Daniel Kuhlmann

We are pleased to announce an update for the macOS release of Affinity Publisher, version 1.10.4 (replacing 1.10.3)
(Note: 1.10.2 was an iPad only release)
The detailed changes in Affinity Publisher for MacOS 1.10.4 over the release build Affinity Publisher for macOS 1.10.1 are as follows:
Fixes & Improvements:
Optimised for new ProMotion 120hz screen, M1 Pro and M1 Max. Architecture changes when Metal compute acceleration is enabled to better support M1 Pro and M1 Max. Fixed document with 'Save History' failing to save after promoting a Group to a Layer. Fixed PSD import of Linear Burn blend mode being imported as Multiply. Vector import (SVG, IDML etc) can be created at incorrect size. Space incorrectly gets added to text on clipboard if you double click a word to highlight. Fixed bug when deleting multiple pinned objects at the same time. Placed .afphoto documents can cause redraw issues. PDF Passthrough could crash when rendering entire placed document. Positioning pins should not find frames that are not editable. Hyperlinks with 'MailTo' fail to export when containing a space. Miscellaneous stability updates arising from specific cases. Invalid URL hyperlinks prevent PDF export. Fixed crash on Monterey editing embedded documents Screen and UI corruption (in 1.10.3) on some desktops Resource manager display was sometimes incorrect Date & Time field format options not appearing. Help & localisation improvements. The improvements in 1.10 since 1.9 are listed in some detail in this 1.10.0 Publisher macOS update announcement
 
UPDATING TO THIS VERSION (Free for existing customers)
The software version can be seen on the splash screen and the About dialog (in application menu, Affinity Publisher > About).
If you’ve purchased from the Mac App Store— updates are done automatically next time you run your software after it is available in the Mac App Store. If this does not happen for you, open the Mac App Store app and go to the Updates page and then Store > Reload page or press CMD+R. This should hopefully force the update to show. Apple sometimes phase roll outs around the world which can mean it may take up to 72 hours for your update to be available.
If you’ve purchased from the Affinity Store— each time you start the software it will check for updates and offer to download and install any available update, or in the application main menu there is an option Check for Updates. You can download the latest installer by logging into the affinity store here and find the order in your account and use the "download" button in there. Alternatively, this new release (and previous versions of Affinity Publisher for macOS) can be downloaded from this link (that installer is NOT for Mac App Store purchases and needs a product key).

Dear Serif Team, CONGRATULATIONS !!! You are the best.
I just would like to tell a little suggestion for a feature that would be a great touch to your new Studio Presets;   Import/Export Presets.   I have a Laptop and a MacPro for working with the amazing Affinity Suite, Making several layouts for different kind of work, take me some time do to. And, repeating those in my Laptop, well, you know already the answer. It would be excellent to finish making my layout for different Studios in my MacPro and then to Export/Import them in my Laptop. You would say, well, it is just two computer, do it. How about for those places or designers who have many computers and employees? They will benefit a lot for having those Studio Presets exported and imported.   It is just a suggestion.   Thank you for your great Affinity Suite.   Being willing to be part of another Beta work,

It would be great to have the current eci.org color profiles pre-installed with Publisher. Especially the eciCMYK (FOGRA 53): http://www.eci.org/en/colourstandards/workingcolorspaces
As a printer, we are often dealing with non-technical customers who are not able to install color profiles without further assistance. And for all tech-savvy users it would be convenient to have them available. 

It would be great to have the current eci.org color profiles pre-installed with Publisher. Especially the eciCMYK (FOGRA 53): http://www.eci.org/en/colourstandards/workingcolorspaces
As a printer, we are often dealing with non-technical customers who are not able to install color profiles without further assistance. And for all tech-savvy users it would be convenient to have them available. 

