Little things in Beta 133

[Matt Maurer]

So far I'm really enjoying Publisher... you guys are doing a great job! The only feedback I have for you is little things that I hope are coming in future betas :

• "Place" needs a keyboard shortcut. I keep wanting to hit Cmd-D or something and realizing I have to go to the menu is a little slow

• No way to specify # of pages in new document window.

• No way to place images into custom shapes. I realized I could emulate a circle by changing radius... but any other shape seems impossible.

• Export persona.Publisher seems like it could really use an export Persona, which works so well in Photo and Designer. This would allow for packaging files, including fonts, graphics and instructions into a folder structure that can be zipped and emailed off.

 

Again this is a great complement to Photo and Designer! I'm looking forward to the final release. 

[A_B_C]

You can customize keyboard shortcuts in the preferences. 

 

You can convert any shape into a picture frame by selecting the shape and using Layer > Convert to Picture Frame. And you can use the clipping option known from Photo and Designer. 

https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/4069-layer-clipping-vs-layer-masking/&tab=comments#comment-16825

 

 

[pruus]

I also miss Layer>Convert (if an svg image/work is selected) to picture frame. 

[mac_heibu]

Converting an SVG into a picture frame? How should this work? You are perhaps thinking of primitive svgs like a circle, a rectangle an arrow. But this would already fail, it the arrow consists of a line and a triangle. Just keep in mind, that normally an SVG consists of lines, areas (rectangles, circles, …), fonts and even images.

Converting them into an image frame is quite impossible and in most cases unnecessary (you can re-build or convert these elements without effort in Designer). Or you can drag an image in the layers panel easily onto a SVG graphic to „fill“ it.

[Chris_K]

you can also just create your custom shape using the various shapes or pen tool and use the convert to picture frame option

[Tom Schülke]

I  know, i can nest an image in a filled shape for example..   but where do i find the   "convert to picture frame" option ?

[MickRose]

Its in the Layers panel near the bottom

[stmartin]

On 9/24/2018 at 12:09 AM, Matt Maurer said:

• Export persona.Publisher seems like it could really use an export Persona, which works so well in Photo and Designer. This would allow for packaging files, including fonts, graphics and instructions into a folder structure that can be zipped and emailed off.

+1

[Wosven]

+1 for the export persona

And being able to assign combinations of keys  ctrl,  shift, alt, and numeric pad digits in shortcuts on Windows (easier to do and remember).

[walt.farrell]

On 9/26/2018 at 11:29 AM, MickRose said:

Its in the Layers panel near the bottom

Perhaps you meant Layer menu? At least that's where I find the 3 Convert to ... entries.

[MickRose]

Yes, my mistake. The convert to picture frame is in the Layer menu

[Matt Maurer]

Thanks for tips... learning about those Convert commands has really helped, along with the keyboard shortcut remapping. 

I noticed something else, which totally qualifies as "little" as well... In the Text - > Capitalization menu, it would be nice if the options matched their outcome.. so "Lower Case" would read "lower case" and "Upper Case" would read "UPPER CASE". 

Running great on Mojave by the way! Keep up the good work.