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Click here to download the latest beta
Status: Customer Beta
Purpose: New features, performance, fixes
Requirements: A valid product key (for Affinity Store purchases), or an installation of the full retail version from the Microsoft Store

As this is a beta it is considered to be not suitable for production use. This means that you should not attempt to use it for commercial purposes or for any other activity that may be adversely affected by the application failing, including the total loss of any documents. We hope you enjoy the latest build, and as always, if you've got any problems, please don't hesitate to post a new thread in this forum and we'll get back to you as soon as we can. Thanks once again for your continued feedback. 

If you have a general question about the software, please head over to the Questions Forum, or if you have any suggestions, please head over to the Feature Requests forum.
Changes
Enable hardware by default, but restrict it to Windows 10.0.19041 (May 2020), and GPUs that support Direct3D 12 Feature Level 12.0 and above (see https://affin.co/WinGPU for further information). Fixed crash when resizing canvas or applying a crop Added ability to open package files Improvements to application registration and content syncing Improved Studio Presets management Fixed import of some PSD files ignoring the alpha channel Fixed ALT+MouseWheel causing the menubar to highlight Fixed crash when resizing canvas  Fixed Alignment toolbar buttons always being disabled 1.9.0.820 release notes

Click here to download the latest beta
Status: Customer Beta
Purpose: Features, Improvements, Fixes
Requirements: A valid product key (for Affinity Store purchases), or an installation of the full retail version from the Microsoft Store

As this is a beta it is considered to be not suitable for production use. This means that you should not attempt to use it for commercial purposes or for any other activity that may be adversely affected by the application failing, including the total loss of any documents. We hope you enjoy the latest build, and as always, if you've got any problems, please don't hesitate to post a new thread in this forum and we'll get back to you as soon as we can. Thanks once again for your continued feedback. 

If you have a general question about the software, please head over to the Questions Forum, or if you have any suggestions, please head over to the Feature Requests forum.
Changes
Enable hardware by default, but restrict it to Windows 10.0.19041 (May 2020), and GPUs that support Direct3D 12 Feature Level 12.0 and above (see https://affin.co/WinGPU for further information). Added Save as Package Added ability to open package files Improvements to application registration and content syncing Improved Studio Presets management Fixed import of some PSD files ignoring the alpha channel Fixed ALT+MouseWheel causing the menubar to highlight Fixed crash when resizing canvas  Fixed Alignment toolbar buttons always being disabled Fixed several bugs relating to using pixel layers as children in symbols 1.9.0.820 release notes

Status: Beta
Purpose: Updates and Fixes
Requirements: Purchased Affinity Publisher
Windows Store: Not submitted
Download: Download
Auto-update: Soon
Hi,
We are pleased to announce that Affinity Publisher Customer Beta 1.9.0.829 is now available as a download from the link above.
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.
This beta is significant update from the 1.8 version available for purchase - we strongly recommend that you do not use this beta for real work as data could be lost and the files you save are not guaranteed to open in previous or future versions of Affinity Publisher.
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Fixes And Improvements
General
Avoid reporting some Pass through PDF preflight errors twice
'Edit Detached' on Layer menu is not dimmed when it's inapplicable. Added commands to Edit Linked and Edit Frame Content
Find and Replace replacement style selection broken
Data Merge
Data Merge record filter
Added general data merge source info fields (Record Index, Filtered Record Index)
Fixed 'Revert Defaults' with Data Merge Layout
File Import
PSD Import improvements including loss of alpha fix
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Release Notes for 1.8.0.822
Release Notes for 1.9.0.798
Release Notes for 1.9.0.796
Release Notes for 1.9.0.742
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Click here to download the latest beta
Status: Customer Beta
Purpose: Features, Improvements, Fixes
Requirements: A valid product key (for Affinity Store purchases), or an installation of the full retail version from the Microsoft Store

As this is a beta it is considered to be not suitable for production use. This means that you should not attempt to use it for commercial purposes or for any other activity that may be adversely affected by the application failing, including the total loss of any documents. We hope you enjoy the latest build, and as always, if you've got any problems, please don't hesitate to post a new thread in this forum and we'll get back to you as soon as we can. Thanks once again for your continued feedback. 

