Hofnaar

I want a simple switch right next to the mask to switch positive/negative.

This is frustrating.

The answer was NO in 2015 and still is over five years later. And my question is... why not???

Hi there!
I was thinking that sometimes, when selecting a Layer, you can't really see the color of the Layer (being just one pixel tall is hard to see at times), so the next Mockup explains my idea
Putting the color label in the left side, and; Moving the color tag of the Symbols to the right.
What do you think?
Best regards!

Traurig dass man Zeit investieren muss um eine Rechnung zu erhalten!!!
Und noch trauriger dass Affinity seit Jahren nicht reagiert, dass sagt ja was aus!
Bitte, bitte, bitte um eine Rechnung für meinen österr. Steuerberater!

I think a "We" stands for a bunch of people here in the forum and out there on the net.
 
So yes, the question is important for many users incl. myself.

I think a "We" stands for a bunch of people here in the forum and out there on the net.
 
So yes, the question is important for many users incl. myself.

I think a "We" stands for a bunch of people here in the forum and out there on the net.
 
So yes, the question is important for many users incl. myself.

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 masks failing to show correct preview  Fixed crash at startup Old documents with white balance, hsl, selective colour and vibrance adjustments should now render the same as before (in a legacy compatibility mode) Improved layout of Float All Fixed Layers panel to allow scroll while click-dragging to move layers  Fixed potential crash when adding a HSL Layer adjustment Removed excess space after raster format descriptions in open dialog filter Removed EIP from supported filetypes (because it isn't) Fixed import of ABR brushes with random controllers Added Rasterise to Mask to context menus Fixed incorrect state when leaving certain personas (e.g. ToneMap) Added support for ICC profiles in Photoshop plugins  Fixed crashes with batch processing 1.7.0.331 release notes

It can happen if updates are installing in the background, and after the last beta has uninstalled the next is meant to chain and start but if Windows or anti-virus or something has lept in and started installing something on your machine our installer cannot start as planned, So this is unlikely to happen for you again but it will happen to other people on and off.

Status: Public Beta
Purpose: Stability and General Testing
Requirements: 64 Bit Win 7 SP1 / Win 8.1 / Win 10  (>=1607)
Hi,
We are pleased to announce Affinity Publisher build 283 is now available as a manual download from the link above and on auto-update.
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 where you may be adversely affected by the application failing, including the total loss of any documents. 
We hope you enjoy the product, and as always, if you've got any problems installing or running up, please don't hesitate to post in this thread.
Any problems actually using this version please make a new topic in this forum and we'll get back to you as soon as we can. Please feel free to leave general suggestions and comments in the Discussion Forum. 
Many thanks for your continued feedback.
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This build fixes some recently discovered stability issues in build 270. It does not contain any updates to functionality.
We hope to issue another update with general fixes and improvements next week.
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Earlier Release Notes Beta 270

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
Removed assert when parsing metadata (errors will now crash, enabling us to receive crash reports) Increased hit box area around Layers visilblity checkbox Removed Fill flyout 'None' tab, and replaced with a 'None' button Added support for import and export of PSD layer colour  Fixed moving the mouse away from a blend mode doesn't change the preview back to Normal  Fixed dragging a slider in an Adjustment dialog resets the Blend Mode  1.7.0.256 Fixes
Improved performance of loading images (no longer using exiftool for metadata) Added missing Show Assets menu item Fixed problems parsing DNG images as TIFF (DNG appearing as small thumbnails) Added 'Advanced' (thumbnail) History panel view (via burger menu) Fixed crash at startup when only .NET 4.6.2 is installed (due to Microsoft bug - we now require .NET 4.7.2 which prevents installation on Windows 10 1507 and 1511) Reverted change to Layers panel font size Fixed crash printing constraint group node with multiple lines/fills Fixed PDF import bug preventing layers from being imported Fixed CMYK printer profiles not appearing in print dialog Improved consistency in hot key assignment (CTRL + Numpad + 1 will do the same as CTRL + 1 now, assuming Numlock is on) Fixed Stroke width being printed incorrectly on rotated objects Fixed Open / Save dialog file extensions list being too long 1.7.0.251 release notes

I think a "We" stands for a bunch of people here in the forum and out there on the net.
 
So yes, the question is important for many users incl. myself.

