Ammar Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Hi Adding art boards and pages features will me Affinity more used in UI designs A_B_C, redgular, Ammar and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rui_mac Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 My vote for that too. Multiple pages is very, VERY useful for graphic designers.And the artboard, for those who use it, is a tremendous place to construct elements that will be placed on pages or simply as a storage location for interchangeable elements or tests. ronniemcbride 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eball Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 I agree with adding pages and art board. I have used Fire Works since it was in beta form. Currently it is the most valuable tool I have - esp. for the web and device app design. Affinity could rival it with the addition of multiple pages. I am actively looking for tools to replace all of Adobe's apps on my computer. I look forward to the day that I can be Adobe free. Thank for this terrific product. dizeyner 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gobigdale Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 I AGREE!!! This looks to be the Fireworks replacement that so many UI Designers are looking for, however we need Pages, Master Page, Symbols. This is a critical feature for guys designing website, mobile apps, and full blown desktop applications. I would love to start testing this app for you now and integrate it into my daily workflow, however I just can't go back to a single layers palette. Too much extra effort to keep track of all those layers. Pages/Master Page is important because it lets us design multiple pages in a single document. It also makes it very easy to adjust common things once like backgrounds, headers, footers, etc. without having multiple versions spread across multiple layer sets or files. Everything else looks pretty solid. I like your color picker, and gradient tool. It is nice. Overall, I am excited about your product. I have been using Illustrator, Fireworks, Sketch3. GRScott, dizeyner and azhr 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nichod Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 I'd agree. Artboards are one of the features I consider essential to my daily use in Sketch. Pages are useful if you have symbols, but if you don't have plans to have symbols then pages can wait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyO Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Artboards the way that illustrator does them is very strange, putting them all on the same space arranged next each other ... Corel's multi page implementation is really novel, its setup so each page has a tab, clicking the tab jumps from page to page, but all pages share the same surrounding artboard for off-page objects, making it easy to move elements from page to page. Adobe's way is neat, but because all pages are on the same space and share layers, it ends up being confusing after a while knowing what art boards correspond with what layers. Corel's move to make a single artboard per view, with multiple pages viewable by clicking through a tabbed interface is far less confusing. Doing this corel's style would likely make layer management easier, since only one page is shown at a time on the artboard, they could potentially have separate layer sets per page. Busenitz 1 Quote Art director by day, illustrator by night: Check Out My Shutterstock Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Andy Somerfield Posted July 30, 2014 Staff Share Posted July 30, 2014 Hi, Multi page / spread and imposition control is set to be implemented when Affinity Publisher goes live next year - the capability will be made available in Designer at the time Publisher is released, because the products share a common file format. We must prioritise tasks - illustration is *primarily* not dependant on multi-page, so it waits for Publisher. Hope this helps, AndyS A_B_C, ronniemcbride, mikeswarts and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrograde Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 Thanks Andy. That's sound very reasonable. Looking forward to that development. Quote 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...
