Patrick Connor

Here is a list of many of the fixes and improvements included in Affinity Photo for Windows 1.5.2.69 (changes since 1.5.1.54). These are from our bugs database so are phrased in the negative, but are nevertheless fixed. New Welcome Screen - Html Page Ensure CI lens correction is always applied. Improved: Equations aren't flagged red if they are not complete and correct Fixed: Unable to drag and drop .abr brushes to import them Fixed: Blend Modes cannot be changed in any Layer Effects Fixed: Some Pantone Palettes show spot icon Channel Image Icons not constrained by width Fixed: Typing a value for Vibrance Adjustment doesn't always apply that value Ctrl runup restores deleted Tone Mapping presets or the Blend Mode dropdown for Adjustments Tone Mapping: Moving a preset doesn't work and causes it to be lost Can load LUT file from folder with Chinese characters ASE Swatch Exchange Palettes import with correct name Fixed: Crash after clicking away from input field in Layer Effects Files saved with selections are reflected correctly when reopened. Able to undo changes made in the Curves Adjustment .hdr export needs colour profile options removing on export The Depth slider in 3D Layer Effects doesn't move with the Radius slider when linked Export to radiance HDR gives incorrect colours Able to type all characters on a Polish programmers keyboard Fixed: Lens Filter says 'No adjustment selected!' when you click it twice Fixed: Unable to change Input minimum/maximum for Curves Adjustment Vibrance presets differ to Mac and should match Able to set Posterise to 1 Fixed: Alt+Backspace shortcut fails to work, plus added fixes for shortcuts fail to save if bindings are only deleted Shift Click layers tab: Improved multiple selections App crashed stitching some screenshots as a panorama Resize Document fix: pixel dimensions changed when we change DPI with Resample unchecked Fixed: Open dialog doesn't let you restrict to a specific file format and the tooltip with all supported formats spans the screen Fixed: Crash when applying a levels adjustment [file specific]. Fixed: Copied swatch does not automatically appear in palette Improvement: Input fields: Shift + up/down keys increments value 0.1 units instead of 10 units Fixed: Affinity Photo creates artboard layers when the document type is set to Devices Fixed: Crash when unhiding UI after closing document Can reset more text style values Fixed: Affinity Photo sometimes crashing when adding Curves Adjustment Adding levels to a 32bit image causes app to crash 'Icon and Text' option remembered when restarting app Fixed: Crash when loading (specific) large HDR file Fixed: Keyboard Shortcuts aren't being saved if focus is lost from dialog Fixed: Pressing close on filter dialog applies filter Fixed: Layer panel jumps/lags with a long layer name Fixed: Some keyboard conflicts are not being reported App no longer lock up selecting font with PDF filter set Improved: Pasting text from Word was added as groups of Artistic Text objects Uninstalling one Affinity app disables the 'Edit in... ' option in the other app more reliably Fixed: Levels Dialog, Color channel reverts to master when altering sliders Fixed: Colour picker loupe dies not display pixels on second monitor on high DPI setup Fixed: Info panel loupe remains stuck to cursor if interrupted during use Improved: Brush lag with History Panel open Fixed: Slice doesn't export at the correct size when exporting