#Affinity photo transform how to
#Affinity photo transform software

I really appreciate the cordial and frequent response from Affinity representatives in these forums. The cryptic 'S' field on the Transform tab, way down in the corner, is not even close to an adequate substitute, since it only goes horizontally (as far as I can tell) and its increments are too coarse. The hit-points are invisible, tiny, and essentially undiscoverable. Nor do I think this skew-control design is acceptable. I know every user thinks his concerns are important, but I don't see how you can argue that a tab called 'None' is good design.

#Affinity photo transform how to

I submitted a detailed analysis of problems with the Fill dialog and suggestions of how to fix it with a minimum of redesign, and got a defensive response and not a single aspect of this thing has been fixed. But you do need to take heed of it and step back and review your designs. I understand that sometimes users' confusion can take developers by surprise.

#Affinity photo transform software

I've been a professional software engineer (on applications not totally unlike this) for quite a while. Why doesn't it live where (or at least appear when) you're assigning the fill? And why does the Fill panel have a tab called 'None,' which has a bunch of swatches on it? That's just wack. We hunted around for the gradient-angle control, for example, only to find it's in a totally different part of the application's UI. The Fill dialog is the best example I've found. The detachment from intuitive terminology is just one impediment to using Designer non-intuitive design also plagues the UI. This came up in another thread, and the correct term in this case is canvas that's what every other application uses and which makes sense. It seems like there are lots of these inappropriate terms in the application, and even when you use the exact terms from the UI, they don't turn up in a Help search (try searching for 'snap to spread'). 'Skew' has been the standard term for this function as long as I've been using vector (or any graphics) apps, and that started in 1989. And while I think I should be able to find them after many years of using various drawing applications, I'm willing and committed to checking the documentation after fruitlessly hunting through menus and panels.īut the documentation has failed almost every time, lacking industry-standard (and hell, human-standard) terms for critical functions. And I really, really want to use Designer, because I detest Illustrator (primarily because it lacks the only selection method I use: objects must be fully enclosed by the marquee to be selected).īut my work literally stops in Designer soon after I start each project, because basic functions are impossible to find. I must say that I share DavidMac's views on this issue, and I think it's symptomatic of several other major impediments I've faced using Designer.