Patrick Connor

2.1.0 Features and improvements
This post is the list of all new features and improvements included in the 2.1.0 release, and just below it is a list of the main bug fixes.
Features and improvements affecting all platforms
Balanced dashed lines and other stroke improvements  Running headers in Publisher  Running Headers tutorial: https://youtu.be/Amb1dIIU2ig Show Special Characters added to Designer and Photo  Adjusted Mask Behaviour  Auto-select options in move tool  Square bracket stroke width adjustment expanded functionality Blend mode keyboard shortcuts Alt / Option - drag to duplicate in Layers panel Alt / Option click to expand / collapse all in Layers panel Crop tool improvements Cropping in Photo tutorial: https://youtu.be/Az4rTIBSjrE) Auto clean added to paint mixer brush Double-click artboard label to rename Ability to create more complex dashed lines Paste inside picture frame Vector Flood Fill in Designer Vector Flood Fill tutorial https://youtu.be/JSxLzJjaG_4  Vector Flood Fill with Bitmap Fills in  Designer tutorial: https://youtu.be/ekMotILwS70 for button to appear, requires Resetting Toolbar using "View" > "Customize Tools" > "Reset"  Guides improvements Vector warp nodes now obey snapping Brush panel improvements Raster perspective and mesh warp live filters added to Designer Search bar added to your add-ons  Spanish Hyphenation Dictionary provided with the apps updated In addition to those features on all platforms above, these are the Windows and macOS features and improvements
WebP and JPEG XL now available in batch export  "Close All" added to File menu Asset panel reordering improvements Rename... added to Layer menu & tab behaviour Mask to below... added to Layer menu Measure tool now available in Photo and Publisher Measure and Area Tools: https://youtu.be/7uh4l0kFlpI Place tool now available in Photo Zoom tool context options in Develop persona Drag / Drop bitmap fill to colour and swatch panel In addition to those features on all platforms above, these are the iPad features and improvements
New left swipe options on iPad layers panel  Redesigned edit menu  Blend mode and opacity now available in main Layers Panel iPadOS Photos app integration "Show in Files" option from Live Document burger menu  Style Picker tool added to iPad apps  New keyboard shortcut options added Reset rotation in navigator with double tap Pencil double tap option to open quick menu Long press geometry operation to create compound Tapping warp group thumbnail now selects node tool Advanced PDF options when opening now exposed Modifiers now available for Select Object Hide Layer type icon now available Main view rulers added Rulers and Column Guides tutorial https://youtu.be/D-wYDh8xR5s As well as all these improvements over 2.0.4 listed above, listed below are the most important bugs that have been fixed in 2.1.0

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

Found a really tiny reference photo and thought I'd see if it still looked like a car once I'd finished with it. I'm probably going to add a background as it's boring but not decided what yet. I will update when/if I do. No blurs in this one just gradients.

With the roll out of Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher for Windows version 2.0.4, Serif are making available Unsandboxed installers (also known here as MSI/EXE installers). These installers will be made for all future V2 release builds going forward and will autoupdate from within the application (checking for updates on each run, like the sandboxed version does)
Serif do not recommend or support mixtures of MSIX and MSI on the same computer. You should only use either all sandboxed or all unsandboxed,  particularly if you have more than one Affinity V2 application installed.
You can now download (and install) Windows unsandboxed MSI/EXE installer files (as well as Windows sandboxed MSIX installer files) from these store pages.
1. From the  V2 Universal Download page
 

Click on the words "Looking for Windows MSI installers?"
 

2. Individual V2 application Download pages, found here
Affinity Designer 2
Affinity Photo 2
Affinity Publisher 2
Click on "Also available EXE (size MB)" 

3. LICENCES AND DOWNLOADS pages in your account
 

Click on the words "Looking for Windows MSI installers?"

