Ash

Good spot - that's a bug. We've logged it!

Woohoo working!!!!
 
Thanks for the update ^_^
 

Twitter suggestion - should text objects (probably artistic only) also snap to the baseline of the text? https://twitter.com/tristanb88/status/522782479690633216/photo/1

Just one thought - think the (no corner radius) rectangle would make more sense as being it's own tool if it was already "converted to curves".  Same applies to the ellipse - considering there are not any smart shape type customisations available not sure there is any need for them not to be curves straight away and it does give a workflow benefit ;)

Or maybe it's paste special as new document.  Something like that!

Hi All,
 
You might have seen this on social media, but could be useful here - a quick introduction to the Live Filter Layers Andy added to the beta build last week...
 

Hi All,
 
You might have seen this on social media, but could be useful here - a quick introduction to the Live Filter Layers Andy added to the beta build last week...
 

Hi All,
 
You might have seen this on social media, but could be useful here - a quick introduction to the Live Filter Layers Andy added to the beta build last week...
 

Purpose: Features / Improvements / Fixes
Status: Beta
Requirements: None
Mac App Store: Not submitted
New beta sign-ups: https://affinity.serif.com/photo
 
Update: Run the app to get the link
 
 
 
 
Features
 
- German, Spanish, French and US English translations - first phase - some buttons are too small, etc. We will continue to improve this.   - Numerous extra scopes in Develop Persona. - Scopes available in main Photo Persona. - Blend Ranges. - Affine Filter (like Offset, but a bit fancier). - “Hide All Text” / “Show All Text” options in the Text menu. - New “Group” button in the layers panel. - New “Channels” capabilities. - “ Clip canvas” counterpart to “Unclip canvas”. - Develop now has an undo / redo history. - Save / Load pixel selection (to file at the moment, new panel coming soon!).  
Improvements
 
- Handle EXIF rotation properly when loading rotated images. - Dragging a layer to the trash icon in the layers panel works. - Painting on mask layers behaves correctly. - “Selection From Layer” now does not delete the object itself. - Many more cameras supported in Develop Persona (list coming soon). - Arrow keys can change profile in Soft Proof adjustment. - RAW readout updates correctly when switching documents. - Adjustment panel - many cosmetic improvements. - Adjustment panel - add adjustment when opening a category. - Unsharp Mask now has a threshold control. - Deselect layers by clicking on an empty area of the canvas. - “More” button in the Mixer tool context bar. - Marquee tools deselect when clicking outside the selection. - Eliminated lag with brush tools. - Photo will now try to open all the RAW formats it claims to open. - TIFF export - compatibility with other applications is improved.  
Fixes
 
- Numerous crash fixes. - Macro Persona was unstable and has been disabled until the issues are corrected.

Whenever we set up an Affinity Gallery, we'll have to have a garage section...

Thought you might want to see how the CDs turned out.
 
Did Kevin mention I was the client? ;)

Sure Dave will comment on the feasibility of this, but I like all these suggestions - other than I like the way with the art text tool you can drag the size of text you're starting with and we'd lose that if dragging always created a frame.
 
To be honest I quite Photoshop functionality for text frame vs art text - basically if you've got the text tool selected then resizing a text object resizes the frame as though it was a text frame object (with text flowing accordingly).  With the pointer tool it always scales the text as if it were art text.  Particularly notice it when you've got a text frame multiple selected with another object - I think it's rare if you resize the two things together you actually want just the text frame to get bigger, rather than the text itself as well...

Quick vid showing options to control how some attributes scale with a vector object.  The corner radius example is for a rounded rectangle shape - but you will find similar attributes in the context toolbar for other shapes where it's relevant.  e.g. the arrow - you can control whether you want the arrow head to get bigger proportionally or stay the same size when you make the arrow longer...
 

Just had quite a few questions about making boolean operations non destructive as we included it in the feature video.  It's just a question of holding alt when you apply the operation, as shown here:
 

If you're using the colour picker would be nice to hold alt or something so when you pick the colour it immediately gets applied.  Would be nice if when holding the modifier you are seeing the colour change to your selection live as you're dragging the dropper around...

A few tips on this highlighting the shortcuts available in particular when using marquee select:
 

I saw a short film of First World War Flyers and how brave they fought. This Sunday is Remember Sunday, so remember we still have our freedom. Coloured pencils ideas first.

This one just covering the basics of the fill tool, also covering using a repeating texture with a bitmap fill...
 

Just had quite a few questions about making boolean operations non destructive as we included it in the feature video.  It's just a question of holding alt when you apply the operation, as shown here:
 

Just one thought - think the (no corner radius) rectangle would make more sense as being it's own tool if it was already "converted to curves".  Same applies to the ellipse - considering there are not any smart shape type customisations available not sure there is any need for them not to be curves straight away and it does give a workflow benefit ;)