UI Improvements

[KevinTheBright]

I find myself not using Affinity Photo and Designer when I want to quickly knock out a sketch or alpha map, etc. It takes too long to open, go through the dialouge, etc. Could you create an option for them to open automatically (and quickly!) to a preset (e.g. a 2000 x 2000 px) and avoid the dialouge stuff? I love Mischief for this sort of thing, or Procreate, b/c they just get you to the work without breaking the flow. 

 

(or, if that's possible now, let me know how to set it up?)

Thanks, Kevin 

[dutchshader]

if you mean the welcome screen you can disable this:

there are no presets for the startup, but you can create a empty file and use this as a template.

 

[KevinTheBright]

Not the welome screen, the New Document dialougue. Going through the settings (same for exporting) takes too much time for quick work.

[dominik]

12 hours ago, KevinTheBright said:

Not the welome screen, the New Document dialougue. Going through the settings (same for exporting) takes too much time for quick work.

 

Why don't you keep a blank APh document with the desired dimensions on your, say, desktop (or a presets folder)? Then you can double click this file and APh opens with your preferred settings and you are ready to work 

 

d.

[Pšenda]

4 hours ago, dominik said:

Then you can double click this file and APh opens with your preferred settings and you are ready to work 

 

Just do not overwrite it :-)

Ideally set it to Read Only.

[Alfred]

2 minutes ago, Pšenda said:

Just do not overwrite it :-)

Ideally set it to Read Only.

 

Alternatively, make sure you ‘Save As...’ to a new name immediately after you open it (but setting it to read-only is obviously safer).

[dominik]

6 hours ago, Pšenda said:

 

Just do not overwrite it :-)

Ideally set it to Read Only.

 

That's a good idea. One also could keep copies in a seperate folder, just in case. But the 'read only' option is definitely the way to go.

 

Cheers,

d.