@TC Conway
Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums  
Sorry if you are still having this problem. I assume you are now using the release version 2.1.1 (this is an archived beta forum for the beta tested before we officially released 2.1.1
Please can you report any problem you are having with the release version in the appropriate V2 Bugs forum 
https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/forum/71-bug-reporting/

2.1.1 Bug Fixes
This post covers the bug fixes that are included in 2.1.1 The bug fixes are organised by operating system.
Bugs affecting all platforms
PDF imports with unsupported characters for the 'Subject' field, then fails to export out to PDF. Crash when enabling document Baseline Grid due to Running Headers on Master Pages. Crash applying a Paragraph Style to a Running Header within a small text frame. Non-breaking hyphens no longer draws, though does not affect ALL fonts. Crash adding pages into a facing page document with flowing text. Help updates  Bugs affecting Desktop (Windows and macOS)
'Title' and 'Description' fields are not read from the XMP sidecar files. Batch Processing RAW files creates incredibly dark results. Data Merge sources stored on a Cloud drive can crash the app when deleting data source. Bugs affecting Windows
Export dialog correctly handling transparency again. Cropping in the develop persona does not visually apply crop. Changing the Opacity of an object via the Colour panel dropdown fails to visually update the object on the canvas. Fields Panel- changing the contents without pressing enter causes the fields to clear when enter is next pressed in a field. Bugs affecting macOS
NIK Collection: Crash when closing app after Colour Efex. Crash after deleting a template file. Bugs affecting iPad
Version number in iPad settings is full version number not just build. Stroke width cannot exceed 100 in any unit in Stroke Panel.

Legacy Range Universal Registration Key
Serif legacy customers no longer need to register their legacy software by phone or online. Any legacy software (PagePlus, WebPlus, DrawPlus, PhotoPlus etc) that requests a registration key can use this Universal Registration Key 
881887
..that's it, just type that and the registration dialog will go away.

Hi, Serif no longer provides support for WebPlus but there is an unofficial support forum in which you could ask for help. More information here:
 

I think you may find that capability unlocked for you after you make another post. If so, you'll be able to do it in your forum account settings, in the Profile section.

Thanks for you patience in waiting for a reply, and sorry it has taken so long. I was waiting for us to be ready with some actual proof of our process (see beta forums) 
The 2.2.0 beta cycle will add new features yes. 2.1.0 beta was run quite strictly, in terms of only actually releasing to customers when we thought most of the significant reported regressions over the previous version (2.0.5) were addressed. Bugs reported since we released 2.1.0 are considered for inclusion in 2.1.x or 2.2.0. As a result of this process we have now fixed the reported regression deemed safe to address without a long beta cycle in 2.1.1. That beta will be made public if nothing new is found. We are then likely to move onto 2.2.0 beta but will consider any regressions reported against 2.1.1 for a patch 2.1.2 (if needed) 
Long standing bugs are therefore far more likely to be addressed in 2.2.0 than in 2.1.x because we are only really fixing regressions over the earlier release in 2.1.x now

After seeing the design shared by GaryRS in his post:
https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/186604-the-hat-aka-einstein-shape/
I was intrigued by the '13-sided shape that can be arranged in a tile formation such that it never forms a repeating grid'.
Anyway, whilst fiddling about I discovered Affinity Designer's Advanced grid setting 'Horizontal triangular' can be used to make 'the hat' shape. So I just thought I'd 'tip my hat' to GaryRS and share that bit of info! 😉  

@izBrett
Welcome to the Serif Affinity forum
While we can't do better than a free application then implementing this will take a lower priority. I'm sure we will have something amazing one day.

2.1.1 Bug Fixes
This post covers the bug fixes that are included in 2.1.1 The bug fixes are organised by operating system.
Bugs affecting all platforms
PDF imports with unsupported characters for the 'Subject' field, then fails to export out to PDF. Crash when enabling document Baseline Grid due to Running Headers on Master Pages. Crash applying a Paragraph Style to a Running Header within a small text frame. Non-breaking hyphens no longer draws, though does not affect ALL fonts. Crash adding pages into a facing page document with flowing text. Help updates  Bugs affecting Desktop (Windows and macOS)
'Title' and 'Description' fields are not read from the XMP sidecar files. Batch Processing RAW files creates incredibly dark results. Data Merge sources stored on a Cloud drive can crash the app when deleting data source. Bugs affecting Windows
Export dialog correctly handling transparency again. Cropping in the develop persona does not visually apply crop. Changing the Opacity of an object via the Colour panel dropdown fails to visually update the object on the canvas. Fields Panel- changing the contents without pressing enter causes the fields to clear when enter is next pressed in a field. Bugs affecting macOS
NIK Collection: Crash when closing app after Colour Efex. Crash after deleting a template file. Bugs affecting iPad
Version number in iPad settings is full version number not just build. Stroke width cannot exceed 100 in any unit in Stroke Panel.

