evtonic3

Yes, I realize that I need to crop the image. From the beginning, however, I had hoped to keep a bit more of the surroundings.

Thanks, evtonic3 … :)
 
As far as I understood, you want to use a selection marquee to select several objects within a group, right? Have you already tried the Command + Drag method? Does that work for your purpose? Below’s a video showing the differences …
 
Note, that you can also use Shift + Command + Drag to add new objects to an existing selection (thereby selecting the letter combinations “In” and “de” simultaneously from the word “Inside” in my example … but that’s not shown in the video …
 
Cheers, Alex  :)
 
P.S. Made some edits to my post, to make things more clear.
Modifier_Marquee.mov

Herbert123 - are you on commission from Photoline?  ;)

I only meant that you are learning of new things that didn't already know...

Should be fixed in the next beta. :)

Hi Evtonic3
 
I understand that one of the developers said he was going to get this resolved as quickly as possible but it seems as though something else may have taken priority. I have logged this internally for our developers to start investigating as soon as possible hopefully it should be fixed soon :)
 
Thanks
C

That's right this won't happen because you need BOTH APPS in your new ARSENAL.

That's right this won't happen because you need BOTH APPS in your new ARSENAL.

I've been requesting a true selection tool. One that goes deep into groups. Please Serif?

Okay the last time I asked for new betas I got lucky and they came within minutes of me asking! Can I get lucky twice!??? C'mon betas! I hear there some exciting new features that will be launched!!

Okay the last time I asked for new betas I got lucky and they came within minutes of me asking! Can I get lucky twice!??? C'mon betas! I hear there some exciting new features that will be launched!!

Okay the last time I asked for new betas I got lucky and they came within minutes of me asking! Can I get lucky twice!??? C'mon betas! I hear there some exciting new features that will be launched!!

I am true backer of Affinity, but have you tried Image vectorizer in the MAS? I got this output, from a screenshot of your post. Not bad I'd say. AD will get there on this part. 

Hey MEB I tried to use the auto fx software but it dosen't read it. Im wondering if I really need it or should I just watch more tutorials and get creative with AP.
 
Cheers,
Gary

A bird told me about this discussion...  :)
 
Hi kterry333!
What you ask is pretty clear to me.
TPL are an "extension" of PS logic and caused lots of troubles in the past.
Today it is still very hard to make users understand it easily.
Trust me, lots of professional digital painters don't know the difference between ABR and TPL  ;)
 
 
TPL are stored settings of tools (not only paintbrush).
If the saved preset is a brush, it embeds ABR (what AD calls Nozzle) and Texture too.
 
To have TPL brushes working in AD i think that any feature and relative settings of current painting engine should be mapped on PS engine.
I think it is really hard to be replicated completely... But never say never... Affinity has been showing us terrific solutions since last year  :)
 
 
Affinity way to manage brushes is very powerful and follows the TPL approach.
What you save are all settings, including nozzles, textures and Tool assigned too.
And can categorise it easily.
 
This is apporach is the preferred one by artists:
Do you need a blender? Pick it and blend tool comes along with, without having to select it before.
 

 
 
 
 

 
Thanks MBd you're too kind!  :)
 

Hi evtonic3,
Go to the Adjustments panel and select/apply it from there.
 

The issue of compatibility and reasonable work arounds between Affinity and the current industry standards is a concern to me BUT, I get PDF files from clients all the time that I open in Illustrator. No the layers aren't named and sometimes the font formatting gets chopped up. Sometimes drop shadows get rasterized but I have never had a situation where "Much work gets lost". I may have to spend a little time putting things back together but the file is editable and the information is there to work with. Missing fonts...that is a whole other issue.

I agree, jmac. 
My new employer has an in house marketing department, where the guy in charge uses Adobe Illustrator CS6, I've sent him a PDF (exported from AD beta) of my new business card to try out in Illustrator & he's happy with it's importability including the Pantone yellow spot colour. 
PDF attached. 
BC-Paul-Affinity.pdf

Hi Oval, 
 
I agree that my business card PDF is of a simple construction. 
 
However, I was mainly questioning the need for the recipient of a finished PDF file to edit it further & to such an extent that the layers structure needed to be maintained. 
 
In my previous decade of PDF workflow, with Adobe CS, most of my files were assembled in InDesign, sometimes with linked vector & raster files included. 
 
Any PDF exported from InDesign does not maintain InDesign's layer structure when opened in Illustrator. 
 
If my PDF files needed corrections or amendments, the onus was on me to edit my original files & re-supply an amended PDF to the recipient, it was never intended for the recipient to open my PDF in Illustrator & make changes. 
 
The only time that my PDF files were needed to be opened in Illustrator, was when they were sent to a Chinese manufacturer who had a different workflow. In this case, I would ensure that all the text in the files was converted to paths to avoid font conflicts. 
 
Paul. 

evtonic3, if you have to convert such uncomplex files, it really is not a big problem for Illustrator only agencies if groups, layer compounds, grouped layers, … get lost.

Had a little fun trying out some new styles!
 

 
https://www.dropbox.com/s/c289kkpvnipx110/Assortment%20Styles%20Vol%201.afstyles?dl=0

New little set. Playing again.

Wood Styles.afstyles.zip

Hi evtonic3,
The menu Select ▸ Deselect is meant to be used with pixel selections.
To deselect an object/layer simply press ESC.

No, there's no way to do that.
What i usually do is send the file to Affinity Photo to add a Noise filter to help with some problematic objects then return back to Designer.
You can still double-clik on it in Designer to edit its properties and copy/paste to use with other objects.

This has happened to me in the past when working in Photoshop as well and dealing with subtle gradients. The only solution I found was to keep Dither Gradients on but convert my document up from an 8-bit RGB to a 16-bit RGB file. This enables the software to use 65,536 shades per channel instead of the usual 256.
 
Do all your adjustments and gradients in 16-bit mode, and when satisfied convert back to 8-bit if necessary (for web or print). It should yield smoother results, although I haven't had a need to test this on AP yet. If you do, please post your findings. Good luck!