Steve.leach

Can it keep aspect while pressing Shift? Like, after select the preset 1024 x 768, I can resize the crop area pressing shift to keep the aspect.
After select 1024 x 768, once I adjust the handlers it won't keep the aspect. Very frustrating. 

I just began using Affinity Photo in earnest today, after being an early supporter that paid merely to support "the cause" (monopolies are always bad), but I am pleased to see that Affinity is now beginning to look like a real Photoshop replacement.
But this oversight is major, I am in the same boat as Steve above - this is a showstopper as I'm having to repeat hundreds of times a day.
There's a similar annoyance with the (surprisingly) good Selection brush tool (W) with its refine selection option, where I always opt for the option to output to new layer with mask, to allow for making subsequent alterations to the background and the mask - same story there - this tool doesn't remember the last used option either. It may seem like a small thing, but when producing large amounts of photos all the extra clicks adds up, and I find myself returning to Photoshop simply because it is faster for this reason.
I have to admit though that the future looks bright if Serif can just iron out these really annoying small omissions, there's so much good stuff too :-)

I can't recommend Affinity Photo to anyone until this is added, sorry. I just bought the software and it's the very first thing I needed to do.

And I third this!  Also, having to crop the image after straightening is irritating.  Serif had the option to "Destructive Crop" ... or am I missing something?

I recall reading that the Crop Tool has major changes coming in 1.7, which should have a beta out in a couple of weeks from the latest postings I've seen.

Each time the Crop Tool is selected, the Mode menu always  opens with Unconstrained. 
If I am cropping a number of open photographs to, say, 6x4, I need to re-select the required ratio for each photograph.
I would love to see a feature that allows the selected Crop Ratio to be remembered - each time another photograph is selected.  I would also love to see the selected Crop Ratio to be remembered between each Affinity Photo session.
Such a feature would significantly improve workflow when the same crop ratio is applied to a series of photographs.
 
 

Would it be possible to add a Close All option to the File menu? PS has it and I often find it useful when I have a lot of images open. 
When I go into Crop tool, it is always set to 'unconstrained' and I have to change it back to original proportions which is, 99% of the time, what I want. Could that be a preference?

And I third this!  Also, having to crop the image after straightening is irritating.  Serif had the option to "Destructive Crop" ... or am I missing something?

Every time I use the Crop Tool it defaults to "Unconstrained".  At least could it not keep my mode selection for the Time I have Affinity Photo open?  Also, the destructive crop was very useful in Serif.   

Can we possibly set a default for cropping?  Right now the default is for unconstrained.  I know we can add crop presets, but it would make it so much easier if we didn't have to scroll down to the preset when we are working on a batch of pictures.    Thanks, John B