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 drag drop from Explorer to floating Document Windows Fixed Combine Identical remaining enabled for text styles Fixed Punctuation stops Capitalise first word of sentence from working  Fixed Tools toolbar leaving monitor viewport when undocking Fixed failure to save if HEIC file is used in document  Fixed drag/drop text from Explorer  Fixed snapping to guides and page edges Fixed importing of user items in correct order Fixed Drop Caps misaligned when using Baseline grid  Fixed incorrect curve printing Fixed incorrect codepage mapping for code page 950  Fixed crash loading corrupt BMP files Allow right mouse button to be pressed when capturing numeric input for tools (currently for use with Flow in brush tools) Fixed Pen Tool not snapping to grid unless you zoom in/out first  Fixed scrolling history with mouse wheel removes highlight  Fixed print copies limited to 99  Changed TIFF export to use Adobe deflate instead, as it's more common Fixed sporadic PSD export crash  Fixed Brush preview not updating immediately when adding/modifying sub-brushes  Fixed Basic Grid failing to show 'Spacing' and 'Divisions' entry boxes on Grid and Axis Manager  Fixed being unable to select a crop preset  Fixed sub-brush 'Sync' checkboxes not remembering state correctly Added missing Duplicate Brush from Brush panel context menu Fixed creation of CMYK tint colour chord creating RGB swatches Fixed changing of document DPI to no longer resize the document Allow linear profiles for all RGB formats on import (but still try to dissuade incorrect use by not offering them in the convert dialog) Prevent dragging of locked layers Fixed Edit in Photo/Designer preventing the application from closing  Fixed Greek uppercase to not have tonas Fixed hang after exporting to external drive then removing drive Fixed letterspacing to apply to spaces as well as other characters  Fixed embedded documents not exporting masks to PDF correctly  Fixed PDF export of documents containing palettised PNG  Added Hide/Show to Photo main menu Fixed Panorama orientation resulting in upside down images Improved selection refinement Fixed macro recording of document properties, and mixer brush  Fixed incorrect treatment of filter effects when resizing a document containing pixel layers  Fixed smoothing to curve tangent to take into account coincidental curve points (can now smooth to 'cusp' to allow for points with incidental handle points) Fixed auto-committing error in Liquify  Fixed SoftLight blend mode on negative values Fixed levels alerts not appearing  Fixed Flood Fill tool to allow transparent colours Fixed Voronoi alpha transform Fixed adjustment LUT export Fixed Red Eye Removal tool in Develop persona removing image Fixed Develop preview doing noise reduction twice  Fixed Adjustment panels not closing when adding a filter from the menus Fixed crash opening a document with 32-bit preview tab open  Fixed Gaussian blur crash when changing the blue value using the mouse wheel  Fixed some lens identification issues  Fixed adding a macro not adding to the default category Fixed sub-brush tab missing 'Edit' button  Fixed orientation of HDR merge of portrait RAW images  Fixed scale, rotate and translate not working when stacking  Reduced memory usage when multiple RAW files are open at once  Improved Develop performance by not performing chromatic aberration correction twice Changed Threshold histogram to show intensity Added Rasterise & Trim menu option, to trim rasterised item to spread boundary Improved Selective Colour's handling of CMYK images Show focused and selected Auto-Focus regions (in yellow and green, respectively) Fixed Auto-Focus rects to always draw in the right location Fixed LUT export of RGB cubes being interpretted in wrong channel order

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 here 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 tool not drawing Allow raster brush size / rotation keys while dragging Fixed Batch dialog not parsing literal expressions properly Fixed render artifacts in split screen views Fixed Isometric panel 'Edit in plane' not working  Fixed New shadows and highlights slider ranges Fixed Procedural Texture light UI icons not loading Fixed missing tool icons for Clarity, Shadows and Noise Reduction  Fixed tool flicker during edits Fixed switching Personas does not retain current zoom settings when using non pixel units  Fixed loading of huge JPEG files Fixed sporadic crash on shutdown  Fixed crash loading old workspace files Fixed rendering of live filters  Fixed Procedural Texture missing tooltips for the buttons Fixed Procedural Texture real number input delete button Changed TIFF compression to be slightly more efficient The 1.7.0 feature list is in the first 1.7 download announcement here