single slices 'Remove' button on New Focus Merge window now removes the image Zoom tool - Able to enter value above 500 on context toolbar 'Alternate' dropdown no longer missing from Pixel Tool context toolbar Fixed: Opacity is the default slider in the gradient fill dropdown menu Reset button added under Lens in Develop Persona Fixed: Not all variables available in the transform panel Flood Fill works different to Mac and fills the canvas Fixed: Tone mapping resets when creating/renaming a category Invalid scaling sizes are now immediately reverted in Slices Panel Tint reflected correctly from context toolbars fill flyout Develop Persona - Assistant setting remembered after app is closed Right clicking menu appears at 0,0 when recording macro Clone Tool: Sources panel is displayed automatically when we press Add Global Source button Fixed: Cannot save Lens Filter presets Adding, Renaming or Deleting a preset updates the UI straight away Fixed: Changing document with a Layer Effects will apply it to the second loaded image Improvement: Panels can be hidden by double clicking the header not just the panel label Fixed: Black area left when app is restarted after hiding the UI with floating panels Fixed: JPG compression changes from 85 to 100 when changing file format Fixed: Brush stops painting in original document after drawing in a second document 'Edit Macro' re-enables even if you've right clicked a Macro with no image open. 'Refine Selection Tool' entry is missing from the Keyboard Shortcut dropdown list. Fixed: Loading an animated gif into apply image causes the app to crash Fixed: Unable to move macro into blank category Shadows/Highlights: The effect now look same as on Mac Tone Mapping is not applied when you try to close the app and cancel the File > Save dialog Setting Associated Brush Tool in Photo now works as designed. Fixed: App locks up after Inpainting post Mesh Warp Fixed: Macros - Set effect colour control does not appear for macros Fixed: Export LUT - Loading EXR as preview image causes app to crash Macros: Can now rename layers Fixed: Losing Exif info when editing from Lightroom Fixed: Dragging the Radius slider to the far right initially knocks the effect off Fixed: Crop Tool - No Gridlines when rotating Fixed: Crash when editing a few undocked projects with filters Levels adjustment - using alt modifier now working Improved: Free hand Selection Tool faster on a complex document Fixed: Brush Tool leaves marks while we press Space bar key (panning) Filter no longer applies when a user exits the application Distort Filter: Distort lines are now dotted Fixed: Develop Persona - Reselecting preset does not revert settings Fixed: Tone Map Persona is missing some panels in View > Studio Reset Tone Map Presets added to Clear User Data dialog Help window responds to Windows Key snap shortcuts Fixed WebP intermediate files location (%(RelativeDir) included a ..) Multiple translation improvements Multiple UI tweaks, like clipping and tooltips A number of file specific stability issues fixed Clamp unbounded colour transforms (32-bit mode) to 0 and 1 Fix for misplaced PSD text (Decoded the 'Txt2' tag that holds TextEngine data that we need for positioning). Fixed colour profile conversion being wrong Auto recovery fix, restore the stream position when scanning for FAT tags. Fix image orientation issues. Remember to load the “write thumbnails” preference. Edit -> Fill working on 32bit masks.

