R C-R Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 5 minutes ago, Petar Petrenko said: because Affinity apps are written from scratch. They don't have anything in common with Serif's Plus apps. Among other things the Affinity apps were designed to run on both Mac & Windows platforms, to use a single 'universal' native file format (so any of the apps can open a document created in any of the others without loss or conversion), & to support performance boosting features like file serialization & very efficient memory use. This necessitated starting from scratch with an entirely new code base. 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...
BlueMarine Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 Not the best way to go in this case then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Mudditt Posted May 4, 2021 Share Posted May 4, 2021 Still not sure why Compound objects and the contour tool haven’t been mentioned, I seem to be able to build non-destructive shapes by compound adding and compound subtracting even on iPad. IMG_0672.MP4 stephenvfx 1 Quote My dad always told me, a bad workman always blames their tools…. Just waiting for Ronny Pickering….. Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 1.10 and 2.4 on macOS Sonoma 14 on M1 Mac Mini 16GB 1TB Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 1.10 and 2.4 on Windows 10 Pro. Deceased Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 2.4 on M1 iPad Pro 11” on iPadOS 17.4 https://www.facebook.com/groups/AffinityForiPad https://www.facebook.com/groups/AffinityPhoto/ The hardest link to find https://affinity.help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephenvfx Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 (edited) I'll make a purchase and switch from Illustrator to Designer as soon as the ShapeBuilder tool is implemented or in the roadmap. Edited June 16, 2021 by stephenvfx affinityfan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shinebox Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 I understand that there are a lot of ways to create the result of using the shape builder tool, but I think the point people are trying to make is that the tool is used during the creative phase. To be able to manipulate curves efficiently while designing and experimenting is critical in logo design for example. Not having it makes the process clunky. Just my two cents. Sticks, affinityfan, DaveRx and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armage Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 Just wanted to add my voice to this. I'm waiting for this feature too. Unfortunately there's some advanced functions that makes very difficult to dismiss illustrator. affinityfan and stephenvfx 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 (edited) On 6/17/2021 at 12:17 AM, stephenvfx said: or in the roadmap. Shape Builder Tool has been on the roadmap for a long time. However, roadmap is not currently public. P. S. As can be seen from the linked post, Serif promised this feature in version 1.x, the update of which is free. So there is no reason to wait for it. Edited June 20, 2021 by Pšenda 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...
adi_cataleya Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 features that will be in inkscape 1.2 AHAM and Kaung Myat 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazmondo77 Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 On 6/20/2021 at 11:59 PM, Pšenda said: Shape Builder Tool has been on the roadmap for a long time. I'm guessing we're still a while off which is why I've invested in VectorStyler which I use as kind of an external plugin, which plugs a load of Designer gaps 54 minutes ago, adi_cataleya said: features that will be in inkscape 1.2 Shape builder in VectorStyler works the same as this - plus you can copy and paste between apps (unlike Inkscape on the mac) although the Affinity clipboard is currently broke and messes up colours when pasted in other apps - once repaired (hopefully soon) it will work great and save loads of time and faff - Recommend as a companion app stephenvfx 1 Quote Mac Pro Cheese-grater (Early 2009) 2.93 GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon 48 GB 1333 MHz DDR3 ECC Ram, Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8GB GDDR5, Ugee 19" Graphics Tablet Monitor Triple boot via OCLP 1.2.1 - Mac OS Monterey 12.7.1, Sonoma 14.1.1 and Mojave 10.14.6 Affinity Publisher, Designer and Photo 1.10.5 - 2.2.1 www.bingercreative.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielThome Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 The ShapeBuilder tool is the last step affinity designer needs to take to become an independent software, without the need to use Adobe’s Illustrator. Afinnity Designer, if you want to take over Adobe’s dominance in your sector, you need to add the Shape Builder as soon as possible DaveRx, stephenvfx, Zebroc and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zebroc Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 (edited) On 9/23/2021 at 2:19 PM, DanielThome said: The ShapeBuilder tool is the last step affinity designer needs to take to become an independent software, without the need to use Adobe’s Illustrator. Afinnity Designer, if you want to take over Adobe’s dominance in your sector, you need to add the Shape Builder as soon as possible The hope never dies. I am convinced of affinity and am willing to pay for an upgrade to have this feature. We need to support this big Project and I want to be a part of it. Very good job so far Affinity !!! Edited October 1, 2021 by Zebroc ducapb and stephenvfx 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemanja Manojlovic Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 Can you please work on implementing shape builder tool. Having to use geometry operators, is such a bad user experience. I am forced to go back to Adobe Illustrator because of this. I have checked YouTube videos on this topic and the entire thread here, and also your twitter account. It seams to me you are never going to implement it and it feels like a big letdown. I