It would be great to have the current eci.org color profiles pre-installed with Publisher. Especially the eciCMYK (FOGRA 53): http://www.eci.org/en/colourstandards/workingcolorspaces
As a printer, we are often dealing with non-technical customers who are not able to install color profiles without further assistance. And for all tech-savvy users it would be convenient to have them available. 

Status: Beta
Purpose: Stability and General Testing
Requirements: Purchased Affinity Publisher
Mac App Store: Not submitted
Download: Download
Auto-update: Soon
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Hi,
We are pleased to announce that Affinity Publisher Customer Beta 1.9.0.829 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 significant update from the 1.8 version available for purchase - we strongly recommend that you do not use this beta for real work as data could be lost and the files you save are not guaranteed to open in previous or future versions of Affinity Publisher.
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Fixes And Improvements
General
Studio Presets Added checkbox in preferences to toggle canvas rotation with command and scroll wheel Fixed crash with unit editors in New Document dialog etc Avoid reporting some Pass through PDF preflight errors twice 'Edit Detached' on Layer menu is not dimmed when it's inapplicable. Added commands to Edit Linked and Edit Frame Content Find and Replace replacement style selection broken Data Merge
Data Merge record filter Added general data merge source info fields (Record Index, Filtered Record Index) Fixed 'Revert Defaults' with Data Merge Layout File Import
Placed PSD improvements including loss of alpha fix Placed PDF alpha was premultiplied in preview ---
Release Notes for 1.9.0.822
Release Notes for 1.9.0.801
Release Notes for 1.9.0.796
Release Notes for 1.9.0.742
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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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We have withdrawn Build 798 and replaced it with Build 801 to address the issue with the Data Merge Manager reported below. If you are running Build 798 we suggest you update when it is convenient.
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Hi,
We are pleased to announce that Affinity Publisher Customer Beta 1.9.0.801 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 significant update from the 1.8 version available for purchase - we strongly recommend that you do not use this beta for real work as data could be lost and the files you save are not guaranteed to open in previous or future versions of Affinity Publisher.
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Fixes and Improvements
Fixed broken macOS front end
PDF Passthrough status was not being saved correctly
Prevent flowing text from a pinned frame to the node it is pinned to
Fix for slow text input with Hyperlink panel showing
Fixed Resource Manager update issue
Fixed Preferences > Abbreviations issue with extended characters
When creating a global colour from an object also apply it
Added top level Menu entry for 'Edit Detached'
Anchors created from detached frames are not shown correctly
Fixed possible crash when with "Include hyperlinks" in the export dialog
Updated Preflight check and PDF Passthrough messages
Crash exporting specific PDF with passthrough
Placing a PSD causes a Placed PDF is missing or broken preflight message
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Release notes for 1.9.0.796
Release Notes for 1.9.0.742
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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 1.9.0.796 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 significant update from the 1.8 version available for purchase - we strongly recommend that you do not use this beta for real work as data could be lost and the files you save are not guaranteed to open in previous or future versions of Affinity Publisher.
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New Features
Data Merge
- Use the Data Merge Manager (Document > Data Merge Manager) to create a new datasource based on a Text / CSV, JSON or Excel file
- Insert Fields from the datasource into text objects via the Fields Panel
- Fields that represent image resource paths can be applied to Picture Frames
- Optionally, use the DataMerge Node Tool in your source document to create N-up tiled source records 
- Use 'Generate' from the Data Merge Manager to create a new document based on your source document and datasource
Package
- Use 'Save As Package' and target an empty folder to create a packaged copy of your document and collect used fonts and linked images into subfolders
- The package folder can be moved in its entirety to another location or to another device
- On re-opening the package, links to images will be resolved and fonts can optionally be temporarily installed
- It is important to adhere to copyright and licensing restrictions if redistributing images or fonts
Other Fixes and Improvements
Import 
PDF import was getting tiling patterns wrong
Fixed crash the could occur opening PDFs containing objects with indexed colour spaces
SVG Importer stability improvement
IDML Import - Column rules
IDML Import - Increased use of IDML document defaults to inform the import process improving a number of cases 
Add Pages From File
Added option to 'Add Pages at end of document'
Added option to 'Add Before / After / Replacing Section'
Text
Hyphens not being displayed with certain fonts
Picture Frames
Add Picture Frame property 'Clear Picture Frame Background on Populate'
Converting a Picture Frame to Curves loses properties
TOC
Fix duplicate entries in TOC when heading paragraph spans frames
Preflight
Don't preflight check for missing fonts inside pass-through PDFs
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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 1.9.0.742 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 significant update from the 1.8 version available for purchase - we strongly recommend that you do not use this beta for real work as data could be lost and the files you save are not guaranteed to open in previous or future versions of Affinity Publisher.
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New Features and Improvements
We are still very early in the beta process for 1.9. We have additional features we expect to integrate over the next few weeks.
PDF Bookmarks
Bookmarks provide a listing of flagged content that are present within a PDF document.
Bookmarks can be added via the Anchor Panel or automatically generated from a Table of Contents.
PDF Passthrough
It is now possible to flag placed PDF files for PDF passthrough. When such a file is encountered during PDF export it can be embedded verbatim in the output PDF ensuring 100% fidelity.
PSD flattened image representation
When placing a PSD we now use the flattened bitmap representation in the file rather than interpreting the file content ourselves. This will generally give better results on output.
Convert Pixel Layer to Image Node / Picture Frame
It is now possible to convert a Pixel Layer to an Image or Picture Frame plus content.
Initial Text Baseline Advance
Text frames now support an ‘Initial Advance’ property. This can be helpful to keep text aligned with other page elements and ensure predictable consistent layout.
Path Text
Additional controls now make it possible to avoid flowing text onto both sides of a curve. Additionally it is now possible to hide overflowing Path Text if desired.
Configurable Bleed and Margin Guide Colours
The colours used for Bleed and Margin guides are configurable by the user and saved with the document.
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Known Issues with New Features
The following lists some of the more important known issues we currently have with new the features:
- PDF Passthrough: Crash exporting specific PDF - If you have crashes exporting we would love to hear about them
- PDF Passthrough: Preflight warns of passthrough pdf when it is set to interpret. Some preflight checks drill into PDFs flagged for passthrough and report spurious errors.
- Convert Pixel Layer to Image Node: Converted image resources can end up with no name
- Path Text: Path text overflows on wrong side, hiding overflow hides all text
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Issue has been solved. Many thanks!

