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An impressive list of bug fixes: very appreciated, and some of them looong overdue.  
What I would also like to see on the list is a summary of known issues, particularly those that are already scheduled for the subsequent update, plus those major but often reported and acknowledged issues that still need to wait for a fix (for whichever reason). thanks

We are pleased to announce an update for the iPad release of Affinity Publisher 2 for iPad, version 2.1.0
The changes in Affinity Publisher 2 for iPad 2.1.0 (those made since the last release Affinity Publisher 2 for iPad 2.0.4) 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 in the bottom left the corner of preferences screen.
Your Affinity iPad apps should update automatically next time you run them. However, you do need to be logged in with the same Apple ID you used to buy them.
If the automatic update does not happen for you, go to the iPad Store app and go to Updates. Once you’re there, tap near the top of the screen where it states 'Updates' and then hold, pull down and then release. This should manually refresh the updates page. However, don’t panic if the updates are not available for you yet—Apple sometimes phase roll outs around the world and this can take up to 24 hours.

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.

We are pleased to announce an update for the iPad release of Affinity Designer 2 for iPad, version 2.1.0
The changes in Affinity Designer 2 for iPad 2.1.0 (those made since the last release Affinity Designer 2 for iPad 2.0.4) 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 in the bottom left the corner of preferences screen.
Your Affinity iPad apps should update automatically next time you run them. However, you do need to be logged in with the same Apple ID you used to buy them.
If the automatic update does not happen for you, go to the iPad Store app and go to Updates. Once you’re there, tap near the top of the screen where it states 'Updates' and then hold, pull down and then release. This should manually refresh the updates page. However, don’t panic if the updates are not available for you yet—Apple sometimes phase roll outs around the world and this can take up to 24 hours.

The issue "[iPad] Fonts installed from creative cloud show on context toolbar with name in Chinese " (REF: AFD-6170) has been improved by the developers in internal build "2.1.0.1736".
This fix should soon be available as a customer beta and is planned for inclusion in the next customer release.
Customer beta builds are announced here and you can participate by following these instructions.
If you still experience this problem once you are using that build version (or later) please reply to this thread including @Serif Info Bot to notify us.

Below is the list of all new features and improvements included in the 2.1 beta. This new functionality is in addition to the many bug fixes and stability improvements in this version (currently 2.1.0.1790).
Depending on how the beta goes / how many issues there are to fix it's possible some more items will be added to this list before 2.1 is officially released - follow this topic if you want to be notified if that happens.

To learn more about these features please click on the link to go to each feature's dedicated post. To give feedback or report bugs against any of these features please reply to that same post (also check out bug reporting and feedback tips).
Features and improvements affecting all platforms
Balanced dashed lines and other stroke improvements (new in build 1730) Running headers in Affinity Publisher (new in build 1730) Show special characters added to Designer and Photo (added to iPad too in 1730) Adjusted Mask Behaviour (new in build 1730) Auto-select options in move tool (new in build 1713/1714) 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 Auto clean added to paint mixer brush Paste inside picture frame Vector Flood Fill 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 (new in build 1713/1714) Analytics Windows and macOS features and improvements
WebP and JPEG XL now available in batch export (new in build 1736) Migrate retail version content and settings to beta version (new in build 1730) Cross references available in Affinity Publisher (this has now been pushed back to 2.2 as announced here) "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 Place tool now available in Affinity Photo Drag / Drop bitmap fill to colour and swatch panel Zoom tool context options in Develop persona iPad features and improvements
New left swipe options on iPad layers panel (new in build 1736) Redesigned edit menu (new in build 1730) Some file management changes to iPad (new in build 1730) Style picker added to iPad apps (new in build 1713/1714) Drop down menus with checkable options no longer auto close 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 PDF options now exposed when opening Modifiers now available for Select Object Hide Layer type icon now available Main view rulers added  
If you have not enrolled into the beta program yet and would like to take part, you can do so here. This will immediately give you access to the latest 2.1 beta builds to try for yourself.

