marble51 Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 I have been a long term customer of Serif in the past. Since then I've switched from Windows PC to Mac and came across Affinity (it was mentioned in another forum). So I downloaded the Beta and am giving a try. So far, I'm impressed but there is one thing that is very frustrating and would be a deal breaker when it comes to deciding to buy or not. This is the way it forgets what my settings are for brushes or selections, etc. For example, when I used Photoshop CS5 and I set the selection feathering to, say, 50px - CS5 would leave it set at that until I decided to change it (even if I close the program). With AP, I have to set it again every time I open a new image. It is worse with brushes - I have to set them up if I switch to another tool and back again. It is very time consuming. I saw something here in the forum about sharing brushes but that doesn't seem to be what I'm looking for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted July 6, 2015 Staff Share Posted July 6, 2015 Hi marble51, Welcome to Affinity Forums :) This was requested a couple times, but like other things it's impossible to get everything done for the first release. Affinity Photo development will continue and we intend to refine and add new features along the way. This will be done trough Affinity Photo Costumer Beta available after the Mac App Store Photo's release. Bear with us while we get there. A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marble51 Posted July 6, 2015 Author Share Posted July 6, 2015 Hi marble51, Welcome to Affinity Forums :) This was requesting a couple times, but like other things it's impossible to get everything done for the first release. Affinity Photo development will continue and we intend to refine and add new features along the way. This will be done trough Affinity Photo Costumer Beta that will be available after the Mac App Store Photo's release. Bear with us while we get there. I noticed after I posted that the release date has been announced so I am not surprised it won't be included. However, your assurance that it will be included later is encouraging so the deal isn't broken yet :) What I do like a lot is the way I can hover over the Blend Modes and see what the effect will be. Congratulations on that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rglohre Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 Any updates to this? SUPER DUPER FRUSTRATING WHEN I'M EDITING A BATCH OF PHOTOS (100x) AND HAVE TO RESET THE CLONE TOOL BETWEEN EACH PHOTO!!! UGH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manu schwendener Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 > Any updates to this? https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/15749-life-after-14/?p=71757 manuschwendener.ch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marble51 Posted March 22, 2016 Author Share Posted March 22, 2016 Since I started the topic, I thought I might ask again. After all, I asked in July 2015 and it is now March 2016. Back in December it was "top of the list" according to the link in the previous post. I'm on 1.4.1 but if I've missed a release, please let me know which version I should be on now? [Edit] I see there's a later 1.4.2 beta but I bought from the Mac App Store and it seems I'm not able to get the latest releases until they appear in the Mac Store - is this correct? Nevertheless, there's no mention of this particular enhancement in the release thread, as far as I can see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manu schwendener Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 No change in the beta yet, either, as far as sticky settings are concerned. (Tool presets is on the roadmap, though https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/10075-affinity-photo-feature-roadmap ) manuschwendener.ch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyL Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 Hi marble51 if you have the latest MAS version installed, you can download & run the latest beta alongside, this will give you latest features. But alas without Tool Presets so far. Affinity Photo Customer Beta (1.4.2 - Beta 3) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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