nonresidentalien Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 Hi guys, I have recently switched my whole research group from using AI to using Affinity Designer. However, the thing that every single user heavily complained about, and that really limits the utility of AffinityDesigner for us, is the lack of an option to select a key or reference object that stays put during alignment and distribution operations. This is very crucial for the preparation of scientific data plots where one really cannot have the data points shifting around when aligning them to their labels. It would also be very helpful for preparing multi-paneled figure etc. Also, while at it, a 'select same color/stroke/fill/...' feature would be great, and the eyedropper tool could use some attention (eg. for text and vector objects) Please make these available, and I will promise, that there will be a landslide of scientists moving away from their current overpriced rental software to using Affinity Designer Thanks Lars esaramago, SaucyWeeTart, Twomen and 11 others 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafi Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Dear Affinity Team, First of all congratulation on Affinity Photo and Designer. I absolutely love both programs. You guys are doing an amazing job, thanks for that! I agree with the post above, and I have the same request. In Designer, when you want to align objects, it would be extremely useful to be able to select one of the objects as a fixed reference that does not move while other objects align to the reference. I would love to be able to use Designer to prepare figures for scientific publications, but without this feature it is difficult. I imagine you guys are very busy, but it would be a big plus to have this feature implemented. With this feature, I would be happy to use exclusively Designer, but without it, I still have to rely on alternatives. Thanks a lot, keep up the good work and greetings from Beijing. StephenK, jyamad, Twomen and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuttyjoe Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Those are features that I also depend on in screen printing work. Illustrator does it very nicely. esaramago 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
affinity_user Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 I would like to add a third request for object alignment that allows keeping one object in place while the other moves. I am also primarily a scientific user, and having this feature is a big time saver for producing publication quality figures. m.vlad and hubob 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twomen Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 +1! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JevoUK Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 This is a must for us too, It's one of the things I use most when setting artwork for the print machines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m.vlad Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 +1, I wanted to post the same thing, these are features I use extensively. hubob 1 Quote Mădălin Vlad Graphic Designer contact@mvlad.design https://mvlad.design Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hubob Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 I would also love for this feature to be implemented as soon as feasible. Along with arrowheads (...), an option to resize canvas to selection, and being able to link and not only embed objects - after these I'm all set:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiredframe Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 Posted in the wrong section, sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeharding Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 For UI design this is incredibly important when creating menu's etc that have many objects that need to be e.g. 10px apart or equally spaced within a specific area... Bit of a sticking point actually, and may see me wait for future versions of AD before taking the plunge completely away from AI. Thanks! Donny and Wiredframe 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatada Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 I have posted about this a feature myself at some point. To me it's kinda basic; I'm surprised it hasn't come up or been added in AD long time ago. The key/reference element could be picked as simply as being the Last or First object selected. No longer remember what AI or CD does.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted September 26, 2016 Staff Share Posted September 26, 2016 For UI design this is incredibly important when creating menu's etc that have many objects that need to be e.g. 10px apart or equally spaced within a specific area... Hi leeharding, Welcome to Affinity Forums :) You can do the above already selecting all objects then going to the Arrange icon on the main toolbar, clicking on Space Horizontally, unchecking Auto Distribute and specifying the value you want to separate the items apart. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatada Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 Hi leeharding, Welcome to Affinity Forums :) You can do the above already selecting all objects then going to the Arrange icon on the main toolbar, clicking on Space Horizontally, unchecking Auto Distribute and specifying the value you want to separate the items apart. No comment on the key-element selection when aligning/distributing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Patrick Connor Posted November 7, 2016 Staff Share Posted November 7, 2016 No comment on the key-element selection when aligning/distributing? Yes this is, as you say, it could be picked up as first or last, but when drag selecting around objects it's helpful to be able to specify which is the key as you wouldn't know which it is. Donny 1 Quote Patrick Connor Serif Europe Ltd Latest V2 releases on each platform Help make our apps better by joining our beta program! "There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man. True nobility lies in being superior to your previous self." W. L. Sheldon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted November 7, 2016 Staff Share Posted November 7, 2016 Hi Gatada, This is one of the most requested features (it's listed on the Common Feature Request's thread for some time now) but there's no news yet regarding when it may become available, sorry. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donny Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 I'd love to see this as well, I use it all the time in Ai and it's a time saver for sure. I've figured out that if you have two items and you want them centered to each other in the area of one of them, you need to align them to the left or right first (which ever one you want to keep in the position), deselect them, select them again and align them to the top or bottom of each other (again which ever one you want to keep in the position), deselect them, select them again and then align center on both. A really long process that should have taken 3 clicks at most. I hope this made sense. It's a really long way about getting the objects centered while keeping them in the space of the one you wanted to keep location for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milkshoes Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 +1 :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pep75 Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 +1! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaucyWeeTart Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 +1! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dok Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Hello, I'm for this too. Ok, Illustrator is older, but I hope to see this feature in AD as soon as possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomn Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 Affinity Designer, I vote for this feature too. It would be great: here is my problem for example: https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/34973-how-to-evenly-distribute-vertically-two-objects-inside-a-layer-on-a-background/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostwax Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 Hi There, This is a huge need for me as well. I never post online but went to the trouble of singing up, just to add my vote for some way of designating which object gets aligned to. I make patterns and use this all the time in AI. Affinity is amazing so far, but I can't completely commit yet without this feature. StephenK 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lars Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 The release notes of the latest version state there finally is 'align to key items'. Could not find how it works in the documentation yet though LOL Thanks anyway, this has been desperately needed!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mithferion Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 2 hours ago, lars said: The release notes of the latest version state there finally is 'align to key items'. Could not find how it works in the documentation yet though LOL Thanks anyway, this has been desperately needed!!!! Click on that Icon and then you will be able to do that operation. Keep in mind that it will only work from there. The other options to align will work as always. Best regards! SrPx 1 Quote AMD FX 8350 :: Radeon HD 5670 :: Windows 10 :: http://mithferion.deviantart.com/ Oxygen Icons :: GCP Icons :: iOS 11 Design Resources :: iOS App Icon Template :: Free Quality Fonts (Commercial Use) :: Public Domain Images How to do High Quality Art :: Mesh Warp / Distort Tool Considerations :: Select Same / Object - Suggestions :: Live Glassmorphism Effect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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