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OK, then just use google 😃. First hit might just be what you’re looking for (released under GNU/GPL even). Combine this with Affinity Data Merge and you’re all set. No need for external tools.

Well I’ve been dealing with barcodes in the past and from what I recall it can be simply solved with free fonts. You just have to learn the barcode system specs and use proper valid strings for it to work. Or just get your customer to supply you an excel file with a list of barcodes they want you to generate. Beware it’s not as simple as it might seem like, there are rules of what the barcode can contain and even a CRC often. Depending on the barcode system you want to use, ie CODE-39 or CODE-128 you can download appropriate font and just use Data Merge. Example CODE-39 font, example CODE-128 font. Be creative. Enjoy.

Thanks for all the help around the forum, Patrick, also thank you for having me in the closed V2 beta back then, it was so much fun. I hope to see you again soon.

Indeed there are such solutions, yet I belive those are mostly Google Chrome based (Chromium). And if you are security-conscious and don’t want to have Google spyware such as Chrome installed, not even as an engine of a web-based app, especially not for client work that might be under NDA etc, this would be another deal-breaker. I hope I’m wrong. Also I doubt that an electron app would be even remotely capable of what Affinity suite is capable of, like laying out a book or a catalog. I also doubt they would be able to keep current affinity file format, guessing such app would not be backwards compatible with v1/v2 file format. Plenty of apps like Drawtify Designer, Figma, FontBase or FotoJet are indeed electron apps, but they aren’t based around such heavy image and graphics processing as Affinity apps. We will see.

Actually there might be a reason – the new solution might be technically different, it might be be a web based solution, something sort of Figma or Canva-style. It would make sense then to get rid of actual compiled applications and even give Canva/Serif a solution to aid *some* of the folks who are requesting Linux or other platform support. Simply a port of Affinity to a remotely hosted web app. It would free Canva of the hassle of compiling and distributing updates and offer multi-platform compatibity with way faster, more agile update progress possible. Though it would also be short-sighted and far from “creative freedom” in my opinion, since it would require constant online connection and was actually hosted completely on Canva’s servers. I just want to note that if what’s coming is such a web based app or set of apps, then this kind of future isn’t for me.

Well I had a dream couple of weeks ago. In that dream I witnessed this forum being closed because Serif/Canva was afraid of backlash by the users for what's to come, remembering our comments from Canva acquisition. It was easiest way for them to deal with any negative comments from the current users. In that dream, Affinity range of applications have reached EOL (End Of Life) so Canva doesn't have to keep promises from the Affinity pledge they made year ago. In that dream, we didn't even get maintenance releases to support new OS' like the new macOS 26 Tahoe. In that dream a new set of applications was started, called Canva Professional Graphic Design Suite. And it was subscription based with a yearly renewal for those who want to receive new updates or a single time purchase with only a year of updates granted. I hope it was just a bad dream and nothing described above will happen. Anyway, since the forums are closing next Monday, I want to thank you all for your participation in the forums, to those who helped me, to all the staffers that dealt with me and even the crazy fanboys who always made sure to downplay any serious issue like the everlasting convert to curves issue. And even @walt.farrell who couldn't help himself and joined nearly every thread I've read which I found annoying at first, but got used to it. It was a great time, even when I was and am using Affinity less because of the bugs and my customers and partners mostly working with the Adobe ecosystem and when anyone in the chain requested source files, they mostly couldn't and didn't want to deal with Affinity file formats, so after I had to recreate a few projects from the ground up in Adobe Suite, I got pushed back to Adobe. I still run Affinity here and there and do some minor work there when convenient and when I know I won't be requested to provide say InDesign packages or original layered AI or PSD files, and I'm still happy with that. And if things go bad and my dream comes true, I hope Serif will allow us at least to activate our licenses offline as we were told when raising concerns about online activation after release of A2 happened. Cheers.

I doubt that, it does the same even when Tourbox is not connected and its software disabled. If more users (or a mod) confirms it works without an issue for them, I'll consider it might be my setup.

Hi @Hangman, thanks for your reply. Are you sure you have BOTH of those settings enabled together, not just the second one? I use Logitech MX Master 3 or Apple Magic Mouse (MBP on the way) along with Tourbox controller. Happens with both MX Master 3 and Tourbox Lite when both Use mouse wheel to zoom and Enable canvas rotation with ⌘ + scroll wheel are enabled. EDIT: Weirdly, the Apple Magic Mouse has no issues and rotates the canvas as expected.

Operating System: macOS Sonoma 14.6.1, 14.7 App versions: latest, 2.5.5 Apps: All Affinity Apps - Photo, Designer, Publisher Hardware: Logitech MX Master 3, Tourbox Lite with MacBookPro 18,1 (M1 Pro chip) Enable Settings > Tools > Use mouse wheel to zoom. Enable Settings > Tools > Enable canvas rotation with ⌘ + scroll wheel. Restart the app or whole OS nor not, it should not matter. Create a new document, use ⌘ + scroll wheel - app zooms in/out the document, it does NOT rotate the canvas/document in any way. Expected behavior: Scrolling mouse wheel is zooming in/out, using ⌘ + scroll wheel rotates canvas/document.

Here is an archived version of the article before it got paywalled https://archive.is/tpn6p so everyone can read it. Exactly what's on my mind. Also it's exactly the reason why artists are mad and starting to ai-poison their artworks. EU just started talking about control of ai and its usage, let's hope they will take us in account. Hollywood lobby got their way around video piracy, we should want to do the same to protect us. Especially for those who use LAION-5B dataset for their commercial ai models. Well, I personally am not fan of the takeover and worry that Affinity as we know it will cease to exist and will be turned into something different. I switched back to Adobe CC for my business needs when I saw no real progress in V2, yet I still use sometimes for some small personal projects, just because I'm sorry to let the money I've spent on it and the many add-ons burn. We'll see if the pledge is true and Canva will help Serif to grow Affinity to a better suite.

Sadly, not at all. Thank you for mentioning this, @v_kyr, what a shame you posted this into Feedback section instead of bug section though. Also, severity of this bug is so serious that Serif should issue an update to the whole V1 line as well... Honorable mention: @Patrick Connor

@TedThompson Hi. Try View > View Mode > untick Clip to Canvas. That should do it.

Thank you, @GarryP - just a little question though; is there a non-microsoft store version on the horizon?

I have to completely agree. Also ability to drag and drop files from finder/explorer directly to the batch job dialog would be ux-wise decision.

Hi @MikeTO - oops, there's something wrong with the table, since my username is attributed to a Macbook Pro 13 early 2015 - I should be named one row above with my Macbook Pro 15 2019