JazzEngineer

Well, Hello to all of you. I am surprised I've caused a bit of a stir, and most importantly, that no one seems to like Microsoft's ribbon interface. Thank you all for your responses. The only response I want to make regards users who complained that they couldn't dock their palettes to one side of the screen. It seems that the assumption is that you cannot do so with with ribbon interface. Well, the ribbon interface does allow users to dock some panels. But I don't think I could have as many panes open as I can palettes. My objections to Affinity's palettes are: They're too small The freedom to organize them at will tends to confuse me when I want to find a feature. Since I barely know, or even understand, what most palettes do, I get lost easily. This is why I suggested (and want) the ribbon. Maybe a few of you could respond to this question: If palettes take up too much space on your monitor, why don't you just open what you need, and then close them? Any way you slice it, I think most of us want a better interface from the Affinity suite. Note that I use two monitors. That's the only way I can keep open so many palettes and still work. I recommend that to you users who don't have a 2nd one and constantly struggle with screen space issues consider the upgrade. I'm still open to responses but ask those of you that do not have anything more to say than "ugh" refrain from further comments until you have a substantive contribution. Thanks again to all, Steve

Because it reduces feature searches. With the ribbon, I not only don't have to hunt so hard and deeply to do something, very often the icons on the ribbon act as visual mnemonics, making it easier to find what I need.

PaulEC, Why are you so opposed to the ribbon menuing system?

I request that the next Affinity suite utilize Microsoft's ribbon "menuing" interface instead of its current interface. By now, most every Windows computer user has seen that Microsoft changed its interface from the old menuing system to the new ribbon interface for the Windows version of its office suite. I've researched which permission(s) Microsoft requires of other software vendors in order to copy the ribbon system. Their only requirement is that the product(s) being made do NOT compete with any Microsoft products. In fact, they don't even require a licensing fee of any sort if the application doesn't compete with a Microsoft product. That does present a dilemma for Serif but I think it can be overcome. I have been using Microsoft 365 for several years now (formerly Microsoft Office) and the only product Serif makes that might compete with a program in the MS Office suite is Affinity Publisher (vs. Microsoft Publisher). But these programs are not that similar. Affinity Publisher has so much more power that it puts Microsoft Publisher to shame. That would present a problem for Serif. Regarding the rest of the Affinity suite, I don't remember Microsoft publishing either a real draw program or a photo editing one, at least not packages anyone takes seriously. Affinity developers, please let us know if a new interface will be possible for the next version of the Affinity Suite, particularly a ribbon interface. Thank you, Steve

I have all 3 apps. When I start each one, the auto-update feature does not trigger. All 3 apps are v 1.9.x, so I am eligible for an update. Did I do something wrong? Or is it something to do with Serif?

Wosven, The image has been deleted. OK now?

Wosven, What should I do then? I received the answer I need and licensed the image. Can I edit a post to delete an image? Steve

I found the image using Bing's image search. From that search, I registered with Dreamstime image seller. Downloaded the image, so, while I still have to remove the white background, I have legal permission to use the image now. Thanks to you all.

First Defense, It was a PNG when I imported it and I exported it as a PNG. Will that be a problem? Steve

Psenda, Thank you but you did not understand what I want. I imported the graphic off the web. I then opened it in Affinity Designer. I cut out what I could but there is still some background showing. I want to select just the white background, which is on the same layer as the branch, with a click, and then delete all those white pixels. Steve

I have a vector art file with a white background. I want to remove the white background so that the background is transparent. The actual graphic doesn't have any white in it. Is there a way to (a) select all white pixels, and (b) delete them so that only a transparency remains? Thanks

Hey V_ Your Image Converter for Visio seems to work great! Thanks, Steve

When I contacted sales about Affinity Photo and Affinity Designer, I was told one of them would convert photos and other images to Visio (.png I think) stencils. I would IDEALLY like to do the following: Import photos of objects I take that display an object from all six angles; Convert the set into a single .PNG object; Be able to rotate this image to any angle and obtain a visually/optically correct view. Can either package, or the two working together, do this? Thanks