Photo: Sticky settings vs. custom presets

[naqoy]

Hi Affinity team,

(Sorry when using wrong terms in my post. I use German localization so I have the English terms not at hand.)

Since 1.5 we have sticky settings which is basically quite useful but, in my opinion, not the perfect solution. I have certain problems with the current implementation:

• Some tools share the same setings, e.g., all retouching tools seem to use the same settings which is not always useful.
• Some tools have no sticky settings, in particular, the crop tool where I really miss it. For example, in the majority of cases I want to crop by preserving the original ratio, but the tool always resets to unrestricted. Also I want to always use shading of the outside of the crop area. (In fact this new feature is so useful that I just want to have it as standard instead of an option.)
• Different types of images and tasks require different settings.
• Filter and adjustment layers have no sticky settings at all, which would be quite userful.

Altogether I would prefer to have customizable presets instead of sticky settings, ideally with the possibilty to store and load own settings to quickly switch them. I think of settings files that can be edited from the preferences dialog. Also nice would be a button or rightclick option by which I can simply store the current setting of a certain tool.

 

Also for live filter I would like to have a possibility to store multiple presets (like there are already for adjustments). The new macro feature is a bit of replacement, but only a bit since I have to explicitly record macros.

 

Maybe you could think about such an improvement.

Thanks, Naqoy