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@MattP really happy to see that new beta have surfaced. unfortunately i won't download it now nor give it a try, had another power outage (will have really crazy ones until next month) but as always (since beta cycle started) i will download this new one and make use of it then revert with a dedicated topic for it. JUst wanted to add this: Those who may have experienced some issues with Affinity Designer (actually the suite) and who make use of an external monitor/screen plugged through HDMI port of your Macbook, please try to unplug that external monitor and process some work with any software you have, Affinity included; i've noticed a real difference since i'm no more using my 32" external 4K samsung TV, i don't think it has something to do with Affinity but i suspect issue with transfer rate between the Macbook and the external device, please if you can try another cable (a good one) after you have unplugged that other one. i've done 6hours non stop work on my Mac with all 3 beta opened (i needed it for the project i was busy on) and No crazy usage of ram or CPU at all for the entire 6hours long, i just hope this nex beta will make it even better or preserve what is already Okay ! BTW, will revert as soon as i have that new Gun loaded and ready. Blessings !

@MattP another fact of why personally i ask those tools (like other does too) is because having them on Affinity Designer (photo and Pub too) will actually draw some ESport designer from everywhere, remember this: with what Adobe cost to them, quite many of them are running cracked software's but the minutes Affinity suite provide with the tools they like to use (like many other creative too) they will convert one after another and that will create better balance among creatives. Just coming back to celebrissima Replica/Blend tool + the strongly requested Rotate on plane, (you brought construction already so it's a good beginning) just have a look at the attached designs to understand a bit of what i have in mind. Blessings

Okay ! Waiting now for newly improved Mac iteration of the suite.

@walt.farrell This is much newer than Mac version I believe,unless I got it wrong. Please correct Me

I them all. Icons I seen them but the splashScreen remind it's time to drink some yogurt. Can't Wait Mac versions much longer

@Sean P Well it is right but that one create a unique sub layer where all thing goes and that's not what i want nor i meant. What I suggest should be able to create a new sub layer for every brush line or curve we draw. I will try that one you talked about and see if it fits. If Okay then please ask the dev team to create corresponding buttons that will go somewhere above that we can keep at a view distance and not go find it hurried under menues.

Share captures please ! Can't sit on my chair anymore and can't stand for the Mac version to come!

Also @MattP forgot to tell you that mails that indicates the availability of a new version never reached my mailbox. Was surprised to see the new version populated here while I'm registered to mailing list and newsletter. Please organize a fix !

Nice, 14sec and not even tired ... Do you feel Okay with it @R C-R

Well Yes, have read and seen that but still Procreate is dominant on his YouTube Channel,Go check And enjoy

You said it so well dear, the way you described the tool and the way @MattP is the beginning of what we want. Something efficient with all that you said as possibilities, so make it happen guys ! Our Wacoms, XP-Pen and Hiuon are waiting

That's also what i suggested as a solution but a resource manager to make the load much automated would be a better choice

The 1min stuff is 3meg and i'm actually on battery (another power outage happened and don't know when they will restore it) so my modem + 4G internet make massive use of battery power that why i incresed the speed which devided the size by 3 ... but ...

Dear ! You are an already confirm genius which i am not yet (still finding my way) so ... won't go your route i don't want to trow my laptop on the wall because i can't achieve this or that the way you do it, so i ask for tools that can make it okay for me. One of my mentors said to me one day: Good workers uses good tools ! So i stick to that, the more the tool is okay is the more the results by which i'm judged get better. A bit of story please: Months ago a took a decision to learn more about the Adobe thing and hired a trainer at home (actually the most skilled guy i knew around my town) for 5 lessons. Long time before he starts the course, i went and downloaded Adobe PS + Ai 2018 in its early days on my Mac, then came the guys with all his knowledge and found it difficult to teach me the way he wanted because he was used to PS (not Ai) but 2016 version ... we ended up sharing and talking about tech and stuffs after 3 sessions, i then invited him to get my demo copies of Adobe products and give it a try for a week or two. Since that day he grew and became even better than before, he bought couples of licenses (while i moved to Serif Affinity) and really improved, recently we talked and i told him about the 2019 version of the thing and he jumped and decided to go for it. Not that i'm making marketing of Adobe products but its a story to tell you that even the most skilled one, when he get the most refined and equiped tool dedicated to his work, he simply becomes far more better and his brain and creativity gets released and thats what you can feel when you watch hand lettering from ian barnar done with Procreate 4.2.

@MattP you just said it all, it's exactly what we want, something that we can control in all its ways. We know it as blend tool or interpolate tool but believe this: We can just guess how it will look like and trying to manipulate it can be a nightmare sometime. Let me share with you how i do it with inkscape so you see (did it on my Linux laptop and it took 1min but i increased the speed so you don't get tired watching) ... but what you said in the text quoted above (i repeat and confirm) is exactly what we dream about and ask for years now. interpolation or blend operation.mp4

Just consider the number of clicks or type you will have to do, a proper but dedicated tool makes it possible in few steps dear

That"s the exact thing we mean here, it is also called interpolation. Let me see if i can compile a quick video of how i do that with Inkscape so you have better view of the idea the you tell us if and how we can achieve it with already existing tools. @MattP we ask it because it is very useful and helpful

Hey @MattP can we expect a possible Blend tool anytime soon ? Here i'm asking because i tired of doing the blend stuffs from my Linux machine then copy on USB drive as SVG then paste it on my Mac then work on it with APhoto or ADesigner. To be capable or doing that from the same software is far away better. Please make available a way to shape build, or transform the boolean operation group and make it become a tool on it's own that will be not only able to handle basic boolean operations but also do shape building. Anyone have tried to do some kind of color harmony with the new beta ?