We have made fixes/improvements to this area (PDF export - Placed images with different bit depth and icc colour profile) of the program in the latest release.
The fixes and how to update are described in these forum posts.
Affinity Designer 1.8.4 for Windows            ( Microsoft Store and Affinity Store ) Affinity Designer 1.8.4 for macOS               ( Mac App Store and Affinity Store ) Affinity Designer 1.8.4 for iOS                      ( Apple iPad Store )
  Affinity Photo 1.8.4 for Windows                ( Microsoft Store and Affinity Store ) Affinity Photo 1.8.4 for macOS                   ( Mac App Store and Affinity Store ) Affinity Photo 1.8.4 for iOS                          ( Apple iPad Store )
   Affinity Publisher 1.8.4 for Windows         ( Microsoft Store and Affinity Store ) Affinity Publisher 1.8.4 for macOS            ( Mac App Store and Affinity Store ) We would appreciate you checking that this issue has now been resolved for you.

We have made fixes/improvements to this area (PDF export - Placed images with different bit depth and icc colour profile) of the program in the latest release.
The fixes and how to update are described in these forum posts.
Affinity Designer 1.8.4 for Windows            ( Microsoft Store and Affinity Store ) Affinity Designer 1.8.4 for macOS               ( Mac App Store and Affinity Store ) Affinity Designer 1.8.4 for iOS                      ( Apple iPad Store )
  Affinity Photo 1.8.4 for Windows                ( Microsoft Store and Affinity Store ) Affinity Photo 1.8.4 for macOS                   ( Mac App Store and Affinity Store ) Affinity Photo 1.8.4 for iOS                          ( Apple iPad Store )
   Affinity Publisher 1.8.4 for Windows         ( Microsoft Store and Affinity Store ) Affinity Publisher 1.8.4 for macOS            ( Mac App Store and Affinity Store ) We would appreciate you checking that this issue has now been resolved for you.

We are pleased to announce Affinity Designer, Affinity Photo and Affinity Publisher are now all updated to version 1.8.4 (for all new and existing customers).
Here are links to the release notes
Affinity Designer 1.8.4 for Windows            ( Microsoft Store and Affinity Store ) Affinity Designer 1.8.4 for macOS               ( Mac App Store and Affinity Store ) Affinity Designer 1.8.4 for iOS                      ( Apple iPad Store )
  Affinity Photo 1.8.4 for Windows                ( Microsoft Store and Affinity Store ) Affinity Photo 1.8.4 for macOS                   ( Mac App Store and Affinity Store ) Affinity Photo 1.8.4 for iOS                          ( Apple iPad Store )
   Affinity Publisher 1.8.4 for Windows         ( Microsoft Store and Affinity Store ) Affinity Publisher 1.8.4 for macOS            ( Mac App Store and Affinity Store ) Please follow this thread here to get notified when any new releases are made

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 1.8.4.663 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 1.8.3 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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Improvements and Fixes
General
Fixed recent regression when saving Linked Image placeholders which was causing large document files
Recoloured K-only images with transparency lose their transparency
(Win) Can now import .afassets file via drag drop 
Text
Avoid generating infinite filler text when leading is zero
Further improvements for ideographic line breaks, mainly for quote-marks
Allow OpenType kerning between glyphs with different settings (if they are the same font and size)
Fixed 'Indent To Here' not working if lines are broken by drop cap or wrap shape
Fixes for line-breaker around Fixed Spaces
Import / Export
IDML Import - Text frame corners are now scaled correctly
IDML Import - Fixed instances where text wrap path could fail to import, or be scaled incorrectly
