Affinity Designer Customer Beta (1.3.5.3)

[MEB]

Well yes. Lots of things so far... :)

 

But still nothing major aimed at UI designers.  :huh:

 

Bigger changes/features takes more time to implement than small improvements. Just hold on a little more. It will be worth the wait :)

[ronnyb]

Do I smell artboards and multiple pages...?  :rolleyes:

 

Bigger changes/features takes more time to implement than small improvements. Just hold on a little more. It will be worth the wait :)

[retrograde]

Do I smell artboards and multiple pages...?  :rolleyes:

 

That would be sweet! Regardless I can't wait MEB.  :P

[peter]

Just to clarify Andy's post - we aren't actually insane enough to think that "British Pixels" is a unit type. <<BPX>> was actually an internal unit type that isn't meant to be exposed in the UI and was erroneously used in the last beta.

 

Incidentally, has anybody found the secret unit type that we did add? It's cat-related - as you may expect... :)

I found a cat in the Preferences pane though.

[A_B_C]

Seems I found 1 cat too, but I am not sure …  :unsure:

[ronnyb]

The infamous c unit, where c = cat.

 

1 cat = 27.953 in = 71 cm

 

 

Just to clarify Andy's post - we aren't actually insane enough to think that "British Pixels" is a unit type. <<BPX>> was actually an internal unit type that isn't meant to be exposed in the UI and was erroneously used in the last beta.

 

Incidentally, has anybody found the secret unit type that we did add? It's cat-related - as you may expect... :)

[A_B_C]

Okay … then I believe I found the same cat …  ;)

[MattP]

The infamous c unit, where c = cat.

 

1 cat = 27.953 in = 71 cm

 

Nicely found! You can also type, for example "2cats + 4ins" and things like that :)  A 'relaxed cat' is apparently 710mm according to our extensive research... (now you know where some of those 4 years of development time went to - lol!)

[A_B_C]

:D

[arcnor]

I'm having some trouble when using the Export persona and trying to export slices.

 

1. Create a new slice

2. Go to the Slices tab and press "Export selected" with some of them selected, obviously

3. Select the destination for your images

4. Check that directory and realize it's completely empty

 

I can manage to export something using the "Export 1x/2x/3x" buttons, but only after fiddling with the interface a little (I think it's after pressing the "Export selected", then everything starts working, but I'm not sure as sometimes it just work). If I don't start touching buttons, pressing the "Export 1x/2x/3x" buttons just does nothing (no file dialog shows for example)

 

Sorry about the lack of detail but it seems very random, and hopefully this can be fixed soon, as right now exporting is very painful due to that :D

 

*edited the message to add "manual" numbers instead of pressing the "Numbered list" button on the comment editor, doesn't seem to work...

[A_B_C]

That seems to be related to a bug reported earlier, arcnor … the export option checkboxes also show some kind of “inverted” behavior in the latest Beta:

 

https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/13345-affinity-designer-customer-beta-1353/?p=58835

https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/13345-affinity-designer-customer-beta-1353/?p=58900

 

But you can untick each of the “Export 1x/2x/3x” buttons to have your slices exported correctly …  ;)

And the checkboxes issue is fixed for the next Beta:

 

https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/13345-affinity-designer-customer-beta-1353/?p=59712

 

Cheers, Alex

[arcnor]

Thanks A_B_C, that seems to be the case (I didn't realize there were 1x, etc... checkboxes there)

 

Still, I'm not sure if that is related to my problems with the "Export 1x/2x/3x" buttons, but for now this is good enough :)

[A_B_C]

Yes, you might be right … perhaps the toolbar buttons issue is unrelated … :unsure:

 

I can now reproduce what you described, and there is a possible solution as well:

• Right click a layer with the Slice Selection Tool and choose Create slice …
• Then immediately go back to the Slices Tool and try to export using the context tool bar buttons
• Nothing happens

Solution:

• Now, unselect the slice in the Slices List and re-select it
• You will hopefully find that the tool bar buttons work.

Hope that helps … Alex  :)

 

(Sorry for the edits of this post.)

[arcnor]

I'm also seeing a bug with this PSD file: http://ui-cloud.com/free-dark-ui-kit/

 

When you open the file the first time, you'll see there is a Popup element with "Option 1" typed 4 times, but the first line shows "-. --    -" or something like that. Just do a bit of zoom, and you'll see the "Option 1" magically reappears. Close and open the file again, and you'll see the same problem again.

