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    Old V1 users being asked to pay EXACTLY the same for V2 new users? NOT COOL.

    in Feedback for the Affinity V2 Suite of Products

    Posted

    @Karmamole

    Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums :) 

    On 12/7/2022 at 8:44 PM, Karmamole said:

    Why should I, a supporter from DAY 1, pay EXACTLY the same for V2 (40% discount, bah!) as new users just coming to Affinity? 

    Because that is what we (Serif) decided to do. The Prodigal Son parable may be relevant here. A single price for launch for all users, other than those who bought in the 2-3 months before launch who received email with links with further discounts, including some who got free upgrades for very recent purchases.

    Sorry you think that your 6 years of use was not good enough value, but you can continue to use it at no extra cost.

    To ALL others here, PLEASE do not argue with these users whose views on our pricing are valid whether you agree with them or not. It is NOT for you to justify our marketing decisions, and is leading to arguments over and over which do not make anyone feel any different. Please stop engaging on Serif's behalf it is NOT what we want. Let them express their opinions, thanks. Just Stop, feedback is for Serif not for you

    Affinity V2 Range Mac Beta Release Notifications

    in [ARCHIVE] Reports from earlier Affinity betas

    Posted

    These are no longer the latest macOS Affinity V2 customer beta builds (see last post) in this thread:

    This is a quick patch which fixes some urgent issues and will be a short beta cycle, so we can release this update as soon as possible. The purpose of this beta is to give you an opportunity to try the fixes and report on any possible regressions we may have introduced since the current release 2.0.0. This forums are not for reporting bugs found in the release builds or for telling us what is not yet fixed in this beta. We are also planning a larger update with more fixes and improvements which will beta here in the New Year.

    To get downloads for these beta build and see the release notes and please go to the relevant forum and find the pinned post at the top of the forum.

    Please follow this thread for forum notifications of new V2 Mac beta builds

    Vector warp only affects an objects outline and not anything it contains such as gradients, images, texture, etc

    in V2 Bugs found on macOS

    Posted

    @jellybeanFEIND

    Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums :) 

    Thanks for your report. The warping of contents like gradient fills is not currently attempted by the Vector warp code, sorry.

    1 hour ago, norbinw said:

    Was so happy for warp, and then I realized it's only shapes and not content nor images

    There are plans for Vector warp to be worked on more in the future, so I would expect this to change as the feature matures.

    Affinity V2 Range iPad Beta Release Notifications

    in [ARCHIVE] Reports from earlier Affinity betas

    Posted

    These are no longer the latest Affinity V2 for iPad beta builds (see last post) in this thread

    This is a quick patch which fixes some urgent issues and will be a short beta cycle, so we can release this update as soon as possible. The purpose of this beta is to give you an opportunity to try the fixes and report on any possible regressions we may have introduced since the current release 2.0.0. This forums are not for reporting bugs found in the release builds or for telling us what is not yet fixed in this beta. We are also planning a larger update with more fixes and improvements which will beta here in the New Year.

    To get downloads for these beta build and see the release notes and please go to the relevant forum and find the pinned post at the top of the forum.

    Please follow this thread for forum notifications of further iPad beta builds

    Affinity V2 Range Windows Beta Release Notifications

    in [ARCHIVE] Reports from earlier Affinity betas

    Posted

    These are the first Windows customer beta builds of the Affinity V2 range : (see last post) in this thread

    This is a quick patch which fixes some urgent issues and will be a short beta cycle, so we can release this update as soon as possible. The purpose of this beta is to give you an opportunity to try the fixes and report on any possible regressions we may have introduced since the current release 2.0.0. This forums are not for reporting bugs found in the release builds or for telling us what is not yet fixed in this beta. We are also planning a larger update with more fixes and improvements which will beta here in the New Year.

    To get downloads for these beta build and see the release notes and please go to the relevant forum and find the pinned post at the top of the forum.