If you have a general question about the software, please head over to the Questions Forum, or if you have any suggestions, please head over to the Feature Requests forum.
New Feature: Product registration and store content streaming
We have now added the ability to link your Affinity app to your Affinity account through a new app registration process. This will have the advantages of you being able to stream any content you have purchased or received for free from the Affinity store directly to all your apps without having to manually install them. This is of particular use to customers who have more than one of our apps, or run our apps on different devices and operating systems as all your content will automatically be available across all of them.
If you register the beta app you will initially receive a free brush kit (the luminance brush kit) for testing purposes. This might be a kit you already have, but if you don’t you will get it for free. In a couple of weeks this will be expanded to include all of the store content you may already own.
While this is the full scope of what we are implementing for 1.9, the link between your account and your apps will open up the possibility for us to offer other features and services in the future which we think you will like.
Update: Following user feedback we have changed Store content to (optionally) be retained after the user has signed-out
Changes
Fixed middle mouse button failing to work after displaying the Registration page Fixed noise rendering in linear fills Fixed not being able to set the current vector brush 1.9.0.815 release notes

Click here to download the latest beta
Status: Customer Beta
Purpose: New features, performance, fixes
Requirements: A valid product key (for Affinity Store purchases), or an installation of the full retail version from the Microsoft Store

As this is a beta it is considered to be not suitable for production use. This means that you should not attempt to use it for commercial purposes or for any other activity that may be adversely affected by the application failing, including the total loss of any documents. We hope you enjoy the latest build, and as always, if you've got any problems, please don't hesitate to post a new thread in this forum and we'll get back to you as soon as we can. Thanks once again for your continued feedback. 

If you have a general question about the software, please head over to the Questions Forum, or if you have any suggestions, please head over to the Feature Requests forum.
New Feature: Product registration and store content streaming
We have now added the ability to link your Affinity app to your Affinity account through a new app registration process. This will have the advantages of you being able to stream any content you have purchased or received for free from the Affinity store directly to all your apps without having to manually install them. This is of particular use to customers who have more than one of our apps, or run our apps on different devices and operating systems as all your content will automatically be available across all of them.
If you register the beta app you will initially receive a free brush kit (the luminance brush kit) for testing purposes. This might be a kit you already have, but if you don’t you will get it for free. In a couple of weeks this will be expanded to include all of the store content you may already own.
While this is the full scope of what we are implementing for 1.9, the link between your account and your apps will open up the possibility for us to offer other features and services in the future which we think you will like.
Update: Following user feedback we have changed Store content to be (optionally) retained after the user has signed-out
Changes
Fixed middle mouse button failing to work after displaying the Registration page Fixed noise rendering in linear fills 1.9.0.815 release notes