We are pleased to announce Affinity Designer 2, Affinity Photo 2 and Affinity Publisher 2 are now all updated to version 2.1.1 (for all existing customers on all platforms).
Here are links to the release notes
Affinity Designer 2.1.1 for Windows               ( Microsoft Store and Affinity Store [as sandboxed MSIX and unsandboxed MSI/EXE] ) Affinity Designer 2.1.1 for macOS                  ( Mac App Store and Affinity Store ) Affinity Designer 2.1.1 for iOS                        ( Apple iPad Store )
  Affinity Photo 2.1.1 for Windows                    ( Microsoft Store and Affinity Store [as sandboxed MSIX and unsandboxed MSI/EXE] ) Affinity Photo 2.1.1 for macOS                       ( Mac App Store and Affinity Store )  Affinity Photo 2.1.1 for iOS                             ( Apple iPad Store ) 
  Affinity Publisher 2.1.1 for Windows              ( Microsoft Store and Affinity Store [as sandboxed MSIX and unsandboxed MSI/EXE] ) Affinity Publisher 2.1.1 for macOS                 ( Mac App Store and Affinity Store ) Affinity Publisher 2.1.1 for iOS                       ( Apple iPad Store )  Please follow this thread here to get notified when any new releases are made.

2.1.1 Bug Fixes
This post covers the bug fixes that are included in 2.1.1 The bug fixes are organised by operating system.
Bugs affecting all platforms
PDF imports with unsupported characters for the 'Subject' field, then fails to export out to PDF. Crash when enabling document Baseline Grid due to Running Headers on Master Pages. Crash applying a Paragraph Style to a Running Header within a small text frame. Non-breaking hyphens no longer draws, though does not affect ALL fonts. Crash adding pages into a facing page document with flowing text. Help updates  Bugs affecting Desktop (Windows and macOS)
'Title' and 'Description' fields are not read from the XMP sidecar files. Batch Processing RAW files creates incredibly dark results. Data Merge sources stored on a Cloud drive can crash the app when deleting data source. Bugs affecting Windows
Export dialog correctly handling transparency again. Cropping in the develop persona does not visually apply crop. Changing the Opacity of an object via the Colour panel dropdown fails to visually update the object on the canvas. Fields Panel- changing the contents without pressing enter causes the fields to clear when enter is next pressed in a field. Bugs affecting macOS
NIK Collection: Crash when closing app after Colour Efex. Crash after deleting a template file. Bugs affecting iPad
Version number in iPad settings is full version number not just build. Stroke width cannot exceed 100 in any unit in Stroke Panel.

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

2.1.1 Bug Fixes
This post covers the bug fixes that are included in 2.1.1 The bug fixes are organised by operating system.
Bugs affecting all platforms
PDF imports with unsupported characters for the 'Subject' field, then fails to export out to PDF. Crash when enabling document Baseline Grid due to Running Headers on Master Pages. Crash applying a Paragraph Style to a Running Header within a small text frame. Non-breaking hyphens no longer draws, though does not affect ALL fonts. Crash adding pages into a facing page document with flowing text. Help updates  Bugs affecting Desktop (Windows and macOS)
'Title' and 'Description' fields are not read from the XMP sidecar files. Batch Processing RAW files creates incredibly dark results. Data Merge sources stored on a Cloud drive can crash the app when deleting data source. Bugs affecting Windows
Export dialog correctly handling transparency again. Cropping in the develop persona does not visually apply crop. Changing the Opacity of an object via the Colour panel dropdown fails to visually update the object on the canvas. Fields Panel- changing the contents without pressing enter causes the fields to clear when enter is next pressed in a field. Bugs affecting macOS
NIK Collection: Crash when closing app after Colour Efex. Crash after deleting a template file. Bugs affecting iPad
Version number in iPad settings is full version number not just build. Stroke width cannot exceed 100 in any unit in Stroke Panel.

