Affinity Publicher, colours

[Iztok]

There's a need to solve the color problem, specifically when we copy an object that contains multiple colors. Global colors might be in a different document, and even if we export and import document colors, the links between colors get messed up. This is a major drawback of Affinity. It’s also unclear what the importance of global colors is; why aren’t all colors set as global colors, allowing you to select the remaining colors, which are useless and can be deleted? Another issue is selecting multiple colors and deleting them; you can only select one at a time and delete it. These are significant shortcomings of Affinity Publisher.

While the page panel and its management are getting worse, version 2.5 was perfectly fine - there were no issues with the intermediate line between two pages in the spread, adding or deleting pages, where strange things happen like object flips when deleting a page, so it’s all unnecessary work; it's better to focus on the essential shortcomings and the stability of the applications.

[Hangman]

25 minutes ago, Iztok said:

There's a need to solve the color problem, specifically when we copy an object that contains multiple colors. Global colors might be in a different document, and even if we export and import document colors, the links between colors get messed up.

Can you provide a simple document demonstrating where this not working? As far as I can tell the links are maintained when copying and pasting objects with a Global colour applied when the palette is exported from the source document and imported into the target document but perhaps the example is too simplistic...

 

28 minutes ago, Iztok said:

It’s also unclear what the importance of global colors is; why aren’t all colors set as global colors

A good example would be a corporate branding project where you have designed an identity and logo using a specific colour which you've applied across a wide range of artwork. The client takes a look and decides they want to adjust the colour or try some variations of the colour.

If you've applied the brand colour as a Global Colour you only need to edit the Global colour and it will automatically update all instances of the identity and logo where that Global Colour is used.

If you've not used a Global colour you have to go through every instance of the identity and logo where the colour is used, select the objects manually and adjust the colour. You could perhaps also achieve this using Select Same Fill Colour but using a Global Colour makes the process easier.

There will be plenty of instances where you don't want all instances of a colour to be updated when editing the source colour which is where you wouldn't want to use a Global Colour.

39 minutes ago, Iztok said:

Another issue is selecting multiple colors and deleting them; you can only select one at a time and delete i

This has been requested many times in the forums and I agree it should be possible to select multiple colours and delete them in one go...

43 minutes ago, Iztok said:

While the page panel and its management are getting worse, version 2.5 was perfectly fine - there were no issues with the intermediate line between two pages in the spread,

I'm unsure how many people work with Preview Mode enabled when editing a document and I don't know why this has been changed in 2.6 or whether this is intentional or not. As far as I'm aware InDesign doesn't hide the spine in Preview Mode so this may be something that needs to be looked at...

56 minutes ago, Iztok said:

adding or deleting pages, where strange things happen like object flips when deleting a page

This is intentional but as referenced in your earlier post regarding this issue, hopefully, something where the current default behaviour will be changed...

[Iztok]

From one document to other, global colours does not appear in new document

Test 2 colour.afpub Test colours.afpub

[Hangman]

2 minutes ago, Iztok said:

From one document to other, global colours does not appear in new document

Not just by copying and pasting but they do if you export the xx.palette from the source document and then import it to the target document as per the screen recording...

You mentioned in your original post that...

"Global colours might be in a different document, and even if we export and import document colours, the links between colours get messed up."

I'd assumed that is what you were doing, is that not the case?

[Iztok]

That is what I am talkin about, make shorter process, simplify not complicate and in new version is option to do this. In InDesign is this from teh begining, I dont see any advanteges of import export if thiz comand be simpole made by copy paste colours.

[Hangman]

I completely agree... I still miss being able to open vector files and have all the colours used in the file appear in their own palette, including Pantone Colours which I think Illustrator had from version 1.0...