Sorry you are disappointed. This 2.0.4 release was a fix mainly aimed at the problems introduced by 2.0.2 and 2.0.3. We are planning a much bigger update to the whole suite again soon with many more fixes. This is not yet one of the more than 50 fixes that are being worked on, but I have asked again for this to be prioritized.

We are pleased to announce Affinity Designer 2, Affinity Photo 2 and Affinity Publisher 2 are now all updated to version 2.0.4 (for all existing customers on all platforms).
Here are links to the release notes
Affinity Designer 2.0.4 for Windows               ( Microsoft Store and Affinity Store [as sandboxed MSIX and unsandboxed MSI/EXE] ) Affinity Designer 2.0.4 for macOS                  ( Mac App Store and Affinity Store ) Affinity Designer 2.0.4 for iOS                        ( Apple iPad Store )
  Affinity Photo 2.0.4 for Windows                    ( Microsoft Store and Affinity Store [as sandboxed MSIX and unsandboxed MSI/EXE] ) Affinity Photo 2.0.4 for macOS                       ( Mac App Store and Affinity Store )  Affinity Photo 2.0.4 for iOS                             ( Apple iPad Store ) 
  Affinity Publisher 2.0.4 for Windows              ( Microsoft Store and Affinity Store [as sandboxed MSIX and unsandboxed MSI/EXE] ) Affinity Publisher 2.0.4 for macOS                 ( Mac App Store and Affinity Store ) Affinity Publisher 2.0.4 for iOS                       ( Apple iPad Store )  Please follow this thread here to get notified when any new releases are made.

Hi @Lars Röber
We are aware of this issue and its has been passed over to the devs for further investigation.

We are pleased to announce an update for the iOS release of Affinity Publisher 2 for iPad, version 2.0.3
(note this 2.0.3 build calls itself 2.0.3.1686 in Preferences, but is nevertheless 2.0.3 for bug reporting purposes)
Changes in this build  (since the last release 2.0.2)
The fixes and improvements in Affinity Photo for iPadOS 2.0.3 are as follows:
Trash can added bottom left for quick delete (command controller toggle now moved to burger menu) Clearer drop zone indication for dropping layers inside New document and open buttons on Home Screen now expand additional options by default (without needing to swipe down) to make them more easily discoverable New clearer icons for stroke properties (cap, join, align) afpackage fails to find Resources on Open Fixed spurious future version error under certain circumstances Unable to drag aftemplate and afpackage files into the app Allow opening afdesign / afphoto / afpub files as template Improvements with PDF Import and Layers Fixes for RTF import - font name discrepancies, fields in footnotes New paragraph style > Bullets and numbering > Unable to add text to the "Text" field Update for HEIF importer Fixed lack of preflight warning on Print or Export Export Panel UI fixes Colour Panel now remembers user preference for CMYK documents Command Controller position should persist across documents and sessions Pen tool tweaks and fixes Split and Reverse missing from Node Tool Fixed some tool drawing issues relating to selections across spreads etc 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 Merge runs of tabs using leaders Tweaks to fix some spurious behaviour on interaction with Apple Autocorrect Fixed hang that could occur composing vertical centre aligned text OpenType handling does not respect lookup flags such as IgnoreMarks Insert Filler Text does not work if not in text insertion mode Resource Manager updates Fixed various issues involving handling of placed document files Fixed crash on Replace Image Fixes for Drag Drop of Stock images Placed documents with bleed can fail to render the bleed correctly Command Controller positioning improvements Fixes for Display Scale Zoomed Many and various Layers Panel updates and fixes Master Page management improvements Fixed some view corruption issues when switching pages / master pages etc Status bar layout / clipping fixes Colour Picker Tool always shows white selection on Multipage documents. Document grid fixes Context menu fixes Fixed Navigator in multi-spread views Fixed assigning shortcuts from a keyboard cover Select Same Name should only select objects with user supplied names Unable to open Guide or Grid settings after dismissing by tapping the canvas Help and Localisation updates Licensing and Registration improvements and new help links UPDATING TO THIS VERSION (free for existing customers)
The software version can be seen in the bottom left the corner of preferences screen.
Your Affinity iPad apps should update automatically next time you run them. However, you do need to be logged in with the same Apple ID you used to buy them.
If the automatic update does not happen for you, go to the iPad Store app and go to Updates. Once you’re there, tap near the top of the screen where it states 'Updates' and then hold, pull down and then release. This should manually refresh the updates page. However, don’t panic if the updates are not available for you yet—Apple sometimes phase roll outs around the world and this can take up to 24 hours.

