Patrick Connor

We were considering starting a 2.4 beta yesterday, but we have decided to add & test a few more changes before we start, so it will be in the new year but contain more.
I can see why you might think that but the Serif info bot post quoted above is actually suggesting that the localisation/translations will not be included in for new features and fixes until later in the beta and we did not want you saying that the feature was still in English when the beta started. The fix is that Find and replace field names are now capable of localisation. It was not actually not hinting at the beta start date at all 😜

We were considering starting a 2.4 beta yesterday, but we have decided to add & test a few more changes before we start, so it will be in the new year but contain more.
I can see why you might think that but the Serif info bot post quoted above is actually suggesting that the localisation/translations will not be included in for new features and fixes until later in the beta and we did not want you saying that the feature was still in English when the beta started. The fix is that Find and replace field names are now capable of localisation. It was not actually not hinting at the beta start date at all 😜

We were considering starting a 2.4 beta yesterday, but we have decided to add & test a few more changes before we start, so it will be in the new year but contain more.
I can see why you might think that but the Serif info bot post quoted above is actually suggesting that the localisation/translations will not be included in for new features and fixes until later in the beta and we did not want you saying that the feature was still in English when the beta started. The fix is that Find and replace field names are now capable of localisation. It was not actually not hinting at the beta start date at all 😜

Very good. I'm already looking forward to the new functions. Thank you Patrick Connor for your clear answer.

We were considering starting a 2.4 beta yesterday, but we have decided to add & test a few more changes before we start, so it will be in the new year but contain more.
I can see why you might think that but the Serif info bot post quoted above is actually suggesting that the localisation/translations will not be included in for new features and fixes until later in the beta and we did not want you saying that the feature was still in English when the beta started. The fix is that Find and replace field names are now capable of localisation. It was not actually not hinting at the beta start date at all 😜

Some of this year's reduced tree motives which I use on xmas cards ...




 
If you need some last minute xmas tree resources take a look under the forum resources at ...
Xmas Trees Assets Xmas Trees Xmas Silhouettes ... generally take then a look at the xmas stuff under ...
Retrospective of resources contributions
 
Have a contemplative and peaceful Christmas time!

Decided to do this without blurs again whilst trying to keep it realistic. It made some things trickier but saved the time in not having to set a million blurs. Used AD v2 for the warped text.
 

I did, sort of. I effectively asked them not to tag staff who are not currently interacting in the thread. Clearly sometimes it helps in order to indicate who you're replying to. 
As head of the testing team I often know about unreleased features, but as head of the testing team it's not my job to say what features are planned or how they are progressing so I'll not be changing that approach here

I did, sort of. I effectively asked them not to tag staff who are not currently interacting in the thread. Clearly sometimes it helps in order to indicate who you're replying to. 
As head of the testing team I often know about unreleased features, but as head of the testing team it's not my job to say what features are planned or how they are progressing so I'll not be changing that approach here

The option should appear when you already have the 64-bit version installed.
If memory serves, the options are to (a) perform maintenance on the existing 64-bit installation or (b) install the 32-bit version. It may be possible to bypass the 64-bit installation by choosing a 32-bit setup program instead of the generic ‘setup.exe’, but I don’t currently have access to the files I would need for checking up on that.

We are pleased to announce an update for the Windows release of Affinity Photo 2, version 2.3.0
This build is available as a (sandboxed) MSIX application installer and as an (unsandboxed) MSI/EXE traditional installer.
Please see this FAQ thread for instructions on how to access the unsandboxed MSI/EXE version.
The changes in Affinity Photo 2 for Windows 2.3.0 (those made since the last release Affinity Photo 2 for Windows 2.2.1) are listed in this FAQ forum post:
To get notified when any new releases are made please follow the latest releases thread by clicking here
UPDATING TO THIS VERSION (which is free for all V2 users)
The software version can be seen on the splash screen and the About dialog (in Help > About Affinity Photo).
If you’ve purchased from the Affinity Store — each time you start the Affinity Store software it will check for updates and offer any available update .The Windows builds only automatically checks once per day. In the Help menu there is a manual "Check for updates". The latest update will install over the top of any earlier version, with no need to uninstall. 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 Photo for Windows) can be downloaded from this link (those installers are NOT for customers who made Microsoft Store purchases).
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. 

We are pleased to announce an update for the Windows release of Affinity Designer 2, version 2.3.0
This build is available as a (sandboxed) MSIX application installer and as an (unsandboxed) MSI/EXE traditional installer.
Please see this FAQ thread for instructions on how to access the unsandboxed MSI/EXE version.
The changes in Affinity Designer 2 for Windows 2.3.0 (those made since the last release Affinity Designer 2 for Windows 2.2.1) are listed in this FAQ forum post:
To get notified when any new releases are made please follow the latest releases thread by clicking here
UPDATING TO THIS VERSION (which is free for all V2 users)
The software version can be seen on the splash screen and the About dialog (in Help > About Affinity Designer ).
If you’ve purchased from the Affinity Store — each time you start the Affinity Store software it will check for updates and offer any available update. The Windows builds only automatically checks once per day. In the Help menu there is a manual "Check for Updates". The latest update will install over the top of any earlier version, with no need to uninstall. 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 Windows) can be downloaded from this link (those installers are NOT for customers who made Microsoft Store purchases).
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. 