Status: Beta
Purpose: Updates and Fixes
Requirements: Purchased Affinity Publisher
Windows Store: Not submitted
Download: Download
Auto-update: Available
Hi,
We are pleased to announce that Affinity Publisher Customer Beta 1.9.0.822 is now available as a download from the link above.
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.
This beta is significant update from the 1.8 version available for purchase - we strongly recommend that you do not use this beta for real work as data could be lost and the files you save are not guaranteed to open in previous or future versions of Affinity Publisher.
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New Features
Product registration and store content streaming
We have now added the ability to link your Affinity app to your Affinity account through a new app registration process. This will have the advantages of you being able to stream any content you have purchased or received for free from the Affinity store directly to all your apps without having to manually install them. This is of particular use to customers who have more than one of our apps, or run our apps on different devices and operating systems as all your content will automatically be available across all of them.
If you register the beta app you will initially receive a free brush kit (the luminance brush kit) for testing purposes. We appreciate this is of little use if you only use Publisher. In a couple of weeks however this will be expanded to include all of the store content you may already own.
While this is the full scope of what we are implementing for 1.9, the link between your account and your apps will open up the possibility for us to offer other features and services in the future which we think you will like.
Improvements and Fixes
General
Fixed issue with MRU files list not clearing under certain circumstances
Items copied as SVG cannot be pasted as text
Document Loading / Saving / Import / Export
Fixed crash when loading document with missing resources
Fixed issue saving files opened via Package
Added import of SVG files from IDML
Added importing arrow heads from IDML
Margin and bleed guide colours imported from IDML
Associated .afpackage files with Publisher
PDF Place
Raster previews are now generated for PDFs placed for passthrough
PageBoxes were flipped for placed PDFs
Changed default Passthrough Preflight Compatibility to worst case (PDF/X1-a)
Updated Passthrough Preflight Checks
Data Merge
Renamed 'Data Merge Node' to 'Data Merge Layout'
When you add a Data Source it now prompts for a file immediately
Changed the preview default to 'Off'
Added 'Show Data Merge file in Finder / Explorer'
Progress reporting improved
Record Advance default was stuck on '2'
Add colon to Data Merge delimiters
Fix for Data Merge failure when data source file is moved
Fixed Data Merge crash with certain Excel file. Dates were not importing correctly from xlsx.
Disabled 'Generate' when there are no Data Merge sources
Fixed Revert to Defaults for Data Merge Layout
Data Merge Layout options could be shown when not applicable
Fixes for Data Merge field expansion
Fix for text size issues with Data Merge
Text
Wrap shapes from Shaped Frames could be confused with user created ones
Expand fields doesn't expand fields in overflow
Made Increase / Decrease Leading Precise more precise
Bookmarks and Anchors
Renaming anchors to pre-existing anchor names was merging anchors
TOC Anchors were not being deleted when the TOC was deleted
Anchors on Picture Frames weren't showing in Context Menu
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Release Notes for 1.9.0.798
Release Notes for 1.9.0.796
Release Notes for 1.9.0.742
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Click here to download the latest beta
Status: Customer Beta
Purpose: New features, performance, fixes
Requirements: A valid product key (for Affinity Store purchases), or an installation of the full retail version from the Microsoft Store

As this is a beta it is considered to be not suitable for production use. This means that you should not attempt to use it for commercial purposes or for any other activity that may be adversely affected by the application failing, including the total loss of any documents. We hope you enjoy the latest build, and as always, if you've got any problems, please don't hesitate to post a new thread in this forum and we'll get back to you as soon as we can. Thanks once again for your continued feedback. 

If you have a general question about the software, please head over to the Questions Forum, or if you have any suggestions, please head over to the Feature Requests forum.
New Feature: Product registration and store content streaming
We have now added the ability to link your Affinity app to your Affinity account through a new app registration process. This will have the advantages of you being able to stream any content you have purchased or received for free from the Affinity store directly to all your apps without having to manually install them. This is of particular use to customers who have more than one of our apps, or run our apps on different devices and operating systems as all your content will automatically be available across all of them.
If you register the beta app you will initially receive a free brush kit (the luminance brush kit) for testing purposes. This might be a kit you already have, but if you don’t you will get it for free. In a couple of weeks this will be expanded to include all of the store content you may already own.
While this is the full scope of what we are implementing for 1.9, the link between your account and your apps will open up the possibility for us to offer other features and services in the future which we think you will like.
Known Issue: 23/10/2020 @ 7:30am GMT, this issue is now resolved.
Users with certain locales are being presented with an Internal Server Error when trying to register their applications. We are aiming to resolve this issue (server-side, no application update required) tomorrow morning. I will update this post when the issue has been resolved. 
Changes
Added Affinity Registration and Content Sync [Installer] Fixed crash when the current monitor profile is set to a virtual profile Fixed Curves panel Y values being reversed Fixed Curves panel not updating when tabbing through the X and Y boxes Fixed Curves panel difficultly dragging nodes Fixed Keyboard Shortcut Preferences for Undo/Redo showing the name of the last action Fixed Keyboard Shortcut Preferences not showing Ctrl+Shift+1 to 9 as being used Fixed Studio Presets not being reset when holding down Ctrl at start Added Image Placement Policy option Added Resource Manager to menus Added Show/Hide Text Overflow toggle 1.9.0.791 release notes

