Affinity tools are great-- unlike Adobe, they are a one time purchase, and really polished and easy to use.
The other day I was trying to apply a mask on a layer and in the tutorial they painted it with a black brush to hide some parts of the changes on the layer. I failed miserably because:
1. The toolbar has like 5 different tools with a brush icon, I had no idea which one to choose
2. I tried them all, and the result was always the same: I paint with the black paint, see the changes, release my click, and 1 second later the changes are cancelled for no apparent reason
I feel like having a global command palette would help keep tutorials relevant for a longer period of time, because if I don't find an icon I could just global search it by name...
Particularly working with masks/alpha channels is sub par. The developers are aware but a fix has not been release in years. Users request about this regularly but nothing happens.[1]
1 https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/109734-fea...