Staff MattP Posted June 16, 2015 Author Staff Share Posted June 16, 2015 hevonen - what you're describing sounds like the outlines you should be seeing when you've got 'Show snapping candidates' checked in the Snapping options. Is that the problem? :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted June 16, 2015 Staff Share Posted June 16, 2015 I believe its the outlines of the masks being drawn since hevonen mentions they are bluish... but i haven't replicated this yet. A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hevonen Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 Uh oh, so it was, snapping candidates of magentaish hue. However, why do they insist on staying visible no matter what is selected if anything? It kind of looks like snapping candidates visibility tag (or somesuch) is not reset when object gets deselected, so these indicator lines keep piling up when I double click around the document. This does not happen in 1.2 where a click outside the selection clears the candidate marker lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted June 16, 2015 Staff Share Posted June 16, 2015 Hi hevonen, The snapping candidates are not related with the objects being selected or not. It's an independent feature to help you align/snap to other objects when you need it. You can disable them in the Snapping options as MattP pointed out (View ▹ Snapping Manager..., uncheck Show snapping candidates). It also works this way in the Mac App Store version. If you are not seeing them there it's because they are disabled. A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hevonen Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 True, my mistake, behaviour is same in both versions. Though "snap to object geometry" lines only appear when the shape is first selected with the move tool (if inside group then by double clicking), not when the snapping is first enabled. Is this intended behaviour? Then user would need to click through every object he/she wants to see snapping candidates for. Also, snapping lines do not seem to become visible for all objects or at least all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hevonen Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 On a sidenote AD crashes when there's a selection outside canvas area and "export" is selected from the menu. Repro: - create a shape - drag it over the edge of canvas - select "export" - crash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted June 17, 2015 Staff Share Posted June 17, 2015 Though "snap to object geometry" lines only appear when the shape is first selected with the move tool (if inside group then by double clicking), not when the snapping is first enabled. Is this intended behaviour? Then user would need to click through every object he/she wants to see snapping candidates for. Also, snapping lines do not seem to become visible for all objects or at least all the time. This is all be design. The snapping guides (red and green lines) only appear for the object you are dragging, to help you align that object with the others on the page. The purple lines around the shapes/objects show you which objects are currently on the Snapping candidates list (or are snapping candidates as you prefer). The maximun number of snapping candidates is six. That's why some objects don't get the snapping guides immediately - because they are not included in the snapping candidates list. This is to avoid a myriad of snapping guides from all objects on the drawing at the same time. If you need to align an object to another that's not a snapping candidate, just mouse over it for a few seconds until a purple outline appear. When the purple line appears it means that object is now on the snapping candidates list and you can align your object with it (the snapping guides will appear for that object). When a new object is added to the snapping candidates list (as i described above, or by creating a new object - all new objects are immediately added to the list) the first object on that list is dropped and so on. A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Harris Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 On a sidenote AD crashes when there's a selection outside canvas area and "export" is selected from the menu. Oops. Thanks. That will be fixed in the next beta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenogre Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 A bug with text : In my file, place "TEXT" inside "CAD" > texts become small bug text.afdesign Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted June 17, 2015 Staff Share Posted June 17, 2015 Thanks for reporting this @lenogre. Issue logged. A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
00Ghz Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 There is something weird going on with the character panel font size text field. The first time I click it it doesn’t let me type in it. Also sometimes when using the font list and clicking on one font family it auto-scrolls or something and selects something completely different. Often it changes the size as well for some reason. Overall I think that panel is buggy and I try to avoid it. osang 1 UI Designer, CG Artist Macbook Pro 15" 2014 2.5 Ghz, 750M https://www.behance.net/VladMafteiuScai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osang Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 There is something weird going on with the character panel font size text field. The first time I click it it doesn’t let me type in it. Also sometimes when using the font list and clicking on one font family it auto-scrolls or something and selects something completely different. Often it changes the size as well for some reason. Overall I think that panel is buggy and I try to avoid it. Me too! So, it isn't just me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted June 18, 2015 Staff Share Posted June 18, 2015 Hi @00Ghz, @osang, Yes, something's buggy here. Thanks for letting us know about this. Issue logged. A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cocksy81 Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 MEB / Dave, Do you have any response to my bug issues experienced as noted on page one?I sent the crash report by email but haven't heard anything back. Problems still occurring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Harris Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 A bug with text : In my file, place "TEXT" inside "CAD" > texts become small Do you mean dragging in the Layers tab? If so, this will be fixed in the next beta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
00Ghz Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 Bug:Use keyboard arrows with shift to move an object then use Cmd + drag to make a copy. Initial object snaps back to the position before you moved it. Copy starts there as well. UI Designer, CG Artist Macbook Pro 15" 2014 2.5 Ghz, 750M https://www.behance.net/VladMafteiuScai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
postmadesign Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 I just downloaded the new beta and tried out an isometric grid. I then used the polygon tool to draw on it, and it consistently crashes. Now I have tried to start up again, and it crashed again. There seems to be no way of making it work.... :-( I am using OSX Lion, previous betas and the MAS version worked OK before Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MattP Posted June 21, 2015 Author Staff Share Posted June 21, 2015 Hi Postmadesign, I think the problem is just that we introduced a problem on Lion in the last beta - we will release a new version tomorrow which resolves this, sorry... A_B_C 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
00Ghz Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 So great day today isn’t it? :D UI Designer, CG Artist Macbook Pro 15" 2014 2.5 Ghz, 750M https://www.behance.net/VladMafteiuScai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MattP Posted June 22, 2015 Author Staff Share Posted June 22, 2015 Haha... nice hint... give us a chance! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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