Fatih19 Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 2 minutes ago, Ben said: Regarding the Pixel crop tool (for resizing and cropping the document, not the vector Crop tool) - I've already rewritten this for 1.7, so if your issues are with this tool, wait for 1.7. But I thought you're the developer for AD and not AP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Ben Posted April 18, 2018 Author Staff Share Posted April 18, 2018 No - I am a core Affinity developer. I've done large amounts of the common back end code. I've just spent a lot of time working on tools in Designer as they tend to be more involved than pixel based tools (which tend to operate around pixel selections, which we already have). Danielcz and Mithferion 2 Quote 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...
Fatih19 Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 3 minutes ago, Ben said: No - I am a core Affinity developer. I've done large amounts of the common back end code. I've just spent a lot of time working on tools in Designer as they tend to be more involved than pixel based tools (which tend to operate around pixel selections, which we already have). Oh okay. So now I want to ask, why is there no sneak peeks for AP? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Ben Posted April 18, 2018 Author Staff Share Posted April 18, 2018 Because I haven't got anything I want to show you... I've done some general work, adding Presets to various tools and grids. Not really worth putting in a video - it'll be fairly obvious when you get 1.7. I have also worked on a couple of tools for Photo, but they are not ready to demonstrate. Mithferion, SrPx, Wosven and 1 other 4 Quote 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...
Fatih19 Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 15 minutes ago, Ben said: Because I haven't got anything I want to show you... I've done some general work, adding Presets to various tools and grids. Not really worth putting in a video - it'll be fairly obvious when you get 1.7. I have also worked on a couple of tools for Photo, but they are not ready to demonstrate. Or maybe you are working on some great new tool that is a breakthrough and you dont want to share it yet. Its fine Ben. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor, the Norseman Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 2 hours ago, Ben said: Can you put these requests in their own thread, please. Will do. PS: Very impressed at: 1. Getting a reply. 2. So quickly. 3. From an actual programmer. 4. I hope you're finding the time to actually code! Patrick Connor and A_B_C 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomasp Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 Just wondering if on the Mac side the OS version requirements will remain identical with upcoming/future versions and new products like Publisher? It's really quite pleasant to be able to use Affinity products on OS versions going back to 10.7 without having to worry about conflicts. Please keep it that way if at all possible. Too many Mac programs seem awfully restricted by OS version. Krustysimplex 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Mez Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 Hi Devs Team Want to know if it will be possible to apply color to layers. i've seen something like in actual version but still it's not working by default. being able to set color to layer will help find our way into design projects as sometime, naming a layer is not always enough. digital 1 Quote Never be the Same Again ! ---Dell Optiplex 5090 SFFIntel Core i5-10500T @2.30GHz with 12GiB 2666MHz DDR4Intel UHD Graphics 630 for 10th Generation M.2 2280, 512 GB, PCIe NVMe Gen3 x4, Class 40 SSDWindows 11 Pro x64 22H2 + LibreOffice 7.5.3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TextusGames Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 On 03.05.2018 at 3:35 AM, Arnaud Mez said: Hi Devs Team Want to know if it will be possible to apply color to layers. i've seen something like in actual version but still it's not working by default. being able to set color to layer will help find our way into design projects as sometime, naming a layer is not always enough. You can already set layer color, but only for layers which you have added by clcking add layer button in layer panel. I personally do not undrstend why you cant set it on other layers, at least on group layers. digital 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrograde Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 Hey @Ben any thoughts on my earlier post regarding aligning nodes? Cheers. 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...
Tourmaline Posted May 6, 2018 Share Posted May 6, 2018 On 16-4-2018 at 5:00 PM, Ben said: And, for anyone who wanted Lasso node selection... LassoNodeSelection.mov To use it, in the Node tool with a curve layer selected, you just hold Alt and either click to start polygon mode or drag to start free hand mode. Impressive update. Can't wait for the 1.7 update. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Mez Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 On 5/4/2018 at 7:34 AM, TextusGames said: You can already set layer color, but only for layers which you have added by clcking add layer button in layer panel. I personally do not undrstend why you cant set it on other layers, at least on group layers. Hi @TextusGames That one i know but i was talking about something correctly working for all layers and not like the one we actually have which is working on one layer then not working on the other one etc... i believe that possibility to allow us set colors to working layers in a proper way without it bugging will be of great help. Quote Never be the Same Again ! ---Dell Optiplex 5090 SFFIntel Core i5-10500T @2.30GHz with 12GiB 2666MHz DDR4Intel UHD Graphics 630 for 10th Generation M.2 2280, 512 GB, PCIe NVMe Gen3 x4, Class 40 SSDWindows 11 Pro x64 22H2 + LibreOffice 7.5.3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Ben Posted May 8, 2018 Author Staff Share Posted May 8, 2018 On 18/04/2018 at 9:25 AM, retrograde said: @Ben will aligning work with selected nodes? Align horizontally or vertically for example? Say I select the right side nodes from a rectangle and right side nodes from a square (2 separate shapes) and I want only the selected nodes to align vertically...? Will this be possible? Yes. I've coded up alignment for the Node tool. So, you can use the Alignment panel to align the selected nodes in the Node tool, as you would align layers/objects in the Move tool. I've also prototyped some widgets for doing snapping alignment, as an embellishment to the selection box. NodeAlignment.mov NodeAlignmentWidget.mov JET_Affinity, Mithferion, Dave Vector and 14 others 17 Quote 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...
