jstnhllmn
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Sorry, maybe it's just me but I don't get all the people "demanding" tools in a first edition that other developers took years to implement.
A nice sentiment, but that isn't how the world works, in any respect, in any field, in any competitive situation, in any arena. If I was less excited about finding a competitor to Adobe, I would have been better about reading the fine print. Somewhere, it would have surely said that this is a pay-to-beta.
At least Avis tried harder. Affinity Designer can only seem to promise to get there eventually, maybe, one day, who knows, but without that pesky subscription fee.
Great.
I'm using this platform why? I chose to dip my running shows in a bucket of mud right before the big race to save a few bucks? Really? This is the value proposition that I fell for?
Quote Yes, it's nice to have but understand that implementing tools well costs a lot time and effort.
Oh, but when you say you're an illustrator killer — or at the very least a legitimate competitor — most prospective customers think you're talking about Illustrator in 2019. If your competing against Illustrator 2002, well nevermind, because Affinity Designer is still too late — Distortion and Warping (among a coterie of tolls Designer can't sniff) have existed there since 2001.
The only saving grace is now you can not use the various features on an iPad, too..
To demonstrate how < moderated > the development of this program is, please refer to the images below. They show what cell phones looked liked in in 2001.
In computer time, Designer was born a dinosaur that had just enough time to look up and see the asteroid. If there was a refund button, I would have already mashed it into the ground.
If anyone wants to dive deeper into this sad exercise of masochism, here's a link to Serif's plans for Affinity Designer:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Illustrator
They are assuredly on the roadmap to 2030.
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I am trying to download the file, but the forum isn't allowing anything to be uploaded.
Cascading agitations.
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@ErrkaPetti you've done well here
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what are we talking about?
Im just looking to see a tutorial of how you made the image you posted.
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Cool!
How?
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1 minute ago, >|< said:
Decrease the spacing in the brush editor.
thanks for the suggestion, but no dice...
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Hello Folks.
Smudging some type (with the smudge brush). I keep seeing squared-off strokes as shown in the movie. It doesn't appear to be a rendering issue, since the stroke never corrects. Anyone know what's happening here or how to fix it?
Cheers.
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As soon as possible = before the meteor hits — promise!
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@Polygoniusany screenshots of your magic at work?
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Echoing @reglico, maybe the advert line on the attached image needs to be rethought.
You can sell a '65 Mustang (AD) in 1965 as the car to end all cars and you'd probably get 95% of potential drivers' heads nodding along with you, but X-years later, when the new wizband whatever comes out with the sexy-talking navigational widget and the custom-powered ass-heaters (Illu), you can't still be peddling the '65 mustang as the car to end all cars. It corners like a beast. Horsepower for days. Hums like a peach on crack.
But we have other needs now. Can it massage my butt while the heat is cranking?
No, it cannot.
Better believe that drivers — particularly those prone to believe the proclamations of over-eager marketing departments — are going to predictably express their frustration. Here's mine:
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17 hours ago, Mithferion said:
And your hopes meet a good end, because that's not how they or me measure them. Nor there is a justification, it's just that "for features that have existed in Illustrator et al since when, the early 90s?" implied that the Development of Illustrator has been a wonderful tale to tell, which is not true and that's why I mentioned those two cases.
That inference is your own, and it is false. If I (or any user) thought Illustrator (or its development) was wonderful, I'd be on the wrong forum.
17 hours ago, Mithferion said: Even Adobe as a big company, with all of its resources, has this kind of pits.
Again, I addressed this 'two-wrongs-make-a-right' logic in my previous post. Adobe's 'pits' don't exonerate Affinity of their failure to deliver a feature road-mapped 4-years ago.
17 hours ago, Mithferion said:About the Warp/Distortion/Perspective Tool, the way I see it: it's not a Basic but an Intermediate Feature that is used a lot, and for the cases it's used in, there is no workaround to it.
This is unclear, but it suggests you think these tools are essential (irreplaceable) features. I guess then that we agree, that they are necessary? Shrug emoji.
17 hours ago, Mithferion said:Frustration? The amount of it differs from person to person, so don't project yours into others, the same way I don't try to lessen yours or change your perspective on this matter.
I am not inventing the sourced and cited frustration of other users or projecting my frustration onto them as the linked forum threads above indicate — you can find more yourself, and it won't take very long. Ironically, you're quite guilty of dismissing my perspective — the false charge you levy upon me with your misleading and curiously personal accusation.
We can be a user of a thing, and a fan of a thing, without being an apologist for the shortcomings of a thing.
Cheers!
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@Mithferion I hope that "but Adobe sucks too" isn't the standard to which Affinity measures itself — or justifies its glaring, critical functionality shortcomings. This was supposed to be the Illustrator killer, not an exercise in comparable frustration.
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I refer the above dedicated users to posts from as far back as 2014 indicating roadmapped features which have yet to manifest, specifically Object Blend and Envelope Distort. The frustration with Affinity compels a user to spend $30/month on CorelDraw for features that have existed in Illustrator et al since when, the early 90s?
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it does do envelop distort and object blend, so there's that.
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This is taking so long, I’ve literally surrendered/back-burnered my graphic design career and returned to serving tables and pouring wine to make the rent while I wait for this simple freaking tool to be implemented in this “adobe-killer.” What utter shit. AD is the new vaporware - payment now; functionality whenever.
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What is the solution for this?
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For customers waiting (some, for years) for the tools referred to in this thread, it feels like we're trapped in Zeno's Paradox. Mesh/warp has been indicated since 2014. Twenty-fourteen, man! If I was inside the return window, I'd refund my purchase, hold my nose, and buy Illustrator.
Oy vay. Wake me when we get there.
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Distort / warp feature affinity designer
in Feedback for Affinity Designer V1 on Desktop
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@Patrick ConnorMy apologies for the ambiguous word choice. No ad hominem slur was intended.