Alfred

Haven't posted here for a long while, but enjoyed doing some nesting this morning with a picture I took a while back of Paris Mountain in Anglesey. I used Designer for the page including fading out the background photo. Quick and easy.
 

Here's 20 fur and hair brushes. They are fairly simple, but I like them. Enjoy.
Fur & Hair.afbrushes.zip

For what it's worth, I've never liked auto-save. The function has a nasty habit of kicking in at inconvenient moments (and, as noted, it doesn't always work properly anyway). I much prefer to save manually following any major changes, which may be after as little as two or three minutes or may be only after half an hour or more. Doing it manually also affords me the opportunity to do a 'Save As...' instead of a 'Save', so that I can have different versions available if I decide to revert; this also protects me against the potentially disastrous effects of doing a bad save on top of a good one.

I am really sorry, guys. It appears I did misread MEB's post. And when I followed the instructions on that page he linked us to, I did get a dialogue asking for permission to change the file into an Illustrator file. For that reason, I was very sure it would work, but it was wrong of me to not test it more carefully before posting this. I tried opening it in Illustrator and I had no success. I am very sorry for the false information.
 
I do however know that exporting a Designer file to a PDF will allow the file to be opened in Illustrator and keep its vector quality with the exception of any advanced gradients, glows, or pixel editing.

Oh my...  :lol:
It was simple stupid...  :ph34r:

Glad you got this sorted this out. Once you provided the info Alfred requested, it was easy to see what the problem was. If you run into any more problems, please keep that in mind -- there are almost always a lot of possible reasons for something that seems simple to not work as expected, so it is always a good idea to provide as much info as you can, even if it does not all seem relevant.

Stop trying to draw a line. its obviously impossible. )-:

Mau,
 
You mention that this has been "YEARS" but Affinity Designer was only released in November 2014, so barely over 2 years. In perspective, it isn't all that long. I'm sure that the Affinity team has something in the works and when it is ready, they will add it. Until then, we will just have to wait. And yes, the Affinity does listen. They are head and shoulders above the competition when it comes to listening to users' requests. If you think otherwise, then you haven't been using a computer for very long. 
 
Hokusai

It would be nice to be able to decide the shape used to show styles.

Oh, OK, so I did misunderstand! In theory you should be able to add back the overlapping piece instead of deleting it, but in practice it doesn't get added back perfectly, so MBd's method is the way to go.

It´s a neat feature - no question but no replacement for a dedicated symmetry painting implementation in my humble opinion.
(I´m used to work with SketchBookPro/ArtRage/Krita and a few more :D )

Thanks, Alfred.  That's a very helpful and encouraging video.  I know how to do most of the things I want to do in Photo but my copy of Designer has been neglected till now.  This (along with the workbook!) is even more reason to dig in and really learn how to use this fantastic app.

Here's an example on YouTube: How to Draw a Mandala.

I've published a tutorial on how to create a photo lens in AD with symbols. Hope you like it.
 

Draw one rivet, keep it selected (or re-select it) and press Ctrl+J, or Cmd+J on a Mac, to duplicate it. Move the new rivet to the desired position and press the keyboard shortcut repeatedly until you have enough rivets in a row.
 
If you want a grid of rivets (or any other object!) you can create and select a row of them and then 'power duplicate' it as described above.

It looks as though we may have to wait a few years until right-to-left languages are supported in the Affinity apps. Meanwhile, take a look at Arabic Text Reverser.

Hello guys!
 
Just wanted to let you know that today I've released a FREE eBook for Affinity Designer: Creating a Stylish Jungle Scene
 
For $0.00 you'll get:
22 Pages PDF eBook FREE Assets Library  Color Palette Original .afdesign file  Click on the image to subscribe and get your download link. If you don't want to receive further emails from Frankentoon, just un-subscribe after downloading the eBook, no hard feelings :)
 
Enjoy!
 

On a foggy, predawn hike the other day I came across this tree. It seemed to call out for a photo.

I don't think there's any way to straighten out the entire blanket without a great deal of painstaking work, either with the Mesh Warp Tool or the tools in the Liquify Persona.

The first one is FoglihtenNo06; the other two are Prida61 and Kleymissky. All three are available for free from here, and they are licensed for both personal and commercial use.

In AD 1.5.1 if I can right click on the main toolbar and choose 'Customise Toolbar...', why can't I right click on the tools on the left and choose 'Customise Tools...' ?
 
It is currently necessary to use the Menu for that.

Sorry, but it was just too irresistible! A fuller answer would be something like: "It will be both, and I hope they're released at about the same time, but I wouldn't be greatly surprised if the Mac version comes first (quite possibly several months ahead of the Windows version)."

Hey guys, just wanted to share this article with you ;)  
 
http://sircmpwn.github.io/2016/11/24/Electron-considered-harmful.html
 
I believe there are many developers at Serif that think the same.
 
Thanks for making Affinity Designer and Photo REAL multiplatform!

This is what happens to you when you moan about your birthday presents.
 
Ungrateful little scamp.
 
 
Basic composition all done in AP.
Base photograph shown below main image.
(Wanted to see what the Mirror & Ripple filters could achieve)
 

Looking at the current date, that means “next week” … right?  ;)