Staff Popular Post MEB Posted June 8, 2016 Staff Popular Post Share Posted June 8, 2016 Ash takes a quick look at two of the new features which will be coming to Affinity Designer in version 1.5: Constraints and Symbols. MattP also posted a small demo/preview of Symbols some time ago here. If you pay attention to the first video you may also discover a highly requested feature/improvement.... :) EarnestAdock, Richardbath, Andrewmub and 79 others 82 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ONSO Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 Nice—looking forward to the release. Quote 15"-inch MacBook Pro, 2017, 2.9GHz Intel Core i7 | 16Gb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_B_C Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 Are you talking about the “Assets” panel in the top left corner, Miguel? :) The new features look pretty exciting … :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted June 8, 2016 Author Staff Share Posted June 8, 2016 Nope... that's another new feature ;) Wiredframe 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_B_C Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 The Eyedropper Tool … oh my goodness … :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
00Ghz Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 The Eyedropper Tool … oh my goodness … :D Now I wonder what kinds of info it can actually sample. I see some stuff about header/footer size for artboards? Quote UI Designer, CG Artist Macbook Pro 15" 2014 2.5 Ghz, 750M https://www.behance.net/VladMafteiuScai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graphite Addict Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 This is going to save me time. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Day Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 Hey... there's a dark pasteboard when using artboards now. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MattP Posted June 9, 2016 Staff Share Posted June 9, 2016 Wow! You guys are eagle-eyed!!! :O There's a LOT of bits and bobs and a number of big features - I don't think the 'sneak peak' shows off our symbols very well at all - they're far more feature rich than any others I can find... :) vonBusing, Patrick Connor, My Strawberry Monkey and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierrick Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 Oh my, tell me you revamped the eyedropper tool :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hokusai Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 MEB, Thanks for the sneak peak, very exciting! I can't wait to try 1.5 out. The new features look amazing and I'm sure that there are lots of other goodies as well. In addition to the symbols and other goodies that are being added, I'm personally happy to see that Godzilla is a part of the Affinity team ;) (even though he appears to be slacking off in the video). Hokusai PS. I'm always hoping for my two personal pet features to be added to 1.5, a "Hide/Show All" (with a shortcut) and a preference for zooming behavior so I can permanently banish the scrubbing zoom from Designer forever! A_B_C 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 Awesome! Hope that Symbols also permits per-instance overrides, like Illustrator does. (I apologize for using the beaten-to-death illustrator comparison, I only mention because Sketch also has Symbols, but they also cannot have overridden properties, which severely limits how they can be used for repetitive elements like providing UI comps with buttons in various highlight/select/disabled states) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MattP Posted June 11, 2016 Staff Share Posted June 11, 2016 Awesome! Hope that Symbols also permits per-instance overrides, like Illustrator does. (I apologize for using the beaten-to-death illustrator comparison, I only mention because Sketch also has Symbols, but they also cannot have overridden properties, which severely limits how they can be used for repetitive elements like providing UI comps with buttons in various highlight/select/disabled states) Symbols allow for per-instance overrides and specialisation (adding/deleting structure from each instance individually whilst still being able to add/delete from all instances if desired) :) A_B_C, Alfred, Berbank and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 Symbols allow for per-instance overrides and specialisation (adding/deleting structure from each instance individually whilst still being able to add/delete from all instances if desired) :) Awesome! Now I am very excited :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henrik Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 Aw yissss, nudging elements needs to go the way of the dodo. Out of curiosity, is this implemented with an actual constraint solver behind the scenes (eg., Cassowary)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hombre Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 Hi, what I really desire is the "Pages" feature to have multiple pages in a document. That's really necessary for the layout process of books or brochures. When can I expect that feature? Keep up the good work! Cheers... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted June 27, 2016 Author Staff Share Posted June 27, 2016 Hi Hombre, Welcome to Affinity Forums :) Pages will be implemented in a future version. It will be probably introduced with Affinity Publisher (for desktop publishing) available later this year as a public Beta if everything goes well. RealSparky 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hombre Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 Awesome, thanks. Looking forward to it! Cheers... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evocarti Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 Hi Hombre, Welcome to Affinity Forums :) Pages will be implemented in a future version. It will be probably introduced with Affinity Publisher (for desktop publishing) available later this year as a public Beta if everything goes well. About pages, I was hoping that you implemented it similarly to how Sketch has it (I'm thinking that's maybe what Hombre meant). When I do UI design, I like to have a scratch page, then Mockups, and then an export page. I know I could just duplicate artboards, but it's not the same, Pages allow me to also differentiate between different directions altogether without creating a new document. Anyway just my two cents. What guys are doing is great, simplifying other bloated software giants, while improving a lot. I pray you do the same in Publisher (have you seen inDesign lately? Jeezus! it's daunting). I'm looking for an alternate and will be happy to beta test later this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seneca Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 What guys are doing is great, simplifying other bloated software giants, while improving a lot. I pray you do the same in Publisher (have you seen inDesign lately? Jeezus! it's daunting). I'm looking for an alternate and will be happy to beta test later this year. I'm not sure what you mean. We don't need a dumbed down version of inDesign. We need a Desktop Publishing application that beats inDesign. While inDesign may be daunting to you it's geared towards a professional market and we need a professional application to do that. There is nothing near in the market at the moment that rivals inDesign for its depth etc., when it comes to professional publishing. That's why we need Publisher to rival that and not something that dumbs it down. ianrobertdouglas, jbartley and Bauke 3 Quote 2017 27” iMac 4.2 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7 • Radeon Pr 580 8GB • 64GB • Ventura 13.6.4. iPad Pro (10.5-inch) • 256GB • Version 16.4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Voisey Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 Thanks for creating a brilliant solution Serif and to continue to keep improving it. New features look great, and I noticed a little Star maker there also :)Will being able to hold down space bar allow me to move around objects as I create them? Aka. Illustrator, Fireworks etc. Still miss this :) Either way, keep up the great work. Looking forward to Publisher also. ProgonTof, Richardkar, Kevintot and 30 others 33 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 There is nothing near in the market at the moment that rivals inDesign for its depth etc., when it comes to professional publishing. That's why we need Publisher to rival that and not something that dumbs it down. Totally agree, I'm really looking forward to the Beta, or even an Alpha version :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
affinityashh Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 This is great!! I'm looking forward, can't wait! :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted July 21, 2016 Author Staff Share Posted July 21, 2016 Hi asantos, Welcome to Affinity Forums :) If you already bought the application, there a customer Beta you can install if you are willing to try the new features while they are in development. The latest beta (Designer 1.5 Beta 6) is available for download here. You must keep the Mac App Store version installed to be able to run the Beta. Also note that files created with version 1.5 Beta are NOT compatible with previous versions. MattP 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stickershock Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 How will you be publicising when Affinity Publisher is available? Is there an email notification I can sign up for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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