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2.4 Features and Improvements
This post is the list of all new features and improvements included in the 2.4.0 release, and the next post is a list of the main bug fixes.
Features and improvements affecting all platforms
(Designer) DWG and DXF export  Outlines created in Affinity can now be exported for use in various CAD applications and utilities for vinyl cutters, plotters and CNC tools Supports drawing scale Tutorial on DWG/DXF Import & Export 
Set selection box can be explicitly set for your selections. Double-click / tap to switch from Node to Move Tool so you can now toggle between them (Designer & Photo) Filename available as variable in Export Persona offering Document Name Document Filename Ability to lock insertion target for all new objects you can choose to: lock "Behind" lock "Inside" lock "On Top" Spacebar modifier for ‘Lock Children’ 
hold the spacebar to temporarily toggle Lock Children on or off for the opposite of the context toolbar setting Tutorial for Lock Children Layers (in Photo) 
 
Space Horizontal / Vertical now considers key object 
If you specify a key object in your selection, the behaviour changes to mean the furthest left (or right) object and the key object will not change position, and the other items are spaced evenly. Tutorial on Aligning, Distributing and Unifying Layers (in Designer) 
Tutorial on Aligning, Distributing and Unifying Layers (in Photo) 
 
Size / Rotate objects to same 
Make all items in your current selection adopt the same width or height or rotation 32-bit HDR PNG support added 
Import and export of 32-bit HDR PNG files, as described in the PNG specification (3rd edition) Tutorial for HDR PNG Import & Export 
(Photo & Publisher) Improved RAW processing and support for 58 new camera models including:  Apple iPhone (14 & 15 [inc Pro/Pro Max/Pro Max Plus]) Canon EOS R8 Nikon Z8 Panasonic DC-GH6 Leica Q3 and M11 Monochrom Fujifilm GFX 100 II DJI Mavic 3 Pro (drone) and many more… In addition to those features on all platforms above, these are the Windows and macOS features and improvements
(Publisher & Designer) Layer States added
Already a feature in Photo, the States Panel is an exciting addition to Designer and Publisher, and adds this new functionality to all applications Capture the current layer visibility across your document Create queries based on various criteria to make a selection or toggle visibility of layers Button to select all layers that fulfil the criteria specified in the query Tutorial on Layer States (using Designer):
 
Localised versions of the changes in 2.4 (and those in earlier releases) can be found here
Affinity Designer Feature List  Affinity Photo Feature List Affinity Publisher Feature List As well as all those improvements above, listed below is a list of the fixed bugs in this release

In my case, exporting a single file (slice) works fine, but Designer freezes when I try to export multiple slices at once by clicking on the button at the bottom of the slice panel. When it freezes, I have to force quit the app in order to do anything else.
Once you are able to save a single file to a folder, though, it lets you export multiple slices. But then, when you try to export multiple slices at once with another file, Designer freezes after showing the finder dialog.
It has happened on V1 and continues to do so on V2.
I use the following:
macOS Ventura 13.1 Affinity Designer 2.0.4 Mac Studio 2022 M1 Max I use Google Drive and it is running in the back, but I am saving files on the local drive, not to the Google Drive folder. I also use Adobe Creative Cloud storage, and I usually save to a folder which is synced with it.
I really hope this gets fixed soon.

I often use vertical writing in Japanese.
Many Japanese designers also want to add vertical writing functions.
Affinity Designer does not support Vertical Writing in Japanese, so please support it.

The latest version of Photoshop now supports WebP export.
I would like Affinity Photo and Affinity Designer to respond as soon as possible.
WebP is supported on all Evergreen browsers, including Safari.

Um, very strange, I'm still seeing the same behaviour even when the same shape sits on an A4 document...

Corners on A4.mov

@Sean P not sure if it is simply down to the sub pixel size but it's easy to replicate, basically it 'appears' as though the corner tool doesn't really function correctly when the shape is so small...

Corners.mov Corners.afdesign

Using the corner tool on a vector object smaller than 1px will result in an unintended strange display.

we have that logged - thank you for reporting it

If I set UI style to Light, the icon of following buttons in "Stroke" panel is disappeared.
Place arrow whithin the line Place arrow at the end of the line Swap arrow head with tail Please check the attached screenshot.

Yep, I can confirm.
Generally pixel layers and symbols are not good friends.
 
As far as I know Matt was working to solve this before holidays, so it will be sorted in next betas.  :)

When I drag to move a symbol instance, the position of the pixel layer in the symbol is broken.
 
macOS 10.12.2 Affinity Designer 1.5.4 & 1.5.5 beta 1   Steps to Reproduce:  import PSD that has pixel layer. create symbol (include pixel layer). create symbol instance. move the instance by drag. Workaround: 
Rerasterize all pixel layers in the symbol.

Status: Beta Release
Purpose: New features, fixes
Requirements: Purchased Affinity Designer
Mac App Store: Not Submitted
Download: Here
 
This is the second beta of a substantial change to our codebase and as much as we have tried to ensure the quality of the code, it should be 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 you may be adversely affected by the application failing. In addition it is definitely worth noting that files created in Affinity 1.5 cannot be opened in 1.4 so always make a copy of your important documents before opening them in 1.5 to ensure you do not accidentally overwrite them and are unable to open them in your 1.4 version.
 
To use this beta, simply download the file from the link given above and double-click on the file to open the installer. Follow the instructions to install the beta version. The beta sits alongside the Mac App Store version and will not interfere with it.
 
Fixes/Improvements:
- Fix for screen flicker issues on certain Mac systems (2015 Retina MacBook Pro 13", in particular)
- Numerous Text Styles improvements and fixes
- Fix for Embedded documents which aren't the same colour format or profile as the parent document
- Assets and symbols now work correctly with documents in different colour formats
- Updated assets that make use of constraints
- Fix for 'Lock Children' on the Move Tool's context toolbar causing all kinds of havoc with Constraints
- Fix for Symbols crashing with text
- Added live measurement tool. Select an object then hold Alt/Option and move your mouse over other objects to measure how far away they are. Measurements will also show when holding Alt/Option and nudging with the arrow keys
- Fix for strange behaviour when creating a curve in the Pen Tool if you had snapping enabled (it would draw a very cool-looking but completely crazy magenta 'waveform' as you moved the mouse around!?!)
- Fix for Pen/Node Tools not being able to reduce a node down to being coincident with both off-curve handles by Alt/Option-click
- Fix issues with editing global colours sometimes making many undo steps rather than one
- Miscellaneous small fixes