Status: Public Beta
Purpose: Stability and General Testing
Requirements: 64 Bit Win 7 SP1 / Win 8 / Win 10 
Hi, we have a preview of Publisher build 174 now available. It is currently provided as a manual download from the link above.
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 where you may be adversely affected by the application failing, including the total loss of any documents. 
We hope you enjoy the product, and as always, if you've got any problems installing or running up, please don't hesitate to post in this thread.
Any problems actually using this version please make a new topic in this forum and we'll get back to you as soon as we can. Please feel free to leave general suggestions and comments in the Discussion Forum. Many thanks for your continued feedback.
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Updates
This build is the first Publisher Beta build containing the updated Artwork for the 1.7 Releases.
Fixes
This build fixes a critical bug preventing run up on some Windows 7 systems.
This build fixes a critical bug in PDF Export and Printing where rasterised elements could be omitted or corrupted.
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Thank you for helping us track down these issues and for your continued support.
Earlier Release Notes Beta 167

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 you 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 here 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.
 
Tools
We've overhauled most of the core tools, adding subtle new features to make you more productive:
Node tool has a new 'Transform Mode' which provides a containing box for the selected nodes and allows for more freeform editing of the nodes. Node and Pen tools have an utterly amazing Construction mode which gives easy access to common construction features to help you build complicated shapes or intersections accurately and easily, giving you simple access to parallels, right angles, reflected and mirrored angles, in addition to circular construction snaps and all construction intersections. This really needs a video to show how to use it - but it's awesome. Pen tool now has a 'rubber band' mode and also a mode to allow future curves to be added to the current object's curves (for example, the character 'a' is constructed of two curves in a single 'curve object' and this mode makes that construction simpler). Node tool can now auto-snap nodes if you drag a node from one curve over the top of a node from another (selected) curve and pause, it will offer to snap to the same geometry as the node you're hovering over (i.e.  modify the on and off-curve nodes to match). This is really useful for trying to reconstruct areas of one curve from another curve. Node tool now allows for lasso selection of nodes by holding the Alt/Ctrl key and dragging a selection lasso. Pencil tool now offers a 'sculpt' mode that allows for extending or manipulating curves in a more natural way. More to come in this area soon. Many tools now allow for 'Alignment widgets' which you can toggle the visibility of in the context toolbar. When enabled you can visually adjust the alignment or even, for example, 'align to centre, snapped to the left edge of this object' by simply click/dragging. Fill tool correctly allows editing of skewed fill handles and newly-created skewed fills draw much nicer now. Ruler origin can be edited by simply dragging the area where the rulers intersect each other - it can even be snapped onto objects in the document. Guides can be edited in most tools by simply dragging a guide in the ruler area. Grid setup is now more interactive: origin can be dragged, axis scale adjusted and angle adjusted on-document, complete with snapping to objects and angles in the document to help you reconstruct useful grids from finished artworks or sketches. By enabling 'Edit in Plane' on the new Isometric Studio, tools can edit objects and appear to make those edits along the currently active plane - extremely useful for artists who enjoy working with any axonometric projections. You can now drag the rotation centre point (when enabled on the context toolbar) while holding Ctrl and it will translate the object - this is actually very useful for positioning and snapping objects relative to others. Shapes tools now have presets so you can create your own favourite shape setups and more easily use them again. There are just far too many subtle tool changes to mention here, but hopefully you'll find the tools much improved
 
