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Me too. I use that function a lot in PagePlus, and unfortunately Affinity Publisher won't be for me if it doesn't provide that function.

Thank you MEB Your reply prompted me to explore the Snapshot function, which I've not used before, and I find that I can in fact create a new document from the initial Snapshot, using the 'New document from snapshot button', so that solves my problem.

Thanks for the rapid response, Alfred. I can see 'Copy' and 'Copy flat' in the Edit menu but no 'Duplicate' option. I can of course make a duplicate file before editing, but it was useful to do it from within Photoplus if I decided to do any major work, so that I had a guaranteed fall back option if things went wrong, or if I simply changed my mind.

Is there an Affinity Photo equivalent to the Photoplus 'Image...Duplicate' function? I found that useful, but can't find how to do it in AP.

I am an aged amateur photographer who started using Serif Photoplus when I first got into digital photography, but then graduated to Photoshop until Adobe moved to their software rental approach, when I re-tried Photoplus. I found it adequate for my needs, but my no means as powerful as Photoshop CS4 which I had been using. After a short time using the Affinity Photo public beta I find that it is at least as good as Photoshop for my needs, and in fact is probably better. For me, the single biggest advantage over Photoplus is the accessibility and useabilty of channels, particularly in being able to easily produce intricate detailed masks for such things as leafy branches or complex architecture against a sky. Although my own interest is in photo editing I get the impression that Photo is equally competent in the more creative areas of digital artwork, and so for me it appears to be a winner, and we're in the early beta testing stage so far. Well done Serif.

Thanks for the replies. I have now uninstalled, downloaded and reinstalled and all is well. Funnily, I didn't get an option to download a new version in m y expiry notification, it just said my beta had expired and hoped that I had enjoyed using it.

My beta version for windows has just expired. Now what? Is the commercial version available yet, or can I sign up for another beta versiom?