I agree with Ali's comments above.
Having used Publisher (and the other v2 apps), the migration to the new free v3 upgrade has worked well. There may be a handful of instances of getting used to different placement of some commands, but it certainly hasn't lost anything. Just be careful of ensuring you have backups of any v2 work. While v3 can access v2 files, once they are edited in v3 they are then  in v3 format and will not be accessible by the v2 app.
And Ali is well aware that I share her enthusiasm for the videos by Elaine Giles that are linked above; they are definitely an excellent resource on using v3.

An interesting topic! Some names that were familiar to Serif customers over the years.
Patrick Connor, Dale Cook are definitely remembered. And wasn't Gary Bates a senior member of the team?

And of course, if we are talking about Serif "employees", we should not forget "Natasha".

And it looks quite good to me so far.
The Release Notes list a ton of fixes.
There's a Light mode UI now.
And the Layout studio has a new "Object Captions" feature, which looks like it wull really improve my workflow

Wonder if this means there won't be much to report new at the Canva worldwide event next month?

The advantage of watching on catch up is that you can pace yourself. You can find time to catch your breath during these marathon sessions

@Ali - couldn't agree with you more. Elaine's sessions cover so much and in so much detail and are well-paced. The summaries posted don't do the content justice, as you might think you understand how a particular tool is used, but Elaibe goes further and unpicks the nuances of how to use a tool most effectively. As you say, the sessions are so well constructed and bring a number of techniques together you deliver a practical output that can be adapted to a user's project requirements.

Agree wholeheartedly with Bad Wolf's view. Elaine Giles' tutorials cover so much ground, explaining things clearly and taking the time to do so. While you might not think you want to produce "fun & games" puzzles in Affinity, or photobooks, or church newsletters (all recent subjects), the fact of the matter is that each session contains so many hints and advice on how best to utilise Affinity tools that all the videos are very worth watching.

I'm not finding an issue with this in my Windows 11 system running Affinity v3.0.2

Having put an image in a picture frame, you are creating a group of two layers - the image layer  beneath the picture frame layer.
When I single-click on the image, I get the picture frame controls to adjust the size/position.
When I double-click on the image, that selects its layer and can use that to move the whole image around to reposition it within the picture frame. That's the same as using the slider control beneath the picture frame.

Does that help?

Having sat through the Canva keynote live stream, I was relieved to find the 20+miute video from Ash talking about the new Affinity (v3 as it says on the launch screen).
My initial reactions -
It seems to load faster than the v2 programs if on my Win 11 PC
The consolidation of all the personas into one program makes sense
It's free
Initial log in to a free Canva account is not an issue - no having to find licence numbers/registration code, and you only fo it for the initial install. Launch.
It opened one of my v2 Publisher files easily/correctly
Haven't had a cjance to dig in to using the features
Must go back and take a note of what improvements Ash talked about in his video - there were some enhancements to Data Merge, I think
My only gripe at the moment (until I've had the chance to delve deeper)  is that there's only a Dark mode for the UI, although the Help file says you can switch to a Light mode - I'd m uch prefer a Light Mode when using the Layout (Punlisher) functionality.
AI features are extra cost IF you want them - that seems prett standard - and I don't feel the need for them...

There seemed to be timing isues in getting the links to the keynote, the new website, etc, etc all co-ordinatyed - but it's done
And isn't it very early for people to realistically assess what v3 provides? Seems like there's a lot of negativity for the sake of it/

So at the moment I feel satisfied and share the same viewpoint as Ali above. If the v3 Affinity allows me to do what I was doing in v2 and improvements continue as a free ptooduct, I'll be happy.

BTW - is it true that Adobe's share proce has dropped?

It's refreshing to see this topic discussed without the vitriol that's being posted on Affinity-focussed forums/Facebook pages.
There are too many people sat at their keyboards thinking that by shouting their views they can turn things to their way of thinking.
Too many people of the "glass half empty" vision.
They've forgotten, ignored or didn't know that Serif was acquired by a US company one before (1996?) and subsequently re-acquired by the Serif management team.
Do many people hell bent on suggesting the words of the pledges are "code" - these people sound like conspiracy=theorists - such a shame.

Personally, I think and hope that good things are coming. The fact that those 4 pledges have been made is positive. Do you recall similar pledges being made in other acquisitions? It's a bold move, because if those pledges aren't honoured the hotheads will have a field day, and I don't think Canva or Affinity want that.

So, let's wait and see how things develop.