2.1.1 Bug Fixes
This post covers the bug fixes that are included in 2.1.1 The bug fixes are organised by operating system.
Bugs affecting all platforms
PDF imports with unsupported characters for the 'Subject' field, then fails to export out to PDF. Crash when enabling document Baseline Grid due to Running Headers on Master Pages. Crash applying a Paragraph Style to a Running Header within a small text frame. Non-breaking hyphens no longer draws, though does not affect ALL fonts. Crash adding pages into a facing page document with flowing text. Help updates  Bugs affecting Desktop (Windows and macOS)
'Title' and 'Description' fields are not read from the XMP sidecar files. Batch Processing RAW files creates incredibly dark results. Data Merge sources stored on a Cloud drive can crash the app when deleting data source. Bugs affecting Windows
Export dialog correctly handling transparency again. Cropping in the develop persona does not visually apply crop. Changing the Opacity of an object via the Colour panel dropdown fails to visually update the object on the canvas. Fields Panel- changing the contents without pressing enter causes the fields to clear when enter is next pressed in a field. Bugs affecting macOS
NIK Collection: Crash when closing app after Colour Efex. Crash after deleting a template file. Bugs affecting iPad
Version number in iPad settings is full version number not just build. Stroke width cannot exceed 100 in any unit in Stroke Panel.

We are pleased to announce Affinity Designer 2, Affinity Photo 2 and Affinity Publisher 2 are now all updated to version 2.1.1 (for all existing customers on all platforms).
Here are links to the release notes
Affinity Designer 2.1.1 for Windows               ( Microsoft Store and Affinity Store [as sandboxed MSIX and unsandboxed MSI/EXE] ) Affinity Designer 2.1.1 for macOS                  ( Mac App Store and Affinity Store ) Affinity Designer 2.1.1 for iOS                        ( Apple iPad Store )
  Affinity Photo 2.1.1 for Windows                    ( Microsoft Store and Affinity Store [as sandboxed MSIX and unsandboxed MSI/EXE] ) Affinity Photo 2.1.1 for macOS                       ( Mac App Store and Affinity Store )  Affinity Photo 2.1.1 for iOS                             ( Apple iPad Store ) 
  Affinity Publisher 2.1.1 for Windows              ( Microsoft Store and Affinity Store [as sandboxed MSIX and unsandboxed MSI/EXE] ) Affinity Publisher 2.1.1 for macOS                 ( Mac App Store and Affinity Store ) Affinity Publisher 2.1.1 for iOS                       ( Apple iPad Store )  Please follow this thread here to get notified when any new releases are made.

We are pleased to announce Affinity Designer 2, Affinity Photo 2 and Affinity Publisher 2 are now all updated to version 2.1.1 (for all existing customers on all platforms).
Here are links to the release notes
Affinity Designer 2.1.1 for Windows               ( Microsoft Store and Affinity Store [as sandboxed MSIX and unsandboxed MSI/EXE] ) Affinity Designer 2.1.1 for macOS                  ( Mac App Store and Affinity Store ) Affinity Designer 2.1.1 for iOS                        ( Apple iPad Store )
  Affinity Photo 2.1.1 for Windows                    ( Microsoft Store and Affinity Store [as sandboxed MSIX and unsandboxed MSI/EXE] ) Affinity Photo 2.1.1 for macOS                       ( Mac App Store and Affinity Store )  Affinity Photo 2.1.1 for iOS                             ( Apple iPad Store ) 
  Affinity Publisher 2.1.1 for Windows              ( Microsoft Store and Affinity Store [as sandboxed MSIX and unsandboxed MSI/EXE] ) Affinity Publisher 2.1.1 for macOS                 ( Mac App Store and Affinity Store ) Affinity Publisher 2.1.1 for iOS                       ( Apple iPad Store )  Please follow this thread here to get notified when any new releases are made.