We are pleased to announce Affinity Designer 2, Affinity Photo 2 and Affinity Publisher 2 are now all updated to version 2.0.3 (for all existing customers on all platforms).
Here are links to the release notes
Affinity Designer 2.0.3 for Windows               ( Microsoft Store and Affinity Store ) Affinity Designer 2.0.3 for macOS                  ( Mac App Store and Affinity Store ) Affinity Designer 2.0.3 for iOS                        ( Apple iPad Store )
  Affinity Photo 2.0.3 for Windows                    ( Microsoft Store and Affinity Store ) Affinity Photo 2.0.3 for macOS                       ( Mac App Store and Affinity Store )  Affinity Photo 2.0.3 for iOS                             ( Apple iPad Store ) 
  Affinity Publisher 2.0.3 for Windows              ( Microsoft Store and Affinity Store ) Affinity Publisher 2.0.3 for macOS                 ( Mac App Store and Affinity Store ) Affinity Publisher 2.0.3 for iOS                       ( Apple iPad Store )  Please follow this thread here to get notified when any new releases are made.

We are pleased to announce an update for the macOS release of Affinity Designer 2, version 2.0.3
The changes in Affinity Designer 2 for macOS 2.0.3 (those made since the last release Affinity Designer 2 for macOS 2.0.0) are as follows:
Fixes & Improvements:  (since the last release 2.0.0)
New Document: Custom Document Preset order is not retained between app sessions 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 DWG Import scaling improvements Saving to External Drive gives "Failed to Save" error on macOS Ventura Current DPI of selected layer does not show in V2 Using the Select object/ transparency object selects all objects New clearer icons for stroke properties (cap, join, align) Fixed spurious future version error under certain circumstances Update for HEIF importer Colour Panel now remembers user preference for CMYK documents Export Panel UI fixes Pen tool tweaks and fixes Gradients on text strokes don't render unless the fill also has a gradient Fixed hang that could occur composing vertical centre aligned text OpenType handling does not respect lookup flags such as IgnoreMarks Resource Manager updates Fix for disappearing rulers Fixed various issues involving handling of placed document files Placed documents with bleed can fail to render the bleed correctly Many and various Layers Panel updates and fixes Ensure global colour edits update live Select Same Name should only select objects with user supplied names Help & localisation improvements. Licensing and Registration improvements and new help links  
UPDATING TO THIS VERSION (Free for existing customers)
The software version can be seen on the splash screen and the About dialog (in application menu, Affinity Designer > About).
If you’ve purchased from the Mac App Store— updates are done automatically next time you run your software after it is available in the Mac App Store. If this does not happen for you, open the Mac App Store app and go to the Updates page and then Store > Reload page or press CMD+R. This should hopefully force the update to show. Apple sometimes phase roll outs around the world which can mean it may take up to 72 hours for your update to be available.
If you’ve purchased from the Affinity Store— each time you start the software it will check for updates and offer to download and install any available update, or in the application main menu there is an option Check for Updates. 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 Designer for macOS) can be downloaded from this link (that installer is NOT for Mac app store purchases, which update through the Mac App Store).

Thank you Sir  

Hi @postmadesign
Thank you for the feedback, I've passed this along for consideration. 

From what I've read, it didn't work as expected. 

The renaming button was just there before the new update. Please consider bringing it back for user-convenience (AD IPad).

Although I welcome the return of the delete button in a certain form, I am not sure it works with the swipe on the X button in the bottom left. I want to use it with my left thumb, but find myself often triggering the making of a screenshot instead. It would be better if it were just a dedicated button as it was before, either in the lower left, or in the context toolbar at the top when the Move tool is selected.

