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Hello Affinity Team, I think the function with symmetrical drawing is really great. But unfortunately this is only possible in pixel persona, which I find really a shame. It would be nice if this function were also possible in the designer persona, so that vector objects could also be created symmetrically. Would it be possible to make this function also possible for the designer persona? That would be very helpful, since I create my illustrations mainly from vector elements and only add textures to the objects at the end via pixel persona.

Hello Affinity team, I would have a question: Would it be possible to add a function to minimize the open palettes that can be attached to the sides of the work surfaces (for example in symbols by clicking on them or sliding the Open mouse pointer) can? This is very helpful for users with a small screen, since some of these palettes take up a lot of space and you do not have to call and close them constantly via the menu or keyboard commands in order to make the most of the work window. Not every user has two screens, so the pallets can be swapped out on the second screen.

Hello Affinity team, would it be possible to extend the functionality of converting lines to objects so that you can also convert the bitmap brush tips into vector objects? That would be very helpful, because if the graphics are converted into a vector format and then want to open it in another vector program, all lines are no longer vectors, but embedded images, which can then no longer be edited. I find the bitmap brush tips, which are all brush tips in designer, very helpful, but I also want to be able to create real vector brush tips from vector objects and graphics, as is also possible in Illustrator. The current method and type of brush tips have often reached their limits recently. I already experienced the problem here in the forum.

Hello Affinity team, have had the problem since the update to 1.8 that if I used my graphics tablet from Wacom and then switch to the computer mouse so that I can continue to work, the program suddenly cannot use most functions. Only after restarting the program can all functions be used again with the computer mouse until I use the graphics tablet again. I even updated my device drivers because I thought it might be because of it, but unfortunately the problem persists. This is really a problem for me, because I always want to switch between computer mouse and graphics tablet while at work, because some operations and functions are not possible with the graphics tablet.

Hello Affinity team, I have a big problem with the vector brushes. The problem is that I want to create brush tips with patterns. I can create these using the image brush, unfortunately also with restrictions on the setting options. The main problem is that: 1. If I want to use the brush tip for curving objects, the elements will be distorted despite the command overlap. That shouldn't be happening. 2. The distortion also arises when I want to increase the brush strength in order to enlarge the elements. 3. If I want to change the object shape again after assigning the vector brush, the number of objects is reduced or expanded, but the number remains the same and is completely distorted, which should never happen. Even if I reassign the brush again, I can't undo the distortion. This is very annoying. I suspect that this problem is probably due to the fact that the vector brush tips are not created from real vectors, but from PNG images and this leads to calculation problems. I would be delighted if, as is also possible in Adobe Illustrator, I could create vector brush tips from vector objects in designers, whose shape does not change and when the object changes, the number of objects automatically adapts. I would also like to be able to set the distance between the individual objects. At the moment I have to create an area on the right and left side of my objects, which I want to use as a brush, so that I can then define the distance by moving the auxiliary lines. It would be better if I can enter a unit of measurement (e.g. millimeters) to create the distance.

Here is a picture of how the different types of brushes were solved in Illustrator and what setting options each brush has. This procedure when creating the brushes as well as roughly the same brush types and setting options are also great in Designer.

Now the function of the alignment tool (also called adjustment tool) would be to connect two objects with each other and to adapt the shape and color to the other in several stages. The intermediate stages are linked to a path that can be changed later. This means that very complex design patterns can be created. I'll attach a picture. The examples aren't exactly the best now, but you can see what the tool should do.

That is exactly the tool that I meant and that exists in Illustrator as well as in Corel Draw. A tool that no graphic designer wants to do without once he has used it.

In the Contour window you can change and save the curve for the print. But when I open a new document, my previously created profiles are no longer available. What am I doing wrong? I put a lot of effort into creating different curves there, which I would like to use in all other work. Especially when I work with the pencil. If I put them down as brush tips, these curves would be saved, but at the same time the strength is also saved and I have to reset the strength each time to continue working. Or I would have to create a lot of brush tips with different sizes and the different pressure profiles. That would be a lot, because I change the strength very often.