2.1.1 Bug Fixes
This post covers the bug fixes that are included in 2.1.1 The bug fixes are organised by operating system.
Bugs affecting all platforms
PDF imports with unsupported characters for the 'Subject' field, then fails to export out to PDF. Crash when enabling document Baseline Grid due to Running Headers on Master Pages. Crash applying a Paragraph Style to a Running Header within a small text frame. Non-breaking hyphens no longer draws, though does not affect ALL fonts. Crash adding pages into a facing page document with flowing text. Help updates  Bugs affecting Desktop (Windows and macOS)
'Title' and 'Description' fields are not read from the XMP sidecar files. Batch Processing RAW files creates incredibly dark results. Data Merge sources stored on a Cloud drive can crash the app when deleting data source. Bugs affecting Windows
Export dialog correctly handling transparency again. Cropping in the develop persona does not visually apply crop. Changing the Opacity of an object via the Colour panel dropdown fails to visually update the object on the canvas. Fields Panel- changing the contents without pressing enter causes the fields to clear when enter is next pressed in a field. Bugs affecting macOS
NIK Collection: Crash when closing app after Colour Efex. Crash after deleting a template file. Bugs affecting iPad
Version number in iPad settings is full version number not just build. Stroke width cannot exceed 100 in any unit in Stroke Panel.

2.1.1 Bug Fixes
This post covers the bug fixes that are included in 2.1.1 The bug fixes are organised by operating system.
Bugs affecting all platforms
PDF imports with unsupported characters for the 'Subject' field, then fails to export out to PDF. Crash when enabling document Baseline Grid due to Running Headers on Master Pages. Crash applying a Paragraph Style to a Running Header within a small text frame. Non-breaking hyphens no longer draws, though does not affect ALL fonts. Crash adding pages into a facing page document with flowing text. Help updates  Bugs affecting Desktop (Windows and macOS)
'Title' and 'Description' fields are not read from the XMP sidecar files. Batch Processing RAW files creates incredibly dark results. Data Merge sources stored on a Cloud drive can crash the app when deleting data source. Bugs affecting Windows
Export dialog correctly handling transparency again. Cropping in the develop persona does not visually apply crop. Changing the Opacity of an object via the Colour panel dropdown fails to visually update the object on the canvas. Fields Panel- changing the contents without pressing enter causes the fields to clear when enter is next pressed in a field. Bugs affecting macOS
NIK Collection: Crash when closing app after Colour Efex. Crash after deleting a template file. Bugs affecting iPad
Version number in iPad settings is full version number not just build. Stroke width cannot exceed 100 in any unit in Stroke Panel.

We are pleased to announce Affinity Designer 2, Affinity Photo 2 and Affinity Publisher 2 are now all updated to version 2.1.1 (for all existing customers on all platforms).
Here are links to the release notes
Affinity Designer 2.1.1 for Windows               ( Microsoft Store and Affinity Store [as sandboxed MSIX and unsandboxed MSI/EXE] ) Affinity Designer 2.1.1 for macOS                  ( Mac App Store and Affinity Store ) Affinity Designer 2.1.1 for iOS                        ( Apple iPad Store )
  Affinity Photo 2.1.1 for Windows                    ( Microsoft Store and Affinity Store [as sandboxed MSIX and unsandboxed MSI/EXE] ) Affinity Photo 2.1.1 for macOS                       ( Mac App Store and Affinity Store )  Affinity Photo 2.1.1 for iOS                             ( Apple iPad Store ) 
  Affinity Publisher 2.1.1 for Windows              ( Microsoft Store and Affinity Store [as sandboxed MSIX and unsandboxed MSI/EXE] ) Affinity Publisher 2.1.1 for macOS                 ( Mac App Store and Affinity Store ) Affinity Publisher 2.1.1 for iOS                       ( Apple iPad Store )  Please follow this thread here to get notified when any new releases are made.