@aswsimpson  Have you checked your Preferences?  In each app, click on Affinity Photo 2, (or Designer or Publisher) at the very top of your screen, select Preferences from the Dropdown menu, then choose User Interface.  Look for the UI Style and click on Light button.  You may want to adjust your sliders to suit your preferences for the level of whiteness you wish.
This should make it possible to see what is on your desktop much more easily.  I hope this helps.

Content aware move is really just selection refinement to new layer, move the layer and then inpaint the original object. Having control at each step increases the quality of the possible result.
 
We still might add a specific content aware move tool but I would like to add tools for things you can't achieve first.

Here is a trivial macro in Affinity Photo that replicates exactly Content Aware Move from PS.

To use, create your selection and refine as necessary, select your image layer then run the Content Aware Move macro in my Mud's Macros V11.afmacros library. See demo.

The macro steps are simply, 
1. Rasterise current layer
2. Duplicate Selection
3. Select original layer
4. CMD/CTRL-X to cut out the background
5. Grow selection by 8 pixels
6. Content aware fill using EDIT->INPAINT command
7. Remove the marching ant selection

Demo of use on Mac and iPad versions after making a selection attached.
 
Mud’s Macros V11
SelectionFromLayer - convert a layer into a pixel selection
SelectAllLayers - select all layers quickly
DeSelectAllLayers - de select all layers quickly
PencilPortrait - Convert Photo to pencil sketch (Credit: Alpha Sierra)
InpaintCrop2 - fix edges after a straighten crop, same as Content Aware Crop functionality in Photoshop. (Credit: Jim Welsh)
Inpaint - the inpaint option from the desktop.
Sketch Effect by R C-R - Converts to a sketch effect (Credit: R C-R)
Dave’s 6-Layer High Pass Sharpening - Uses 6 layers of sharpening (Credit: Dave Straker)
ExpandStroke - Expand Stroke from Designer
Create Artboard - Create an Artboard from Designer in Photo
TextOnCurve - Text on Curve from Designer
Pre-Process - Add a curve and a sharpening layer
FSStack Frequency Separation Stack by InAffinity (Credit: Dave Straker)
Wraparound V1.8 by John Rostron ) (Credit: John Rostron)
Create Compound Object - Create Compound from Designer
Content Aware Move **NEW**
Create and refine a selection, run macro, new layer created from the selection and the source area is filled using content aware fill command edit->Inpaint. **NEW**
 
These macros were written on desktop for use on my favourite iPad Pro platform but will work on PC, Mac and iPad versions. Some of the macros will look a little odd to desktop users as they were my attempt to add some of the missing functionality from the desktop to the iPad version.  It is a “.afmacros”  library file so in desktop use view->studio->library and import into the library pane not the macro panel which is only for single “.afmacro” files.

IMG_0554.MOV Mud's Macros V11.afmacros

IMG_0548.MOV

This sort of filter is part of Affinity Photo (see here) and not APub, so you would have to apply that via switching over to APh (as far as you have the APh app too).

Happy to learn that people are enjoying these assets.
Here's a tip: if you add a 'Sphere' adjustment, like shown below, you can make the droplet a tad more realistic because it slightly distorts the underlying surface. Playing with the Intensity slider helps making this effect stronger or weaker. 
Of course, you can then re-save the assets for future usage.

 

It has NOT
I'm all ears where you heard THAT, as our future timelines are very rarely made public. Is that when the new iPads are due?
Apple have had an early look at our development version, seems they are excited enough to have a sneaky screenshot. This software is not available anywhere outside of our company.

Hey everyone! We use Affinity Designer, Photo, and Publisher to produce a monthly publication. Use Designer for ad production, and then place the ads in Publisher. I would like to use my iPad Pro for more work with Designer and Photo, but my issue is font syncing. The fonts don't sync with the document to the iPad. I open an ad I want to modify, but the fonts are not there. This makes it impractical to use for this. Am I missing something simple on the font syncing issue? Does anyone have any thoughts or, even better, solutions? Thanks!

I recently (2 days ago) just started using Publisher on my Mac for layout - my background is PageMaker, FrameMaker...and Pages. Really keen to hear more about Publisher on iPad because my iPad is my favourite writing machine (and I'm one of those weirdos who does layout as he writes).