Would it be possible to add a function to back up multiple desktops? So you could create different settings of the work surfaces for different types of work and switch between them. I currently have all the windows open because the constant opening and closing of the windows is annoying in the long run.

If I use global swatches for gradients and then change those swatches, all elements with one swatch are adjusted, but the gradients do not change. Could you change this so that the assigned colors change in the gradients? This saves the work of subsequently adjusting the colors of all color gradients. In addition, it would be good to convert already existing non-global color fields into a global color via the menu. Have found that if I have created a color field with a global function and then right-click on the "Add color distribution to color field" function, all the colors created above are only created as normal color fields and not as global color fields.

I lack the possibility to create graphics as sample fills, which I can save in a palette, such as colored areas and gradients, and to use them as fills at any time. There is filling with bitmap, but the setting options for how the pattern is used, i.e. distances and offsets, cannot be used, at least I do not find the option for it. And I can not save them and so I am forced to create the pattern again and again.

It is nice that you can also create different types of brush tips in Designer. But I find the current effort to create a new vector or pixel brush tip a bit too complicated and would be happy if you could somehow automate the intermediate step with the PNG file and let it run in the background to create the desired brush tip. This would make it much more user-friendly. And what might also be helpful would be the possibility to adjust the distance between the brushes. At the moment I have to create the areas in the file in addition to the actual object I want to create as brush tip, in order to determine the distance by the auxiliary lines afterwards.

I lack the possibility to deform graphics to adapt them to a different shape. Would it be possible to insert a kind of shape grid to distort graphics and images, so that I could for example adapt a created logo, graphic or similar individually to another shape. One would then have the possibility to better adapt the object, which perhaps should be a company logo or edict, to a packaging shape (e.g. a bottle with a three-dimensional appearance). I often create objects in Designer with 3D-optics and I would like to be able to adapt my other graphics to its shape.

The shape creation tool is a very helpful tool for me, which allows me to create new shapes much faster. It is actually a mouse tool, which has the functions of the Pathfinder. This was also available back then in Draw Plus and other graphics programs. The tool recognizes the edges of the overlapping faces and by clicking or selecting the individual faces, creates new faces or by pressing the ALT key removes faces to create a new shape. Of course I can also use the current functions in Designer, but here there are sometimes problems with splitting, especially with round shapes and many overlapping objects, from which I want to create my desired shapes. I even mentioned this problem once in the forum. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)

I know such a tool from other graphics programs and use it quite often to create very special effects. It would be nice if this tool was also available in Designer.

It's nice that you can also assign other contours and surfaces to objects with the display window. Unfortunately this does not work with editable texts. Here I would be able to use these possibilities also for texts. At the moment I have to convert my texts into objects to be able to use these functions. But because of this I don't have the possibility to change the text afterwards and have to start from scratch again. In addition, I would also include the effects in this window, so that I can apply the effects to the surfaces and contours separately.

Hello, affinity team, here is an update of my wish list for improvements and desirable features in Designer: 1. extend the display function: At the moment the possibility of multiple surfaces and contours can only be applied to objects and unfortunately not to editable texts. 2. I would like to be able to apply the layer effects to contours and surfaces separately. 3. adjustment tool: To create transitions between two connected objects, which in turn are created along an editable path. 4. shape creation tool (Pathfinder tool) 5. forum grid: To be able to adapt created graphics to a certain shape. 6. knife tool, to cut vector shapes. 7. simplification tool, for making vector and pixel brush tips. The intermediate step of creating a PNG of an object and then generating a brush tip could not be automated somehow, that if you specify what kind of brush tip you want to create. I would also like to have the possibility to change the distance between the objects. 8. create pattern fills, which I can also place in a palette like a colored area or gradient. 9. if I use Global Color Fields for gradients and change these color fields afterwards, all elements that have a color field will adjust, but the gradients will not change. Could you change this so that the assigned colors in the gradients also change. This saves the work of adjusting the colors of all gradients afterwards. 10. tracing tool to convert pixel images into graphics. 11. attribute pipette to quickly transfer the appearance of objects as well as texts to other texts without creating the styles. I would be happy if it were possible to integrate these features into Affinity Designer in the near future.

