Dean Reardon

I'm sort of a newbie so perhaps this already exists:
It would be nice to be able to keep the donut width (the fill area) constant as the entire shape is scaled larger or smaller.
I was using the donut shape tool today and wanted to make concentric rings where I can have a start/finish angle (not a full donut....like a 3/4 donut). However, when I scale the shape, the size/ width of the donut area (the fill area) also increases (since it - hole size - is set by percentage rather than pixels). So as the overall size of the donut gets larger, so too does the donut area width (fill area) .
Alternatively, if the hole size could be set to pixels, points, mm, etc then I could simply duplicate and scale the entire object and then reset the "hole diameter/radius to maintain the identical sized donut area width. It is very difficult to do this when the hole section of the donut is set by percentage.
This can be done with a circle shape with a stroke where you don't check the box on stroke to scale stroke with object (so that if you set the stroke at "2", it always remains at "2" regardless of the size you scale circle). So you can easily make concentric rings (stroke) by 1: setting fill color to none, 2: duplicate several times, 3: enlarge each individual circle in a consecutive manner (all the strokes will stay the same width). This works fine if all I want are concentric rings.......but if I want let's say a 3/4 ring and a 2/3 ring and a 1/3 ring where each one increases in overall size, I have to make the full rings and then cut each individual ring/stroke to the correct size -> 3/4, 2/3, and 1/3 of a ring.
Anyway, just a suggestion that I thought might be beneficial

This likely can be implemented in Designer, Photo, and Publisher.
I love the new Studio Preset availability in the latest upgrades for the three desktop affinity products. I think if a dropdown of available studio presets can be added as something users could implement in the toolbar it would be fantastic. It would just make it a bit quicker. Also, perhaps a tool button to hid/show studio in the toolbar would be great too.....as I can only hold so many quick keys in my head and forget Ctrl+Shft+H
Anyway, just two ideas I thought I would suggest

Hi Dean,

This is something we're aware of that was introduced by what we think is an external change at Unsplash. It is currently with development to be looked into.

Quick check, short answer yes. Same field names in csv file with same filename seems fine to update the data.

Publisher's data merge needs a structured/delimited data file such as .csv, .tsv, .xsxl. It doesn't read tagged text. You would need to construct a structured data file from the documents that people send to you before you can import it as a data merge into Affinity Publisher.

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It was an issue when using filler text!!!!!
************DOES NOT HAPPEN WITH YOU USE OTHER TEXT*******************
I just copied some text from a website/news story, pasted into notepad (to remove any formatting) and then copied and pasted into a new text frame, added picture and it works just fine!!!!
Problem solved!

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It was an issue when using filler text!!!!!
************DOES NOT HAPPEN WITH YOU USE OTHER TEXT*******************
I just copied some text from a website/news story, pasted into notepad (to remove any formatting) and then copied and pasted into a new text frame, added picture and it works just fine!!!!
Problem solved!

LOL.....that is exactly what I was thinking and was working on right as I got you notification! Still working on it and will let you know.

Interesting.
To me it looks like it has something to do with the filler text that is not expanded as a field. Try the same with regular text that fills both frames completely and you will see the jump wrap works as expected.
This leaves the question why is the filler text in frame 2 too short?
How did you create the two different text frames? Exactly the same way?
d.

Decided to spend some time learning some techniques, perspective and shadow art in AD. I built a perspective ruler to help me (couldn't figure out how to use the grid system for this) and actually built a simple model in Blender to help me get the shadows right....or near right. I learned a lot doing this piece and I think it turned out well. I could have spent more time working on the guy but felt I needed to stop. I used an illustrated jpg model to help build/design the vector dog but added a few things to him that were not in the illustration. I also developed several image paint brushes. 
I hope you enjoy!