General
New brushes, styles and assets are now shipped with the product. Visible bleed (accessed from the View menu) so you can more easily design into the bleed area - a common feature request. “Alternate futures” for document history have been added. Traditionally, if you roll back the undo history then do something else all your changes after that point are lost. Designer will now display a small branch icon in the history tab when you do this. Pressing that button will cycle between all the different “futures” after that history entry - meaning you will never lose work you have done. New 'Isometric' Studio makes it easy to setup and work with various axonometric projections within the application. HEIF images can now be loaded directly into Designer. If they contain a depth map, this will also be loaded as a second layer. Because depth maps are typically lower resolution than the main image, optional “smart” upsampling will be performed. Designer now supports custom document presets - a popular feature request. A new blend mode - Linear Burn - has been added. New “Move inside / outside” commands have been added - useful for quickly clipping/unclipping. New "Merge curves/Separate curves" commands. Grids now have an editable number of angle subdivisions. The Hard Mix blend mode has been improved. Numerous text improvements have been made - including new features such as bullets and numbering. Significant PDF import / export improvements and fixes. Added support for per-monitor ICC profiles (previously we only used the primary monitor's ICC profile) in the document view (controls still use the primary monitor's ICC profile, which will hopefully be fixed in the future).  
Brushes
Designer 1.7 introduces a new “sub-brush” mechanism, developed in conjunction with Paolo Limoncelli (DAUB® Brushes). This exciting feature allows any brush to have a list of other brushes attached which will draw at the same time. Each sub-brush has a fully separate and customisable set of dynamics. You can control when the sub-brushes are drawn and how they blend with the main brush. Symmetry (up to 32-way) is now supported - including on-canvas controls and optional mirroring. Wet edges and accumulation are now available on colour brushes and brushes with HSL variance. Brushes with multiple nozzle textures have always chosen the nozzle at random. In 1.7, the nozzle choice has a dynamic controller and ramp for greater control. All pixel brush tools now support left and right arrow keys for rotation - a common feature request.
Adjustments
The HSL adjustment layer has been rewritten. It now supports custom hue ranges, a new algorithm, new UI and picker controls. The Levels adjustment layer now supports output levels - a common feature request. The White Balance adjustment layer has been rewritten. The Selective Colour adjustment layer has been rewritten. PSD import / export of adjustments has been improved. The Vibrance adjustment layer has been rewritten. The Recolour adjustment layer has gained a lightness slider.  
Fixes
Numerous other bug fixes - too many to list!

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 you 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 here 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.

Brushes
Photo 1.7 introduces a new “sub-brush” mechanism, developed in conjunction with Paolo Limoncelli (DAUB® Brushes). This exciting feature allows any brush to have a list of other brushes attached which will draw at the same time. Each sub-brush has a fully separate and customisable set of dynamics. You can control when the sub-brushes are drawn and how they blend with the main brush. Symmetry (up to 32-way) is now supported - including on-canvas controls and optional mirroring. We have more symmetry features on the way - so stay tuned during the beta process. Wet edges and accumulation are now available on colour brushes and brushes with HSL variance. Brushes with multiple nozzle textures have always chosen the nozzle at random. In 1.7, the nozzle choice has a dynamic controller and ramp for greater control. All brush tools now support left and right arrow keys for rotation - a common feature request 
RAW
The RAW processing engine in Photo has been rewritten - producing better results and improved performance. RAW files now load much more quickly. Re-implemented support for XTrans sensors. The denoise algorithm has been rewritten (to produce better results). Hot pixel removal is now automatically performed by the Serif Labs engine. Profiled lens correction are more stable, apply more quickly, and can be toggled in the Develop UI. The histogram in the Develop persona is now presented in the output colour space - as opposed to always being linear.
Filters
New “Procedural Texture” filter with advanced presets support. New “Voronoi” filter. Denoise, Clarity and Shadows / Highlights filters have been rewritten (using technology from the Develop Persona). More filters are now available as Live Filters - including the new Procedural Texture filter. Live filters have been rewritten to improve performance - especially when multiple filters are used in a document. Improved Polar to Rectangular and Rectangular to Polar filters.
Adjustments
The HSL adjustment layer has been rewritten. It now supports custom hue ranges, a new algorithm, new UI and picker controls. The Levels adjustment layer now supports output levels - a common feature request. The White Balance adjustment layer has been rewritten. The Selective Colour adjustment layer has been rewritten. PSD import / export of adjustments has been improved. The Vibrance adjustment layer has been rewritten. The Recolour adjustment layer has gained a lightness slider.
Tools
The Crop tool has been rewritten - it now supports resolution changes, absolute pixel size and has a much improved preset mechanism. The Sponge Brush tool now gives more correct / pleasant results. A general tools overhaul has been performed - providing editing of grids, guides, page origin, across multiple tools (not just in the Move tool)
General
“Alternate futures” for document history have been added. Traditionally, if you roll back the undo history then do something else all your changes after that point are lost. Photo will now display a small branch icon in the history tab when you do this. Pressing that button will cycle between all the different “futures” after that history entry - meaning you will never lose work you have done. HEIF images can now be loaded directly into Photo. If they contain a depth map, this will also be loaded as a second layer. Because depth maps are typically lower resolution than the main image, optional “smart” upsampling will be performed. A large number of new cameras are supported for RAW development (we will provide a list of the new supported cameras as soon as possible!). The batch process dialog now fully supports expressions for height and width - available constants are “w”, “h” and “dpi”. Photo now supports custom document presets - a popular feature request. A new blend mode - Linear Burn - has been added. New “Move inside / outside” commands have been added - useful for quick operations on clipping masks etc. The Hard Mix blend mode has been improved. New provider options have been added to the stock panel - support for Unsplash and Pexels. Both of these providers offer full-resolution stock imagery which is free to use. Metadata is now dynamically synchronised with your document - so if you resize then export, the values will be correct. Numerous text improvements have been made - including new features. Significant PDF import / export improvements and fixes. Added support for per-monitor ICC profiles (previously we only used the primary monitor's ICC profile) in the document view (controls still use the primary monitor's ICC profile, which will hopefully be fixed in the future).  
Fixes
Numerous other bug fixes - too many to list!  