Here is a list of many of the fixes and improvements included in Affinity Designer for Windows 1.5.3.69 (changes since 1.5.2.58). These are from our bugs database so are phrased in the negative, but are nevertheless fixed. Fixed colour profile conversion being wrong Internal to screen colour profile conversion corrected Fixed: (User specific) crash opening app on 2nd monitor Fixed: Some Pantone Palettes show spot icon Fixed: Ctrl runup doesn't restore deleted Tone Mapping presets or the Blend Mode dropdown for Adjustments Text blend gamma default set at 1 Fixed: App crashing on run up due to window settings Fixed: Can't load LUT file from folder with Chinese characters ASE Swatch Exchange Palettes import with correct name Fixed: Crash after clicking away from input field in Layer Effects Fixed: Moving asset sub category is slow with lots of assets Files saved with selections are now reflected correctly when reopened. Fixed: Unable to undo changes made in the Curves Adjustment Fixed: Unable to type certain Characters on a Polish Keyboard Fixed: Unable to change Input minimum/maximum for Curves Adjustment Vibrance presets differ to Mac and should match Character tab font type dropdown is remembered when docked Path text baseline control has correct ranges Shift Click layers tab: Improved multiple selections Copied swatch automatically appears in palette Input fields: Shift + up/down keys increments value 0.1 units instead of 10 units Fixed: Spot colour spot not outlined Crash fixed when unhiding UI after closing document Can reset more text style values Removed 'Affinity Files' from the Save As dialog Welcome screen fails gracefully when no internet connection is found Fixed: Anchor point box moves when clicking Flip Vertical 'Icon and Text' option remembered when restarting app Fixed: App regularly freezes [file specific] Fixed: Customer crash when saving keyboard profile Crashing on custom keyboard shortcuts (primarily Pixel Persona) It is now possible to set Language: None in the Edit Text Style dialog Uninstalling one Affinity app disables the 'Edit in... ' option in the other app more reliably Fixed: Colour picker loupe dies not display pixels on second monitor on high DPI setup Fixed: Dust & Scratches Live filter is not functioning correctly. Fixed: Slice doesn't export at the correct size when exporting single slices Fixed Added Snapshots are not showing 'Set undo brush source' Fixed 'Alternate' dropdown missing from Pixel Tool context toolbar Symbols snap immediately when you drag them from the Symbols panel Invalid scaling sizes immediately reverted in Slices Panel Can import if no asset categories Fixed: Open > Recent isn't displaying saved documents until the app is restarted Improved: Panels can be hidden by double clicking the header not just the panel label Shadows/Highlights: The effect look same as on Mac Fixed: Dragging the Radius slider to the far right initially knocks the effect off Crash after opening a large amount of PDF's Improved: Free hand Selection Tool is incredibly laggy on a complex document Fixed: Brush Tool leaves marks while we press Space bar key (panning) Fixed: UI locks up when clicking Fill on the context toolbar while holding Space Fixed: Currently enabled Effects expand when adding a new Effect Fixed: Crash when dragging/clicking a node while holding Shift+A Fixed: Moving Gradient Map node using Position slider can change node selection. Tools are no longer drawn over rulers Fixed: Swatches Panel - Colour swatches get cut off at 125% with no scrollbar Redraw issue when using Windows key + arrow key to dock the app Fixed: Panning with a Wacom pen only allows a vertical scroll Improved: Drawing brush strokes in quick succession results in a huge lag Fixed: CMYK values can exceed 100% if you use Shift to scale the colour values Fixed: Aspect ratio is disabled for a curve Help window responds to Windows Key snap shortcuts Fixed: App not appearing in correct position on second monitor Fixed: Stroke width on context toolbar is cut off with to many decimal places Fixed: Eyedropper in colour chooser dialog is cut off on small screens Tool handles move around slightly when resizing File Extensions list was too long Fixed: Mouse Brush painting fails after using Wacom Intuos3 Fixed: Stroke with the Fill Tool will cause a crash on Windows 8.1 and Windows 8 Fixed: Brush tip lose their cursor preview after selecting different brushes Fixed: No warning message for being unable to export PDF Export dialog now shows what format is being 'exported as' with File Extensions disabled 'Retina PNG-24' preset adds both 1x and 2x files to the list of files Sharpen Tool - 'Alt' now switches to blurring Erase Brush Tool - Drag + Alt does now displays colour picker Crash dragging Fill tool control point fixed Fixed: Can't right-click with specific tools Fixed: Trying to draw after changing context toolbar setting requires extra click Fixed: [File Specific] PDF Unable to open, slows app down to a standstill Fixed: Switching between objects creates extra transform history steps Help: Workspace Modes should have the Seperated Mode references removed. Help: System Requirements still list Mac requirements Now returns to pan when zoom shortcut is used Improved: Slow editing text from an imported PDF Fixed: Changing font size of selected text does not stick and causes tabbing issue Fixed: Colour wheel on flyout does not look correct on specific laptops Multiple translation improvements Multiple UI tweaks, like clipping and tooltips A number of file specific stability issues fixed Auto recovery fix, restore the stream position when scanning for FAT tags. Remember to load the “write thumbnails” preference. Fixed Z Order problem when re-showing welcome screen if modal dialog was active. Fix for welcome screen DPI Swatches: fix for create palette from image being greyed out if accessed before a document is created or opened. Fixed 'Edit Macro' doesn't enable after opening an image if you've right clicked a Macro with no image open Potential fix for crash with multiple files open Fixed clicking on Fill Popup button on context toolbar changes fill on selection