IDML Import - Generic OpenType features not being imported from IDML file
IDML Import - Effects settings not scaled correctly on master page items
IDML Import - En-Space in numbered list imported as a 0
IDML Import - Elements could be positioned incorrectly in some instances
IDML Import - Question mark in file path breaks link during the import
IDML Import - Initial Words not scaling correctly
IDML Import - Placed EPS files are slightly clipped
PDF Import - Better handling of restricted files
PDF Export - Fixed issues exporting to PDF/X-4 with content with embedded profiles 
PDF Export - Export could fail for glyph ids that happen to match surrogate pair values
Index
Index Find - match words with following punctuation
Partial loss of parent topics when adding pages from file
Further fixes, made since the release of 1.8.3, are listed in earlier 1.8.4 betas
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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 1.8.4.651 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 1.8.3 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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Improvements and Fixes
General
Fix for zero-height / width objects moving to the wrong pages when switching to / from 'Facing Pages'
Text > Interactive - Options mismatched with Context Menu 
(Mac) Fixed Colour chooser UI
(Mac) 'Lock Children' wasn't updating correctly on the Context Bar
(Mac) Fixed Paragraph Panel 'Use Space Before' popup
(Mac) Page view doesn't change when double-clicking pages with OpenGL (Basic) display
(Mac) File > Edit in Designer and File > Edit in Photo customisable shortcuts missing
(Mac) Convert to Text Frame now handles stroke and fill correctly
(Win) Layer / Blend modes list fixed to scroll with arrow keys
(Win) Linked afphoto file shows wrong DPI when modified
(Win) Pan Tool cursor persisted after using <Space> / Pan
Text
Fixed crash after editing text styles if changes caused pinned objects to move between spreads
Option to preserve Text Frame width when changing Column Gutter in the context toolbar
Double click multi-word selection could leave the original word not selected
Fixed handling of local objects pinned to master page text when subsequently unpinned
Improved line breaking for ideographic languages
(Mac) Fixed shortcuts for backspace key
(Mac) Fixed Text entry issue in separated mode with multiple documents
(Win) Chinese Font names now show in Chinese
(Win) Character Panel - Font Category changes after changing font or deselecting object
Preflight
Fix for stale preflight results persisting when Pages are removed
Import / Export
XLSX Import - Fixed hang with cells with gradient fills
IDML Import -  Better handling of master page items with overridden properties
PDF Import - Improved handling when importing password restricted PDFs
PDF Import - Import now allows creation of Art Text if 'Group lines of Text into Text Frames' is switched off
PDF Import - Import now provides fallback if the used font doesn't define space
PDF Import - Fixed text positioning which could be incorrect due to spaces being treated as tabs under certain conditions
PDF Import - Fall through to alternative mappings when importing text, if necessary
PDF Export - Better support for RGBA16 and RGBAUF images
SVG Import - 'ClosePath' doesn't have to be followed by a 'Move'
SVG Import - Now treats gradients with one stop as solid fills
SVG Import - Other fixes for specific files, including malformed files
SVG Export - Fixed source of numeric overflow causing curves to be exported incorrectly in some cases
Further fixes, made since the release of 1.8.3, are listed in earlier 1.8.4 betas
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Hi both,
We are aware of this and it has already been logged with our developers. 