    Please follow this thread for forum notifications of new Windows beta builds

    Affinity Photo 2 Customer Beta 2.0.3.1670 (Windows) (Please use the later 2.0.3 release instead)

    in [ARCHIVE] Photo beta on Windows threads

    Posted

    Status: Beta

    Purpose: Fixes and Updates

    Requirements: Licensed Affinity Photo 2 (registered to an Affinity ID account)

    Windows Store: Not Submitted

    Download: MSIX Download

    Auto-update: Not Available

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    We are pleased to announce that the first Affinity Photo 2 Customer Beta 2.0.3.1670 is now available as a download from the link above.

    Please note: We are working on an equivalent MSI/EXE installer to ALSO be available before the time this 2.0.3.x beta cycle finishes, and becomes a public release.

    This beta is an update to the 2.0.0 version recently released to all customers and will form the basis of our first patch for 2.0.0. We recommend that you use this beta in preference to the release version if you are affected by any of the issues listed below.

     

    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.

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    • New Document: Custom Document Preset order is not retained between app sessions
    • Placed documents with bleed fail to render the top and left side correctly
    • Quotes can be incorrectly put on newlines and cause text to render differently compared to V1
    • Can't place image when recording a macro in Photo V2
    • V2 opens raw files slower than V1
    • Running a V1 Macro that uses 'Add Image' (Place) crashes app - also applies to Batch Processing
    • Importing .JPG and .TIFF files with Keywords only displays the last keyword in the Metadata panel
    • Straightening in the Develop Persona offsets the image from the canvas entirely, until developed or crashes
    • Exclusion blend mode causing unexpected results on 16bit file layers with blown highlights
    • Transform Panel- Differences in panel size when switching between Curve strokes and expanded objects
    • Tone Mapping Preset options missing.
    • Blemish Tool failing after developing image.
    • Develop Persona 'Sync Before' no longer functions
    • Lens Correction Mis-Centered for Portrait Orientation Raw Files
    • Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-120mm f/4 S not identified
    • Phase One IIQ files are being rendered all black
    • Mesh Warp doesn't work with multiple Outline FX.
    • Cmd+Z / Ctrl+Z isn't working in V2 apps for adjustments
    • Incorrect AF region display for Canon PowerShot G1X Mark III
    • White Balance Tool giving different results for Infrared processing.
    • Outline Layer Effect is making the anti-aliased edges transparent, rather than blending with the shapes colour
    • Crop Tool displays checkerboard when rotating image in Develop Persona.
    • The Patch Tool doesn't work with Global Sources & 'Set Global Source' remains greyed out
    • Unable to Undo crop after pressing Enter key in Develop Persona.
    • Blemish Tool lag in Develop Persona
    • Quick Access to Node Tool no longer allows you to insert node (Windows) 
    • Fixed spurious "future version" error under certain circumstances
    • Improvements with PDF Import and Layers
    • Fixes for RTF import - font name discrepancies, fields in footnotes
    • Update for HEIF importer
    • DWG Import scaling improvements
    • Export Panel UI fixes
    • Fixed some tool drawing issues relating to selections across spreads etc
    • Pen tool tweaks and fixes
    • Fixed hang that could occur composing vertical centre aligned text
    • OpenType handling does not respect lookup flags such as IgnoreMarks
    • Hit box of scaled text could be incorrect
    • Gradients on text strokes don't render unless the fill also has a gradient
    • Fixes for line breaking in some odd cases with punctuation
    • Resource Manager updates
    • Light UI Improvements
    • Many and various Layers Panel updates and fixes
    • Clipboard: 32 bit DIB support added
    • Auto Flow Place: Added an option to auto-flow place to replace the content of already populated picture frames
    • More attributes are retained when replacing images in frames
    • Ensure global colour edits update live
    • Select Same Name should only select objects with user supplied names
    • New clearer icons for stroke properties (cap, join, align)
    • Localisation updates

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    To be notified about all future Windows beta updates, please follow this notification thread 

    To be notified when this Photo update comes out of beta and is fully released to all Photo customers, please follow this release announcement thread

    Affinity Designer 2 Customer Beta 2.0.3.1670 (Windows) (Please use the later 2.0.3 release instead)

    in [ARCHIVE] Designer beta on Windows threads

    Posted

    Status: Beta

    Purpose: Fixes and Updates

    Requirements: Licensed Affinity Designer 2 (registered to an Affinity ID account)

    Windows Store: Not Submitted

    Download: MSIX Download

    Auto-update: Not Available

    ---

     

    We are pleased to announce that the first Affinity Designer 2 Customer Beta 2.0.3.1670 is now available as a download from the link above.