Click here to download the latest beta
Status: Customer Beta
Purpose: Features, Improvements, Fixes
Requirements: A valid product key (for Affinity Store purchases), or an installation of the full retail version from the Microsoft Store

As this is a beta it is considered to be not suitable for production use. This means that you should not attempt to use it for commercial purposes or for any other activity that may be adversely affected by the application failing, including the total loss of any documents. We hope you enjoy the latest build, and as always, if you've got any problems, please don't hesitate to post a new thread in this forum and we'll get back to you as soon as we can. Thanks once again for your continued feedback. 

If you have a general question about the software, please head over to the Questions Forum, or if you have any suggestions, please head over to the Feature Requests forum.
New Feature: Product registration and store content streaming
We have now added the ability to link your Affinity app to your Affinity account through a new app registration process. This will have the advantages of you being able to stream any content you have purchased or received for free from the Affinity store directly to all your apps without having to manually install them. This is of particular use to customers who have more than one of our apps, or run our apps on different devices and operating systems as all your content will automatically be available across all of them.
If you register the beta app you will initially receive a free brush kit (the luminance brush kit) for testing purposes. This might be a kit you already have, but if you don’t you will get it for free. In a couple of weeks this will be expanded to include all of the store content you may already own.
While this is the full scope of what we are implementing for 1.9, the link between your account and your apps will open up the possibility for us to offer other features and services in the future which we think you will like.
Known Issue: 23/10/2020 @ 7:30am GMT, this issue is now resolved.
Users with certain locales are being presented with an Internal Server Error when trying to register their applications. We are aiming to resolve this issue (server-side, no application update required) tomorrow morning. I will update this post when the issue has been resolved. 
Changes
Added Affinity Registration and Content Sync [Installer] Fixed crash when the current monitor profile is set to a virtual profile Fixed Curves panel Y values being reversed Fixed Curves panel not updating when tabbing through the X and Y boxes Fixed Curves panel difficultly dragging nodes Fixed Keyboard Shortcut Preferences for Undo/Redo showing the name of the last action Fixed Keyboard Shortcut Preferences not showing Ctrl+Shift+1 to 9 as being used Fixed Studio Presets not being reset when holding down Ctrl at start Added Image Placement Policy option Added Resource Manager to menus Added Show/Hide Text Overflow toggle 1.9.0.791 release notes

Click here to download the latest beta
Status: Customer Beta
Purpose: New features, performance, fixes
Requirements: A valid product key (for Affinity Store purchases), or an installation of the full retail version from the Microsoft Store

As this is a beta it is considered to be not suitable for production use. This means that you should not attempt to use it for commercial purposes or for any other activity that may be adversely affected by the application failing, including the total loss of any documents. We hope you enjoy the latest build, and as always, if you've got any problems, please don't hesitate to post a new thread in this forum and we'll get back to you as soon as we can. Thanks once again for your continued feedback. 

If you have a general question about the software, please head over to the Questions Forum, or if you have any suggestions, please head over to the Feature Requests forum.
Fixes
Fixed hang when using hardware acceleration Improved hardware acceleration Fixed Studio Presets allowing names that contains invalid path characters 1.9.0.780 release notes

Click here to download the latest beta
Status: Customer Beta
Purpose: Features, Improvements, Fixes
Requirements: A valid product key (for Affinity Store purchases), or an installation of the full retail version from the Microsoft Store

As this is a beta it is considered to be not suitable for production use. This means that you should not attempt to use it for commercial purposes or for any other activity that may be adversely affected by the application failing, including the total loss of any documents. We hope you enjoy the latest build, and as always, if you've got any problems, please don't hesitate to post a new thread in this forum and we'll get back to you as soon as we can. Thanks once again for your continued feedback. 

