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For a scouting handbook I would like to draw some step-by-step guide for creating certain knots. Like the one attached. Is there a way to create brush in Affinity Designer to draw the rope? Any idea? Best regards, Holger

Hi can you possibly tell me why I have part of my background showing through on this dove in Affinity. If you look at the wing of the dove, the blue background is showing through in a really weird way. I know how to get rid of the pencil line (please ignore the pencil), but the blue on the wing from the background is really baffling me because it's not part of the group, and it's further down the layer chain as the background. I'm wondering if it has something to do with the endpoint on the wing attaching itself to another part of the dove. I've tried breaking the endpoint to make sure there's no join, and also tried to make sure that while the bird is a group layer, it's attached correctly. Thanks.

Hi Im using affinity designer iPad version. It is working good. But when l export to eps files and open on Ai all layer grouping are not correct. I separate one cartoon in one group but when export sometime it merge with some object in another group. when look in AI the result is correct but layer ordering and grouping is nightmare.please help check and suggest.

Everyone is thinking ,sometimes, at a familly trip,so in today's lesson we will be learning how to make a simple road trip illustration using Affinity Designer. Enjoy:

Rolodex card: Cool, I created a rolodex card in Affinity Designer. Rolodex Card.afdesign

It'd be great if there is an option in AD to add metadata to EPS like Illustrator.

I bought both Designer and Photo via the App Store but seems like there's no info related to my account as an existing customer. I want to Claim and download some free templates available for existing customers but seems like Im not a customer or something like that since there is no email with that info. How can I solve this? Is there a solution? XO!

Hello community, i have loved Affinity Photo and Designer. And they are now a part of my integral life. Saw Affinity Publisher promo on site. Can somebody please explain to me what can Publisher do that designer cannot. I am not a magazine editor or anything like that. Thanks in advance Gyan

Cool, finally purchased Affinity Photo, & it totally rocks. Now I have all 3 purchased; Affinity Designer Affinity Publisher Affinity Photo

Is it possible to add metadata to EPS files in AD?

Okay so I have this problem on the latest AD version where I have a brush that needs everytime I open AD, the accumulation has to be at 100% to work, but when I increase the % to 100 and click save, restarting the AD, and it's still at 0% and I have to do this everytime I open AD to use the brush. (I have a pack from Frankentoon's brushes)

In this tutorial I'm going to demonstrate in a simple way how to create a sliced effect that can be used in any text using Affinity Designer Hope you enjoy it.

Hello designers, in today's tutorial we will be learning how to make a washing machine. Hope you are finding the video useful. Enjoy:

I need the ability to automatically change the image to vectors. Designers use pen tools on top of images with poor resolution, not vectors, below them to make them vectors. I think it needs to be automated. In fact, if you take a program that's automated, it's Vector Magic. Even though it is not very accurate, it is very helpful in images that require a lot of vector conversion work. Obviously, if we include this feature in our efficiency, it will be a simple and automated function.

I am having this odd problem where Designer draws this imaginary horizontal line and decides that anything above that line should be pixelated. Any ideas as to what setting might be causing this?

Hi All Finally! completed the first artwork originally for #INKTOBER 2016 (Twelve) and then recreated in Affinity Designer/Photo and now looking forward to the next one!. Original file size 600mm (300dpi) 12 additional 250x310mm (300dpi) for each creature

Hey everyone. This is a piece I finished recently in Affinity Designer. I wanted to create the look and feel of 70s retro scifi illustrations and at the same time I wanted to stay 100% vector. No traces, no bitmaps, no pixel layers. Critique, opinions and questions welcome :D

