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Good day!
 Add the ability to Trace bitmap images to a vector as in Illustrator (Image Trace).
For Affinity Designer iPad / Affinity Designer Desktop

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HI everybody, bitmap trace is very important in order to move to serif. also right to left text.

Or could be better like this so theres enough space for viewing the overall work
 

Hi. 
one of the things that i use a lot in my Desktop workflow is choosing font for my work by A. Writing a text as reference. B. Use select tool and select the written text. C. Continuously clicking down and up arrows to have a live preview of those fonts and decide on which font im going to continue my work with.
However doing this process on ipad has been a pain since i have to click on fonts as a write and select to preview each one of them one by one by scrolling with my finger and pressing on them.
I want to suggest if we have a scrolling UI and live preview of the fonts as we scroll, similar to selecting stock timer/stopwatch app on ios, (as referenced in attached photo) this workflow would be much more intuitive and a joy to use. Who's with me😉?
 

I Love the iPad AD, but see some missing things, like favorite text fonts or recent text fonts. Also it would be great to see when tipping on a font would change the selected text.

I suggest to make the objects within layers always white, regardless of their original color. At least give an option to do so.
Layers containing dark objects are such a mess...

It’s a minor thing, but I’d like to be able to create/sample a color then slide it around to put it next to other colors. Right now, colors remain in the order they were created/sampled, and there shall they stay. The only workaround is to sample and re-add the colors to the palatte and delete the previous ones. Add/delete is not quite as efficient as drag-and-drop would be for this procedure.

You know @mac_heibu, you are most probably right. From what I have seen in this forum over the past year, Serif might just be the kind of kid who does not even consider the opinions and ideas of others kids they play with and just takes the ball home, leaving those other kids to play empty handed unless they have another ball. So yes, I might just be wasting my time here talking about ideas that will never come to light but this is the space we were given for it and I'd rather believe what I took careful time to express will reach at least someone at Serif that might think this is it and perhaps at least once try to push it forward. Otherwise I'd rather just try and find another ball to pay with.
About the only thing in my post that drew your attention, I don't know how familiar you are with English idioms but to say "the ball is in someone's court" is a very common expression and means it is up for someone to make a decision, to make the next move. But again, who am I to be teaching English, right.

I'm a developer and I like studying other apps and how they are structured, something people call software architecture, especially for software product lines, theme of my masters thesis. This suggestion is based on the knowledge I gained through multiple projects throughout my life and also the Affinity suite itself. I'm also aware the following is true only of the Windows versions for reasons will be made clear ahead but I doubt the approach is different on the macOS version.
Here it goes.
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While licensed as separate applications, the core of the Affinity application is contained in a few files (a few DLLs) shared between the multiple apps. Nevertheless, this actually means that when licensing the different application we are actulally licensing the usage of a few parts of an existing API for a particular purpose, depending on the app itself. Thus, Affinity Publisher - with both Designer and Photo functionalities incorporated - is the whole application and the easiest part of what I call Affinity Studio in this idea.
So, the whole of my idea is to drop this separation in multiple applications and incorporate them all into a single one (Affinity Studio) with the ability to receive plugins that could explore the entirety of its funcionality through the existing API. I know most people thinking about scripting and plugins on this forum are demanding languages like Python or JavaScript but the reality is that a part of the Affinity suite (including the aforementioned DLLs) is developed using .NET and it would be easier to enable plugins developed in it: makes the lives of the developers (both at Serif and those writing extensions) easier because developing tools are already avalible (Visual Studio has a free community edition and is probably the same tool Serif already has licensed) and exposing the API is a lot simpler (most of it can be seen by incorporating the those DLL to any .NET project). Limits could be stablished but I see everything could be created: new tools, personas, functionalities, file formats, and so forth. Also, despite being mostly centred around C#, .NET allows for a multitude of languages to be used to develop projects (including Python and Javascript).
Before anyone can ditch my ideas as unfeasible because of the macOS version, I must remind that .NET Core is already cross-platform (although with some limitations) and can run on macOS and even Linux and if I'm not wrong .NET 5 (droping both Core and Framework from its name) will be released by the end of the year and may have complete support for fully cross-platform desktop applications, dropping also the need to support a separate version for macOS and opening the door to a Linux release with little to no extra cost for Serif.
Also, I don't remember exactly where but I've already heard from someone from Serif that the file format for all applications, despite the different file extensions, is exactly the same (go ahead, change the extension of a file and open it, I'll wait) so files are really not an issue but I'd suggest reducing to a single extension for simplicity (I'd go for .afp ). And we don't need to have access to the details of the file format If the exposed API provides the means to incorporate file importers/exporters (read files and create objects on the canvas and vice-versa) that could solve the biggest issue I see in the forums, support for multiple additional file formats, which anyone should recognise it may be an impossible task to accomplish by Serif alone no matter how big their team is.
With this approach, Serif could focus on providing one fully capable application worrying only about its core functionality and leave the rest for the community. No matter how big the API currently is, all we would need is a simple "hello world" so we know where to start and how to incorporate these into the finished product. Plugins are also a means to create software product lines, which is my field, and is a means used by many applications over the years. I know with my knowledge I could be providing some of the funcionality requested in the forums and many many more with the proper means to. I know many in this community feel the same and I cannot wait to see what could come out of this (even scripting with Javascript or Python could be achieved throgh this).
If your concert is security/privacy of users, I'd state I don't really remember any platform using plugins being overly concerned about it, which I understand could be a big issue depending on Serif's values but I believe this is something the community could regulate on their own: some more concerned would work on evaluating extensions and providing feedback to us all about which are safe to use and which are not and word will eventually spread. If Serif is really concerned about security, they could incorporate the means to remotely block (blacklist) harmful plugins (please, don't tell me you dont know Apple and Google can do that on your phones).
Sorry for the long post but I see a big potential in applications like the Affinity suite given the proper means for expansion and I would love to work these ideas out without having to be part of their team itself.
I think the ball is in your court now, Serif