If you have a general question about the software, please head over to the Questions Forum, or if you have any suggestions, please head over to the Feature Requests forum.
Fixes
Fixed hang when using hardware acceleration Improved hardware acceleration Fixed Studio Presets allowing names that contains invalid path characters 1.9.0.780 release notes

Status: Beta
Purpose: Updates and Fixes
Requirements: Purchased Affinity Publisher
Windows Store: Not submitted
Download: Download
Auto-update: Availalble
Hi,
We are pleased to announce that Affinity Publisher Customer Beta 1.9.0.798 is now available as a download from the link above.
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.
This beta is significant update from the 1.8 version available for purchase - we strongly recommend that you do not use this beta for real work as data could be lost and the files you save are not guaranteed to open in previous or future versions of Affinity Publisher.
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PDF Passthrough status was not being saved correctly
Prevent flowing text from a pinned frame to the node it is pinned to
Fix for slow text input with Hyperlink panel showing
Fixed Resource Manager update issue
Fixed Preferences > Abbreviations issue with extended characters
When creating a global colour from an object also apply it
Added top level Menu entry for 'Edit Detached'
Anchors created from detached frames are not shown correctly
Fixed possible crash when with "Include hyperlinks" in the export dialog
Updated Preflight check and PDF Passthrough messages
Crash exporting specific PDF with passthrough
Placing a PSD causes a Placed PDF is missing or broken preflight message
Preferences > Shortcuts does not show Ctrl+Shift+1 to 9 as being used
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Release Notes for 1.9.0.796
Release Notes for 1.9.0.742
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Click here to download the latest beta
Status: Customer Beta
Purpose: Features, Improvements, Fixes
Requirements: A valid product key (for Affinity Store purchases), or an installation of the full retail version from the Microsoft Store

As this is a beta it is considered to be not suitable for production use. This means that you should not attempt to use it for commercial purposes or for any other activity that may be adversely affected by the application failing, including the total loss of any documents. We hope you enjoy the latest build, and as always, if you've got any problems, please don't hesitate to post a new thread in this forum and we'll get back to you as soon as we can. Thanks once again for your continued feedback. 

If you have a general question about the software, please head over to the Questions Forum, or if you have any suggestions, please head over to the Feature Requests forum.
Fixes
Added Studio Presets Fixed Contour and Corner tool radius context toolbar options showing in pixels Fixed filter effects rendering Added ability to rotate view around mouse with Alt+MouseWheel. Shift+Alt+MouseWheel will rotate around the centre. Holding Ctrl at the same time will increase rotation speed. Added Ctrl+Shift+Alt+R as new default shortcut for resetting the view rotation.  1.9.0.767 release notes

Click here to download the latest beta
Status: Customer Beta
Purpose: New features, performance, fixes
Requirements: A valid product key (for Affinity Store purchases), or an installation of the full retail version from the Microsoft Store

As this is a beta it is considered to be not suitable for production use. This means that you should not attempt to use it for commercial purposes or for any other activity that may be adversely affected by the application failing, including the total loss of any documents. We hope you enjoy the latest build, and as always, if you've got any problems, please don't hesitate to post a new thread in this forum and we'll get back to you as soon as we can. Thanks once again for your continued feedback. 

If you have a general question about the software, please head over to the Questions Forum, or if you have any suggestions, please head over to the Feature Requests forum.
Fixes
Improved Studio Presets Improved hardware acceleration Fixed hardware acceleration to fall back to software rendering more reliably under NVIDIA GPUs Fixed filter effects rendering Added ability to rotate view around mouse with Alt+MouseWheel. Shift+Alt+MouseWheel will rotate around the centre. Holding Ctrl at the same time will increase rotation speed. Added Ctrl+Shift+Alt+R as new default shortcut for resetting the view rotation.  1.9.0.767 release notes

Click here to download the latest beta
Status: Customer Beta
Purpose: New features, performance, fixes
Requirements: A valid product key (for Affinity Store purchases), or an installation of the full retail version from the Microsoft Store

As this is a beta it is considered to be not suitable for production use. This means that you should not attempt to use it for commercial purposes or for any other activity that may be adversely affected by the application failing, including the total loss of any documents. We hope you enjoy the latest build, and as always, if you've got any problems, please don't hesitate to post a new thread in this forum and we'll get back to you as soon as we can. Thanks once again for your continued feedback. 