We are pleased to announce Affinity Designer 2, Affinity Photo 2 and Affinity Publisher 2 are now all updated to version 2.1.0 (for all existing customers on all platforms).
Here are links to the release notes
Affinity Designer 2.1.0 for Windows               ( Microsoft Store and Affinity Store [as sandboxed MSIX and unsandboxed MSI/EXE] ) Affinity Designer 2.1.0 for macOS                  ( Mac App Store and Affinity Store ) Affinity Designer 2.1.0 for iOS                        ( Apple iPad Store )
  Affinity Photo 2.1.0 for Windows                    ( Microsoft Store and Affinity Store [as sandboxed MSIX and unsandboxed MSI/EXE] ) Affinity Photo 2.1.0 for macOS                       ( Mac App Store and Affinity Store )  Affinity Photo 2.1.0 for iOS                             ( Apple iPad Store ) 
  Affinity Publisher 2.1.0 for Windows              ( Microsoft Store and Affinity Store [as sandboxed MSIX and unsandboxed MSI/EXE] ) Affinity Publisher 2.1.0 for macOS                 ( Mac App Store and Affinity Store ) Affinity Publisher 2.1.0 for iOS                       ( Apple iPad Store )  Please follow this thread here to get notified when any new releases are made.

2.1.0 Features and improvements
This post is the list of all new features and improvements included in the 2.1.0 release, and just below it is a list of the main bug fixes.
Features and improvements affecting all platforms
Balanced dashed lines and other stroke improvements  Running headers in Publisher  Running Headers tutorial: https://youtu.be/Amb1dIIU2ig Show Special Characters added to Designer and Photo  Adjusted Mask Behaviour  Auto-select options in move tool  Square bracket stroke width adjustment expanded functionality Blend mode keyboard shortcuts Alt / Option - drag to duplicate in Layers panel Alt / Option click to expand / collapse all in Layers panel Crop tool improvements Cropping in Photo tutorial: https://youtu.be/Az4rTIBSjrE) Auto clean added to paint mixer brush Double-click artboard label to rename Ability to create more complex dashed lines Paste inside picture frame Vector Flood Fill in Designer Vector Flood Fill tutorial https://youtu.be/JSxLzJjaG_4  Vector Flood Fill with Bitmap Fills in  Designer tutorial: https://youtu.be/ekMotILwS70 for button to appear, requires Resetting Toolbar using "View" > "Customize Tools" > "Reset"  Guides improvements Vector warp nodes now obey snapping Brush panel improvements Raster perspective and mesh warp live filters added to Designer Search bar added to your add-ons  Spanish Hyphenation Dictionary provided with the apps updated In addition to those features on all platforms above, these are the Windows and macOS features and improvements
WebP and JPEG XL now available in batch export  "Close All" added to File menu Asset panel reordering improvements Rename... added to Layer menu & tab behaviour Mask to below... added to Layer menu Measure tool now available in Photo and Publisher Measure and Area Tools: https://youtu.be/7uh4l0kFlpI Place tool now available in Photo Zoom tool context options in Develop persona Drag / Drop bitmap fill to colour and swatch panel In addition to those features on all platforms above, these are the iPad features and improvements
New left swipe options on iPad layers panel  Redesigned edit menu  Blend mode and opacity now available in main Layers Panel iPadOS Photos app integration "Show in Files" option from Live Document burger menu  Style Picker tool added to iPad apps  New keyboard shortcut options added Reset rotation in navigator with double tap Pencil double tap option to open quick menu Long press geometry operation to create compound Tapping warp group thumbnail now selects node tool Advanced PDF options when opening now exposed Modifiers now available for Select Object Hide Layer type icon now available Main view rulers added Rulers and Column Guides tutorial https://youtu.be/D-wYDh8xR5s As well as all these improvements over 2.0.4 listed above, listed below are the most important bugs that have been fixed in 2.1.0