![]() Affinity Photo and Designer on iPad get the ability to customise keyboard shortcuts, in the same way as you can on Windows and Mac.Affinity Designer adds a new stock panel to instantly search and drag and drop stock imagery into your work.PSD import now includes smart object support, maintaining the full resolution and editability of layers within any object.Some of the other features added today include: Many other improvements and fixes, including PDF export being up to five times faster than before.Īffinity Photo and Designer also get v1.8 updates today, maintaining the suite’s unique single file format between the apps, which also boast the revolutionary StudioLink technology allowing access to Designer and Photo tools directly in an Affinity Publisher layout.Excel (xlsx) file import to instantly bring in tables of data from spreadsheets.Combine multiple Affinity Publisher documents together into a single file, with smart merge of master pages, text styles, table of contents and indexes.Ability to save documents as templates to re-use time and again on future projects.Full preflight checking will throw up live instances of possible errors in a document, such as poor image resolution, bleed hazards, overflowing text, spelling errors, missing images or font resources, and more.Other new features in Affinity Publisher include: “The need for an easy way to import existing InDesign documents remained a sticking point, particularly for those who have a large existing catalogue of files, so we are thrilled to offer IDML import to make the transition easier than ever.” It’s an update aimed squarely at businesses and other professional users who need to be able to access a stock of older documents and will now find it much simpler to make the move to the Affinity suite.Īshley Hewson, Managing Director of Serif, says: “More and more companies and organisations are choosing to switch from Creative Cloud to the Affinity suite since we launched Affinity Publisher. Moves insertion point to start of next paragraphĪdd the key to shortcuts that move the insertion point to also select text between the insertion point's start and end positions.Serif today consolidates its position as a serious challenger in the global professional creative software sector with across-the-board updates to its Affinity apps.Ĭentral to the announcement is layout app Affinity Publisher – already Apple’s reigning Mac App of the Year – which gets IDML compatibility for importing InDesign files, in its first big update since launching last summer. Moves insertion point to start of current paragraph Moves insertion point to end of text frame Moves insertion point to start of text frame Moves insertion point one character right They can be changed to standard macOS key combinations in Affinity Photo's Keyboards Shortcuts preferences. Setting brush properties on page (after setting above toggle)įor width: +left-click+drag (left/right) For width: + +left-click+drag (left/right)įor hardness: +left-click+drag (up/down) For hardness: + +left-click+drag (up/down)įor nozzle shape: +left-click+drag (left/right) For nozzle shape: + +left-click+drag (left/right)įor nozzle spacing: +left-click+drag (up/down) For nozzle spacing: + +left-click+drag (up/down)įor nozzle rotation: +left-click+drag (left/right) For nozzle rotation: + +left-click+drag (left/right)īy default, Serif-chosen keyboard shortcuts are used to adjust character spacing, baseline and paragraph leading, move the insertion point within text, and select text. Toggle brush properties (for width, hardness, shape/spacing or rotation): Paint a brush stroke along a straight line To prevent unwanted toggling between tools, enable Use modifier to cycle tools via the Tools options on the app's Preferences.Ĭhange selected layer content/brush tool's opacityĭecrease/increase brush width with on-screen readoutĭecrease/increase brush hardness with on-screen readout drag corner handle Drag corner handle then hold down right mouse buttonĬancel a sizing, moving, or creating operationġ Nudge distances are customizable via Affinity Photo>Preferences>Toolsġ Nudge distances are customizable via Edit>Preferences>Tools Move with horizontal, vertical or diagonal constraint Modify attribute listed on a panel or dialog Toggle between Crop Tool overlays (Crop Tool enabled)įlip golden spiral overlay (Crop Tool enabled) (International and selected keyboards only) Set No fill on Stroke/Fill (or Color 1/Color 2) color selectors Set Stroke/Fill (or Color 1/Color 2) color selectors to black and white, respectively Swap Stroke/Fill (or Color 1/Color 2) color selectors Switch between Stroke/Fill (or Color 1/Color 2) color selectors (Color and Swatches panels) ![]()
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