If you have a general question about the software, please head over to the Questions Forum, or if you have any suggestions, please head over to the Feature Requests forum.
Fixes
Improved hardware acceleration Fixed crash when right clicking a spare channel alpha, and creating a mask layer Fixed drag and drop to place deselecting the new layer Added Duplicate spare channel Fixed hang when font combo contains fonts we can't render and can't find a valid match for Fixed Layer panel Auto-Scroll option not being remembered Fixed AltGr+Tab breaking shortcuts  Added Convert to Text Path menu item  Added Studio Presets and associated Manager (View | Studio Presets) 1.9.0.734 release notes

Click here to download the latest beta
Status: Customer Beta
Purpose: Features, Improvements, Fixes
Requirements: A valid product key (for Affinity Store purchases), or an installation of the full retail version from the Microsoft Store

As this is a beta it is considered to be not suitable for production use. This means that you should not attempt to use it for commercial purposes or for any other activity that may be adversely affected by the application failing, including the total loss of any documents. We hope you enjoy the latest build, and as always, if you've got any problems, please don't hesitate to post a new thread in this forum and we'll get back to you as soon as we can. Thanks once again for your continued feedback. 

If you have a general question about the software, please head over to the Questions Forum, or if you have any suggestions, please head over to the Feature Requests forum.
Fixes
Fixed margin fills not being applied Fixed drag and drop to place deselecting the new layer Fixed hang when font combo contains fonts we can't render and can't find a valid match for Fixed Contour tool Radius text box capping the entry to 50px Fixed Contour tool Radius always being displayed in pixels Fixed Layer panel Auto-Scroll option not being remembered Fixed AltGr+Tab breaking shortcuts  Added Flood Select tool to Pixel workspace Changed non-pixel aligned Artboards to automatically align (fixes unexpected dimensions, and blurred exports) Added Studio Presets and associated Manager (View | Studio Presets) (Coming soon) 1.9.0.734 release notes

Click here to download the latest beta
Status: Customer Beta
Purpose: New features, performance, fixes
Requirements: A valid product key (for Affinity Store purchases), or an installation of the full retail version from the Microsoft Store

As this is a beta it is considered to be not suitable for production use. This means that you should not attempt to use it for commercial purposes or for any other activity that may be adversely affected by the application failing, including the total loss of any documents. We hope you enjoy the latest build, and as always, if you've got any problems, please don't hesitate to post a new thread in this forum and we'll get back to you as soon as we can. Thanks once again for your continued feedback. 

If you have a general question about the software, please head over to the Questions Forum, or if you have any suggestions, please head over to the Feature Requests forum.
Fixes
Fixed crash / hang at startup when OpenCL.dll is not installed 1.9.0.733 release notes

Click here to download the latest beta
Status: Customer Beta
Purpose: Features, Improvements, Fixes
Requirements: A valid product key (for Affinity Store purchases), or an installation of the full retail version from the Microsoft Store

As this is a beta it is considered to be not suitable for production use. This means that you should not attempt to use it for commercial purposes or for any other activity that may be adversely affected by the application failing, including the total loss of any documents. We hope you enjoy the latest build, and as always, if you've got any problems, please don't hesitate to post a new thread in this forum and we'll get back to you as soon as we can. Thanks once again for your continued feedback. 

If you have a general question about the software, please head over to the Questions Forum, or if you have any suggestions, please head over to the Feature Requests forum.
Fixes
Fixed crash / hang at startup when OpenCL.dll is not installed 1.9.0.733 release notes

Click here to download the latest beta
Status: Customer Beta
Purpose: New features, performance, fixes
Requirements: A valid product key (for Affinity Store purchases), or an installation of the full retail version from the Microsoft Store

As this is a beta it is considered to be not suitable for production use. This means that you should not attempt to use it for commercial purposes or for any other activity that may be adversely affected by the application failing, including the total loss of any documents. We hope you enjoy the latest build, and as always, if you've got any problems, please don't hesitate to post a new thread in this forum and we'll get back to you as soon as we can. Thanks once again for your continued feedback. 