    Please note: We are working on an equivalent MSI/EXE installer to ALSO be available before the time this 2.0.3.x beta cycle finishes, and becomes a public release.

    This beta is an update to the 2.0.0 version recently released to all customers and will form the basis of our first patch for 2.0.0. We recommend that you use this beta in preference to the release version if you are affected by any of the issues listed below.

     

    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.

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    • New Document: Custom Document Preset order is not retained between app sessions
    • Current DPI of selected layer does not show in V2
    • Shape Builder Tool now has an additional option to delete open curves that were inside a newly created area, plus you can now hold Alt to delete areas while still in Add mode - more to come...
    • Warp Group editing now supports the Shift modifier to lock node edits to an 8-axis grid. Also can be used with off-curve nodes to maintain their angle while dragging them
    • Modifying Global Colour swatch fails to update document until you click out of the Colour Selector
    • Sliders for Warp Group are broken
    • Using the Select object/ transparency object selects all objects
    • Symbols - Delinked nodes get forgotten when swapping out nodes from synchronised instances
    • Shape Builder Tool: Alt to delete on rotated shapes fails
    • Shape Builder Tool: sometimes drags out a selection marquee
    • Shape Builder Tool: functional improvements on some shapes
    • Placed documents with bleed fail to render the top and left side correctly
    • Quotes can be incorrectly put on newlines and cause text to render differently compared to V1
    • Straightening in the Develop Persona offsets the image from the canvas entirely, until developed or crashes
    • Transform Panel- Differences in panel size when switching between Curve strokes and expanded objects
    • Cmd+Z / Ctrl+Z isn't working in V2 apps for adjustments
    • Outline Layer Effect is making the anti-aliased edges transparent, rather than blending with the shapes colour
    • Quick Access to Node Tool no longer allows you to insert node
    • Fixed spurious "future version" error under certain circumstances
    • Improvements with PDF Import and Layers
    • Fixes for RTF import - font name discrepancies, fields in footnotes
    • Update for HEIF importer
    • DWG Import scaling improvements
    • DWG file takes a long time to open then shows incorrectly (file specific).
    • Export Panel UI fixes
    • Fixed some tool drawing issues relating to selections across spreads etc
    • Pen tool tweaks and fixes
    • Fixed hang that could occur composing vertical centre aligned text
    • OpenType handling does not respect lookup flags such as IgnoreMarks
    • Hit box of scaled text could be incorrect
    • Gradients on text strokes don't render unless the fill also has a gradient
    • Fixes for line breaking in some odd cases with punctuation
    • Resource Manager updates
    • Light UI Improvements
    • Many and various Layers Panel updates and fixes
    • Clipboard: 32 bit DIB support added
    • Auto Flow Place: Added an option to auto-flow place to replace the content of already populated picture frames
    • More attributes are retained when replacing images in frames
    • Ensure global colour edits update live
    • Select Same Name should only select objects with user supplied names
    • New clearer icons for stroke properties (cap, join, align)
    • Localisation updates

    ---

    To be notified about all future Windows beta updates, please follow this notification thread 

    To be notified when this Designer update comes out of beta and is fully released to all Designer customers, please follow this release announcement thread

    Bleed absent when exporting to TIFF

    in V2 Bugs found on macOS

    Posted

    Sorry for the long delay in responding. As you have noticed, this issues is as yet unaddressed, sorry. It is not easy to solve or it would have been by now, but I expect it will be addressed. We have bumped the developer report. 

    Please do not post about this problem in unrelated threads which happen to be about artboards, where those threads are not about this issue. It is difficult to deal with more than one issue in a single thread.

