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Status: GM Seed
Purpose: Features, Improvements, Fixes
Requirements: Purchased Affinity Photo
Mac App Store: Submitted
Download ZIP: Download
Auto-update: Available
 
Hello,
We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of the final build of Affinity Photo 1.8.3 for macOS.
If this is your first time using a customer beta of an Affinity app, it’s worth noting that the beta will install as a separate app - alongside your store version. They will not interfere with each other at all and you can continue to use the store version for critical work without worry.
This beta is an incremental update to the 1.8.2 version recently released to all customers (though it installs parallel to the release, as described above). We recommend that you use this beta in preference to the store version if you are affected by any of the issues listed below.
Affinity Photo Team  
 
We are moving to release candidate stage early for 1.8.3, due to the discovery of a bug which prevents auto save from working in most circumstances. This bug can cause significant loss of work for users and is classed as extremely high priority. Once 1.8.3 is released, we will be back with 1.8.4 betas relatively quickly.
 
Changes This Build
 
- Fixed issue whereby layers clipped at to embedded document would not get clipped.
- Alignment tweaks.
- Further Boolean op tweaks.
- Fixed misidentification of Sigma 100-400mm F5-6.3 DG OS HSM Contemporary when mounted on a Canon camera.
- Help improvements.
 
Changes Since 1.8.2
 
- Fixed rendering issue with small radius filter effects.
- PDF export fixes.
- New document from clipboard improvements.
- Defringe filter improvements.
- Boolean op tweaks from Designer.
- Assorted small crash fixes.
- Assorted small performance improvements.
- Fix for autosave not working on anything but new documents.
- Fixed cropped result when creating a selection from a mask.
- Fix issues with live filters making layers disappear.
- Fix embedded documents not rendering at specific zoom levels.
- Try to import PSDs with non-standard vector origination data.
- Small terminology fixes (Exif -> Metadata).
- Fixed sporadic crashes with procedural texture UI.
- Silenced PSD import warnings which don’t affect the import result.
- Fixed develop steppers for noise reduction.
- Assorted other small fixes.
 
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Status: Release Candidate
Purpose: Features, Improvements, Fixes
Requirements: Purchased Affinity Designer
Mac App Store: Not Submitted
Download: Download
Auto-update: Not available
 
Hello,
We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of Affinity Designer Beta 1.8.3.1 for macOS.
If this is your first time using a customer beta of an Affinity app, it’s worth noting that the beta will install as a separate app - alongside your store version. They will not interfere with each other at all and you can continue to use the store version for critical work without worry.
This beta is an incremental update to the 1.8.2 version recently released to all customers (though it installs parallel to the release). We recommend that you use this beta in preference to the store version if you are affected by any of the issues listed below.
Many thanks!
Matt
 
Changes This Build
- Fix for boolean ops acting differently on larger objects by accident.
- Fix for deleting the last curve handle (and hence deleting the object) causing selection to be lost.
- Additional PDF export fix (related to converting colour profiles in exported images).
 
Changes Since 1.8.2
- Fix for autosaves not working correctly when opening and editing existing documents.
- Fix for focus issues with the Colour Studio when tabbing between text fields with a selected object.
- Improved boolean geometry results (not Divide).
- Many PDF export fixes and improvements.
- Fix for some selection-related problems while trying to xor selections.

