Pierrick Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 You can assign that now in your keyshorts pref panel. Under Draw>Layers>Expand stroke Yes, and the shortcuts manager is very handy. ⌘⇧O not being currently assigned, we could have it pre-installed, thus aligning to the industry standard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hokusai Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 MattP, Just a quick question. Something from the previous versions seems to have changed. I don't know if it is intentional or possibly a bug or maybe it is something I have selected in the preferences? Let's say that I have 4 layers and the bottom layer is locked. If I select the bottom layer and then go to "add layer" it puts the new layer at the top of all of the layers. Before it would place the new layer directly above the layer that was selected. I noticed that it only does this with the bottom layer. If I select the layer above the bottom layer and then "add layer" it creates the new layer above the previously selected layer (like the old behavior). I couldn't work out why? Hokusai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted September 8, 2016 Staff Share Posted September 8, 2016 Hi Hokusai, That seems a bug but i'm not able to reproduce it here with the latest Beta. Can you please upload a file showing this behaviour so we can check this out? Maybe i'm missing something... Thanks. A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerhardL Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 Problem EPS-EXPORT Create Vectorgraphic Export this as EPS (for Export) Reopen the EPS Half Side is Rastered (Big Object left, Split/Copy the Graphic right) See Attachements. :-) Gerhard Original.afdesign Export.eps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted September 8, 2016 Staff Share Posted September 8, 2016 Hi GerhardL, That's because of the opacity (25%) applied to the gradient's colour stops on the circles on the left. EPS doesn't support any kind of transparency and so that part is rasterised on export. A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MattP Posted September 8, 2016 Author Staff Share Posted September 8, 2016 Another oddity I noticed with symbols... Shouldn't the order be reflected in all symbols? I tried reordering a layer in a symbol and it didn't update, even after playing with "sync" button on the symbols panel. See attached image. Edit: Also playing with the symbols some more I'm seeing what I think is unexpected behavior, but you guys tell me. See this dropbox link for the video: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/61613349/AD%20%E2%80%93%C2%A0Symbol%20Behavior.mp4 This is just an invalidation issue - the move forward/backward command isn't updating all instances of the symbol, so they don't appear to have changed. If you simply zoomed in a little you'd see the other instances update correctly. I can fix that very trivially - thanks for the heads-up :) A_B_C 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerhardL Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 ;-) Sh..... Thanks :-) Gerhard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hokusai Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 Hi Hokusai, That seems a bug but i'm not able to reproduce it here with the latest Beta. Can you please upload a file showing this behaviour so we can check this out? Maybe i'm missing something... Thanks. MEB, You have to have an image placed on the background layer (or the 1st layer) and then more layers on top. It seems to happen with any image (for me). Hokusai Example.afdesign Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted September 8, 2016 Staff Share Posted September 8, 2016 I missed the image as the background part. Logging this to be looked at. Thanks Hokusai. A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hokusai Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 MEB, No worries, it isn't a big deal as it is easy enough to move the layer after it has been added but it would be better if the layer didn't move. Thanks for looking into it. Hokusai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tekikou Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 A locked layer can be moved with the "Arrange" tools. I think it should not :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hokusai Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 Tekikou, That does seem like something that shouldn't move! When I tried it, it moved even though the layer was locked. Hokusai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tekikou Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 Tekikou, That does seem like something that shouldn't move! When I tried it, it moved even though the layer was locked. Hokusai Yes, that's the problem. The layer shouldn't move if locked ^_^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HYR Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 This is just an invalidation issue - the move forward/backward command isn't updating all instances of the symbol, so they don't appear to have changed. If you simply zoomed in a little you'd see the other instances update correctly. I can fix that very trivially - thanks for the heads-up :) Sure thing. Glad it's an easy fix! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianrobertdouglas Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 Updating now to the new Beta, but on this one, when working with symbols, if I break the curve and then try to Undo I get a crash every time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Ben Posted September 13, 2016 Staff Share Posted September 13, 2016 What about displaying the Snap state via the cursor and not the object, s as not to interfere with accuracy of artworks' visibility ? Sometimes you want to also know what it is you are snapping to. Yes, we could just change the cursor (which we'd have to do for *every* tool that employs snapping), but you'd lose the indication of what was snapped. As far as I gather, people generally find all the other snapping indicators useful, and certainly important for showing things such as edge alignment where there is some distance between objects. My initial plan is to try create a localised highlight (a circle of 30 pixels or so) around the actual snap points where a geometry snap is made. That might make things neater. ronnyb and A_B_C 2 SerifLabs team - Affinity Developer Software engineer - Photographer - Guitarist - Philosopher iMac 27" Retina 5K (Late 2015), 4.0GHz i7, AMD Radeon R9 M395 MacBook (Early 2015), 1.3GHz Core M, Intel HD 5300 iPad Pro 10.5", 256GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Ben Posted September 13, 2016 Staff Share Posted September 13, 2016 Ben, I turned off the "geometry snap" but every time I open a document, I have to turn it off. Is there some reason that it always on? I have all snapping turned off but the geometry snap doesn't seem to be a part of the snapping. It looks promising but for what I'm working on right now, it is a little intrusive. I hope to get the chance to play around with it more soon. Thanks for all the hard work. Hokusai Are you using the Node or Pen tool? Because they have additional geometry snapping options for when moving curve nodes. That is in addition to global snapping, and allows you to snap nodes for curves in the current selection only. It also allows snapping to smoothed handles, which global geometry snapping does not (since their locations cannot be seen without using the Node tool). SerifLabs team - Affinity Developer Software engineer - Photographer - Guitarist - Philosopher iMac 27" Retina 5K (Late 2015), 4.0GHz i7, AMD Radeon R9 M395 MacBook (Early 2015), 1.3GHz Core M, Intel HD 5300 iPad Pro 10.5", 256GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hokusai Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 Ben, Thanks for the explanation but I think the issues that I'm having are something that is off with the beta. Every time I close a document and then open it later, I have to turn off the "geometry snapping" every single time (even though I never turned it on and I always have to turn it off, every single time). The issues I'm having are when I'm drawing with the Pen tool, I see the yellow lines showing up but I don't want to see them. The expected behaviour would be that if I turned it off, it would stay off until I turned it back on but that isn't what happens. It is on by default and it is on whenever I open a new document or whenever I open an existing document. I would guess that the problem is the same as I'm having with the Swatches palette (it always defaults to the "Greys" every time I open a file, please see my post in the Beta 13 thread, here https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/24736-affinity-designer-customer-beta-15-beta-13/page-2).It is basically the same issue (defaulting to something other than what I had chosen). I'm using Yosemite if that helps. Thanks for all the hard work, Hokusai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted September 13, 2016 Staff Share Posted September 13, 2016 You're right Hokusai. Snap to geometry of selected curves state is not saved between sessions like the other three options. I'm logging this to be looked at. Thanks for letting us know about this. A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hokusai Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 MEB, Thanks, I thought maybe it was only me that was having an issue with it. How about the Swatches palette always defaulting to "Grey"? Is that a bug too? Thanks again,Hokusai A_B_C 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted September 13, 2016 Staff Share Posted September 13, 2016 Was checking that... Yes, that's weird too. It should default to the document palette if there's one available. Logging this as well. Thanks. A_B_C 1 A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hokusai Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 MEB, Thanks for looking into it. Hokusai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronnyb Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 Ben I love that idea of a localized highlight area instead of all the edges... Sometimes you want to also know what it is you are snapping to. Yes, we could just change the cursor (which we'd have to do for *every* tool that employs snapping), but you'd lose the indication of what was snapped. As far as I gather, people generally find all the other snapping indicators useful, and certainly important for showing things such as edge alignment where there is some distance between objects. My initial plan is to try create a localised highlight (a circle of 30 pixels or so) around the actual snap points where a geometry snap is made. That might make things neater. 2021 16” Macbook Pro w/ M1 Max 10c cpu /24c gpu, 32 GB RAM, 1TB SSD, Ventura 13.6 2018 11" iPad Pro w/ A12X cpu/gpu, 256 GB, iPadOS 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted September 15, 2016 Staff Share Posted September 15, 2016 MEB, Thanks, I thought maybe it was only me that was having an issue with it. How about the Swatches palette always defaulting to "Grey"? Is that a bug too? Thanks again, Hokusai Hi Hokusai, If you are using the default palettes this was already fixed in one of the latest Betas. If you are referring to/using custom palettes it may take a little until this is fixed/implemented. A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hokusai Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 MEB, Thanks for the response. I''m not so sure the issue was completely resolved because I'm using Beta 13 and I'm using the default "colours" palette, and it still reverts back to "greys" when I close a document. So when I open a document, it is always has the "greys" palette loaded (even though I never have used nor selected the "greys" palette and I always change it to "colours"). I am using Yosemite though so maybe that is the reason? Hokusai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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