Matt Maurer Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 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. qwz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_B_C Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 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 vonBusing and Matt Maurer 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pruus Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 I also miss Layer>Convert (if an svg image/work is selected) to picture frame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac_heibu Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_K Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 you can also just create your custom shape using the various shapes or pen tool and use the convert to picture frame option Quote Serif Europe Ltd - Check the latest news at www.affinity.serif.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Schülke Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 I know, i can nest an image in a filled shape for example.. but where do i find the "convert to picture frame" option ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickRose Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 Its in the Layers panel near the bottom Quote Windows 10 Pro, I5 3.3G PC 16G RAM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stmartin Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 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 Quote iMac 27" with macOS Mojave (German) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wosven Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 +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). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 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. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickRose Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 Yes, my mistake. The convert to picture frame is in the Layer menu Quote Windows 10 Pro, I5 3.3G PC 16G RAM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Maurer Posted September 29, 2018 Author Share Posted September 29, 2018 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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