Cool features - only half implemented ?

[4dimage]

Hi,

after the "big announcement", i'm a little bit disappointed about v2. Like so many other professional users i was really looking forward to this release since years.

 

There are many quality of life improvements - e.g.:

- more precise drop areas in layers panel 👍

- WebP bitmap export 🥰

- style pipette 🥰

- new drawing tools

...

 

But so far i found some heavy UI bugs - e.g.

- document format resizing in Publisher does not anchor to corners

- name synchronisation errors in the color palettes (custom global colors)

 

And some of the oldest requests stil not have been integrated - e.g.

- show/hide hidden charachters in text boxes via contextmenu in ALL three applications !?

- export selected|document Text at least as simple richtext document for further use in web programming

It seems to me, the developers did not have enough time to finish their work ?

 

1) The new export dialog: the overhaul was urgently needed but poorly implememted😥

- The preview does not always update for some Fileformats (PDF, endless spinner or crash reported).

- Zoom preview to 1:1 is not available for all Bitmap Formats (WebP). We need the 1:1 preview to visually check image quality !!! Optimized image compression (jpg, webp) is allways a balance between technical parameters and visual appearence. It allways changes with each new image and allways needs visual inspection.

 

2) New Measurement tools: yeah - we finally got them !!!

But wait: i can measure the distance or area with precise snaping 👍, even set a document scale factor 👍 and see a precise graphical widget in my drawing 👍.

 

But i can't persist this as a vector graphic (better: dynamic widget like rouded corners etc.). The last measurement disappears when changing to another drawing tool.

Quote from the Help system "Messwerkzeug":

Quote

Maße sind keine dauerhaften Angaben und lassen sich weder drucken noch mit Ihrem Dokument speichern.

 

So what are the measurement tools really good for at the end of the day ? It's only half implemented. So should we wait for the next minor update ?

 

I have not used all new features so far but was trapped with old and new bugs 😥

 

Maybe it would have been better, to first implement the features requestes since years and then use the developer power to carefully add new features step by step and implement them robustly? Publisher on ipad may be fine for some users. But i guess the heavy all day work is done on workstations - Mac AND Windows ...

 

 

 

Edited November 13, 2022 by 4dimage
removed inappropriate word

[iuli]

I would not call myself a fancy hipster, but I can confirm that I do heavy all day work on my iPad all the time.

I now have StudioLink too. After 2.0 there’s little difference between iPad and Mac for many professionals, I think.

 

[4dimage]

Hi iulian,

I apologize 😇 I only use a small iPad Air for fun, but not for work (Windows machine with huge Display and dedicated graphics card). I can't imagine how to work on a heavy Publisher layout with dozens and hundreds of linked images even on a bigger iPad pro screen - without extended keyboard and precise mouse 😉

However - i use the Affinity tools for years now and allways had the feeling, that they had not the man|womenpower they had like to, to push forward the development of all products with a comparable pace. So i feel the development power was spread a little bit to far on to many products and features.

Basic, simple improvements were stil not implemented but new complex features added. That makes me a little bit sad.

[Dan C]

Thanks for your feedback here @4dimage,

On 11/13/2022 at 5:00 PM, 4dimage said:

But so far i found some heavy UI bugs - e.g.

- document format resizing in Publisher does not anchor to corners

- name synchronisation errors in the color palettes (custom global colors)

Could you please create (preferably separate) bug report threads for these issues, such that our team can investigate this further?

Many thanks in advance!

[4dimage]

21 minutes ago, Dan C said:

Thanks for your feedback here @4dimage,

Could you please create (preferably separate) bug report threads for these issues, such that our team can investigate this further?

Many thanks in advance!

Ok Dan, i will try not to explode...

Could you please (preferably fix them) read the bug reports in advance 😬

I allready spent some 2 hours to reproduce and post some meaningfull bug reports with screenshot and descriptions...

Look here:

and here

and here

and elsewhere for v1.x

💭

[Dan C]

14 hours ago, 4dimage said:

I allready spent some 2 hours to reproduce and post some meaningfull bug reports with screenshot and descriptions...

My sincerest apologies, our team are incredibly busy currently and I did not take the time to check your profile for further posts, which I should have done - I simply wanted to make sure these issues were logged in the correct place, so that our team can action these ASAP for you and were not missed in your Feedback post.

14 hours ago, 4dimage said:

Ok Dan, i will try not to explode...

Many thanks for your understanding and continued patience here (and for not exploding!), once again I'm truly sorry for not checking further first as we sincerely appreciate any time users put aside to help us to fix and improve the Affinity apps