Imagine the reverse scenario, Affinity Science, an application for working with scientific data that has extreme difficulty working with anything other than integers, and constantly rounds and outputs numbers from science and maths to integers.
And then imagine the loyalists in here defending the application with "That's how the application is built and works!". Madness.
 
Then, when shaken scientists give harsh feedback, they get instructions on clumsy methods to force decimal numbers through, even though there are bugs and limitations in the application that make the instructions useless anyway.
This is exactly how absurd many people's defence of extremely poor usability is perceived by people. The loyalists just don't realise it, and it's a big problem in the world.
Customers simply aren't meant to pay the price for such blatantly poor design choices. When someone at Serif thought they could communicate their way out of "decimal pixels" and throw in a few simple help functions, that's when the problem arose. And that problem has been going on ever since, year after year, without a break.
Serif simply has to come up with a solution.

Affinity Beta Software Program
Access pre-release versions of Affinity and share your feedback with us.
Help make the next generation of Affinity the best yet! By taking part in our beta program, you can test out the latest in-development builds of the apps and let us know what you think.
How do I participate?
Please read this post on using the betas and these forums
Who can participate?
Our V2 beta program is available to anyone who owns and registers V2 of our applications.
For much more information, where you can sign up to participate, go here https://affinity.serif.com/affinity-beta-program/
Am I using the Latest Beta Build?
The latest beta is 2.4.0 (visible top right in My Account, and on the About... screen). New builds are announced here
Do I need to uninstall earlier 2.3.x betas?
You do not need to uninstall, and there is an autoupdate from 2.2.x beta or above to 2.4.0. You can just install over the top
Will it copy my 2.3 retail settings?
Yes, this functionality can be accessed using "Edit > Settings > Beta Program".
Are the Windows betas also available as unsandboxed MSI/EXE installs?
Windows betas available as sandboxed MSIX installers, and unsandboxed MSI/EXE. Either are downloadable from links in your account, but we do not support both being installed/run simultaneously, so please choose the one that suits you.

If you are a new arrival to this thread and have found that it is locked but still want to show your support for Affinity on Linux, simply like this post

This is the 2024 prism desk calendar, which is localized for german, english and greek (DE/EN/GR) language and thus allows to switch the calendar languages and print for either of the named languages. - This template can be (re)used in all Affinity apps!
The calendar dates used in this template do stem from Mensch Mesch. - The ready glued together calendar looks on a desk like the following, but of course instead with upcoming year 2024 calendar month dates ...

... the A4 Affinity Designer 2024 template looks like this, dependent on the language (DE/EN/GR) switch ...

You setup and switch the corresponding language like this for the german (DE) calendar part ...

... or like this for the english (EN) calendar part ...

 
... or like this for the greek (GR) calendar part ...

To add your images into the 2024 prism calendar follow the localized instructions like shown & written on the 2024 calendar. Here's an older shown 2022 prism calendar variation screenshot of where to place the images ...

 
Here's the corresponding 2024 prism calendar AD template file, it's a ADe V1 one, so it can be used with Affinity V1 & V2 apps ...
prism_A4_calendar_en_de_gr_2024.afdesign  
Let's hope that we will have in 2024 world wide better & peaceful times then!
 

