Patrick Connor

Oh dear. We are not completely sure this was 100% resolved so sounds like this 2.4.2 beta is not all of the solution. Thanks for coming back and sharing

@adefemioluwatobi Welcome to the Affinity forums We do not allow users to promote themselves on these forums, so I modified your post. Also a jpeg of your work might show more people what it's like

Actually the dev may have used Safari, not "default" I have checked the code but will ask the dev to confirm and modify my post after Easter

Yeah as part of this change list I was surprised to see it no longer installed for people just like you, but despite the 100% hit rate in this thread so far I wonder how many people actually do this.

For many Affinity versions we have been aware that, on Sonoma, the macOS help system has not supported help search. Our proposed solution is for the software to use the online help with it's browser based help search at: affin.co/designer2help affin.co/photo2help affin.co/publisher2help 2.4.2.2356 beta on macOS has replaced the installed Help files with links to the online help system. I would appreciate it if you can try the help option and check it opens a (default) browser window and that the help is in the correct language. Thanks for you help checking this change.

@Gerarbara Thanks that is good news. Please can you confirm that your beta is using hardware acceleration and openCL in preferences. The release and beta do not share these settings.

And No seriously this is not the thread for this linux replies here will be removed

Thanks

Please can linux discussions be kept to the thread on that topic

Thanks. Obviously we will try to replicate your problem from scratch too.

Sorry for this @Pyanepsion, that is obviously not the experience you should expect. I will get this investigated after the long weekend. If possible please can you keep a copy of the unmended files to one side till I can get you an upload link.

Can you please let me know if this artefacting is still happening in the new 2.4.2 beta released today

Thanks, sorry it's not going well for you so far We will address these next week

Please stop quoting and arguing thank you

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@AffinityMakesMeSad You need to stop telling everyone that they are wrong. Just let others say what they think about this. There are many people private messaging staff saying that they do not dare say what they want to because you are being so aggressive. Lots of people are not up for rough and tumble discussions and that is not what these forums are for. If you want an argument go elsewhere. Express your opinions, fine, but do not tell others they cannot feel the way they say they do. To other readers As I am asking @AffinityMakesMeSad not to respond I would appreciate you not quoting their posts either, or I may have to hide them

@OhItsStefan, @mopperle, @B064RT & @albertkinng I have split these posts from the announcement so that thread does not go any further off topic, but you are not following this new thread so I am using the @ to tell you so you don't think they were deleted (also @B064RT I love your username)

Yes, The developers have addressed this issue in 2.4.2 on Windows in a way that is safe for a short beta cycle. If it is found to need more work we will need to try again during the longer 2.5.0 beta cycle.

Here's a list of the bugs which have been fixed in the beta build 2.4.2 (2356) (fixes since the last release 2.4.1.2344) Please reply in this forum to comment on any fixes which are in this list (in particular to let us know if you notice that something we say is fixed isn't!) To report any new bugs please do that against the relevant new feature post, or if unrelated to new functionality in the Other bugs & issues forum. Changes/Bugs affecting all platforms Export Preview does not correctly display results when using Rasterise = Nothing AF-2284 Bugs affecting Desktop (Windows and macOS) Customer .docx file placed within a text frame in a new doc gives "Failed to Save" message. AF-2158 Tables: Update from Selection on Default format enables 'Delete' causing app to crash when deleting format. AF-2142 Bugs affecting Windows Pixel and Pixel Grid gridlines are thicker in v2.4. AF-2167 Attempt to fix RAW files having Artefacts when opened. AF-2178 Crash when changing between Light and Dark UI with stroke panel and unselected curve on page. Crash - adding pages from files and specifying a section to add. Layers panel: layer drop zones broken. AF-2394 Can't undo live filter or adjustment layer creation. AF-2265 CTRL modifier for boolean Add now makes compounds. AF-2432 Grids fail to instantly update on document when modified. AF-2224 Using a keyboard shortcut for Geometry > Add results in a compound shape as if ctrl \+ add was clicked. AF-2444 Builds on arm devices failing to render documents with OpenCL enabled. AF-2173 Bugs affecting macOS Crash when dropping Promised files into a document. AF-2264 Threadlock opening documents on some devices. AF-2264 Crash clicking Regular Expressions with the layer name text field active. AF-2139 Mac Apps crash when an image is dragged and dropped from a Zip file. AF-2264 Bugs affecting iPad "Lessons" tab name changes to "Samples" after opening settings.

I cannot allow this to stand. Gary Bates and Jim Bryce were both very long term employees in Sales and Development for well over 20 years long before they took on Director roles. They dedicated their careers to both the Serif Legacy range and the Affinity range. Please stop this

We are not, we are all very excited about what has been said and the future for Affinity. This thread is about your response not ours. As an employee of 24 years I am personally very pleased about what Ash has announced and the Affinity and Canva pledge. https://affinity.serif.com/press/newsroom/affinity-and-canva-pledge/

the fixlist will be made public when it is available as a beta to test in the Affinity beta forums. Until then I cannot comment on what 2.4.2 will include, sorry.

This is the changes post. There are no changes appart from Lessons. but