I think a "We" stands for a bunch of people here in the forum and out there on the net.
 
So yes, the question is important for many users incl. myself.

This thread is LOCKED there is a later beta build in a thread pinned at the top of this forum
Click here to download the latest beta for Windows
Status: Public Beta
Purpose: General Testing
Requirements: None
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 where you 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 installing or running up, please don't hesitate to post here.
Any problems actually using this version please post to post in this forum and we'll get back to you as soon as we can. Many thanks for your continued feedback.
Please post any bug reports here. Please feel free to leave general suggestions and comments in the Discussion Forum.
Fix List
Installer
- Fixed failure to start on some systems due to font issues
Start up
- Reset Table Formats and Title Exceptions missing from Ctrl+Run on Mac
Document / Page Management
- Offer option to convert Artboard documents to Spread documents on open
- Bleed guides / visible bleed now available in the main view
- Fixed document bleed not being automatically applied to new spreads and master spreads
- Fixed bleed from masters not drawing on applied spreads
- Snapping grid now draws on current spread rather than always the first spread
- Transparent background is a document setting, not a per-spread setting
- Adding a pages to a facing page document generates the wrong page labels
General Tools and Menus
- Fixed Pop up Sliders not closing on Mac
- Fixed priority issue with Select Tool / Placement Tool
- Fixed Zoom Out causing unwanted Pan
- Fixed Gradient Tool to add stops correctly
- Added Paste FX to Layout Persona Edit Menu
- Added Geometry operations to the Customise Toolbar dialog on Mac
- Fixed applying style from Styles Panel when in list mode
- Rearranged View menu to separate guides and rulers
Text Tool
- Fixed diacritic entry via dead keys on Mac
- Drop Caps now have a 'Scale for Descenders' attribute
- Fixed Leading entry glitches on Windows
- Fixed Kerning entry glitches
- Fixed Tracking entry issue
- Fixed intermittent crash when adjusting the Fill and / or Transparency for Decorations
- Fixed spelling error highlights not updating whilst editing Text Wrap settings
- Fixed crash setting Text Wrap option on EPS images
- Text flow handles now hide when view is zoomed a lot, out to prevent view clutter
Text Style Editor
- Layout improvements
- Fixed Style description truncation in Text Style Editor on Windows
Tables
- Setting Table cell size from Table Panel not working correctly
- Fixed Keep with next lines breaking Table layout
- Table Save as Default could cause app to crash 
- Right click on table header not deleting multiple columns / rows
- Table Formats should include Frame fill, stroke and insets
Resources / Resource Manager
- Document policy for Embedding / Linking images available from File > New / Document Setup
- Better prompting when missing Linked Images encountered on Document Open
- Resource Manager now always shows resource thumbnails
- Placement sort in Resource Manager fixed
- Resource Manager columns are now resizable
- Fixed Resource Manager grid scroll issues
- Fixed Properties read out for pasted Affinity Documents
TOC
- Fixed glitch when TOC was deleted leading to incomplete removal
Print / Export
- Double sided prints always flip on longest side (partial fix)
- Fixed converting colour for PDF/X-3 export rasterising elements
 

Thank you all
We are still writing the bleed preview, and it didn't make it into this first beta. No doubt it will appear in an early update if it passes internal testing.
@Mark Neale, welcome to the Serif Affinity forums  

The Affinity Publisher 1.7 free public beta is now available for Mac and Windows.
Please go to the Affinity Publisher page and press the "Download for Free Now" button to add it to an affinity store basket.

