TonyO

What a pickle!  :lol: Dreadful pun, sorry... *sigh*
 
Looking good so far - I'm really glad you're enjoying using Designer and I'm definitely appreciating all the input you've given!
 
Looking forward to seeing future updates! :)
Matt

I agree that the "expanded version" should be the default. Its what most people would expect.

Now that's the spirit!  :D Great to have you along for the ride, Tony. Really nice work on shutterstock too!  B)

Wish me luck.
 
Going to force myself to start some better habits...
...like using layers
...or not plotting all my points first, and bending afterward (ya know, proper pen tool usage)
...or not relying on deleting nodes to form cleaner shapes 
 
If you guys watched the way I currently work with vectors, you would probably all think I'm insane.
 
Anyway, this is what I'm starting with. I'll post updates as i go, might take a few days because time is harder to come by than Astatine lately... 
 
Anyway, here goes!

Wish me luck.
 
Going to force myself to start some better habits...
...like using layers
...or not plotting all my points first, and bending afterward (ya know, proper pen tool usage)
...or not relying on deleting nodes to form cleaner shapes 
 
If you guys watched the way I currently work with vectors, you would probably all think I'm insane.
 
Anyway, this is what I'm starting with. I'll post updates as i go, might take a few days because time is harder to come by than Astatine lately... 
 
Anyway, here goes!

Update on my progress:

This might already be in here somewhere, but i didn't see a setting for it.
When you drag an object off of the page onto he workspace background, the object is hidden behind the gray area, reminiscent of how Photoshop works.
 
Usually in vector drawing apps, the off-page background is an area that you can use as workable space to place extra vectors or elements you want to edit separately or save or use later. 
 
I tend to use this area quite a bit, not sure about anyone else. Are you planning an option to allow the gray area to show vectors on top instead of hiding them?
 
Screenshot shows side-by-side with illustrator to demonstrate. I never know if I'm explaining things right, haha!

You're not alone. I use it the same way. I've created a post a few hours before asking exactly why the content placed on the pasteboard area wasn't showing up.

I believe DrawPlus had the same things as Illustrator but also had a preview button so you could picture the canvas without the off page workspace showing. That would be nice for Affinity.

This might already be in here somewhere, but i didn't see a setting for it.
When you drag an object off of the page onto he workspace background, the object is hidden behind the gray area, reminiscent of how Photoshop works.
 
Usually in vector drawing apps, the off-page background is an area that you can use as workable space to place extra vectors or elements you want to edit separately or save or use later. 
 
I tend to use this area quite a bit, not sure about anyone else. Are you planning an option to allow the gray area to show vectors on top instead of hiding them?
 
Screenshot shows side-by-side with illustrator to demonstrate. I never know if I'm explaining things right, haha!

Well, beta build 17344 (released a few minutes ago) has EPS export, so hopefully that will get you going :)

Affinity Designer is a Mac OSX only application at the moment. iPad applications will come but only after the Mac range has been established.

A preference to switch between the two sounds like a great idea - I'll see about adding it when I get chance :) 

Hi Capeman,
 
I agree completely! The Pencil Tool is far from finished at present - and both those things you mentioned are intended to be present in the finished product :)
 
Cheers,
Matt

Hi capeman,
I don't know about EPS, but AI (and PDF) are in development and will be supported. More info in this thread here.