Hello Sir, Once again i'm sorry if somebody has requested for this feature or reported this bug... but this is too important and annoying. The use of "Esc" key in very proper way... The default use of "Esc" is "don't apply these changes and close this opened command." suppose I've opened an image, and pressed "command+m" it will open Curve Adjustment, now there is no use of "Esc" you have to manually press "close" button.. but even if i pressed close button, or clicked outside that Curves Adjustment applies.. I've to manually select that layer and delete it. and the delete button on "Curves" dialogue box is un-necessary. Secondly, if I pressed command+t it will load a big box of text, and no esc works on it and one has to close that box manually. too annoying.. "BTW try Laptops and see how difficult it becomes to move full arm from keyboard to touchpad so repeatedly. Similarly , if I used erase brush or any color brush, it pixelate image without letting me know if I really want this to happen or not. This should first ask "If i really want to pixelate it or not" And if I press "Esc" it shouldn't pixelate the image so I could do that manually (after making a backup layer). Because there is no "smart" object option in AP, so once image is "not pixelated" it is already smart object and can be scaled up or down, but once it is pixelated, all information is lost and that can't be scaled up anymore. So there should be a "confirmation" dialogue instead of "you are already killed" dialogue. And there, where escape shouldn't close the box, it is totally ruining the system. in system preferences, if I accidentally changed anything.. the press of "Esc" not only applies that, but also closes that .. OMG.. what change did I do?.. Please make "Esc" to just go to Preferences's home view and remove the "close" button and change that to "save/apply". And "close" button here and "x" button on the top are same. if some change is made, the "esc" shouldn't apply that but go to Preferences's home view. This all goes to.. "MESH TOOL", "Transform", "etc" ... "Enter/Return" to "apply" and "Esc to Cancel" I hope these changes will put some ease in life.. Thank you MacOS Catalina - 10.15 (19A602) Affinity Photo 1.7.3 Macbook Pro -mid 15, 15inch.

Hello friends, I imported psd file which contains webdesign and im trying to get specifications from it. I can see W/H of sections, used colours, but i cant see what font was used. It should be Open Sans... yes i had installed this font to Windows. Any suggestions ? Thanks

Hi there, I was trying to create a 4x4 (with subdivisions later) grid on an A3 file, but the grid didn't work as expected. It didn't start at the beggining of the artboard and kept shifting while I zoomed in and out. Snapping was useless since the grid didn't stick to its place. I tried to replicate the issue on Windows but there it works as expected. grid-bug.mov

Hi there! Might have pressed something unwillingly, but double clicking on any object no matter which always selects the top layer/object. Have no clue how to fix this. Restarted the program and nothing. I need to mention these layers were brought in from another Designer file. Thanks in advance!

Remember Macromedia (!) Fireworks? I loved Fireworks! I even keep an old copy alive on my old Mac Pro. It crashes every few minutes, but for me the user experience of working in an application that really makes sense to me, even when I'm away from it for a few months, makes up for all the crashes and for the the annoying homebrew definition by which Fireworks hides vector stuff in a PNG. In the last 10 years I've repeatedly tried to get used to Photoshop and Illustrator. Since I'm not doing design on a day to day basis, I kept on loosing too much time maintaining the software, getting puzzled and figuring out how to do simple stuff. A few weeks ago I started using Affinity Designer. My SO was very enthousiast about Affinity Photo and finally convinced me to take the jump. Dear Affinity developers, I'm having so much fun! I've even revived a few silly hobby projects, just because ... fun! Having a great UX really matters. Of course there's stuff missing from Affinity Designer. My main complaint is not being able to distort and warp vector objects. And Fireworks has this great way of gradually simplifying strokes that hold too many points, I'd love to see that in Affinity Designer as well. But still, I'm happy - happy - happy (I feel a song coming up!) I've been playing around a bit. I've had a lot of help from tutorial video's, the Affinity Designer Workbook and of course this great forum. So I'd like to share a playful vector brush set with you as a small tooken of my appreciation for this great community. The afbrushes file holds the brush definitions, the afdesign file has some more examples and and my notes on how to create a vector brush. Title reference: "That's not a knife. That's a knife!" from Crocodile Dundee (1986) real pencil artboards.afdesign real pencil.afbrushes

Hello designers, today I will share with you a simple Illustration that you can easily use as a Windows lock screen:

Hello, I come here to expose a problem that I had on a .eps file created under AFD. Indeed, this file transmitted to a friend who works with AI is pixelated and not vectorized and there is no possibility to break down the elements of the file. Does anyone else have this kind of problem? I specify that the visual was made with the brushes "chunky markers"