So very nice. Take care, and all the best to you! 
Alex 😀

So very nice. Take care, and all the best to you! 
Alex 😀

So very nice. Take care, and all the best to you! 
Alex 😀

Status: Beta
Purpose: Stability and General Testing
Requirements: Purchased Affinity Publisher
Mac App Store: Not submitted
Download: Download
Auto-update: Available
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Hi,
We are pleased to announce that Affinity Publisher Customer Beta 1.8.3.627 is now available as a download from the link above.
If this is your first time using a customer beta of an Affinity app, it’s worth noting that the beta will install as a separate app - alongside your store version. They will not interfere with each other at all and you can continue to use the store version for critical work without worry.
This beta is an incremental update to the 1.8.2 version recently released to all customers (though it installs parallel to the release). We recommend that you use this beta in preference to the store version if you are affected by any of the issues listed below.
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General
Fix for AutoSave
Fixed issues with live filters making layers disappear
Fix for embedded documents not rendering at specific zoom levels
Fix for crash pulling out groups under an image frame
Boolean Operation fixes
Fixed possible crash saving documents containing embedded documents if there was a colourspace mismatch
Via Layer Panel, linked documents were being opened as embedded and edits were not being committed to the linked file
Shift-Invert selection behaviour with the Move Tool was broken
Resource Manager 'Collect' could collect multiple copies of the same placed image
(Mac) In the New Document dialog, 'Show in Finder' wasn't working for top level folder
(Win) Font Manager could be launched with Resource Manager
(Win) Fixed crash cycling through justification options in a table
(Win) Floating (undocked) panels were collapsing too small and clipping content
Page Management
Fixes for page operations that required spreads to be split
Page objects could be incorrectly rescaled when master page was resized
Text
Filler text is now copied to clipboard as the expanded text rather than as '<FillerText>'
Unpinning a node can scale it incorrectly
Fixed crash copying mixture of filler text and regular TextTool
Text > Upper Case could crash if the selected text was already Upper Case
Copy-paste Arabic text from docx comes as Chinese in Publisher
(Win) Some lines weren't correctly indented when using right align and right indent
Import
Empty (0K) files could crash the import process
Export
PDF Export was not honouring  gradient map's colour space
PDF Export images downsampling to the wrong DPI under certain circumstances
PDF Export was failing with placed documents in LAB colourspace
PDF Export of placed images makes more effort to preserve their colour space
PDF Export fix for export of objects  with empty clipping paths
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Hi All,
Unfortunately, we are hearing many stories from the creative community about how they are being severely impacted by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. We know we can’t solve a lot of these problems, but we do want to try to offer as much support as possible.
That’s why we’re announcing three measures that we've just put in place. They are:
A new 90-day free trial of the Mac and Windows versions of the whole Affinity suite A 50% discount for those who would rather buy and keep the apps on Mac, Windows and iPad A pledge to engage more than 100 freelance creatives for work, spending the equivalent of our annual commissioning budget in the next three months (more details of this will be announced next week). The introduction of the 90-day free trial and deeply discounted pricing is done in the hope that this will make life a little easier for people who rely on creative software to make a living, but may be stuck at home without their usual tools, or for students who might not have access to their Affinity apps on their personal devices. In addition, by increasing our spend on commissioning work from freelancers we can also put some extra money into a part of the industry which will be particularly affected. 
We plan to make the free trial and additional discount available until 20 April, but of course we will continue to review the situation as time goes on.
We have put posts on Facebook and Twitter about what we are doing if it's something you would like to share.
We're now all working from home
In terms of the team here, we have all vacated our Nottingham offices and are now working from home. Naturally this is causing us some disruption, but we continue to type code and expect to carry on making good progress with our development efforts. 
Support is a bit trickier though. Firstly, we can’t accept inbound telephone calls right now, and there are also going to be challenges for our staff to work their normal full-time hours – especially with imminent school closures in the UK. We’re obviously going to do our very best but hope you will understand if we are not as fast to respond to email as usual.
Of course, if a question you have is something which could be answered by our community, then we’d also greatly appreciate if you put that here on the forum rather than contact us directly. It would definitely help us out a lot. 
Frankly it’s hard to know what to say or do in this unprecedented situation. But more than anything else, we want to use this opportunity to wish good health to you and your loved ones at this incredibly difficult time.
All the very best,
Ash

Yes, please! 😀
(Referring to the previous two posts.)

Yes, please! 😀
(Referring to the previous two posts.)

Dear Affinity,
Graphic designers do need Footnotes AND Sidenotes ! (please don't do the same mistake as IDCC where you still need an unofficial script to create Sidenotes ...)
Why ? Well .. because footnotes/endnotes/sidenotes are a vital feature for every academic publications, and basically a vital feature to every graphic designer.
Thanks a lot

I hope they will get the opportunity not to implement it as in InDesign or any wordprocessor. Notes in a creative publication are not always at the foot. They are sometimes in the margin, in line with the reference.
I hope Affinity can do something new in this area, starting from the analysis of the best art books.
Paolo
EDIT: Sorry, I saw only now the post above, saying the same things, but better.

this has been logged

+1 : And to that I would add the option to -finally- get the option to use numbered footnotes and asterix footnote in the same document. (a game-changer to me)
In a nutshell: a Word-like management of footnotes/endnotes (to finally work seamlessly and feel flexible !). Awaiting for that before forcing my team to transition to use Affinity only !

Status: Release Candidate
Purpose: Features, Improvements, Fixes
Requirements: Purchased Affinity Designer
Mac App Store: Not Submitted
Download: Download
Auto-update: Not available
 
Hello,
We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of Affinity Designer Beta 1.8.3.0 for macOS.
If this is your first time using a customer beta of an Affinity app, it’s worth noting that the beta will install as a separate app - alongside your store version. They will not interfere with each other at all and you can continue to use the store version for critical work without worry.
This beta is an incremental update to the 1.8.2 version recently released to all customers (though it installs parallel to the release). We recommend that you use this beta in preference to the store version if you are affected by any of the issues listed below.
Many thanks!
Matt
 
Changes This Build
- Fix for autosaves not working correctly when opening and editing existing documents.
- Fix for focus issues with the Colour Studio when tabbing between text fields with a selected object.
- Improved boolean geometry results (not Divide).
- Many PDF export fixes and improvements.
- Fix for some selection-related problems while trying to xor selections.
 