This fix has been rolled out as part of the 1.8.3 release

This post is designed to be an aid to knowing if you are using the latest version on your platform.  The thread is now locked so if you "follow" it you will know then we release a new version on any platform. Version numbers are displayed on the About dialog (or preferences in iPad builds)
NOTE: I will update/edit this first post as new releases are added.
Product Name       | Purchase Store  | Platform   | Version | Trial | ====================|=================|=======================|==================|=============| Affinity Designer | Affinity Store | Windows 7,8.1,10,11 | 1.10.6 PK (1665)| 1.10.6 | Affinity Designer | Microsoft Store | Windows 10,11 | 1.10.6 (1665)| (as above) | Affinity Designer | Mac App Store | macOS 10.9 and above| 1.10.8 (1.10.319)| n/a | Affinity Designer | Affinity Store | macOS 10.9 and above| 1.10.8 PK | 1.10.8 | Affinity Designer | iPad Store | iPadOS 12 and above | 1.10.7 (1.10.24)| not possible| ____________________|_________________|_______________________|__________________|_____________| Affinity Photo | Affinity Store | Windows 7,8.1,10,11 | 1.10.6 PK (1665)| 1.10.6 | Affinity Photo | Microsoft Store | Windows 10,11 | 1.10.6 (1665)| (as above) | Affinity Photo | Mac App Store | macOS 10.9 and above| 1.10.8 (1.10.319)| n/a | Affinity Photo | Affinity Store | macOS 10.9 and above| 1.10.8 PK | 1.10.8 | Affinity Photo | iPad Store | iPadOS 12 and above | 1.10.7 (317)| not possible| ____________________|_________________|_______________________|__________________|_____________| Affinity Publisher | Affinity Store | Windows 7,8.1,10,11 | 1.10.6 PK (1665)| 1.10.6 | Affinity Publisher | Microsoft Store | Windows 10,11 | 1.10.6 (1665)| (as above) | Affinity Publisher | Mac App Store | macOS 10.9-11.5,12 | 1.10.8 (1345)| n/a | Affinity Publisher | Affinity Store | macOS 10.9 and above| 1.10.8 PK | 1.10.8 | Affinity Publisher | iPad Store | iPadOS 12,13,14,15  | n/a | n/a | ____________________|_________________|_______________________|__________________|_____________| [Please note that Microsoft Store presents the build number within the store differently so Affinity Store build 1.10.6.1665 appears as a Microsoft Store build number 11006.1665.0.0]
Release notes
Affinity Designer 1.10.6 for Windows
(previous releases: 1.10.5 1.10.4, 1.10.1, 1.10.0, 1.9.2, 1.9.1, 1.9.0, 1.8.5, 1.8.4, 1.8.3, 1.8.2, 1.8.0, 1.7.3, 1.7.2 , 1.7.1, 1.7.0, 1.6.5, 1.6.4, 1.6.3, 1.6.2, 1.6.1, 1.6.0 ) Affinity Designer 1.10.8 for macOS
(previous releases: 1.10.5, 1.10.4, 1.10.1, 1.10.0, 1.9.3, 1.9.2, 1.9.1, 1.9.0, 1.8.6,  1.8.4, 1.8.3, 1.8.2, 1.8.1, 1.7.3, 1.7.2, 1.7.1, 1.7.0, 1.6.1 (& 1.6.5 PK), 1.6.0 ) Affinity Designer 1.10.7 for iOS 
(previous releases: 1.10.5, 1.10.3 1.10.2, 1.10.1, 1.10.0, 1.9.2, 1.9.1, 1.9.0, 1.8.6, 1.8.4, 1.8.3, 1.8.2, 1.8.0, 1.7.3, 1.7.2, 1.7.1, 1.7.0, 1.6.4 & 3, 1.6.2, 1.6.1, 1.6.0 ) Affinity Photo 1.10.6 for Windows
(previous releases: 1.10.5, 1.10.4, 1.10.1, 1.10.0, 1.9.2, 1.9.1, 1.9.0, 1.8.5, 1.8.4, 1.8.3, 1.8.2, 1.8.0, 1.7.3, 1.7.2, 1.7.1, 1.7.0, 1.6.5, 1.6.4, 1.6.3, 1.6.2, 1.6.1, 1.6.0 ) Affinity Photo 1.10.8 for macOS
(previous releases: 1.10.5, 1.10.4, 1.10.1, 1.10.0, 1.9.3, 1.9.2, 1.9.1, 1.9.0, 1.8.6, 1.8.4, 1.8.3, 1.8.2, 1.8.1, 1.7.3, 1.7.2, 1.7.1, 1.7.0, 1.6.7 (& 1.6.11 PK), 1.6.6 ) Affinity Photo 1.10.7 for iOS
