry about that, sometimes I forget to not be a New Yorker.

Well, to contact their sales, I need to accept their newsletter. That's absurd. So, I searched their fonts.. and they don't have "Cynder" listed. @ Affinity team : please help me understand what is happening here. Why are these fonts locked to Affinity tools ?

@R C-R - Yeah, I must have glazed over this part. "renowned Monotype foundry" The web/other licensing for these fonts is not readily available, hence the post. So I will email them directly.

Hi, I love the Affinity suite. I have the Publication Fonts Package. I have a small business client that likes a design with the Cynder font found in the Publication Fonts Package. The Cynder font is currently licensed only for use in Affinity tools and it is an .Affont file. How can we obtain a license for website use ? (without the need to export as curves) Thank You P.S. I do understand and I don't understand why these fonts are "Affinity" only. This is caveat extraordinaire! ❤️

Hi Paul, (I love the available "screen estate" of 4k.) Whether by ultra high res on large screens or just High DPI/PPI .. improving usability is the focus obviously. Since you've been through this frustration.. would you take a moment and consider what you would suggest to resolve such aspects ? I would like to use 4k more often for several reasons, but even with Handles set to large the process is just too ..hmm..intricate .. to grab handles/anchors. I hope this thread turns into a discussion of improvement-direction.. We all know these types of irksome-aspects exist... if we can help Affinity find great resolves.. then we all benefit.

Hi Bruce, This: ensure fill color selector/register is activated/in front of stroke UI component , then remove or change color. Becomes this: remove either color for fill / stroke without extra clicks to set primary/active UI component.

@fde101 HI...fed101.. lol.. nice name, Hmm.. That part was about 'not needing the OS to adjust the scaling' .. you can remove any and all remarks about the OS if it helps to make sense of the specifics. I see that I need to step up my explanations. Sorry for the cryptic/confusing read. - I tend to write developer-direct-speak.. I forget that I need to approach things differently.

Hello, I love Affinity tools... otherwise I would not spend the time making these suggestions. Adobe defined most of the graphic program UI/UX paradigms in the 90's. Adobe is outdated. - Below we have two examples and I could provide 100 examples (almost all point back to Adobe Paradigms). I would like to beg on my knees that the Affinity team considers changes. If Affinity is open to the idea, I would make a thread of suggestions like these.. that I can add to as I encounter considerations. I believe Affinity is close to being able to take certain markets and I believe simple changes like these will help sweep the people over here. Because in the long run, we want less click-drilling and less visual filtering. -- EDIT: The images below don't cover reference to PPI/etc. as I tried to keep this simple for now.. however it is nice that the thread mentioned this as it allowed me to keep this post less cluttered. Thx @v_kyr EXAMPLE ONE This becomes tiring in medium to long work sessions. It's outdated Adobe-think. EXAMPLE TWO (792px x 788px) (This was rushed.. forgive me for it being imperfect.) AKA: 4k Res is common in the 27-32"(or ultrawide) screens.. hence the comparison section on right side, top half.

Someone else kindly mentioned the MSIX and MSI difference. Thanks for the info. I wasn't paying strict attention when installing to that laptop. .. AKA: was a "ten things at once" kind of day. Having a workspace preset system that goes cross plat would be great.. don't get me wrong, it's not the end of the world.. but if I think about modern processes and different artists / friends/ etc .. some do lay out the hierarchy of shapes and then shade them... then images, then text ... So having multiple preset spaces easily ported(and maybe even easily selected (like 3dsMax has a drop menu).. that would be stellar. Thanks Dan!

good point. I didn't pay attention during laptop install. I probably did use the MSIX(obviously I did).