LOL … Mike … that’s what I was about to suggest. Great to see you again. 😀

Cut.mov (In the video, I used existing nodes to break the curve.)

Thank you everyone, you're the best. It works.

 

The Donut Tool would give you a curve which doubles back on itself, which obviously isn’t ideal, but either that tool or the Pie Tool will give you a useful starting point. Choose ‘Break Curve’ option with the Node Tool to isolate the unwanted portion so you can delete it.
Edit: Typing (much!) too slowly, I see.

To work around, make sure your circle is converted to curves. Then in the node tool place a node where you want each break.  Then select these break nodes and click on the break curve.  Then they will be individual curves.  That will allow arrows either or both ends of curves.

Hallo Alex,
keine Sorge, ich habe dein Post nicht als Kritik an der manuellen Methode aufgefasst.😉
Bitte nicht falsch verstehen, meine Antwort war ebenfalls nicht als Kritik gedacht, sondern nur als Beschreibung warum ich diesen Weg gegangen bin.👍
 
Grüße
Georg

Status: Beta
Purpose: Stability and General Testing
Requirements: Purchased Affinity Publisher
Mac App Store: Not submitted
Download: Download
Auto-update: Not Available
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Hi,
We are pleased to announce that Affinity Publisher Customer Beta 1.8.2.603 is now available as a download from the link above.
If this is your first time using a customer beta of an Affinity app, it’s worth noting that the beta will install as a separate app - alongside your store version. They will not interfere with each other at all and you can continue to use the store version for critical work without worry.
This beta is an incremental update to the 1.8.1 version recently released to all customers (though it installs parallel to the release). We recommend that you use this beta in preference to the store version if you are affected by any of the issues listed below.
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StudioLink: We have updated StudioLink to ignore the 'patch' version when checking compatibility. StudioLink should be enabled if any corresponding version 1.8 product is available.
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General
Fix for bleed not available in Photo Persona New document panel - terminology and UI tweaks New document panel - saves settings between uses. (Mac) Fixes for blurry icons on non-retina screens Document Management
Stability and performance improvements adding and deleting pages Fixed issue with sections being incorrectly deleted when pages deleted (Win) Fix for inability to scroll through whole document in certain circumstances Geometry 
Stability and performance improvements for geometry operations Text
Fixes for Catalan Hyphenation (Mac) Fixed crash typing (filtering) in Font name UI Hyperlinks
Fixed issue exporting caused by hyperlinks Import / Export
PDF Export - Text exporting as curves rather than text is not an issue in this beta build IDML Import - crash fixes for specific documents IDML Import - Hyphenation imported (Win) PDF Export - PDF X4 convert image colour space was not available ---
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Hello, there is a cool solution for CMYK separation-preview: You go to Photo-Persona, then go to channels and select the appropriate channels. When you go back to the Publisher-Persona, the selection is kept.

Some time ago I reported to Serif, that in certain situations the (german) text in this status bar is too long to fit on a screen which is 2560 pixels wide..
I suggested to change this bar into an un-dockable floating window/panel which can either be left docked at the bottom or be undocked, resized/reshaped and even be moved to the 2nd screen.

Fritz

Check out the trick described here:
https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/84387-hide-the-bottom-status-bar-that-shows-the-hint-text/&tab=comments#comment-445972
It still works … 😀

I don't know about Publisher but in Designer and Photo that entire bar is used only for hints and it's killing off a solid piece of screen estate on my laptop. When I hook it up to my 4K screen it's not a big deal but it's still completely useless to me and just plain ugly. Option to disable that whole bar would be perfect 🙌

Status: Beta
Purpose: Features, Improvements, Fixes
Requirements: Purchased Affinity Designer
Mac App Store: Not Submitted
Download: Download
Auto-update: Not available
 
Hello,
We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of the first beta of Affinity Designer 1.8.2 for macOS.
If this is your first time using a customer beta of an Affinity app, it’s worth noting that the beta will install as a separate app - alongside your store version. They will not interfere with each other at all and you can continue to use the store version for critical work without worry.
This beta is an incremental update to the 1.8.1 version recently released to all customers (though it installs parallel to the release). We recommend that you use this beta in preference to the store version if you are affected by any of the issues listed below.
Many thanks!
Matt
 
Changes This Build
- Fixes for many expand stroke and boolean geometry problems.
- Improvements to customisable shortcuts UI.
- Added ability to preview fonts on black or white background.
- New document panel - terminology and UI tweaks.
- New document panel - saves settings between uses.
- Reinstated double click functionality on zoom, view tools.
- Improved responsiveness when editing large blocks of text.
- Fixed blurred toolbar buttons on non-retina displays.
- Fixed mask bugs when resizing documents.
 
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