Fatih19 Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 Great stuff as always, Ben! 1.7 will be huge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petar Petrenko Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 Maybe they are going to skip 1.7 and give us a higher version with a lot more options than we expect? Quote All the latest releases of Designer, Photo and Publisher (retail and beta) on MacOS and Windows. 15” Dell Inspiron 7559 i7 ● Windows 10 x64 Pro ● Intel Core i7-6700HQ (3.50 GHz, 6M) ● 16 GB Dual Channel DDR3L 1600 MHz (8GBx2) ● NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M 4 GB GDDR5 ● 500 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD ● UHD (3840 x 2160) Truelife LED - Backlit Touch Display 32” LG 32UN650-W display ● 3840 x 2160 UHD, IPS, HDR10 ● Color Gamut: DCI-P3 95%, Color Calibrated ● 2 x HDMI, 1 x DisplayPort 13.3” MacBook Pro (2017) ● Ventura 13.6 ● Intel Core i7 (3.50 GHz Dual Core) ● 16 GB 2133 MHz LPDDR3 ● Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 1536 MB ● 500 GB SSD ● Retina Display (3360 x 2100) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JET_Affinity Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 Ben, If path A is normally selected, and path B has a subset of its Nodes selected, can the selected Nodes of path B be aligned to the bounds of Path A? Or does that have to be done in two steps (aligning the sub-selected Nodes of path B, and then use snap construction guides to drag them into alignment to the bounds of Path A? Also, if all of the nodes of a path are selected, can they be aligned? Or does an alignment just behave as if the path is selected at the object level, and not at the Nodes level? JET Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 1 hour ago, Petar Petrenko said: Maybe they are going to skip 1.7 and give us a higher version with a lot more options than we expect? Maybe they are not going to skip a version number but still give us a lot more options than we expect! Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TextusGames Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 2 hours ago, Ben said: Yes. I've coded up alignment for the Node tool. So, you can use the Alignment panel to align the selected nodes in the Node tool, as you would align layers/objects in the Move tool. I've also prototyped some widgets for doing snapping alignment, as an embellishment to the selection box. NodeAlignment.mov NodeAlignmentWidget.mov Good job. Any hopes for node spacing? And ability to somehow add node right at the midle of 2 nodes (vertically and horizontally, without consideration of curve). Or ability for node to middle snap between 2 nearest nodes while moving it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mithferion Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 Ben is my hero. Looking forward to test the Beta. Best regards! Quote AMD FX 8350 :: Radeon HD 5670 :: Windows 10 :: http://mithferion.deviantart.com/ Oxygen Icons :: GCP Icons :: iOS 11 Design Resources :: iOS App Icon Template :: Free Quality Fonts (Commercial Use) :: Public Domain Images How to do High Quality Art :: Mesh Warp / Distort Tool Considerations :: Select Same / Object - Suggestions :: Live Glassmorphism Effect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Ben Posted May 8, 2018 Author Staff Share Posted May 8, 2018 1 hour ago, JET_Affinity said: Ben, If path A is normally selected, and path B has a subset of its Nodes selected, can the selected Nodes of path B be aligned to the bounds of Path A? Or does that have to be done in two steps (aligning the sub-selected Nodes of path B, and then use snap construction guides to drag them into alignment to the bounds of Path A? Also, if all of the nodes of a path are selected, can they be aligned? Or does an alignment just behave as if the path is selected at the object level, and not at the Nodes level? JET Using the alignment widget, you could align the nodes and position them relative to some snapped position in one move - and that could be inline with the bounds of another object (if you snapping setup accordingly). The widgets for node alignment will allow you to snap the alignment target line wherever you want. If you just click on the widget, it'll align at the widget position (either left, centre or right of the selection box). If you select all the nodes, and hit align - they will all align. Using the Alignment panel, it'll align to whatever 'thing' you said to align to - selection box, page, margins, etc. If you use the widgets, it'll align to the target position you set during dragging. Krustysimplex, predick, Uncle Mez and 2 others 5 Quote 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...
retrograde Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 6 hours ago, Ben said: Yes. I've coded up alignment for the Node tool. So, you can use the Alignment panel to align the selected nodes in the Node tool, as you would align layers/objects in the Move tool. I've also prototyped some widgets for doing snapping alignment, as an embellishment to the selection box. NodeAlignment.mov NodeAlignmentWidget.mov Really nice implementation on this @Ben exceeds expectations again! Dang, now I have to rethink how I work... Goes without saying, awesome job. Patrick Connor 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...
rubs Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 BTW, I wonder why the Align drop-down has the Done / Cancel buttons. They seem a bit old-fashioned compared to the other tools. Undo works perfectly in AD, so I think they may well be removed. digital 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_B_C Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 I wonder why the Align drop-down has the Done / Cancel buttons. Presumably, because it allows for combined actions, such as Align Centered Vertically plus Space Evenly in Horizontal Direction in one step. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Friksel Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 On 4/11/2018 at 11:48 AM, Ben said: Look up "expressions for field input" Wow, nice! I'm definitely gonna use these a lot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuthorAuthor Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 On 1/30/2018 at 2:40 PM, Bri-Toon said: If I'm understanding this correctly, it would be nice if Designer were to have a perspective tool; that's what they call it in CorelDRAW and Xara, in any event. It cannot adjust a group of shapes across more than two dimensional planes, because everything you draw in Designer is a 2D plane But you can simulate the look, and it helps to have the target group bound to a rectangular shape, so you can use the shape to align the four sides of the target group, to say, a photo of a blank billboard. I would love to see such a feature, and I'm only pointing to programs that have a perspective feature—and an enveloping feature—to make quick work of putting something "inside" the background rather than on top of. Ihope this is of some use! Willy Pimentel and arcticfox 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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