(previous releases: 1.10.5, 1.10.3, 1.10.2, 1.10.1, 1.10.0, 1.9.2, 1.9.1, 1.9.0, 1.8.6, 1.8.4, 1.8.3, 1.8.2, 1.8.0, 1.7.3, 1.7.2, 1.7.1, 1.7.0, 1.6.12-9, 1.6.8, 1.6.7, 1.6.5, 1.6.4, 1.6.3, 1.6.2, 1.6.1 ) Affinity Publisher 1.10.6 for Windows
(previous releases: 1.10.5, 1.10.4, 1.10.1, 1.10.0, 1.9.2, 1.9.1, 1.9.0, 1.8.5, 1.8.4, 1.8.3, 1.8.2, 1.8.0,  1.7.3, 1.7.2, 1.7.1 [launch] ) Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 for macOS
(previous releases: 1.10.5, 1.10.4, 1.10.1, 1.10.0, 1.9.3, 1.9.2, 1.9.1, 1.9.0, 1.8.6, 1.8.4, 1.8.3, 1.8.2, 1.8.1, 1.7.3, 1.7.2, 1.7.1 [launch] )  
Installation of Software and Updates
If you’ve purchased from the Affinity Store— each time you start the software it will check for updates and offer to download and install any available update. For the macOS release, in the application main menu there is an option "Check for Updates". Alternatively, you can download the latest installer by logging into the affinity store here and find the order in your account and use the "download" button in there. Updates are installed automatically (or manually by installing the new version over the old) Previous builds do not need uninstalling first. New installations of paid software downloaded from the Affinity Store requires a product key and email pair to use.
Software downloaded from the Mac App Store, Microsoft Store and iPad store do not require a product key and are updated through the relevant store: 
If you’ve purchased from the Mac App Store— updates are done automatically next time you run your software after it is available in the Mac App Store. However, you do need to be logged in with the same Apple ID you used to buy them. If this does not happen for you, open the Mac App Store app and go to the Updates page and then Store > Reload page or press CMD+R. This should hopefully force the update to show. Apple sometimes phase roll outs around the world which can mean it may take up to 72 hours for your update to be available.
If you’ve purchased from the Microsoft Store— Microsoft Store updates are done automatically by the operating system (each time you start the application). If this does not happen for you, open the Windows Store app and click the three dots in the top right corner of the app and then go to Downloads and Updates. Click Get Updates. This should hopefully force the update to show.
If you’ve purchased from the Pad Store— Your Affinity iPad apps should update automatically next time you run them. However, you do need to be logged in with the same Apple ID you used to buy them. If the automatic update does not happen for you, go to the iPad Store app and go to Updates. Once you’re there, tap near the top of the screen where it states 'Updates' and then hold, pull down and then release. This should manually refresh the updates page. However, don’t contact us if the updates are not available for you yet—Apple sometimes phase roll outs around the world and this can take up to 24 hours.
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Thanks for the feedback - happy to hear that RGB profiles are now being honoured.
If you could log the 16bit/8bit issue against the beta version, that would be great.

