Convert a group of text to curves makes it invisible

[symbiont]

There is no quick way to convert a group of text layers to curves in version 2, because all text becomes invisible.
This is a bug because in version 1 its possible to select the group and convert it without effecting the colors.

[Old Bruce]

15 hours ago, symbiont said:

There is no quick way to convert a group of text layers to curves in version 2, because all text becomes invisible.
This is a bug because in version 1 its possible to select the group and convert it without effecting the colors.

Here on Mac OS 11.7 and Affinity Designer 2.0.4 I just select the Text layers and use the Layers > Convert to Curves command or its keyboard shortcut (Command + return) and the Text layers are converted to curves keeping the various applied colours for all of them.

[symbiont]

6 hours ago, Old Bruce said:

Here on Mac OS 11.7 and Affinity Designer 2.0.4 I just select the Text layers and use the Layers > Convert to Curves command or its keyboard shortcut (Command + return) and the Text layers are converted to curves keeping the various applied colours for all of them.

You missed a step for the bug to occur, which is grouping the text layer. Of course grouping one text layer doesn't make sense, but imagine having multiple text layers inside a group for your production image and forced to convert to curve each layer. So I hope this get fixed, it used to be bugged in version 1 as well.

Here is the proof that its bugged for Windows.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/16nAc1S7hR-TXZPyoCDzBqupFed0e1HKf/view?usp=sharing

[Dan C]

Hi @symbiont,

Thanks for your report!

I can confirm this is already logged with our development team as a bug, I'll be sure to 'bump' this with them now.

When converting the group to curves, the letters are still present in the file, simply the fill colour for the curves is lost during converting. If you select the Curve objects created and apply a new fill colour you should see the letters reappear.

I hope this helps

[nitro912gr]

I just wanted to report that this bug is still present.

[walt.farrell]

1 hour ago, nitro912gr said:

I just wanted to report that this bug is still present.

When it is fixed, there will be a post by the Affinity Info Bot giving the details of where the fix can be found. Until then, it is safe to assume that the bug has not been fixed, at least not intentionally  

[Giblee Gourmet]

@walt.farrell  Is there any way to get info on when this bug is slated to be fixed? I know how to work around this, but it's a complete pain. 

Edited November 20, 2024 by Giblee Gourmet
More info

[walt.farrell]

10 hours ago, Giblee Gourmet said:

Is there any way to get info on when this bug is slated to be fixed?

No. Serif does not provide any info on timing of fixes, or plans for them. 

[lepr]

On 4/12/2023 at 10:25 AM, Dan C said:

When converting the group to curves, the letters are still present in the file, simply the fill colour for the curves is lost during converting.

Press cmd-z to undo and you'll still have Curves but the fills and strokes will be restored, which is particularly useful if the original text had various fills and strokes.

(ctrl-z on Windows, I suppose)