Summary of basic features on my wish list so far

[AllAppsUser]

To be fair, the global colour has been registered and I’m hopeful of a fix. The others may well still be under the radar.

• export/import document palettes 
• paste hex numbers into colour palettes
• highlighting the colour assigned to the selected object in swatches
• Ability to create global colour without fiasco of having to edit after creation
• sort out the nuisance of not being able to use scribble in text frames (and general inconsistency here)
• conflict between keyboard and pencil UI ( still a bit of a wtf moment every time - still can’t get my head around describing it)
• Ability to pin layers to top of layer stack
• ability to drag colour over object to apply it
• Ability to set defaults to always show paste board
• Useful object styles that behave like text styles
• ability to nudge move objects (recommend ProCreate’s tap-tap-tap - unbeatably intuitive).

I’ve just posted this list on another thread and thought: I really should put it somewhere where hopefully it’ll register. I may have asked for these before... I’ll keep asking because they’re basic-basics used everyday in normal workflow.

Designer is great, but you should be aware there’s another app rising.

[AllAppsUser]

Another two I’ve bumped into now:

• Swatches panel to default back to last used palette.
• Ability to store palette as files in Files app

99% of my real work uses predetermined brand colours and therefore a Document Palette associated with it.

I work for many different clients. Some throughout a year, some once or twice a year, some it’s a specialist one-off. It adds up to thousands, so Application palettes are NOT the answer.

 

Real work? I use Affinity only for my personal projects (which is why I’m active here mostly on weekends) for real work, it’s Adobe because all my clients are Adobe and the basics are there.)