boudewijndanser Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Artboards? yes please. Allows you to organize the creative output (chaos..?) in your document. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chartan Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 Yes, artboards are a vital component in my design workflow and I can't live without it. They are not only useful for creating multi-page documents but also do keep ideas together (and batch export them). I also need to create different designs for e.g. front and back and don't want to create a separate document for each. Many components need to be perfectly aligned when creating two-sided work. I haven't used AD a lot yet because of this missing feature! sissun 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raskolnikov Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 Corel's multi page implementation is really novel, its setup so each page has a tab, clicking the tab jumps from page to page, but all pages share the same surrounding artboard for off-page objects, making it easy to move elements from page to page. +1 for that :) It was suggested some weeks ago :) something must be done with the artboard, nowadays the elements stay unseen... ultil they are selected. A common background for all the pages of a file would be a great thing. Let's see what the Affinity designers implement! peter and sissun 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonhuck Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 This is easily my number one feature request, and yet another area where Freehand nailed it so many years ago. Illustrator's implementation is awful, but at least it's there. It's a key feature that sets Sketch above other "alternative" but otherwise reasonably capable apps like iDraw. I purchased AD and am very optimistic about its future, but it simply can't replace Illustrator or Sketch for us without support for multiple pages. I keep hoping that this feature from Publisher will show up early in one of the betas. lexislav, FFHMark and sissun 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raskolnikov Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 It's a transition Jason, logically there are many things AI can do and AD still hasn't implemented.... but it's a question of time for AD to reinvent the design :D and we to learn to use the tools that are going to come soon soon soon... A_B_C 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonhuck Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 Oh, of course. I understand that, and my comment wasn't meant to come across as a complaint or demand. Just registering my "vote" for this feature and explaining the reality that it is a significant barrier to full adoption for us. Obviously that won't be the case for everyone. sissun 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raskolnikov Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 I didn't understood it as a demand :) i only think that meanwhile, we have to use 2 programs :) ... until , finally we can be free from Adobe $uite's apps rui_mac 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshTeriyaki Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 Hey Andy, Completely understand the wait for this feature, what would be great would to get access to it on the designer beta as soon as you could. It's a feature set I don't think anyone has nailed yet, you guys could get some valuable feedback getting it into AD users hands as early as possible. sissun and boudewijndanser 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heikehk Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 I would also be happy to have an art board. When do you think could it be available? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronniemcbride Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 Yes, I jumping on the art board appreciation bandwagon. I am patient and I am not rushing you I just glad it on "board" for implementation at some point. Quote LEARN AFFINITY DESIGNER TODAY. Follow me on twitter:@mixmediasalad or WATCH my FREE Youtube Channel Content Also check out my Affinity Designer Essential course on Lynda.com or Affinity Designer UX tools course and get a 30-day FREE!! trial to Lynda.com entire LIbrary by clicking this link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redgular Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 Art boards would be so useful. So far, Ive needed or wanted artboards every time I've used Affinity Designer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sergio Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Hi, Multi page / spread and imposition control is set to be implemented when Affinity Publisher goes live next year - the capability will be made available in Designer at the time Publisher is released, because the products share a common file format. We must prioritise tasks - illustration is *primarily* not dependant on multi-page, so it waits for Publisher. Hope this helps, AndyS Looking forward to this feature! I personally prefer Illustrator's artboard implementation! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KipV Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 I am actually not sure what I think about multiple artboards and pages. Back in the day I used to use FreeHand's multi page feature extensively since PageMaker was so bad and InDesign wasn't very mature yet. With programs like Sketch and the forth coming Affinity Publisher we have good options for making layouts so why not just use those programs for doing the layouts and then use AD for doing the drawing? The nice thing about the single page is that you can see all your drawings in the file system where with multiple pages you have to open each document to see the drawing that is inside. I am not sure if that is an advantage. Quote New Internet Book Project | Another New Website Project Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chartan Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Many Illustration apps include Artboards and Pages today because this is a very important feature (Sketch, Illustrator, …). I don't want to always switch apps for a design process. Especially to create mockups I want to have them all in 1 document and not spread over several files for different programs. A multi-page PDF will be shown with individual pages in the file system and with QuickLook Plugins on the mac you can even have more options for previews. I have to be honest, I haven't used AD a lot in the past few weeks because of the missing Art Boards. AD is a great tool but I if it doesn't include Art Boards, I will never switch away from Illustrator and Sketch and will certainly not use AD - which is a shame. sissun and lexislav 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrograde Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 I agree with chartan, I'm often working on multiple ideas to show a client and the ability to create a multipage pdf proof using multiple pages right from the app is expected today. We need it to organize projects in a way that makes sense in the design app... I don't want to go back to the days where you have multiple copies of things just to present your work. sissun 1 Quote 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...
kah Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 will appreciate if you take members request or votes seriously. Its your only ticket to enter the hearts and minds of your target audience an experience that will make them brand ambassador and free from adobe cloud subscription. ensure your products are close to adobe if not the same. i think you guys overall have done a wonderful job looking at the competition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted December 23, 2014 Staff Share Posted December 23, 2014 Hello kah, Welcome to Affinity Forums. It's not just a question of votes. Some features are tied/depend on other components, so there's cases where simply doesn't make sense to move forward with a popular requested feature without having the bases covered first. mikeswarts, sissun and KipV 3 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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