Here is the supported RAW camera list, as of 2.3.1 retail builds using SerifLabs RAW engine:
If you are looking for the list supported by Affinity Version 1 you will find it posted here
Note: This list is for the native SerifLabs RAW engine only (this is the default when you open a raw file). On macOS and iOS there is an additional option to use the built in RAW image processing Apple (core image raw) engine please refer instead to these articles for their list of supported models:
on macOS Sonoma and iOS 17 on macOS Ventura and iOS 16 on macOS Monterey and iOS 15 on macOS Big Sur on macOS Catalina Serif Labs Supported Cameras 
(based on libraw 0.21-2 release with additional Canon CR3 code)
ASUS: ZenPhone4 ZenPhone6 AVT: F-080C F-145C F-201C F-510C F-810C Adobe:  Digital Negative (DNG) AgfaPhoto: DC-833m Alcatel:  5035D Apple: iPad Pro iPhone SE iPhone 6s iPhone 6 plus iPhone 7 iPhone 7 plus iPhone 8 iPhone 8 plus iPhone X iPhone 12 Pro iPhone 12 Pro Max iPhone 13 Pro QuickTake 100 QuickTake 150 QuickTake 200 AutelRobotics: XB015 XT705 (EVO II) BQ:  Aquarius U Baumer:  TXG14 BlackMagic: Cinema Camera Micro Cinema Camera Pocket Cinema Camera Production Camera 4k URSA URSA Mini 4k URSA Mini 4.6k URSA Mini Pro 4.6k CLAUSS: pix500 Canon: PowerShot 600 PowerShot A5 PowerShot A5 Zoom PowerShot A50 PowerShot A410 PowerShot A460 PowerShot A470 PowerShot A480 PowerShot A530 PowerShot A540 PowerShot A550 PowerShot A560 PowerShot A570 IS PowerShot A590 IS PowerShot A610 PowerShot A620 PowerShot A630 PowerShot A640 PowerShot A650 IS PowerShot A710 IS PowerShot A720 IS PowerShot A3300 IS PowerShot D10 PowerShot ELPH 130 IS / IXUS 140 / IXY 110F PowerShot ELPH 160 IS / IXUS 160 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SX110 IS PowerShot SX120 IS PowerShot SX130 IS PowerShot SX160 IS PowerShot SX220 HS PowerShot SX510 HS PowerShot SX710 HS PowerShot SX10 IS PowerShot SX20 IS PowerShot SX30 IS PowerShot IXUS 95 IS PowerShot IXUS 960 IS EOS 5DS EOS 5DS R EOS 5D EOS 5D Mark II EOS 5D Mark III EOS 5D Mark IV EOS 6D EOS 6D Mark II EOS 7D EOS 7D Mark II EOS 10D EOS 20D EOS 20Da EOS 30D EOS 40D EOS 50D EOS 60D EOS 60Da EOS 70D EOS 77D / 9000D EOS 80D EOS 90D EOS 100D / Rebel SL1 / Kiss X7 EOS 200D / Rebel SL2 / Kiss X9 EOS 250D / 200D II / Rebel SL3 / Kiss X10 EOS 300D / Digital Rebel / Kiss Digital EOS 350D / Digital Rebel XT / Kiss Digital N EOS 400D / Digital Rebel XTi / Kiss Digital X EOS 450D / Digital Rebel XSi / Kiss X2 EOS 500D / Rebel T1i / Kiss X3 EOS 550D / Rebel T2i / Kiss X4 EOS 600D / Rebel T3i / Kiss X5 EOS 650D / Rebel T4i / Kiss X6i EOS 700D / Rebel T5i / Kiss X7i EOS 750D / Rebel T6i / Kiss X8i EOS 760D / Rebel T6S / 8000D EOS 800D / Rebel T7i / Kiss X9i EOS 850D / Rebel T8i / Kiss X10i 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EX-ZR3700 EX-ZR4000 EX-ZR4100 EX-ZR5000 EX-ZR5100 EX-100 EX-100F EX-100PRO EX-10 EX-P505 EX-P600 EX-P700 Contax: N Digital Creative: PC-CAM 600 DJI: 4384x3288 Mavic Air Mavic Air2 Mavic Air 2S Mavic Mini2 Mavic 3 (new) Osmo Action Pocket Phantom4 Pro/Pro+ Zenmuse X5 Zenmuse X5R DXO: One Digital Bolex: D16 D16M Epson: R-D1 R-D1s R-D1x Eyedeas: E1 Foculus: 531C FujiFilm: DBP for GX680 / DX-2000 E550 E900 F500EXR / F505EXR F550EXR F600EXR / F605EXR F700 F710 F770EXR / F775EXR F800EXR F810 F900EXR S2Pro S3Pro S5Pro S20Pro S1 S100FS S5000 S5100 / S5500 S5200 / S5600 S6000fd / S6500fd S7000 S9000 / S9500 S9100 / S9600 S200EXR / S205EXR SL1000 HS10/HS11 HS20EXR / HS22EXR HS30EXR / HS33EXR / HS35EXR HS50EXR GFX 50S GFX 50S II GFX 50R GFX 100 GFX 100S X-Pro1 X-Pro2 X-Pro3 X-S1 XQ1 XQ2 X100 X100F X100S X100T X100V X10 X20 X30 X70 X-A1 X-A2 X-A3 X-A5 X-A7 X-A10 X-A20 X-E1 X-E2 X-E2S X-E3 X-E4 X-M1 XF1 XF10 X-H1 X-H2S (new) X-S10 X-T1 X-T1 Graphite Silver X-T2 X-T3 X-T4 X-T10 X-T20 X-T30 X-T30 II (new) X-T100 X-T200 IS-1 GITUP: GIT2 GIT2P G3 DUO (16:9 mode only) Gione: E7 Google: Pixel Pixel XL Pixel 3a Pixel 4 XL Pixel 4a (5G) Pixel 5 GoPro: Fusion Hero5 Hero6 Hero7 Hero8 Hero9 Hero10 HTC: UltraPixel MyTouch 4G One (A9) One (M9) 10 U12 Hasselblad: H2D-22 H2D-39 H3DII-22 H3DII-31 H3DII-39 H3DII-50 H3D-22 H3D-31 H3D-39 H4D-60 H4D-50 H4D-40 H4D-31 H5D-60 H5D-50 H5D-50c H5D-40 H6D-100c A6D-100c CFV CFV-50 CFV II 50C CFH CF-22 CF-31 CF-39 V96C L1D-20c (DJI Mavic 2 Pro) Lusso Lunar True Zoom Stellar Stellar II HV X1D X1D II 50C Huawei: P8 Lite (PRA-LX1) P9 (EVA-L09/AL00) P10 (VTR-L09) P10+ (VKY-L09) P10 Lite (WAS-LX1A) P20 (EML-L09) P20 Pro (CLT-L29/L09) P30 Pro (VOG-L29) Honor6a Honor7a pro Honor8 (FRD-L09) Honor9 Honor10 Honor20 Honor View 10 (BKL-L09) Honor View 20 (PCT-L29) Honor 20 Pro (YAL-L41) Mate8 (NXT-L29) Mate10 (BLA-L29) Mate20 Pro (LYA-L29) Mate20 Lite (SNE-LX1) ISG: 2020x1520 Ikonoskop: A-Cam dII Panchromatic A-Cam dII Imacon: Ixpress 96, 96C Ixpress 384, 384C 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Thanks, a nice complimentary tutorial for the Serif one
 
