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Ahhh found it thanks! I don't know why I couldn't "see" it earlier! thanks for that!

I've just downloaded the latest Betas.. and the vector flood fill isn't showing in the tool bar on the left? is there something I am missing?? Cheers

Ahh sorry - I missed that you're trying to get a 1bit image out of Affinity into adobe apps.. obviously your use case differs to that I was trying to describe. It's a hard spot to be in when you're tied to that adobe software for the reasons you've previously given. But within an entirely Affinity workflow - it works. as long as you don't need to use PMS colors then you're a bit stuck...

Actually - I have found a way - that's almost as efficient as 1bit bitmap as it works in illustrator, as long as you're using a RGB or CMYK process color spaces (this doesn't work with spot color (Yet??) Prepare your texture, signature whatever as a black and white image Place into Publisher or Designer document.. Go into Pixel Persona and make sure your black image is selected Go to the effects button at the bottom of the layers panel and select color overlay You can select from all the methods of color from the wheel to swatches Boom done, go back to Vector/Publisher personas and continue to work.. I've tested this and it works.. like I said above doesn't in spot color like we'd want it to but otherwise - no real need to round trip to PS etc.. So what REALLY needs to happen is that Serif need to make Spot colors able to available and useable within Color overlay which might be an easier path that trying to recode the graphics engine to deal with the one bit format itself.. Does that help anyone?? I can upload a file if needed. Cheers

@Sean P Yep.. superimposed/overlayed nodes will do it! It's very frustrating when trying to remove the node and have the whole integrity of the shape destroyed.. Thanks for taking the time.. I hope this is something they fix soon.. at least faster than the snapping bug in native Illustrator! BTW do you know if there are any plans to allow plug-ins to Designer??? Cheers

Okay here is a file with the same shape and similar stroke - same issue occurred - I have included the shape with the regular stroke before expanding. What do you think? AD_Strokeissue.afdesign

Hi just had to prep some final art, expanding strokes to maintain integrity down the line and had a seriously destructive result from one instance (See photo) and another issue related is redundant points when using boolean operations ie when the software places two nodes/points exactly on top of one another.. very annoying and leading to unnecessary work. Also the same thing occurred on the opposite side/corner to this one. Stroke was set to outside. Anyone else experiencing this issue?? Cheers

Are you guys or would you guys consider adding prepress tools into publisher such as those that are found in Acrobat?? Maybe folded into the document checking system? Ie a way to see what inks are being used especially spot and CMYK I'd assume there are the likes of t-shirt/textile printers that would like to be able to proof the separations either after creating a PDF or before.. thoughts??

Yep!!!! reset the keyboard shortcuts - problem solved! thanks for giving my brain the nudge! LOL

I have just installed the latest Customer Beta updates and found that the ascribed key combination to reset the page rotation (new feature?) doesn't work in Designer but DOES in Photo

You're welcome! this thread made me think about that and it turned out to be quite a good idea/workaround to impliement! Cheers!

Hi guys, yes having color/type control that you have in AI would be great! BUT.. you realise there is a work around that I tried today? Create a style for line weight and color.... even blend modes/opacity if you needed the guides to be somewhat transparent..then just set a new layer as a guides layer and use shapes and line tool for guides using snap to elements etc in the snapping settings... if anything that's probably a bit more flexible than the current way it is. One thing I did like about Illustrator was the ability to make shapes into actual guide objects. Anyway that was my thoughts.. Cheers

I suspect that's how it was done in Photoshop - so possibly an assumption that it would work the same way in Affinity... well I certainly learned something! LOL

BY JINGAS!!!!! I discovered it!!!! sorry no graphic/gif... BUT click the handle with the left button, while you hold that down and drag, then hold down the RIGHT button and VIOLA !!!! the handles will move in unison!!! I tried this in Beta and the new 1.8.xxx you're welcome!

Yep! I shouldn't have gotten too excited! Affinity (Designer, Photo or Publisher) won't output to PMS only CMYK Come on Affinity! this is needed! now back to your original programme. Addendum: you could still do it in a manual kind of way - as the color doesn't need to be specified in the file as long as the right bitmap image gets assigned the correct ink color and correctly registered it would work, but then that's taking the process back quite a few years! Thanks for listening...