 

Also, there is no stripe pattern on the progress bar, but I think that's because Affinity doesn't support patterns (yet?)

[peter]

And here's me thinking that the word feet, was swapped with the word paws! :unsure:

[peter]

In the world of cycling (British Cycling) all riders who hold a race licence are measured in cats (catergories) 4th being the lowest and first being the highest. The more rides you do well in: the more points you win: the higher cat (catergorised) you become.

 

So a first cat/cat 1 rider is much more accomplished than a third Cat/cat 3 rider.

 

 

As explained here

https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/road/article/roadst_Road-Categories_ClassificationsRoad racing licence categories explained

All junior and senior licence holders, male or female are categorised by their ability. Riders of the same ability category continue to compete together in races irrespective of their age category, except in the case of age related events.

Licence points run until 30 November each year when they are reset to zero - any points gained from 1 December (eg in Winter Series crits) go onto the following year's licence.

Senior riders

4th category: A new junior or senior licence holder.

3rd category: Any junior or senior licence holder who has gained 12 points during any one season whilst holding a 4th category licence. Note: Riders are never downgraded to 4th category once a 3rd category licence has been achieved.

2nd category: Any junior or senior licence holder who has gained 40 points during any one season whilst holding a 3rd category licence. To retain a 2nd category licence for the following season, a rider must obtain at least 25 points in events open to that category of rider.

1st category: Any junior or senior licence holder who has gained 200 points during any one season whilst holding a 2nd category licence. To retain a 1st category licence for the following season, a rider must obtain at least 100 points in events open to that category of rider.

Elite category: Any Senior licence holder who has gained 300 points during the previous season whilst holding an Elite or 1st category licence,

 

A rider who, at the 31 December of the previous year, was listed in the top 10 in the elite men's British Cycling Cross-country MTB Series rankings may also claim an elite licence.

HTH in your next pub quiz ;) 

 

PS

 

So in rides like the Tour de France, Giro D'Italia etc mountains are categorised in levels of steepness/difficulty, a gentle climb is 4th cat and the steepest is 1st cat. There are some even steeper hills, which are classed as outside category.

 

Confused? Don't be...Imagine driving in France in a Citroen 2CV (of course): if you can just about drive up that hill, without stalling that poor engine in...

• ​4th gear, then it's a cat 4 climb
• 3rd gear, then it's a cat 3 climb
• 2nd gear, then it's a cat 2 climb
• 1st gear, then it's a cat 1 climb

But, if you have to get outside the car and push it up that hill: then it's an outside category (Hors catergories, in french) climb! My favourite! (L'Alpe D' Huez). 

 

 At this point, tongues, hearts and lungs are often felt on the outside of mere mortals'/sprinters' mouths. :P

Not scientific, but the analogy does work.

[A_B_C]

Hors catégorie must feel somewhat like this …  ;)

[arcnor]

I'm seeing another issue:

 

Create a rectangle, add an Inner Glow effect to it, and set a big radius. When you go to the Export persona and press the "Create slice" button, the generated slice wont perfectly enclose the shape, but it will be "size of the shape" + "inner glow radius" which is obviously wrong.

 

I think I've managed to reproduce this issue with other effects as well (like Outline) but I haven't tested all of them yet.

 

Also, I've noticed that the "Continuous" checkbox & "Export selected" button are blurry on a non retina display :)

[drewcovi]

1. Install OS-X El Capitan
2. Enable Separate Mode
3. Click-and-hold fullscreen button to enable "split" fullscreen mode
4. Select any second application
5. Continue work in Affinity Designer, and notice that the tools are gone
6. Focus on second application by clicking
7. Click back on Affinity Designer (return focus) and notice panels return

 

Expectation is that panels align within split fullscreen bounds, or that Separate Mode is unavailable.

[lenogre]

A little thing : AD can open a lot a format files. Good ! But when I'm looking for only AD files in my folders, I spend a lot of time because all files are active. Please, give us a option when opening "only AD files".

 

Another little thing : when double-clicking a AD file, it launches AP !?!

[arcnor]

Another issue: The "Open Recent" menu gets randomly cleared (I think it gets cleared when I open and close AD without saving any file, but not sure about that)

[anon1]

Time for a new beta? :)