Samholmes, Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums. You have woken up a very old thread (a technique also used by spammers). This thread was made when the logos had recently been launched. They are now well established and won't be reworked because of forum posts.

As you probably realise, there is no 1.6 Windows beta yet, but once it exists the 1.6.0.xx installer will uninstall 1.5.2.69 automatically for you (I strongly expect), so yes install 1.6.0.nn beta over 1.5.2.69 beta. However you can uninstall the beta yourself if you want to.

Thanks Juergen, sorry it was not yet ready for your use.

We are putting a formal list together at the moment It will be ready tomorrow I expect. Our database does not present this info in a customer friendly, sorry

If you are going to reset the workstation then I appreciate that you might need this more urgently thank others, for whom it runs up as it last shut down.

We are putting a formal list together at the moment It will be ready tomorrow I expect. Our database does not present this info in a customer friendly, sorry

> I'll add my bump to illustrate this feature has been requested for at least 2 years. Bumping threads will not make this appear faster. Please don't

Affinity Designer for Windows 1.6.0 is now live (this is an older thread). We are pleased to announce the second update for Affinity Designer for Windows (version 1.5.3). The update can be downloaded from here. Once downloaded, close Affinity Designer and run (double click) the downloaded EXE to install it. A list of the fixes this release contains is being prepared and will be posted shortly. To install this version you will need to have the Affinity Designer for Windows already installed OR you will need to type in your email address and a valid Product key when prompted. When installing on top of an existing version you will not be prompted for the product key. If you need it you can find your product key (and a download button) in your Affinity store account, where you will also find the email address used to generate the key when you ordered the software. If you have installed any previous customer beta version of Affinity Designer 1.5.3, that beta can be safely uninstalled before or after installing this release update, they are independent installs. The beta will stop working soon anyway. Please report any problems you have installing or using this new version in the Windows forum here Patrick Connor The Affinity Team

Affinity Photo for Windows 1.6.0 is now live. We are pleased to announce the first update for Affinity Photo for Windows (version 1.5.2). The update can be downloaded from here. Once downloaded, close Affinity Photo and run (double click) the downloaded EXE to install it. A list of the fixes this release contains is being prepared and will be posted shortly. To install this version you will need to have the Affinity Photo for Windows already installed OR you will need to type in your email address and a valid Product key when prompted. When installing on top of an existing version you will not be prompted for the product key. If you need it you can find your product key (and a download button) in your Affinity store account, where you will also find the email address used to generate the key when you ordered the software. If you have installed any previous beta version of Affinity Photo 1.5.2, that beta can be safely uninstalled before or after installing this release update, they are independent installs. The beta will stop working soon anyway. Please report any problems you have installing or using this new version in the Windows forum here Patrick Connor The Affinity Team

This beta has been replaced by the public release of Photo 1.5.2.69 (which has the same fixes as this beta build) . If you have purchased Photo it is available to download from your account and as a patch from within the program. Please run the application and follow the instructions to download the software.

This beta has been replaced by the public release of Designer 1.5.3.69 . If you have purchased Designer it is available to download from your account and as a patch from within the program. Please run the application and follow the instructions to download the software.

Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums. No, it is a new program with its own feature set. It's closer to DrawPlus than PagePlus, but the Affinity range should not be thought of as replacements, as feature parity is not the desire.

The windows version has the link on the welcome page too, on the 4th of 4 pages that shows. Only the Affinity Photo on Windows needs the email link

m850, We are working on costing and potentially implementing a Russian language translation in a version 1 update.

Pavel586, We are working on costing and potentially implementing a Russian language translation in a version 1 update.

Steve, Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums. When you buy the Affinity Store version (Windows) it makes a product key that is associated with your email address (the install expects them as a pair). We do not have a way to transfer the license to another person as such, as we cannot make the product key work with a different email address, as one is encoded in the other. The License agreement is non-transferable and you cannot just pass the software on to someone else. If you wish to sell it on then you will need to contact us and ask permission to to sell your product key and email address pair to someone else. Separately (for the sake of other readers) it is worth saying that we cannot transfer a license from PC to Mac either or vice-versa, sorry

Oval, Wrong information gets corrected if A] it is wrong and B] it needs correcting. Have I missed something? What makes you think these (apart from the first one, for which thank you) are "incorrect"?