There is a way to do it, follow me on this.
create a file in AD on the iPad (text or nodes) close it and save it in to your ipad open the AD file in AP apply a perspective live filter save it close the one in the AD board open it again in AD from your ipad And there you have it an AD file with the perspective live filter in it.
The affinity software is just one (as far as I know), but each one have different enabled features (I guess). So the code is there, we just need the developers to enable it.
Note: I don’t know if it’s just me but my files app is a little bit buggy and some times don’t show the files.
 
 

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Hi everyone, I really love Affinity Designer and want to stick with it and will! It works really well but it has some really important (to me) features missing. I have used CorelDRAW for a very long time but it is definitely bloated and slow at this point. I guess it is still based on some sort of old technology.
Anyway, something I really like in Corel draw is the ability to have angled guides. You drag a guide onto the pasteboard just the same as Affinity and then as you can see at the top left of the screen grab I'm attaching, you get the option to change the angle. In fact, guides are added to a new layer which is, by default, set not print. This means you can lock the guides layer, move it up and down in the stack of layers et cetera. This is so useful in so many situations. Is this something Serif might consider adding to designer?
Thanks. What do others think?

you guys made the market for creative software really rock!!!
and I am telling everybody proudly that I have made the switch from Adobe to Serif!!!
over 25 years of intensive professional use and after the silly change to the Creative Cloud ... I am almost free from the Adobe machine and that feels so good!
just one more thing is missing in the Serif collection: an alternative to replace After Effects!
and I guarantee you guys if you'll manage to get that one as excellent as Affinity Photo and Designer ... there will be another big wave of switcher's be rolling in!!!
are they any plans for an "Affinity After Effects"?

Totally agree! It would be really useful to be able to animate and export simple gifs inside the software. 
 

Couldn't agree more.
I only just purchased Affinity Photo yesterday and was very disappointed to find no support for basic animated GIF editing/creation.

I completely agree. I don't think we need anything too crazy complicated. It would be nice to have keyframe animation on a layer or group level to keyframe properties like:
X&Y position of layer (including under masks) alpha % visibility (on/off) It would let me create animations of UI elements to simulate UX, for example. It would also let me do a lot of fun simple character animation loops.

I've read a thread about a full animation system which is way out-of-scope. But, a simple layer to frame animated gif export would be handy and quite welcomed. Also completely non-intrusive.
 
Thank you

I hope Affinity by Serif is able to provide all the features that Adobe does in order to completely remove them from the market. They've had their time and their subscription based licensing is an antithesis to the creative process. That's like renting a pencil or pen or brush to an artist instead of letting them purchase the tool so they can use it as they please... sorry, just wanted to get that off my chest. This can be considered a form of feedback I suppose from a consumers perspective.
 

Good day!
"Shape Builder Tool" – add this tool, as in Illustrator, it is not enough in the Affinity Designer program to create logos, icons ... working with Golden Ratio.
Implement this feature in the near future!
For Affinity Designer iPad / Affinity Designer Desktop

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Good day!
"Perspective Grid Tool" – This tool is very necessary!
Implement this feature in the near future!
For Affinity Designer iPad / Affinity Designer Desktop

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As great as Affinity Designer is, and as much as I love using it, I can’t stress how necessary and useful it would be to have the ability to “Live Trace” bitmap images for conversion to vector. I’d go as far as to say it’s one of the few major features holding Designer back from becoming a true Adobe Illustrator replacement. 
It’s no secret that many iPad users love using bitmap only applications like Procreate to create their initial designs and later, are looking for ways to to convert these into vector versions. Including a tool like this would make starting in bitmap and finishing up exclusively in vector so much easier and more possible using only the iPad than ever before.
Please, consider a Live Trace like feature for a future update and please like &/or comment if you also believe a feature like this would be useful in your workflow!

Good day!
"Shape Builder Tool" – add this tool, as in Illustrator, it is not enough in the Affinity Designer program to create logos, icons ... working with Golden Ratio.
Implement this feature in the near future!
For Affinity Designer iPad / Affinity Designer Desktop

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Good day!
"Blend Tool" – this tool is very necessary!
Implement this feature in the near future!
For Affinity Designer iPad / Affinity Designer Desktop

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Good day!
"Blend Tool" – this tool is very necessary!
Implement this feature in the near future!
For Affinity Designer iPad / Affinity Designer Desktop

46F07FED-A555-49E2-BDCE-EA1BC171475F.MP4 4A4D0F1E-0960-456A-AE7C-FD4315D2E9F7.MP4

Good day!
"Blend Tool" – this tool is very necessary!
Implement this feature in the near future!
For Affinity Designer iPad / Affinity Designer Desktop

46F07FED-A555-49E2-BDCE-EA1BC171475F.MP4 4A4D0F1E-0960-456A-AE7C-FD4315D2E9F7.MP4