Hello,
 
 
I put my vector vision of a jungle below
over time, further modifications will probably take place

Hope you like it

 
and with some FX
 

I agree, it is dark compared to the right side. If you click the image to enlarge it, you do see more detail. I was thinking about adding some overlays to lighten that region up but chose not to. To be honest, I think the field of view is a bit too large (greater than 180 degrees) for it to be a good panorama. But because of the distance of the mountains you don't see a huge amount of visible image warp. 
I remember taking these images over two years ago and thinking the view was just amazing. These mountains are about 2000 miles west from where I live. For two summers I took a month off each year and traveled out west and spent the time camping throughout the region...from arid deserts to mountain vistas. I have tons of amazing photographs.
I actually hosteled throughout England and Scotland back in the late 1980s traveling from London all the way to Orkney islands off of John O'Groats. There is some fantastic diverse landscape on that trip as well.

Here is a pano from atop the Rocky Mountains in Colorado at about 14,000 feet above sea level. It consists of 10 raw images all stitched together in AP and then edited. It is probably greater than 180 degree view so there is a bit of image warp that I didn't do much with. But it does give you a really beautiful view of the Rocky Mountains and what you would see as you look around.
 

Here is another image (single Raw image from atop the Rocky Mountains) edited in AP
 

Here is a pano from atop the Rocky Mountains in Colorado at about 14,000 feet above sea level. It consists of 10 raw images all stitched together in AP and then edited. It is probably greater than 180 degree view so there is a bit of image warp that I didn't do much with. But it does give you a really beautiful view of the Rocky Mountains and what you would see as you look around.
 

The fact that the horizon was approximately half way would contribute to a good projection. Here is a panorama I took on Herm (Channel Islands) looking south from the north clifftop. The horizon was above centre. There is a path in the distance which was about halfway (just about visible) where it appears straight. The path in the foreground is noticeably  bent (though it does bend naturally to some extent).

John

Here is a landscape panorama photo of Yellowstone National Park. This was made from 7 RAW images (hand held) all stitched together in Affinity Photo. I must say that AP did a fantastic job of stitching these together! I then made a number of adjustments in the Affinity Developer. I need to get my monitor color calibrated because I can't really tell when I develop them, if they actually look good. Nonetheless, below is the panorama. 
 

Here is a landscape panorama photo of Yellowstone National Park. This was made from 7 RAW images (hand held) all stitched together in Affinity Photo. I must say that AP did a fantastic job of stitching these together! I then made a number of adjustments in the Affinity Developer. I need to get my monitor color calibrated because I can't really tell when I develop them, if they actually look good. Nonetheless, below is the panorama. 
 

Beautiful panorama/place. I only know if from some BBC TV series and it does look gorgeous. Glad to know you're enjoying the app.
Thanks for sharing.

Here is a landscape panorama photo of Yellowstone National Park. This was made from 7 RAW images (hand held) all stitched together in Affinity Photo. I must say that AP did a fantastic job of stitching these together! I then made a number of adjustments in the Affinity Developer. I need to get my monitor color calibrated because I can't really tell when I develop them, if they actually look good. Nonetheless, below is the panorama. 
 

Some people call me mad because I use Affinity Designer and Trackpad (yes trackpad only cuz I am really bad with digital drawing) for drawing stuff, especially with some manga and comic styles. I started using Affinity Designer since 2017 and now I use AD only for working. Here are some of my works, I am mainly working as Developer but trying to be an amateur artist: https://goo.gl/Av9BvK
I am using Frankentoon brushes for drawing - it also is really awesome.
 

Although not a palette or anything, I found two websites that may be helpful as you generate gradients for your projects:
https://digitalsynopsis.com/design/beautiful-color-gradients-backgrounds/
(each gradient has the hex codes for the two colors)
https://uigradients.com
(click, "Show All Gradients" in the upper left to see a ton of gradients. Then click on any gradient to see a full screen gradient and get the Hex codes for the gradient)

More pictures here: http://sedermasochism.com/book/
 
 

Processed with Affinity Photo to remove modern fences and other structures