Hi,
 
We are pleased to announce the Windows release of Affinity Designer , version 1.6.5
FIXLIST
The changes in Affinity Designer for Windows 1.6.5 over the last ADe  patch 1.6.4 are as follows:
- Fixed Document Setup dialog failing to show correct Height and Width values when switching between portrait modes
- Fixed incorrect colour from CMYK waterfall model
- Improve Microsoft Dial support
- Improve PDF import 
- Fixed resized floating panel not sticking when swapping to a different panel 
- Fixed crash when dragging artboards
- Fixed floating window panels to remember their width as well as height
- Fixed Colour Picker shortcut not working with Surface Pen 
- Improved performance of shutdown 
- Fixed Leading Override (Character panel) and Paragraph Leading (Paragraph panel) key modifier inconsistencies
- Fixed empty gap at the bottom of the font size dropdown 
- Fixed crash when we can't identify any font families in a font 
- Fixed Pen point being placed when panning with spacebar 
- Added missing "Scrubby Zoom”
- Fixed Space bar panning with the paintbrush tool placing nozzlesFixed tool handle selection with touch input 
- Fixed SVG export to avoid exporting spurious groups
- Fixed pressing escape key on font size context toolbar editor not returning focus
- Added option to prefer metafile over raster with per-application default (default to on)
- Fixed main window closing on second monitor not appearing at next start
- Fixed Adjustments panel starting below the visible window 
- Fixed Print dialog not defaulting to current selected artboard
- Fixed Transform panel fields losing focus when using arrow and shift+arrow keys to increment/decrement values
- Fixed intermittent crash when using the Pen Tool 
- Fixed drag dropping a PNG file into the document locks the file
- Fixed rendering issues with custom display scales between 125% and 150%
- Fixed crash pasting into Microsoft Paint
- Fixed dialogs not appearing on second monitor 
- Fixed margins not being set for new artboard documents 
- Fixed keyboard shortcuts becoming disabled after pressing Escape in the Pressure dialog 
- Fixed move up/down in the Assets Panel not correctly enabling after moving a category that is first or last 
- Fixed Embed Assets in Current Document selection state being reversed 
- Fixed colour conversion of bitmaps during vector export
- Fixed adjusting line pressure being laggy 
- Fixed deleting a node on the stroke pressure editor not updating the document
- Fixed New Document dialog not being aligned nicely
- Fixed rotating nodes not being remembered
- Fixed editing a Curves Adjustment preventing you from using Keyboard Shortcuts to add additional 
- Fixed unable to type after tabbing when editing a swatch value
- Fixed RGB slider field getting a dotted outline when tabbing into it 
- Fixed pressing delete with a stop selected on the Gradient Flyout deletes the object, not the stop
- Fixed sporadic crash when sizing text frames to fit
- Fixed editing a guide in Guides Manager not correctly changing selection 
- Fixed adding colour to swatch causes crash 
- Fixed shaking a floating panel minimizes other panels
- Fixed fill layers built-in masks are broken 
- Fixed export area dropdown not working like the macOS version 
- Fixed Pen tool to add snapping while restart dragging under Pen mode
- Numerous other fixes and stability improvements.
REGRESSIONS
There is one known regression in this build over the previous release 1.6.4 (available here), sorry for this inconvenience
 - Artboards in embedded .afdesign file do not export to PDF
Please do not post bugs or problems that you find when using this version of the software in this thread, instead make a new thread in the Bugs on Windows section
For purchases from the Affinity Store the software, each time you start the software it will check for updates and offer any available update, or it can be downloaded from here
For purchases from the Microsoft Store are done automatically (next time you run after it is available in the store)
 

