KulturedKonfidence Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 On 1/24/2018 at 11:19 AM, Phil_rose said: Good morning everybody, I am finding another thing that seems to be missing from Designer which I use an awful lot in CorelDRAW and which is kind worrying to me unless maybe I'm missing something. In Corel I have a blend tool. I believe Illustrator has the same thing though I don't use Illustrator. It allows me to create two objects and blend them together. This is particularly useful for creating interesting drop shadows and so on. Is there really no way to do this in Designer? I'm attaching a screenshot to show you what I mean. Corel allows me to choose which aspects of each object interact with one another. Hopefully there is some way of doing this or it will be added as it seems like a very important tool to me. Thanks very much and let me know! Phil SELECT ALL SHAPES GO TO LAYER, CLICK CREATE COMPOUND. See if this helps. h.ozboluk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil_rose Posted November 5, 2020 Author Share Posted November 5, 2020 It didn't. This is my before and after of clicking Create Compound. It seems to be going to upload backwards! The green box at bottom is the Before. Quote I like turtles! Windows 11 Sony A7iii Sony A7riii Sony A7Rii Sony RX10 Mkiii Canon G5x Mavic Mini drone A partridge A pear tree (occupied) www.philrosephoto.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstnhllmn Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 This feature will arrive the day after we get cold fusion and puppies that don't poop. Jowday and Move Along People 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil_rose Posted November 5, 2020 Author Share Posted November 5, 2020 yEAH! sTUPID sERIF. gIvinG us CheAp aNd brIlLiant SoftWarE thAt doesN't haVe EVERYTHING wE WaNt! Quote I like turtles! Windows 11 Sony A7iii Sony A7riii Sony A7Rii Sony RX10 Mkiii Canon G5x Mavic Mini drone A partridge A pear tree (occupied) www.philrosephoto.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jowday Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 8 hours ago, jstnhllmn said: This feature will arrive the day after we get cold fusion and puppies that don't poop. But we will still not get export preview and JPG optimization. Move Along People 1 Quote "The user interface is supposed to work for me - I am not supposed to work for the user interface." Computer-, operating system- and software agnostic; I am a result oriented professional. Look for a fanboy somewhere else. “When a wise man points at the moon the imbecile examines the finger.” ― Confucius Not an Affinity user og forum user anymore. The software continued to disappoint and not deliver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazmondo77 Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 11 hours ago, Phil_rose said: yEAH! sTUPID sERIF. gIvinG us CheAp aNd brIlLiant SoftWarE thAt doesN't haVe EVERYTHING wE WaNt! How dare you! - as it states on the website: DGee and Jowday 1 1 Quote Mac Pro Cheese-grater (Early 2009) 2.93 GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon 48 GB 1333 MHz DDR3 ECC Ram, Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8GB GDDR5, Ugee 19" Graphics Tablet Monitor Triple boot via OCLP 1.2.1 - Mac OS Monterey 12.7.1, Sonoma 14.1.1 and Mojave 10.14.6 Affinity Publisher, Designer and Photo 1.10.5 - 2.2.1 www.bingercreative.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesharrington Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 +1 for this feature. pebar 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renaud Denis Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 +1 On 7/6/2019 at 10:25 AM, deeds said: Yes, this feature needed. Miss this most from Illustrator and CorelDraw. It is the heart of geometric repetition and evolvement. I used this feature in Corel Draw!, like 20+ years ago actually Not that I'm saying every imaginable feature should already be in Affinity Designer *right now* of course. But I Love this feature too. Tatom and pebar 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermano Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 Blend tool pls... Affinity Designer 1.9.1 😭 pebar 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pebar Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 Another request here for a blend tool. I've been using this essential tool since the Aldus Freehand days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
possiblerobot Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 Yes please! Designer needs a shape blending tool. It would be the final nail in the coffin for Illustrator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liumingming Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 Especially the function of expressing the concept of sports is very important Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foomandoonian Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 Adding my +1 for this feature. Was disappointed just now to find that this didn't exist in AD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knap9 Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 Back in 1993, when graphic design on the computer was in it’s infancy, I had a graphics program that morphed objects. I don’t think it did much else. Just made it fun to create fancy text and shapes. I don’t really remember a whole lot about it. It was before I ever heard of Adobe. The point being, that even on the Limited computing power of the day, morphing/blending objects was available tech. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardenia Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 Essential feature. +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ra.skill Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 +1 from me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tatom Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 On 1/8/2021 at 10:49 AM, Renaud Denis said: +1 I used this feature in Corel Draw!, like 20+ years ago actually Not that I'm saying every imaginable feature should already be in Affinity Designer *right now* of course. But I Love this feature too. You've heard, they put it on the invisible roadmap.... I'm sure in the next 20 years it will be implemented with many missing features and terrible UX. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashf Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 Contour tool is the only thing that's been added in recent few years. the development is almost stalled. So there won't be a new feature for next few years I think. Affinity Designer got lost between amateur tool and pro tool. If it's for amateurs and Serif keeps the price low, UI and features should be simplified. current AD is not for amateurs for sure, too complex. If it's really for a pro tool, features lack in AD should be added quickly to catches up Adobe/Corel and Serif should raise the price more. Otherwise 2024 which is 10th anniversary of Affinity will be the same as 2014, nothing will be changed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Najot Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 +1 for this feature Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1GR3 Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mailmindflyer Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 +1 .........................we need this feature asap! Thx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainCrumbles Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 On 12/9/2021 at 6:09 PM, LondonSquirrel said: I personally have seen one very useful and time-saving feature added - 'select same fill or stroke'… TBH one, two or a handful features added in 7+ years isn't a stellar track record, especially when the competition has had those features for years prior to your release. I'm sure a few folks will pipe in and proclaim a long list of additions, but those additions never seem to be the features/fixes folks are asking for. IMHO Affinity Designer is starting to feel a lot like abandonware (I know that it's not, but it sure feels that way). The silence from Serif on all of these long-standing issues/feature requests remains deafening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KennyLucius Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 +1 for the blend tool. Having said that, Designer is an incredible value. It does much more than I expected of any Illustrator substitute. And I'm actually allowed to own it. And I'm not required to ignore the horde of subscription minions running the the background. I'm quite happy with Serif. Still, that blend tool is something I have never done without. barrycosta 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron P. Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 I agree, this is a very powerful feature that would be nice if it was included in Designer. Quote Affinity Photo 2.4..; Affinity Designer 2.4..; Affinity Publisher 2.4..; Affinity2 Beta versions. Affinity Photo,Designer 1.10.6.1605 Win10 Home Version:21H2, Build: 19044.1766: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5820K CPU @ 3.30GHz, 3301 Mhz, 6 Core(s), 12 Logical Processor(s);32GB Ram, Nvidia GTX 3070, 3-Internal HDD (1 Crucial MX5000 1TB, 1-Crucial MX5000 500GB, 1-WD 1 TB), 4 External HDD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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