If you have a general question about the software, please head over to the Questions Forum, or if you have any suggestions, please head over to the Feature Requests forum.
Fixes
Added initial support for hardware acceleration (must be enabled in Preferences | Performance, "Enable OpenCL compute acceleration") Added benchmark capability (Help | Benchmark) Added Text on Path Added more filter support for masks / adjustments / spare channels (Add Noise, Perlin Noise, etc.) Added ability to edit a spare channel in the Channels panel to edit it like a layer (single click the channel) Improved Blend modes to work on “alpha only” layers (masks, adjustments, live filters, etc.) Added a new Divide blend mode Added "Create from centre" for the Elliptical Marquee tool Added ability to snap to the bounds of the pixel selection Added ability to create brushes from the current pixel selection with one click 1.8.5.703 release notes

Click here to download the latest beta
Status: Customer Beta
Purpose: Features, Improvements, Fixes
Requirements: A valid product key (for Affinity Store purchases), or an installation of the full retail version from the Microsoft Store

As this is a beta it is considered to be not suitable for production use. This means that you should not attempt to use it for commercial purposes or for any other activity that may be adversely affected by the application failing, including the total loss of any documents. We hope you enjoy the latest build, and as always, if you've got any problems, please don't hesitate to post a new thread in this forum and we'll get back to you as soon as we can. Thanks once again for your continued feedback. 

If you have a general question about the software, please head over to the Questions Forum, or if you have any suggestions, please head over to the Feature Requests forum.
Fixes
Added initial support for hardware acceleration (must be enabled in Preferences | Performance, "Enable OpenCL compute acceleration") Added Contour tool Added Select Same / Select Object Improved performance with large documents Added a new Divide blend mode Added ability to snap to the bounds of the pixel selection 1.8.5.703 release notes

Status: Beta
Purpose: Updates and Fixes
Requirements: Purchased Affinity Publisher
Windows Store: Not submitted
Download: Download
Auto-update: Not available
Hi,
We are pleased to announce that Affinity Publisher Customer Beta 1.8.5.703 is now available as a download from the link above.
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.
This beta is an incremental update to the 1.8.4 version recently released to all customers (though it installs parallel to the release). We recommend that you use this beta in preference to the store version if you are affected by any of the issues listed below.
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Improvements and Fixes
Fixed tablet input problems by reverting the default input method to be Low Precision mode, the same as in 1.8.3.  Added tablet input preference (in Tools section) to opt-in to High Precision mode, or Windows Ink mode (previous command line options --legacy-wintab and --disable-wintab are now ignored). Fixed cursor disappearing following keyboard shortcuts that display dialogs, while using a brush tool ---
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Status: Customer Beta
Purpose: Fixes
Requirements: A valid product key (for Affinity Store purchases), or an installation of the full retail version from the Microsoft Store

As this is a beta it is considered to be not suitable for production use. This means that you should not attempt to use it for commercial purposes or for any other activity that may be adversely affected by the application failing, including the total loss of any documents. We hope you enjoy the latest build, and as always, if you've got any problems, please don't hesitate to post a new thread in this forum and we'll get back to you as soon as we can. Thanks once again for your continued feedback. 

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Fixes
Fixed tablet input problems by reverting the default input method to be Low Precision mode, the same as in 1.8.3.  Added tablet input preference (in Tools section) to opt-in to High Precision mode, or Windows Ink mode (previous command line options --legacy-wintab and --disable-wintab are now ignored). Fixed cursor disappearing following keyboard shortcuts that display dialogs, while using a brush tool Fixed raster Crop Tool units multiplying incorrectly on the context toolbar 1.8.4.693 release notes

Click here to download the latest beta
Status: Customer Beta
Purpose: Features, Improvements, Fixes
Requirements: A valid product key (for Affinity Store purchases), or an installation of the full retail version from the Microsoft Store

As this is a beta it is considered to be not suitable for production use. This means that you should not attempt to use it for commercial purposes or for any other activity that may be adversely affected by the application failing, including the total loss of any documents. We hope you enjoy the latest build, and as always, if you've got any problems, please don't hesitate to post a new thread in this forum and we'll get back to you as soon as we can. Thanks once again for your continued feedback. 

