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Pannonia

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  1. It seems in AD "Global Colors" are what I know as "Named Colors". But I found it endlessly complicated to define and change them. The whole color selection system of AD is really really bad compared to Xara Designer or Photoshop In Xara I can create, name and change colors, strokes and fills without ever having to open or change between "Color" "Swatches" and "Stroke" or any other pallette. I find it very, very intuitive and fast. In AD it is way more complicated and counterintuitive.
  2. Thanks, at least now I know: 1) I am not alone with this 2) Serif does not give a damn about it for at least two years, so I am not holding my breath. Also no named colors it seems?
  3. Thanks, that is good to know and already easier. I still would like my known behaviour back, just left-/rightclick. Is there any way this is possible in AD?
  4. Coming from my former graphics software, I am very used to: leftclick on a swatch changes fill color of selected object rightclick on a swatch changes line color of selected object Leftclick works of course, but I have not found an easy way to change line color yet. Is there a way to change it to the way I am used to? Or what is the next-best way to change linecolor? Going to the swatches pallet, switching to stroke color, then changing the color is really tiresome.
  5. This is absolutely brilliant, thank you!
  6. Same here, it was the first thing I missed in AP.
  7. Another cool thing I just found out about: Custom Stroke Widths and Profiles. Sweet!
  8. Thanks everybody for your opinions. Seems the thread is going to different directions now. Most interesting things mentioned to me personally are: Non-destructive workflow Ability to switch from AP to AD (and vice versa) and continue working on the same file. (I have to try that) And possibly the "Tone Mapping Persona", just by the sound of it, will check it out. To be honest, I was expecting a bit more "spectacular" things. Like the stacks I already mentioned, they are a real game changer for me. One minus I have discovered: I really like Xara's shape tool and the way it handles vector paths. Like click, click, click the points and then with the same tool edit beziers and everything. Not only very intuitive, but the way I am used to do it. AD seems to have more of a Photoshop approach to it. Like click - then move mouse to create curve if needed. Next click and so on. I hated this method in Photoshop and I sure don't like it in AD. Is there a way to change this to a more "Xara-like behaviour" for lack of better words? I did not go through the options yet, maybe this can be changed? Cheers
  9. Hi everybody, I am a graphic designer and photographer with 20++ years experience of Photoshop (original Version 5, up to CS5) and Xara Designer (from the very beginning, up to V14Pro) Total newbie with Affinity though, I actually bought AD and AP only yesterday. On one hand, PS CS5 is rather dated by now and I never went for the subscription model. I still use it daily and it does the job. Mostly photo development, composition, retouching, manipulation. I was just wondering what has happened in the past years and which new functions and tools are available in a modern graphics software. On the other hand, i have the latest version of Xara Designer Pro. Sadly, Xara has not introduced any new design tools worth speaking of for the past years. While I still use it daily for logodesign and printdesign from business card to multipage catalogues, it feels more and more dated. After this long introduction, I was wondering if there are some "killer features" relative to PS CS5 / Xara Designer that I just "have to see". For instance, I've been playing around with stacks and their different blend modes already after seeing a tutorial video about it. Blows me away from where I am coming. Also, the Frequency Separation as a filter is a really cool thing. Surely, a lot of people here will have former experience with Photoshop and maybe Xara too. What were your greatest features to discover after switching to Affinity? Cheers from Austria
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