Creative functionality!

[Raymondo]

Hi team

Great that 1.6 has been released. I’m now wondering what’s on the teams roadmap because the current roadmap doesn’t show much in the way of creative functionality. A number of the following items have been raised before but don’t show in any roadmap.

 

• Gradients in swatches panel should also be available in FX gradient overlay and is not at present. Also not available in the gradient tool panel.
• plugin support for Filterforge, Flood 2 and On1 Photo Raw 2017/18. I see a recent post says filterforge and Affinity are talking and a promise of an upgrade to make it work is on the way.
• No standard black to transparent gradient as in Photoshop.
• No multiple gradient stroke on single layer.
• No pattern overlay in FX, this stops to ability to bring in styles in full from Photoshop.
• Bevel and emboss FX contour and texture tab would be an advantage. 
• Filter gallery or something similar as in Photoshop would be a bonus.

 

The above all add very creative functions which I hope will surface soon as at present I still at times have to revert to Photoshop for these functions. I’m only pointing these out as I can’t see much in the way of added creative functionality on any roadmap or am I not looking in the right place.

[Peregrin]

I agree completely!  Illustrators need certain features that are quite different from those that designers need.  The big one for me is path roughening.

[Pšenda]

Raymondo:

- Also not available in the gradient tool panel.

Or do you think any other "Gradients in swatches panel"?

 

- No standard black to transparent gradient as in Photoshop.

[Raymondo]

Hi Psenda

Actually I can get all my gradients by selecting the gradient tool and selecting swatches and they show up there. Still strange how they don’t show in the gradient tab though. I have no idea why I could not get them before. I also have black to white swatch which works the same as black to transparent in Photoshop. All is well with the world.