If you have a general question about the software, please head over to the Questions Forum, or if you have any suggestions, please head over to the Feature Requests forum.
Fixes
Fixed tablet input problems by reverting the default input method to be Low Precision mode, the same as in 1.8.3.  Added tablet input preference (in Tools section) to opt-in to High Precision mode, or Windows Ink mode (previous command line options --legacy-wintab and --disable-wintab are now ignored). Fixed cursor disappearing following keyboard shortcuts that display dialogs, while using a brush tool 1.8.4.693 release notes

Click here to download the latest beta
Status: Customer Beta
Purpose: Fixes
Requirements: A valid product key (for Affinity Store purchases), or an installation of the full retail version from the Microsoft Store

As this is a beta it is considered to be not suitable for production use. This means that you should not attempt to use it for commercial purposes or for any other activity that may be adversely affected by the application failing, including the total loss of any documents. We hope you enjoy the latest build, and as always, if you've got any problems, please don't hesitate to post a new thread in this forum and we'll get back to you as soon as we can. Thanks once again for your continued feedback. 

If you have a general question about the software, please head over to the Questions Forum, or if you have any suggestions, please head over to the Feature Requests forum.
Fixes
Fixed Sigma 50-100mm F1.8 DC HSM Art lens identification Only update pixels that have changed in a live projection Changed PSD exports to not clip to the page Fixed loading a document with existing pixel selection not drawing the marching ants until zooming in Changed Marquee tools shortcut for Add to be Ctrl+Alt instead of right mouse button Changed Selection Brush tool shortcut for Add (in Subtract mode) to be Alt instead of right mouse button Improved some paper Document Presets to have better margin and bleeds. Margins are now more proportioned to their page sizes and press ready presets now have a minimum of 3mm bleed. 1.8.4.681 release notes

Click here to download the latest beta
Status: Customer Beta
Purpose: Features, Improvements, Fixes
Requirements: A valid product key (for Affinity Store purchases), or an installation of the full retail version from the Microsoft Store

As this is a beta it is considered to be not suitable for production use. This means that you should not attempt to use it for commercial purposes or for any other activity that may be adversely affected by the application failing, including the total loss of any documents. We hope you enjoy the latest build, and as always, if you've got any problems, please don't hesitate to post a new thread in this forum and we'll get back to you as soon as we can. Thanks once again for your continued feedback. 

If you have a general question about the software, please head over to the Questions Forum, or if you have any suggestions, please head over to the Feature Requests forum.
Fixes
Changed PSD exports to not clip to the page Fixed loading a document with existing pixel selection not drawing the marching ants until zooming in Changed Marquee tools shortcut for Add to be Ctrl+Alt instead of right mouse button Changed Selection Brush tool shortcut for Add (in Subtract mode) to be Alt instead of right mouse button Improved some paper Document Presets to have better margin and bleeds. Margins are now more proportioned to their page sizes and press ready presets now have a minimum of 3mm bleed. 1.8.4.681 release notes

Status: Beta
Purpose: Updates and Fixes
Requirements: Purchased Affinity Publisher
Windows Store: Not submitted
Download: Download
Auto-update: Available
Hi,
We are pleased to announce that Affinity Publisher Customer Beta 1.8.4.687 is now available as a download from the link above.
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.
This beta is an incremental update to the 1.8.3 version recently released to all customers (though it installs parallel to the release). We recommend that you use this beta in preference to the store version if you are affected by any of the issues listed below.
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Improvements and Fixes
- Stability and Performance improvements
Further fixes, made since the release of 1.8.3, are listed in earlier 1.8.4 betas
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