Staff MattP Posted August 19, 2016 Author Staff Share Posted August 19, 2016 @mattP, thanks so much for fixing this! Indeed, when importing pdfs using the "Place" command they now get imported at the correct physical size, which is great! The instance in which the old behavior still persists is when importing them via drag&drop, but for me personally that's not a big issue. Thanks again for taking the time to fix this! EDIT: I just realized the problem also persists when directly selecting vector elements in another application (in my case Graphpad Prism) and then importing these into AD via paste. If you could align that behavior with the now revised Place command that would be greatly appreciated. No problems :) Interesting you mention about the drag/drop not working, I'll look into that one too! Interestingly, the problem you mention with 'paste' from another application may not be so easy - unless the data they provide is via a PDF pasteboard type, for example... I'll look at it... Thanks, Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MattP Posted August 19, 2016 Author Staff Share Posted August 19, 2016 Hi All, Have a crash bug to report, see attached log incase its of use. I was changing the layer order of a Symbol, nested inside a symbol. Thanks for the heads-up Malcolm - you don't happen to have a document at all that shows this do you? (I'm guessing not, but thought I'd ask just on the off-chance....) Thanks, Matt Malcolm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evtonic3 Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 CAN´T BELIEVE THIS IS HAPPENING!!!! >>>>> one CAN drag the "opacity" label to change the opacity of layers :D :D :D + dropping stuff into assets and symbol panels + might we get the docking of two columns of tool panels to the right (and left) side like possible in AD for Windows? + Bleed preview, linked bleed values thanks for the update! :lol: so what´s your opinion on the state of this AD release? :lol: judging from your profile picture you seem to be happy :lol: How do I see the bleed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted August 19, 2016 Staff Share Posted August 19, 2016 Hi evtonic3, There's no bleed preview yet. Those grey items are requests from MBd. anon1 1 A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aongus Collins Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 Hello, Export PNG with a transparent background does not work :-) Gerhard I experienced this issue, too, but specifying 'Transparent Background' in the New Document dialogue window fixed it it. MattP 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 Thanks for the heads-up Malcolm - you don't happen to have a document at all that shows this do you? (I'm guessing not, but thought I'd ask just on the off-chance....) Thanks, Matt Hey Matt, our friendly Time Machine will help out on that front. I'll mail it over to you at some point this afternoon. Cheers. A_B_C 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MattP Posted August 19, 2016 Author Staff Share Posted August 19, 2016 Hey Matt, our friendly Time Machine will help out on that front. I'll mail it over to you at some point this afternoon. Cheers. What a star! Thanks! :D Malcolm and A_B_C 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Patrick Connor Posted August 19, 2016 Staff Share Posted August 19, 2016 Hey Matt, our friendly Time Machine will help out on that front. I'll mail it over to you at some point this afternoon. Cheers. Thanks, it arrived yesterday. Patrick Connor Serif Europe Ltd Latest V2 releases on each platform Help make our apps better by joining our beta program! "There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man. True nobility lies in being superior to your previous self." W. L. Sheldon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bogarguz Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 In Draw persona, if I finish my design and go to File/Export, I get troubles with the Export settings. The buttons Cancel, More and Export sometimes do not work. I have to click back and forth between formats, and suddenly More works, but then if i close it and try to reopen, it does not work. Also my customs setting for PDF printing were erased from the list of options in Export. I know you will fix this. Thank you very much in advanced. Bogar smallreflection 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted August 19, 2016 Staff Share Posted August 19, 2016 Hi Bogar, I'm not having issues with those buttons. Which OS are you running? Regarding custom settings, this latest Beta (1.5.10) was reset (see warning in the first post "PLEASE BE AWARE ") for more info. A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianrobertdouglas Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 I still have an issue when trying to reopen a file I've closed. It's the same whether I drag to app, go "Open Recent" or just Open and navigate to the file. I get this: And then I get something like this, no matter which option above I choose: The only way forward from there is to quit the Beta and reopen it. Can someone please weigh in on this? It's been like this for the last three betas. smallreflection 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vonBusing Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 Bogar: if you are on OSX 10.9.5, try to target the lower edge of the buttons when ckicking them with the mouse in the export dialogue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
00Ghz Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 Hi 00Ghz, I'm not seeing this on the Sierra machine. Do you have a recipe how it happened? Are you on the latest Sierra? A Edit: We are using 10.12 build 16A294a I just made it a floating panel and that's it. It freaked out. 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...