 

Thanks, a nice complimentary tutorial for the Serif one
 
 

The spiral tool has been a highly requested feature in Affinity Designer. With the recently released version 2.3, it is finally here! This tutorial will show you the basics of this tool. Note: This also applies to Affinity Photo and Affinity Publisher. 
 

Here's a list of the bugs which have been fixed in the beta build 2.3.0.2165 (GM)
(fixes since the post above for 2.3.0.2157)
Please only 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
Cross references - allow anchors and index marks to be filtered by name [AF-2] Placed PDF with a Custom Tag fails to Preview or Export  [AF-1273]   Updated help and localisation Bugs affecting Desktop (Windows and macOS)
Ctrl/Cmd+Click window for shapes remains mostly untranslated  Bugs affecting Windows
Batch Job dialog is too small  Cancel button missing on the export progress pop-up  Bugs affecting macOS
Closing the app window in Full-screen mode hides the app window and causes the UI to lock out  [AF-433] Retina Rendering Causes Excessive Screen Flicker When Set to Automatic (Best) [AF-1156] Bugs affecting iPad
none since 2157

@SFurniss
Actually, I don't think you did!  😉

Below is the list of all new features and improvements included in the 2.3.0 release, and the following post is a list of the main bug fixes.
Features and improvements affecting all platforms
Spiral Tool Choice of styles including Linear, Decaying, Fibonacci and Plotted Optional straight-line edges Spiral Tool tutorial: https://youtu.be/czxN1nSkn9Y Pixel grid options in all apps Automatic Grid returns to Photo Pixel Grid tutorial: https://youtu.be/R457ABIv80U Place and export password-protected PDFs, including the ability to individually allow: Document printing Content modification Content copying Password protected PDF tutorial: https://youtu.be/NP6dPxD6wuo Export PDF files to PDF 2.0 (ISO 32000-2) standard Change Asset Panel background colour (Publisher) Image tagging for accessible PDFs Tags Panel for Alternative Text: https://youtu.be/ARWDRB9Qyrs (Publisher) Find and Replace panel uses inbuilt and custom fields in search terms and replacement text (Designer) ‘Keep selected’ preference in Pencil Tool (Publisher) Independent formatting of cross-reference field In addition to those features on all platforms above, these are the Windows and macOS features and improvements
Move Data Entry improvements Scale option to resize by a given percentage Insertion Mode options to insert duplicates in front of or behind the original object Edit object properties as you transform Improved Number of copies slider behaviour Data Entry tutorial: https://youtu.be/F_r-Za-W_wQ Brush names show by default on the Brushes panel Create new documents from assets by dragging from panel to title bar Create shapes of same type and properties from an existing shape selection In addition to those features on all platforms above, these are the iPad features and improvements
Optionally deselect shapes after creation (Photo) Curves adjustment graph editor shows all coloured channel curve Localised versions of the changes in 2.3 (and those in earlier releases) can be found here
Affinity Designer Feature List Affinity Photo Feature List Affinity Publisher Feature List As well as all those improvements above, listed below are the most important bugs that have been fixed

off topic stuff is now here

please do not sabotage threads guys.
However HERE you can continue   (I have split all these posts off)