UI, features

[antonkudin]

I'm a big fan of most of how AD works and looks now, but there are some functions i'd love to see:

 

Tabs in 'separated mode' windows. Sort of like browsers work: you can have any amount of windows, with any amount of documents/tabs in them.

Fullscreen mode to maximise working space.

Same for Hide palettes/UI shortcut, sort of like TAB in photoshop.

Dark menubar for OS X Yosemite.

Custom palette designer: put random icons into a new, custom palette. I'd love to combine most used toolbar, transform, align and boolean icons into a single palette.

Keyboard shortcut remap: tools (!), functions etc.

Updatable smarter embeds: place document A into a document B, edit A and it's updated inside B.

 

And a really big one:

Automation. Think actions in photoshop: record any buttons/shortcuts/canvas operations into a macro and play it any time using a shortcut. Could be only menus at first implementation, then add palette buttons and then canvas operations like drawing, transforms etc.

 

 

Keep up mind-blowing work you've been doing on AD, going at this rate this is going to be a no-brainer first-day purchase for any graphic designer.

[Andy Somerfield]

Hi,

 

Thanks for the feedback :)

 

You can have tabs in separated mode - just drag one open window into another to create a tabbed window!

 

Fullscreen mode should be working in both separated and integrated modes - just hit the icon at the far top right.

 

We've kept the TAB key spare for exactly that reason - expect it to be implemented soon.

 

We will be implementing the dark menu before release - now that the Yosemite beta builds include it.

 

Our embedding is pretty solid I think - if you embed a document into another, then double click it to open it, any changes made in the embedded document are shown live in the host document. Is there something missing which we've overlooked?

 

Macros are coming as part of Affinity Photo :)

 

Thanks,

 

AndyS

[retrograde]

Hi Andy, speaking of Affinity Photo, is there a forum or site dedicated to it's development yet. I am having trouble finding any info on it.

[antonkudin]

Thanks for replying, great to see developers really listening!

 

Can't seem to combine windows into tabs. Maybe because of Yosemite Beta bugs?

 

Regarding the embedding: I was thinking more about changing the original document will update the one. So it's not actually embedding, it's linking.

 

PS.Judging from other posts, looks like users frequently ask of features that are already in, but somewhat harder to find? Like me in this topic, most of stuff you already have. Maybe an FAQ is needed? :)