jasonhuck Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 It's great to see new betas coming out on a regular basis. If you'd like to get more feedback from your testers, I'd suggest putting import features at the top of your roadmap. My understanding is that you plan to support opening Illustrator and Freehand (yay!!) files directly. The ability to open a multi-page document from either of those apps without converting them to PDF/SVG/EPS first (or even just changing the file extension from .ai to .pdf, which often works for Sketch) I think would really increase the likelihood that someone would give the beta a try to make quick edits in the middle of their daily workflow. Otherwise, it's a matter of setting aside separate time and/or committing to starting a new project from scratch in a pre-release app. Affinity has the potential to be the modern equivalent of Freehand that I and many others have been waiting for for many years. Looking forward to the next beta! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Andy Somerfield Posted August 6, 2014 Staff Share Posted August 6, 2014 Hi Jason, The next beta might be of interest to you, for two quite relevant reasons ;) Truth is though, some things take longer than others to do - so it's hard for us to deliver features in the order people care about them. They end up getting added when they're done. Thanks, AndyS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 I am really counting on Affinity to be able to properly import complicated .ai images. I've got a particular file that I paid for and downloaded from one of the image studios and I have no graphic tools that can properly handle the import. It's most likely a z-order issue but I'm not certain about that. This will be the first file I test when that functionality appears in the beta. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonhuck Posted August 7, 2014 Author Share Posted August 7, 2014 Andy, Believe me, I get that. Looking forward to it! Thanks, Jason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrograde Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 Ooh, now I'm intrigued Andy... 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...
omegaman Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 It's great to see new betas coming out on a regular basis. If you'd like to get more feedback from your testers, I'd suggest putting import features at the top of your roadmap. My understanding is that you plan to support opening Illustrator and Freehand (yay!!) files directly. The ability to open a multi-page document from either of those apps without converting them to PDF/SVG/EPS first (or even just changing the file extension from .ai to .pdf, which often works for Sketch) I think would really increase the likelihood that someone would give the beta a try to make quick edits in the middle of their daily workflow. Otherwise, it's a matter of setting aside separate time and/or committing to starting a new project from scratch in a pre-release app. Affinity has the potential to be the modern equivalent of Freehand that I and many others have been waiting for for many years. Looking forward to the next beta! Opening and editing PDF's is a must for me. Quote 2009: 27 inch iMac / Intel Core i5 / 2.66 GHz / 16 GB Memory / System: Yosemite 10.10.3 – PRINCIPAL DESIGN SOFTWARE: QuarkXpress 9.5.1, 10.5 and 2015 / Pinegrow Web Designer / Affinity Designer and Affinity Photo / Acorn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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