even got your book but I still feel like I have to go back to Adobe because it takes too much time to make a simple logo illustration. Using geometry operators makes a mess out of nodes and its all a headache experience from there on out. stephenvfx 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullx Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 I have just purchased Affinity D. and I can not even believe you can not easily instersect open curves. This feature was already present in Macromedia Flash in 1996. Please work on this as requested by everybody here. thank you. DGee, ducapb and stephenvfx 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outremer Posted December 7, 2021 Share Posted December 7, 2021 I got to say that I wasn't aware of the shape builder feature when I was using Illustrator (probably because I wasn't using it for too long), but other than than, it seems like a very useful feature I and completely understand why you guys miss it this much (I personally miss the matrix to vector feature a lot...). I really do hope that AD 1.11 or 1.12 will bring these and I deeply think that it will help people leave the Adobe monopole for studios that doesn't steal from people. (AP and Procreate did a great thing to make people quit Ps) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephenvfx Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 I went back to Adobe Illustrator, as the dev team of Affinity is not making any effort to address their client's #1 request the SHAPE BUILDER tool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy05 Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 21 hours ago, stephenvfx said: their client's #1 request the SHAPE BUILDER tool. That's not even close to being the "#1 request". Paul Mudditt and R C-R 1 1 Quote »A designer's job is to improve the general quality of life. In fact, it's the only reason for our existence.«Paul Rand (1914-1996) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 1 hour ago, Andy05 said: That's not even close to being the "#1 request". I am not sure there is just one that could be considered #1 but pretty high on most user's list is real vector brushes. 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 December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 Number one on my list is for Serif to fix all the major bugs and shortcomings, and Affinity applications are doing what I was buying it. Other added features are just a big bonus for me, which I can't make any requests on, either with regard to the scope of the new features or their eta. R C-R 1 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...
Andy05 Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 8 hours ago, R C-R said: I am not sure there is just one that could be considered #1 but pretty high on most user's list is real vector brushes. Yeah, certainly higher ranked than a shape builder tool. Also non-destructive vector and pixel warp, resizable UI elements among other things are more often requested, I guess. Dazmondo77 and R C-R 2 Quote »A designer's job is to improve the general quality of life. In fact, it's the only reason for our existence.«Paul Rand (1914-1996) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mateuspollonio Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 Almost 2022 no shape builder tool until now—— ~~ stephenvfx 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samolevsky Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 It's 2022, guys! Where is Shape Builder tool? Even Amadine vector app has this feature... stephenvfx 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chillywilson Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 2 years later? Is there a shape tool? It's really the only thing holding me back from using this over illustrator. A shape builder tool is way better than a boolean tool such as merge and delete clipping point without having to duplicate shapes for multiple Xor function. Affinity takes almost double the amount of time than illustrator. stephenvfx 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bielawski_Design Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 I agree with everyones request so far. I understand if AD currently doesn't have the resources to build this; but I think it would be a giant mistake to not put it on the top of the list of tools designers want. stephenvfx and Zebroc 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mateuspollonio Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 still nothing guys, i’m heading back to illustrator now (sadly) hope the software get better with a few more updates, i’ll check again in a few months stephenvfx 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
When_Subscription Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 On 2/8/2022 at 12:11 PM, Bielawski_Design said: I agree with everyones request so far. I understand if AD currently doesn't have the resources to build this; but I think it would be a giant mistake to not put it on the top of the list of tools designers want. I think the lack of resources thing is just a cop out. Serif claim to have millions of people using their newest products, not to mention the money they made from the old ones. Now I don't know about anyone else, but I've purchased 3 products on PC and another 2 on the iPad, so in terms of revenue these guys have done very well for just a small team. Honestly I've lost all hope in Affinity products ever reaching the claimed "professional" software status. Development seems to have just stopped and loyal customers have been left in the lurch for quite some time now, no updates or teasers on what's to come, no highly requested features being released, nothing, not a peep. I think they've made their retirement money, and now they're simply milking as much coin from the current release until it fizzles out, which it very much is. I'm not even bothering to install Affinity on my new computer which is sad because the products had a lot of potential. stephenvfx 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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