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  Hi! How is this coming along?
  22 Jun 2022, 16:41 • Torakikiii   24 Jun 2022, 08:47

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  24 Jun 2022, 08:47

  You have to judge a programme on what it is, not what you want or think it is. Affinity Designer is not actually designed to be a vector design program. I am both annoyed and indignant that Serif markets it (also) as a vector design program. They are so aggressive in their marketing that it ends up on the edge of truth. Their labels "styles" and "vector brushes" are pure nonsense. "Styles" are apply once presets and "vector brushes" bitmap brushes on a vector path. etc. Designer is essentially a program that controls bitmaps via vector elements, and that even when you try to make vector-only outputs rasterizes way too much. There are no more vector features in Affinity Designer than in many small programs. They're just beautifully implemented. A shame. As a design program for more artistic complete designs that end up as bitmap, or is bitmap, Designer works excellently, bitmap and raster can be mixed without thinking about the technique, and the programs are lightning fast. If you look at the work done in Affinity, it is obvious that the program's potential is being exploited to the full. Out there. I haven't experienced real alternatives to Affinity Designer in the program's own true genre measured in ease of use, easy workflows and raw speed, while Illustrator and CorelDRAW may get unexpected competition from Vectorstyler one day.
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  Tip - for manage Recordit Gif Animations (windows)
  18 Jun 2022, 07:39 • Subpath   18 Jun 2022, 07:39

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  Inspiration from Inkscape development
  6 Jun 2022, 21:34 • Ingolf   7 Jun 2022, 08:13

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  @VectorStyler said in Inspiration from Inkscape development: @Ingolf BTW: in VS the mouse wheel zooming preference is a single checkbox "Mouse Wheel Zooms". I see that Inkscape can also customize modifier keys now Yes, VS is decades ahead of Inkscape on most counts. However, both programs can work on bringing down the complexity of the user interface. And Inkscape has a long way to go. One thing is the incredibly clumsy way of working with e.g. perspective in Inkscape, another thing is the ultra old fashioned clip path and release clip, which is completely unacceptable when you have used the intuitive method like in VS and Affinity. I simply cannot use Inkscape for real work. Not much has changed since I discovered Inkscape 15+ years ago. But exciting that they are rising to the challenge - with just one annual release, we probably need 5-10 years before Inkscape becomes a real alternative to commercial programs.
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  Lock Rotating Pivot
  19 May 2022, 06:10 • Jayanta Das   19 May 2022, 16:41

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  @encart Don't know it came up in my mind while working in a project. I think limiting it to a single or compund shape. Rest, you people think about it, is it going to be useful for all or just me thinking some nonsense
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  Extra point on shape.
  19 May 2022, 05:52 • Jayanta Das   19 May 2022, 05:53

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  This is from AI.
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  Common Vector Issues and Solutions
  18 May 2022, 10:05 • Boldline   18 May 2022, 10:05

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  Snapping panel
  14 May 2022, 15:49 • Jayanta Das   18 May 2022, 05:50

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  @Jayanta-Das said in Snapping panel: I would love to see some visual feedback in snapping for reference this is from inkscape, and more snapping options like in Inkscape. Added this to the features backlog.
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  Offset Path - How To:
  17 May 2022, 15:55 • Boldline   17 May 2022, 15:55

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  Type leading
  9 May 2022, 05:07 • electroplated   12 May 2022, 05:50

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  @electroplated what does units refer to Units are for the various number fields (stroke width, etc) in the UI, when the document is active. Different documents can have different units. Of course, a specific number field may set its own unit. What does canvas margin actually It is just an additional space around a canvas (not the artboard). Typically this can be left to the default value, but if "Large Canvas" is disabled, it may be useful to set it to something else. (large canvas is also known as infinite canvas in other apps). BTW: the canvas is the workspace on which artboards are placed. And a VS document may contain multiple canvases (here it gets complicated a bit ) text greeking The default greeking is now smaller. Some greeking is needed, if there is a lot of text and zoomed out to is faster to display. keyboard shrtct for show/hide grid Will add one in the next build. BTW: shortcuts can be customized. NO way to show hidden characters I added this to the backlog as a feature request. having problems pasting in a texture Is this on Windows or Mac? One way to get a file into VS is to just drag & drop onto the canvas.
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  @vectorstyler why the name change ?
  9 May 2022, 06:34 • Subpath   9 May 2022, 08:24

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  @vectorstyler A small problem is that if I want to mention you in a thread where you didn't post, the 'vectorstyler' name is way down the list: Maybe capitalizing the name (VectorStyler or VECTORSTYLER) will solve this.
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  Would you share your workflow optimization?
  25 Apr 2022, 15:18 • Victor Vector   26 Apr 2022, 17:38

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  @Victor-Vector The Affinity Designers Symbols drew my attention to symmetry and patterning. Symbols is still the best feature in AD in my eyes. x x I can only recommend to have a look at the possibilities of the Shape Panel in VS. It gives you a much finer control over shapes and everything remains editable! Try Square Star, Gear and Line Grid, you will be amazed at the shapes variety. And all this can be combined with clipping and clones. VS offers really a lot for someone who like to play with symmetrical Designs.
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  Noise transparency in appearence
  22 Apr 2022, 17:16 • Jayanta Das   22 Apr 2022, 18:35

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  @vectoradmin thanks got it.
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  Is there any way to organize recordit gifs?
  19 Apr 2022, 16:17 • Subpath   19 Apr 2022, 17:33

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  @b77 said in Is there any way to organize recordit gifs?: @Subpath On the Mac any file can be tagged. I guess something similar is available on Windows, so I would download them and use tagging. Btw, clicking on the X button in Recordit's list lets you delete those you don't need from their server. Thanks, i know that the x-button delete them. I think i will look if could organize them via Links on Windows.
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  Alt modifier key for lasso selection
  18 Apr 2022, 10:03 • Jayanta Das   18 Apr 2022, 15:01

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  @vectoradmin Yes, I did but it select all. Here is the recording. When I select lasso tool it works. But when I use Alt modifier it select all the objects.
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  German blog-review of Vectorstyler
  16 Feb 2022, 18:05 • Ingolf   17 Apr 2022, 07:35

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  Its really interesting, Thankyou so much for sharing the link
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  Getting used to the lock keyboard shortcut
  8 Apr 2022, 16:35 • Boldline   8 Apr 2022, 16:35

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  The Evolution of VectorStyler?
  5 Apr 2022, 15:02 • Victor Vector   6 Apr 2022, 17:28

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  @Boldline , I'm just trying to be realistic
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  Helping explain new features that we suggest and get added
  2 Apr 2022, 22:50 • Boldline   3 Apr 2022, 17:03

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  @Victor-Vector I think the best place would be the tutorials section ultimately. Maybe we go to the build announcement and copy and paste the related sentence line @vectoradmin posted and mention the build number and then be sure we paste the tip in the tutorials section. I'm going to go back in and find some of the ones added over the last few builds that I was a part of and add those to the tutorials section. If we include the build info and quote the related text from @vectoradmin used in that build description, it should be easy to go reference if needed. I'm open to ideas and thoughts for improving it.
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  Repeat last action (any simpler way?)
  4 Feb 2022, 16:17 • Jayanta Das   21 Mar 2022, 10:56

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  @vectoradmin said in Repeat last action (any simpler way?): @PatrickM Panels -> Presets -> Recent Actions Thanks. I didn't look there
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  VS app icon / VS file icon
  20 Mar 2022, 07:07 • Jayanta Das   20 Mar 2022, 07:07

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