neville, The name of the server was chosen during the beta phase when we were particularly using it to monitor crashes, which we still do with the customer beta builds. However we have another service on there which tells the program the latest version so that the program can decide whether to tell you that there is an update available. Yes the server name is a little odd, but it is actually a call to check for updates to the software. It only passes Program name (designer or photo) operating system (currently only windows) and application type (release or trial or beta) that is all. The call is http and looks like this Designer Release call GET /appversion.php?product=designer&os=windows&apptype=release HTTP/1.1 Host: crashes.seriflabs.com Reply HTTP/1.1 200 OK Date: Wed, 03 May 2017 12:27:06 GMT Server: Apache/2.4.6 (Amazon) PHP/5.4.23 X-Powered-By: PHP/5.4.23 Content-Length: 134 Keep-Alive: timeout=5, max=100 Connection: Keep-Alive Content-Type: application/json { "schema": 1, "version": { "major": "1", "minor": "5", "build": "2", "revision": "58" } } Photo Release call GET /appversion.php?product=photo&os=windows&apptype=release HTTP/1.1 Host: crashes.seriflabs.com Reply HTTP/1.1 200 OK Date: Wed, 03 May 2017 12:28:46 GMT Server: Apache/2.4.6 (Amazon) PHP/5.4.23 X-Powered-By: PHP/5.4.23 Content-Length: 134 Keep-Alive: timeout=5, max=100 Connection: Keep-Alive Content-Type: application/json { "schema": 1, "version": { "major": "1", "minor": "5", "build": "1", "revision": "54" } } So when we release an updated version the software will compare it's version to the 'latest' returned by crashes.seriflabs.com/appversion.php and display the option to the user to update. If the version returned by the server is the same as the software it displays nothing. The Windows store and Mac App store take care or updates for you, but we have to do this ourselves.

We have resolved the problem. Please try again now and you should be able to place your orders.

LuisLucas, IllmatikInd & ppawi, Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums. Sorry about your first experience with us being a poor one. Apparently our Affinity store was not responding to any orders from 10:20 yesterday to about 5 am this morning. No orders could be placed by credit card or by paypal. We have resolved the problem and are changing the store code to try to ensure it should not recur. Please try again now and you should be able to place your orders. As I understand it your accounts have been created (you should have received a welcome email), but no order placed. To place an order using that email now will require you to use the same password as you tried to order using yesterday. We plan to contact all those affected by email shortly. Again, sorry about the experience, and please come back to the forums if you need support once you have completed your purchases.

Jennifer McHenry, Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums. We have said that Affinity Publisher will not have a .PPP import function, sorry. However you should be able to continue to work with PagePlus on those files. The PDF import facility will get the data in for those files where you want to change applications. It is possible that Publisher will be some years before it has some of the features that you already have in PagePlus.

Stefan, Thank you for your input and suggestion, and thank you particularly for the time that you and others give to improving the software. A points system is almost impossible to manage/measure on a forum so would be difficult until we have a more formal public facing bug reporting system, but that is being considered in the near future. During quiet (public facing) times in the development cycle, like now, it feels less rewarding reporting the issues and making suggestions than it does during a beta phase where the things reported are often fixed very shortly afterwards. Nevertheless all reports are added to our database and prioritised by the project leads. The public betas and interaction with the programmers is why many of the forum regulars are here, and I look forward to the next public beta of 1.6 and more regular beta releases, when the software tends to improve very quickly.

The best place for asking software questions, reporting bugs and requesting features is right here on our forum – this is where we all hang out. If you haven't already done so make an account to post on these forums (this forum uses an independent login and not the same as an Affinity Store Account). Customer Service Our customer service team will be happy to help with any questions or problems relating to orders, payments or your account. To contact our Customer Service Team online, Affinity customers can email affinity@serif.com. We aim to respond within 24 hours, although these times can be extended during busy periods. Technical Support If you have a technical question or problem in using our software, or indeed if you just want some advice, our support is provided online. For all Affinity apps, please post your question right here on the Affinity Forums. Members of our own team are actively involved within the forum and you will often receive a pretty quick response. For critical issue support you may be asked to email support staff directly at affinitysupport@serif.com, but please start on the appropriate forums, as the regulars here often answer quickly and correctly.