Seneca Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 On Constraints, I've been using constraints to implement my own arrows before the development team implements native arrows support in the application. What I'm missing right now the fact that I can't lock the vertical or horizontal resizing of the Constraints Group. In the case of arrows I want to make sure that the constraints group is not resizable vertically only horizontally. At other times I want to make sure that I can only resize the group vertically not horizontally. I'm not sure what the 3 icons do at the bottom right corner of the Constraints Panel. Does anyone out there know what they are for? Best regards 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...
bogarguz Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 Hi Meb, I am using 10.9.5 in a Mac Pro 2.8 GHz Quad-Core with 32 GB RAM. I had the button issue since the first Beta 1.5. Now it works for one time if i click in several formats and get back to PDF, then More opens, if I close it, then click More again do not work. In JPG it does not work at all and so in some formats. The Export Button (next to More) finally works in Beta 10. Thank you again, Bogar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 Can someone please weigh in on this? It's been like this for the last three betas There's a thread about that issue here. ianrobertdouglas 1 Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrograde Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 A couple of little things that I think might improve the artboard experience. 1 - when an artboard is copy dragged to create a new duplicate, perhaps an updated artboard number be added to it's name both in the document window and in the layer stack. 2 - Command 1 or 8 for 100% or actual size zoom into the artboard that is active or was active last, currently it centres the view. :D Can we add another tab to the Assets Panel for linked or placed image/textures etc... management? Or is there somewhere else that would be better located? ... While I think of it, I'm wondering why there isn't a global noise adjustment layer capability in Designer. Does it have something to do with the vector and raster nature of Designer? It seems to work great as a live noise filter in Photo over raster and vector shapes. When put on the top most layer it covers everything below it and it's a live effect so you can adjust it... really cool. (Post merged by PJC into one suggestion post) MattP 1 http://www.kevincreative.com https://www.behance.net/kevincreative https://dribbble.com/kevincreative https://www.instagram.com/kevincreative/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatada Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Export size is initialised with the wrong values - which is more of an annoyance than bug. Still: With multiple artboards in a row, resulting in a canvas size of e.g. 1000w × 100h. I select one of the artboard, with a size of e.g. 100×100 and hit export. The export dialog will be initialised as 100×100 despite "Whole document" being selected. Then when changing e.g. the height to 200, the width changes to 2000. Which is correct, given that the While document is selected. Ideally having an artboard selected would initialise the export dialog to the corresponding size (100×100) and area (artboard). Hm.. the list in this post stopped being formatted as a list in the preview. Weird. Tekikou 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Hi All, might be a known issue as it's to do with Constraints. When I apply a constraint the artwork inside appears to be cropped to the bounding volume of the newly converted 'Constraints Group'. See image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bogarguz Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Hi Bogar, I'm not having issues with those buttons. Which OS are you running? Regarding custom settings, this latest Beta (1.5.10) was reset (see warning in the first post "PLEASE BE AWARE ") for more info. Hi Meb, I am using 10.9.5 in a Mac Pro 2.8 GHz Quad-Core with 32 GB RAM. I had the button issue since the first Beta 1.5. Now it works for one time if i click in several formats and get back to PDF, then More opens, if I close it, then click More again do not work. In JPG it does not work at all and so in some formats. The Export Button (next to More) finally works in Beta 10. Thank you again, Bogar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afterlame Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Hi, first of all: thanks for getting the measurements to work with art boards! :)There is one thing that bugs me though: Measurements don’t work inside of groups: Put three elements in a group Select one of its children via double click Try to ⌘-Measure its distance to another child of the group Instead of measuring the distance between the two elements, it shows the distance to the group boundaries. captain13chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
00Ghz Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 In this case the color picker tool ain’t working. You still have to click the icon and drag around. 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...
retrograde Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Would love to see Designer's brush behaviour updated to the same as Photo 1.5 beta, where when you pick a brush it automatically selects the right tool in the tool panel i.e. pixel or brush paint tool. Even if I am using the text tool and select a brush in the brush panel the app knows to switch to the right brush tool. This is exactly how it should work. Awesome! :D Right now in designer, pixel persona, you pick the tool, then the brush, then sometimes you have to re-select the tool and then sometimes you have to re-select the brush... it seems inconsistent and not ideal. a boy can dream... would like a sticky highlight of the brush in the panel as well. :) a boy can push his luck... of course ultimate nirvana would be custom panels users could create and save. :P brushes, artboards, styles etc... ... but seriously that first point would be awesome. ;) http://www.kevincreative.com https://www.behance.net/kevincreative https://dribbble.com/kevincreative https://www.instagram.com/kevincreative/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
00Ghz Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Esc still does not quit the text tool. I have to go and click on the icon to get rid of it. :( MasterEaster and retrograde 2 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...
ianrobertdouglas Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 Still seeing occasional crashes on Save. Usually happens when I create a new Folder within the Save process in AD. After creating the folder, when I get to saving the file, AD crashes. crashreport.txt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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