Hi,
 
We are pleased to announce the Windows release of Affinity Photo, version 1.6.5
FIXLIST
The changes in Affinity Photo for Windows 1.6.5 over the last APh patch 1.6.4 are as follows:
- Fixed Document Setup dialog failing to show correct Height and Width values when switching between portrait modes
- Fixed incorrect colour from CMYK waterfall model
- Fixed Info panel not showing W, H and D information in document units 
- Fixed being unable to select layers whilst recording Macros 
- Improve Microsoft Dial support
- Improve PDF import 
- Fixed resized floating panel not sticking when swapping to a different panel 
- Fixed floating window panels to remember their width as well as height
- Fixed Colour Picker shortcut not working with Surface Pen 
- Improved performance of shutdown 
- Fixed Leading Override (Character panel) and Paragraph Leading (Paragraph panel) key modifier inconsistencies
- Fixed Pen point being placed when panning with spacebar 
- Added missing "Scrubby Zoom"
- Fixed Space bar panning with the paintbrush tool placing nozzles
- Fixed crash when selecting Perspective Tool after using Mesh Warp Tool
- Fixed tool handle selection with touch input 
- Fixed SVG export to avoid exporting spurious groups
- Fixed pressing escape key on font size context toolbar editor not returning focus
- Added option to prefer metafile over raster with per-application default (defaulted to off)
- Fixed main window closing on second monitor not appearing at next start
- Fixed Adjustments panel starting below the visible window 
- Fixed Transform panel fields losing focus when using arrow and shift+arrow keys to increment/decrement values
- Fixed intermittent crash when using the Pen Tool 
- Fixed drag dropping a PNG file into the document locks the file
- Fixed Live Diffuse Glow filter opacity slider stuck at 100%
- Fixed editor boxes not incrementing correctly
- Fixed rendering issues with custom display scales between 125% and 150%
- Fixed crash pasting into Microsoft Paint
- Fixed some HDR images not loading
- Fixed dialogs not appearing on second monitor 
- Fixed keyboard shortcuts becoming disabled after pressing Escape in the Pressure dialog 
- Fixed colour conversion of bitmaps during vector export
- Fixed adjusting line pressure being laggy 
- Fixed deleting a node on the stroke pressure editor not updating the document
- Fixed New Document dialog not being aligned nicely
- Fixed rotating nodes not being remembered
- Fixed editing a Curves Adjustment preventing you from using Keyboard Shortcuts to add additional 
- Fixed unable to type after tabbing when editing a swatch value
- Fixed RGB slider field getting a dotted outline when tabbing into it 
- Fixed pressing delete with a stop selected on the Gradient Flyout deletes the object, not the stop
- Fixed Colour Replacement brush missing options on context toolbar 
- Fixed sporadic crash when sizing text frames to fit
- Fixed editing a guide in Guides Manager not correctly changing selection 
- Fixed Develop Persona lens adjustments rotation values differing to macOS
- Fixed Lens filter CMYK colour sliders jitter between values 
- Fixed adding colour to swatch causes crash 
- Fixed shaking a floating panel minimizes other panels
- Fixed fill layers built-in masks are broken 
- Fixed export area dropdown not working like the macOS version 
- Fixed Pen tool to add snapping while restart dragging under Pen mode
- Numerous other fixes and stability improvements.
REGRESSIONS
There is one known regression in this build over the previous release 1.6.4 (available here), sorry for this inconvenience
 - Artboards in embedded .afdesign file do not export to PDF
Please do not post bugs or problems that you find when using this version of the software in this thread, instead make a new thread in the Bugs on Windows section
 
For purchases from the Affinity Store the software, each time you start the software it will check for updates and offer any available update, or it can be downloaded from here
For purchases from the Microsoft Store are done automatically (next time you run after it is available in the store)

No, we've used them for the last 6 years :-)

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Status: Customer Beta
Purpose: Stability
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 you 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 here 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 Document Setup dialog failing to show correct Height and Width values when switching between portrait modes
Fixed incorrect colour from CMYK waterfall model
Added check for disabled .NET 3.5 during installation 
Fixed Info panel not showing W, H and D information in document units 
Fixed being unable to select layers whilst recording Macros 
Fixed crash caused by Shift clicking to select slices
Added save and load of Twirl settings 
Added Twirl to radial controller
Added Blend Modes to radial controller
Fixed Global Opacity on radial controller
Fixed History on radial controller
Fixed PDF import crash when a soft mask doesn't load
Fixed PDF Import hang
Fixed resized floating panel not sticking when swapping to a different panel 
Fixes included in the 1.6.5.119 customer beta