postmadesign

Rasterize to mask is nice, its new to me! Thanks!

It must be tough being a software developer to create a forum to engage with it's user base and them being told it does not listen to them. These kinds of threads and reviews must hurt. This is the first beta, and things are not perfect yet, and stuff is missing which needs to be added to be a stronger product. BUT this is only the beginning and I think theyve already shown they can come up with well working solutions to problems that are better than the competition. The products are very accessible and work well for the most part. Designer and Photo have really give us some options beyond Adobe, which I highly appreciate. However they are not simple copies, and people will always complain about things they know from their workflow in other programs. Sometimes however these methods are not even the best way to do things, but it is the way it is done by most because the software dictates this workflow. If I wanted to add raster elements and multiple effects to a vector drawing I had to abandon Illustrator and jump to Photoshop. Designer has created a much more streamlined workflow for this. I hope Publisher will streamline parts of my workflow too, but these changes sometimes take some time and getting used to. I think Affinity/Serif have shown enough to give them the time and patience to develop the app to its full potential. I also wish for a credible alternative to indesign (my most used program) because I don't like paying so much for the subscription. I have tested Quark but that is such a mess of a program, that Publisher actually suits my workflow much better already in its first beta, which is really nice! I will happily pay for a software like this.

The "pathfinder" functions are still a bit hidden, I think they are working on improving this. Select two or more objects and you can right-click to find the options you are looking for (not sure if all you mentioned are present though) Affinity designer has a corner tool, which can create a round or other shape corner on any shape. This is not present in Publisher (at the moment at least)

Yes, it seems like a minor thing but it is important

Only Affinity Photo has Macros at the moment, and they are not as powerful as Illustrators or Photoshops actions. I hope they will add them in the future.

Well not in my version.... Check the screenshot, all the tools i can choose but no magic wand, just the selection brush

I have just been using ADe on my Ipad Pro and noticed there is a flood selection tool (magic wand). But checking ADe on my Mac I could not find it?? Why is it not there and will this be changed in the next version? It would be very logical and useful to have it there and always wondered why it wasn't

I agree a preview mode would be useful

Could this have anything to do with App-Store apps being sandboxed, to protect the user Library? As the Beta is installed differently, this might perhaps be a reason support files are in a different place?

I have to agree here, I use bleed for all my documents, having to go through an extra step to setup bleed is a hassle. In addition to this, I would like to be able to set default settings for bleed, which is mostly 3mm in my case, or give me the option to define presets which include bleed.

Yeah, I use CMD + Shift + P for place, which I think comes from Illustrator

Somehow, this issue persists. I use a full keyboard so I can still delete, but not with backspace. Somehow, the backspace key is reserved for going through history steps, but I can't find any way to change this? It would be great if this can be addressed, as this annoys me every time, as it is different behaviour to other programs like PS and Clip Studio

I agree, they are only visible on a really light or really dark background. Best would a user defined color, or a color that changes depending on the color of the background (like a cursor changes from white to black depending on the background)

You can add a shortcut to the place command under the File menu. You could even make it CMD + D or whatever you like. If you select the image container you can replace the image. This only works for Picture frames though...

I had this same issue. Please get rid of the minimize option!

Same here... (Mac osx el capitan)

You could just make this optional, but in other affinity programs I have hotkeys setup to rotate left and right and for reset rotation. I disabled pinch rotation it in my wacom preferences as it often interferes with the zoom function. But this might be more of a wacom issue, touch capabilities are not as well done there.

I kind of understand how they work on photos, but with graphics files like EPS or ADe files, it does not seem to work, the graphic does not move when i change the handles.

Also: I don't know how the alignment handles work?

this solved it for know, thanks!

This was helpful, though it is not perfect, it kind of works right now

I would like to see more precise options for the picture frame tool. I quite like the auto-reflow dynamic, but sometimes I only want the frame but not reflow the content. I thought the solution would be to "lock children", but this does not change it, it still moves the image. But when I use the option "none" in properties i can scale the image as I would like, but when I change the frame, the image sometimes jumps back to its original state (100 %). An option to use a percentage value for the included image would be very helpful. Also I would like to have an option for the frame to fit the content like in indesign

I tried to have a german text hyphenated, but it does not matter if I check or uncheck the auto-hyphenation button: it changes nothing. I think this is a bug?

I tried to do this, having a cell selected and pasting from excel. but this does not work, unfortunately

Yes a book function is very useful for more complex projects, like it is in indesign