Whatherver i love it. The brushes i already had just work like a charm, it's a revival of everything with 1.7 beta cycle

Guys i'm just in love with the new very simple CMD+Drag to clone a subject (shape, curve etc...) it's nice to feel free of the old Shift+Alt thing ! Did someone noticed it yet ?

It's really beautiful but look like something already known ... have you looked at Gravit Designer or SketchApp loaded in Dark mode? They Look closer to what you did but i like the refined aspect of your work but as of version 2.0 of Affinity Suite, i believe the genius behind the thing will come up with something unseen, just look at the recent icons of the APPS and even the nex Persona icons ... it's quickly picking up so i would advice you rework it and make really crazy looking and maybe an animated prototype would help understand and raise some attention and open real dialogue. BTW the sliders you used should be what serif start to be inspired by and implement in the current beta cycle, the old slider are just ... maybe @Andy Somerfield will tell us to wait and see what is coming with sliders (i believe they doing great things considering the new HSL stuffs that i really enjoy).

i love the new ones and the way they look on my dock. I see them more pro than previous ones !

My Mac is of 2010 and has an Nvidia card but runs quite well, i just hope nothing will be broken by the end of this cycle. For now, all betas runs very smoothly i can even open APhoto and Designer at the same time without freezing the thing so to me it's close to Okay ! Blessings and keep doing great !

Hello everyone ! Happy to share this with you today; Yes i'm back because power outage was fixed in my suburb but only for few hours then we may go back into ... no power at all for the time or number of days they decide . Not a problem at all as opportunity is given and i take it on both hands. Now let's move ! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- My Review and propositions for Affinity Designer 1.7.0.2 (also applicable to Affinity Photo and Publisher too) Well the new Affinity Designer load faster than what I've seen up to now and i'm really really happy with it and can just imagine how great would be the final version. Brushes are more fluid and easy to use and they flow in more natural way, it's simply a pleasure to make use of it. BUT !, because there is always a but in stages like this ! These are the few problems or difficulties i had with (that is existing since old versions): Brushes Loading was really fast (just drag and drop and click Ok) .afassets, .afpalette, and .afstyles still can't be added or loaded to the software by selecting them from the file browser using the drag and drop method. From the import window opening i can only select one item after another, would be very useful if select all is activated allowing to select everything compatible within the same folder then just click Ok/Add for the software start loading them. My Proposition to the above problem this is a proposition i have for the above problem i encountered and still encounter: Well, to me a good Fix would bean Assistant working similar to a font manager but a bit differently. It would ask the user where is the folder with desired stuffs to load then that kind of resource manager would scan that folder looking for everything compatible (palettes, brushes, styles, macros, etc.) then display it in a list (like when we try to add PS stuffs on Affinity) they would be classified by categories with level of usability and trust (orange, green and red etc.), from that place we would make our choice to activate and/or approve whatever we want (on a column with check boxes ON/OFF) and the software would just load our choice then after it is done we would receive a DONE message. That solution would make it even simple and take less minutes than leaving it to us to manually load them one by one and could be very helpful even for those using the iPad version and who have their stuffs somewhere on the iCloud. Please think about this, it may save lives. This is what I like from the new (affinity Photo) beta version : The icon used on the top bar to indicate the different personas are far away better than what Affinity had, it's more refined and i personally feel better looking at it, now left the tools icons, they need a refresh like you did with the personas icons: Please implement it on the next Affinity Designer, they are simple and beautiful. This is what i believe Serif should start thinking about or add in this beta cycle: 1- A rotate on plane functionality that will help us to rotate subjects such as shapes, beveled/extruded texts, curves etc... thus moving one step close to a real 3D capability 2- Make Designer more capable of making UI/UX with new functions or simply revised functions and why not bringing the Prototyping Persona where all prototyping for Ui/UX guys to feel at home and create the best they can or want. 3- The Fill Tool used to create gradient must now become curvable, allowing the user that create a gradient to also bend it or curve it in one or another direction or even or draw circles or complex lines with it, to me, it will make it possible to create the "up to now" impossible multicolored curved gradient that ever existed (maybe it does exist somewhere else and just don't know about... ) Well, that's everything i wanted to share with you and even bring up to light, may you have advice or corrections, please feel free, it will help us all grow ! Blessings !

i confirm this is implemented and makes me feel better with this beta. i will open a new thread/where i will share my experience with both 3 Beta versions, it can be useful. I will simply focus on Photo and Designer but i believe a bit of that can be applied to Publisher. Hope to have your reads and reactions. Blessings !