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Not a problem.

Wow! There is certainly a lot added to this new version. I'm excited to try it out. Also, that Local Contrast slider looks like it will be very useful.

Well how about that? The App Store updated Photo just 27 minutes after my post.

^^ Yes, 1.5 is what I'm waiting for. The App Store currently has a 1.4 version. It was explained to me before, but then the information seemed to change on another topic, so I need to ask again to be sure. How do the updates work? I understood that the customer betas after a purchase are the free updates, but then someone said they could update to the next commercial version, so I'm a little confused in what is eligible for customers.

Nice. It's coming down to it. I recently bought Designer, and I want to buy Photo, but I might as well wait since the newer version is almost out now. (I obviously can't partake in the beta. I'm just checking the status.)

Not a problem. And that's good to know. I thought FAT32 was only for Mac. Thank you.

To keep you guys updated, I think I may have found the answer. I will back up my files and do this. Thank you for letting me know about the NTFS and FAT32 file systems, MEB. They gave me something to explore.

I see. It says Windows NT File System (NTFS). Can I reformat it?

I have all of my files on an external hard drive. Right. I am not using the Windows version, though I do still have the beta installed on my Windows computer. Might that be an issue? Should I uninstall it in order for the files to work on my Mac computer, or would it not matter?

Something else came up. I purchased Designer 1.5.4, but I still can't open my files. This time I am told that I can't open them because the volume is read only. The last version those files were created in was something like 1.5.0.36 or around there.

You guys don't know how happy I am now. I was so worried that files created in Affinity must only be open in that same version, but I guess that would really be unlikely. Thank you very much for the clarification. (Sigh of relief)

Oh...so you're saying the trial just hasn't been updated yet like the paid product. If I were to purchase either Designer or Photo for Mac, the problem would be solved? (Assuming any Affinity file can work for any current or future Affinity product)

I was reading through the FAQs hoping I would get an answer, but I didn't find it. I have files I created in Affinity Designer and Photo for Windows, but I cannot open them in Mac. Why is this? It is saying that the file version is not supported by that version of Affinity. I am currently using the Affinity Photo trial, but I wouldn't think that would matter. This will really stand in my way if I can't open those files. What do I do?

Sorry for that late reply. I had a busy weekend. Thank you for the answer.

I forgot about that. That does get in the way, doesn't it?

Right. I followed it, and I think I caught what you were talking about. I guess I'm asking what changes there are since the Windows beta already completed.

I haven't used Deneba, but the feature is useful in PhotoPlus and DrawPlus. Additionally, what I was getting at, is having a cabinet stacked on another cabinet making an accordion structure. And they could be drag-able and docked or undocked. If undocked on close, the panels would have to show. I was thinking of giving them the same functionality as panels (click, drag, and dock). One thing to consider with all four sides is that the docking palettes would have to overlap each other. If the bottom and left are open at the same time, for example, one of palettes would get cut off by the other, so that might be a problem.

I thought up an idea, so I'll share it with you. This is for all of the Affinity products. My idea is to have something called cabinets for the UI which act like pull-out drawers. On either side of the workspace is a button that can expand and collapse the studios. For people who would like to have more studios open but don't want to clutter their workspace, they could store them in one cabinet and close the other. What do you think?

This is probably the wrong place to ask since I'll be getting a Macbook soon, but what is the difference between the customer beta and the regular beta? What is new in the customer beta? I will surely be buying this awesome products for Mac, so I'm interested to know.

Good job on that. It looks new and fresh.

For Publisher, maybe you should just stick with APub. APu sounds like a pee-yew.

Thank you for helping him, Alfred. I completely missed his post. Also, DLGMEX, to be clear, rounding the corners means changing sharp corners of a shape rounded. Applying round corners in DrawPlus or Illustrator creates round corners to all corners at once. Illustrator even has a round corner effect for shapes which have already been converted to curves, but it does the same thing.

This makes fine sense to me since the printing result will always look different. Something I think I might do when I start publishing and printing my work is to work in RGB but to make a copy of it to have as CMYK. I would show clients the CMYK version and print them the CMYK version. The reason I would hold on to the RGB would be for other printers with stronger compatibility. Once the quality is lost, it's lost. And who knows what improvements will come of printers in the future.

Okay, I get it now. When someone creates a new topic, it would be helpful to have the option to select which product the discussion is about. It is not always clear, and people often forget to mention it.

lol Yes. I used that quote in Post 11. Well even though I've been doing graphic design for a long time, I never really had a printing job involved in it, so I guess the understanding gets very deep. From what you said here, it was always the exact opposite for me whenever I tried exporting in Illustrator. No, it's not you. I do have trouble understanding language in general. I apologize that I'm still not getting it. It's just hard for me to keep track in what each export option does and what makes the two modes convenient and why. I originally thought CMYK was just for printing and RGB was for designing, but then I was introduced to sRGB, and now I'm learning it's okay to convert a file from CMYK to RGB. There is just a lot to take in, and I don't feel it was explained properly to me when I was in college.