JamesCanning Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 Hi! I notice that Affinity Designer has a couple of tools on the left, whose popups mention being rectangular and elliptical frame tools. They are both grayed out and X-ed out. Does this mean they're upcoming, or that I need to load another attachment or app to select these? Thanks, James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 Upload a screenshot James. Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutchshader Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 don't think they should be there, these are Publisher tools. Quote intel core i5, 16GB 128Gb ssd win10 Pro Huion new 1060plus. philips 272p 2560x1440px on intel HD2500 onboard graphics Razer Tartarus Chroma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesCanning Posted November 9, 2019 Author Share Posted November 9, 2019 Good morning (here in NE USA), FirstDefence, here is a minimal screenshot. It helps prove that dutchshader was correct, this was in Publisher, not in Designer. Sorry, late at night and I was experimenting with opening Designer from within Publisher and got lost. This is a very helpful forum, thanks to you guys! I still have a question. Will frame design tools be available in Publisher soon, or is there an outside app I need to get hold of to enable these tools? Thank you very much for your replies. James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 3 minutes ago, JamesCanning said: I still have a question. Will frame design tools be available in Publisher soon, or is there an outside app I need to get hold of to enable these tools? The tools are enabled already, James. Their icons are simpy gray. Just select the tool and drag out the shape you want on a page. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 46 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: Their icons are simpy gray. This should be an incentive for their adjustment and coloring. The fact is that in the neighborhood of colored icons and the fact Gray = disabled, it can be unnecessarily confusing. Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 19 hours ago, Pšenda said: This should be an incentive for their adjustment and coloring. The fact is that in the neighborhood of colored icons and the fact Gray = disabled, it can be unnecessarily confusing. It can be confusing but there is a difference between a grey button icon & a greyed out one, subtle as that difference might be. Also, as far as I can tell, Tools panel buttons are greyed out only when no document is open; otherwise all of them always are enabled. Besides, at least in the Mac Affinity apps there is a "Monochromatic iconography" option in Preferences > User Interface, which makes all the buttons in both the Tools panel & Toolbar a monochromatic grey. Even without that option enabled, there are already several grey Tools panel buttons like the text & crop ones, & the panel is customizable, so neither greyness nor how near buttons are to each other really implies anything. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 I am glad, that "you" orientate in it. I also have no problem with that - because I know what you're writing here. But for a complete beginner, is color inconsistency "unnecessarily" confusing. For example: Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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