    Two Versions of Affinity on my PC. This problem applies to the whole Affinity Suite.

    in V2 Bugs found on Windows

    Posted

    2 hours ago, SidM8 said:

    This is what I find with your system.
    I had been looking in Control Panel / Programmes.
    Notice the file sizes for each version. A bit strange that

    It's very odd that Windows doesn't know how to display the actual size, which for V2 applications is about the same size as (actually slightly larger but not much) it was for V1. It doesn't matter, it's just odd/annoying 

    Why are we using MSIX for Windows installers?

    in Frequently Asked Questions about V2 software

    Posted

    The current MSIX installers put sandboxed applications on your computer. To access the sandboxed applications we provided execution aliases, as described above. There are bugs in some third-party applications with the App Execution Alias. To bridge the gap between 3rd party apps and the sandboxed installed Affinity Photo 2, we are providing an application AFLaunch.exe that can be called instead of the 0KB execution Alias

    So try AffinityPhoto2.exe first, and if that does not work, use AFLaunch.exe.

    Attached file aflaunch.zip is a .ZIP file of the current AFLaunch.exe, referred to above. This should downloaded and unzipped onto your computer.

    It can then be called (linked to) from withing your Photo DAM, which will start Affinity Photo 2 to edit your Photo. 

    aflaunch.zip

    Where is the Affinity 2 executable file?

    in V2 Bugs found on Windows

    Posted

    1 hour ago, walt.farrell said:

    The aflaunch.exe method should work for you. When you tried it, what happened?

     

    This is our long term solution for anyone using the standard/current Installation (MSIX). I am keen to know who this doesn't work for. AFLauncher.exe should work with all DAM applications, and the one we end up officially offering will be very similar to the one in the forum attachment but with a suitable icon for Affinity Photo 2 

    That doesn't mean that people won't be able to use the older style MSI install but that particularly help those who want more control over the Installation location (and as a side effect call the exe directly.

    Please offer .exe or .msi for V2 instead of .MSIX

    in Feedback for the Affinity V2 Suite of Products

    Posted

    On 11/21/2022 at 4:47 PM, MrDoodlezz said:

    Two questions, that I think are related in some way (I hope they haven't already been asked. If so: Sorry for the repetition and please point me into the right direction) :

    1. Is it foreseeable whether the MSI version will be available before the end of the current 40% offer? (14.12.2022 if the info I read somewhere is correct.)
    2. Will the trial be reset when the MSI versions become available?
      Because I currently have an activated trial version and only have a couple of days left, but am stuck with the MSIX versions, which for one reason or another can't install on my operating system (even after trying several options discussed here in the forum).
      Or will the trial version expire without me even having the possibility to test it? 😞

    Our plan is absolutely that the EXE/MSI installer will be available before the launch offer expires.

    We're looking at technical ways that you (and others affected) will be able to have a 30 day test once the EXE containing the MSI install is available. It isn't settled how this will be achieved (we have a few options being considered) but yes trials will reset (that is the plan, we're still testing what's possible)

    No .exe, no interest

    in Feedback for the Affinity V2 Suite of Products

    Posted

    On 11/28/2022 at 10:10 AM, MrDoodlezz said:

    I asked about the trial period: Will the trial be reset when the MSI/EXE becomes available?

    We're aware how this is going and we're looking at technical ways that you (and others) will be able to have a 30 day test once the EXE containing the MSI install is available. It isn't settled how this will be achieved (we have a few options being considered) but yes trials will reset (is the plan, we're still testing)

    Timed experiment showing Affinity Photo takes 20 seconds to start.

    in V2 Bugs found on macOS

    Posted

    We don't require video evidence. 

    This is the application as it is. It's unfortunate that it is treated by the operating system as requiring of checking every time it runs after a cold start.

    You seem very certain about the cause of the long startup . I think I said it may be caused by the web engine but it's a guess because of when it started, but we also started supporting M1 chips at the same time, so lots of changes were made. Serif don't know if the web library is the cause of Apple's operating system checking our application, and have asked them repeatedly for help removing this problem.

    Our software requires all the libraries it does for the functionality that we want to provide.

    If it is caused by that library (which isn't clear) it is needed for content download to be automatically installed for all Affinity apps from a single download. You are right we didn't have to have this functionality but we do and now we use it for the licensing, particularly the universal license.

    Equally Apple didn't need to write their os so it doesn't trust our executable once it includes that library. 

    We won't be removing the functionality any time soon, so we live in hope that Apple give us a fix.

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