Thanks a lot, Leigh & team!
We really appreciate that you keep working on this despite Corona.
I can confirm that RGB color profiles are being respected during export now. ProPhoto RGB, Adobe RGB and sRGB have the correct profile in the exported PDF.
However, the bit depth is still not respected. When I export a 16bit RGB image that has neither been downsampled or cropped by Publisher, the PDF correctly includes a 16bit RGB image. If the image has been downsampled or cropped by Publisher, though, the PDF shows an 8bit RGB image. 
Although there are not many use cases for 16bit images in PDFs, I assume that it will lead to possible confusion and errors if 16bit and 8bit images get unintentionally mixed, just depending on whether they were cropped in Publisher or not.
Should I post this issue in the beta forum or are we going to follow up in this thread?
Many thanks,
Daniel

Thanks a lot, Leigh & team!
We really appreciate that you keep working on this despite Corona.
I can confirm that RGB color profiles are being respected during export now. ProPhoto RGB, Adobe RGB and sRGB have the correct profile in the exported PDF.
However, the bit depth is still not respected. When I export a 16bit RGB image that has neither been downsampled or cropped by Publisher, the PDF correctly includes a 16bit RGB image. If the image has been downsampled or cropped by Publisher, though, the PDF shows an 8bit RGB image. 
Although there are not many use cases for 16bit images in PDFs, I assume that it will lead to possible confusion and errors if 16bit and 8bit images get unintentionally mixed, just depending on whether they were cropped in Publisher or not.
Should I post this issue in the beta forum or are we going to follow up in this thread?
Many thanks,
Daniel

Hi Daniel, I just wanted to let you know that we've released a new beta build today that should fix your issue with PDFs exporting RGB profiles to CMYK. Is it possible to give it a try to see if it resolves your issue?

I've not forgotten about you - i'm waiting for our QA team to get back to me.

Thanks for uploading the examples. I will take a look and reply when I have an update.

It would be great to have the current eci.org color profiles pre-installed with Publisher. Especially the eciCMYK (FOGRA 53): http://www.eci.org/en/colourstandards/workingcolorspaces
As a printer, we are often dealing with non-technical customers who are not able to install color profiles without further assistance. And for all tech-savvy users it would be convenient to have them available.