Now that I've worked with Adobe programs for over twenty years and have been looking for an alternative, I naturally notice a lot of advantages but also disadvantages. And in addition, I also talk to other people in my professional environment about the programs to which I recommended the programs and teach them how to work with them. Then questions arise, why these things do not work as you are used to. Above all, users who actually only want to use one or two of the programs have been left behind, not being able to use all the important functions because they do not have the other programs. Therefore, I address these topics here in the forum, which not only see me, but also others as errors and problems. Desires are also expressed as to which functions one desires in the programs in order to be able to work even faster and more effectively without having to constantly switch between the programs. And if you are offered functions in the program, but they don't work properly, as expected, you naturally ask why it doesn't work and whether you could correct it.

Good Morning, Well, that it is not possible to connect text frames with each other, I find it bad, as well as other graphic designers. But I find it even worse that too long a text cannot be covered by reducing the frame height. Even if I own all Affinity products, I only work in image and graphic programs and only a little with layout programs. Other graphic designers, whom I know, only work exclusively in graphic programs, since they mostly create illustrations and occasionally have to include texts. It is therefore also important that a large part of the functions for word processing and design should also be available in a graphics program. The best examples are the graphics programs from other software manufacturers.

Well, unfortunately I can no longer understand it because I no longer have the old versions. If it really was, I would be happy if this would also work in Designer, since I do not design for every product in Publisher. I often create advertising banners for the web and other products only with designers and use quantity text there because it is requested by the customer and they then want to have everything handed out as graphic files, which they can then open and edit in Illustrator or Corel. I often recommend Affinity products because I really like these programs. But some also do not want to miss certain functions that are available in the other programs. I also miss some functions that I call in the forum.

Have found that when changing the text frame size, the height of the text inside does not adjust and remains visible. Problem has only occurred since version 1.8. Before that, it worked and was given an overflow character to allow the text to be run through a link in another frame.

When I use the Split function to split several overlapping objects to obtain individual elements, I not only get the desired elements, but also countless contour elements that I don't need, but also because of this, I don't get exactly adjacent elements. If I remove all unnecessary contour elements, I have unwanted gaps between the other elements. This needs to be improved urgently to avoid unwanted elements. I already mentioned this problem a long time ago, but so far this problem would not be solved.

Good Morning, Unfortunately, I noticed that if I have a text with excess length, it runs out of the text frame at the bottom instead of being hidden at the bottom and marked with an overflow character, so that it can then be continued with a frame chain in another frame . Even if I use the placeholder text, I have the problem when I reduce the height of the frame.

Hello, affinity team, I have a few wishes and suggestions for the designer. I would like to have a tool that allows me to quickly select all objects with the same appearance (color area, contours and effects) with one click, so that I can change all of them at the same time. I would also like to have the possibility to change colors and gradients that I have stored in the color palette and at the same time all objects that I have assigned this color to will change automatically. So I would like to be able to create the shape creation tool that existed in Illustrator and at that time also in Draw, again in Designer. I would also like to be able to create vector based brush tips and pattern fills, because I want to be able to enlarge them without loss of quality. Creating brush tips via a png file limits me a lot. I miss the possibility with the tracing function. I have often used it to quickly convert images into cliparts to save time. Gradients, which I have saved in the color palette, cannot be edited by right-clicking Edit Fill. When I run this command, only a color field can be created from the gradient and not the gradient itself. But I want to change the gradient and not turn it into a color patch. So I'm forced to create a new gradient each time instead of changing it in the palette.