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    dcarvalho84 got a reaction from befehr in Affinity Designer Customer Beta (1.7.0.6)   
    They are testing the betas here in the forum to see how it goes, and when they feel that is stable enough they put them on the auto-update feature!
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    dcarvalho84 got a reaction from befehr in Affinity Designer Customer Beta (1.7.0.6)   
    I think this is correct because you are applying one type of stroke that will be repeated in the next shape you start drawing. I think that is the normal behaviour even in 1.6, but only with stroke.
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    dcarvalho84 got a reaction from hawk in Affinity Designer Customer Beta (1.7.0.5)   
    Thank you @MattP
    I've just done a quick test on the new features.
    It is really nce to have the Affinity logo as an arrowhead
    Multiple fill and stroke is nice too! It will improve my productivity a lot!
    Didn't understand quite well the point transform tool, but it seems that it let you expand or contract the object/lines from a specific point... Am i correct?
    One thing that is still happening and that i've reported that is common to all those 3 apps is that if you have for instance character panel "undocked" you can't scroll through the studio with mouse wheel, not a big problem.
    Let's put this on intense testing which for me is using it in production work
    PS: Just noticed that when you search for a font, the name will be overwritten.

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    dcarvalho84 got a reaction from MattP in Affinity Designer Customer Beta (1.7.0.5)   
    Nice. With that we can do a lot of things!
    Thanks for the video.
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    dcarvalho84 reacted to MattP in Affinity Designer Customer Beta (1.7.0.5)   
    Yes, that's it - but also to use with snapping turned on and to translate objects snapped onto their curve geometry and rotate/scale to snap along useful axes.
    Ben made me a quick video a while ago that shows what I mean...

    Transform Tool 3.mov  
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    dcarvalho84 got a reaction from MattP in Affinity Designer Customer Beta (1.7.0.5)   
    Thank you @MattP
    I've just done a quick test on the new features.
    It is really nce to have the Affinity logo as an arrowhead
    Multiple fill and stroke is nice too! It will improve my productivity a lot!
    Didn't understand quite well the point transform tool, but it seems that it let you expand or contract the object/lines from a specific point... Am i correct?
    One thing that is still happening and that i've reported that is common to all those 3 apps is that if you have for instance character panel "undocked" you can't scroll through the studio with mouse wheel, not a big problem.
    Let's put this on intense testing which for me is using it in production work
    PS: Just noticed that when you search for a font, the name will be overwritten.

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    dcarvalho84 reacted to MattP in Affinity Designer Customer Beta (1.7.0.5)   
    Status: Beta
    Purpose: Features, Improvements, Fixes
    Requirements: Purchased Affinity Designer
    Mac App Store: Not submitted
    Download: Here
     
    SPECIAL NOTE: The files created by this new version of Designer 1.7.0.5 will not be compatible with earlier version of Affinity (Designer, Photo or Publisher). You will need to wait for an update to Publisher or Photo 1.7 Beta for compatibility! Please do not use this version if you will be adversely affected by this temporary lack of cross-product compatibility!
     
    Hello,
    We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of the beta of Affinity Designer 1.7 for macOS.
    Designer 1.7 is a significant change to the currently shipping 1.6 version. Files edited in this version will not be backwards-compatible with the shipping 1.6 version. As such, we would not recommend using this 1.7 version for critical or production work at this stage. It is inevitable that there were will be a number of issues with 1.7 but we hope these will be minor and aim to resolve any issues very quickly, so please use it and explore the new features, but also do keep in mind that you may find snags and we would appreciate your help with finding and reporting these to us.
    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.
    It’s also worth noting that we aren’t done yet - we are still working through reported bugs from previous releases and hope to fix as many as possible before the final release of 1.7.
    With all that said, we hope that you will enjoy the new capabilities introduced in this initial release and we look forward to any and all feedback you give to us.
    Many thanks,
    Matt
     
     
    Please refer to previous beta updates for a full list of all changes to date. This latest update includes many new tweaks and improvements, but also the following larger changes:
    Arrowheads
    Multiple lines and fills per-object (via the new Appearance panel)
    Point Transform tool (currently available from the Node tool flyout on the main tools toolbar)
    Node and Pen tool tweaks
    Layers panel overhaul - multiple thumbnail preview sizes, optional checkerboard background and colour tags available from right-click context menu
    Added new transform option to Move tool (‘Transform Objects Separately’) for multiple selections
    New icons
    Symmetry lock in the raster Paintbrush tool
    Fix for Text-on-path text positioning issues
    PDF import and export improvements
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    dcarvalho84 reacted to Andy Somerfield in Affinity Photo Customer Beta (1.7.0.111)   
    Status: Beta
    Purpose: Features, Improvements, Fixes
    Requirements: Purchased Affinity Photo
    Mac App Store: Not submitted
    Download DMG: Download
    Auto-update: Available.
     
    Hello,
    We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of the latest beta of Affinity Photo 1.7 for macOS.
    Photo 1.7 is a (very) significant change to the currently shipping 1.6 version, so, as ever, I would strongly urge users to avoid the 1.7 beta for critical work. This is a pre-release build of 1.7 - we will release more builds before 1.7 ships. Things will be broken in this build - please use it to explore the new features and not for real work.
    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.
    It’s also worth noting that we aren’t done yet - we are still working through reported bugs from previous releases and hope to fix as many as possible before the final release of 1.7.
    With all that said, we hope that you will enjoy the new capabilities introduced in this release and we look forward to any and all feedback you give to us.
    Many thanks (as always),
    Affinity Photo Team  
     
    Changes This Build
     
    - Added an “Assets” panel to Photo.
    - Ability to lock brush symmetry.
    - Layers page - removed the glow around thumbnails.
    - Layers page - added option for transparent background for thumbnails.
    - Layers page - added multiple thumbnail size options.
    - Layers page - added ability to tag layers with a colour.
    - New ability to control how macros are scaled / aligned when playing back.
    - The History page now has an “advanced” mode - which shows thumbnails and time info.
    - Metal rendering performance improvements.
    - Fixed issues when dragging the HSL adjustment wheel with no range selected.
    - Added “Rasterise & Trim” into right-click menus.
    - Tool shortcut improvements.
    - Prevent Frequency Separation from being “faded”.
    - Fixed bugs with mask rendering.
    - Fixed lazy update of opacity / blend mode on adjustment dialogs.
    - Added ellipsis to adjustments flyout in layers page.
    - Improved macro recording of paint mixer (again).
    - Dragging the crop tool frame will always pan.
    - Crop tool - pressing “reset” will revert to “initial-drag-to-set” mode.
    - Tone map white balance sliders should reset on double click.
    - Fixed “Colour dodge” blend mode in 32bit RGB.
    - Fixed import of PSD documents with groups containing only masks.
    - Improved support for CR3 RAW in the Core Image engine.
    - Fixed issues when live filters were placed inside vector layers.
    - In the Develop persona, the state of the clipping toggles is now correctly updates when switching documents.
    - Portrait images now work properly with the undo brush.
    - Fixed inability to manipulate the lighting filter inner cone if it has been moved too far.
    - Fixed issues where red inpainting previews could linger.
    - Reduced memory footprint when developing RAW.
    - Noise reduction slider range improvements.
    - Improved stack alignment.
    - Numerous other small fixes.
    - Localisation improvements.
    - Help improvements.
     
    Changes In Previous 1.7 Beta Builds

    - Fixed some mask rendering issues.
    - Fixed 32bit vibrance / saturation issues.
    - Added a “Reveal Canvas” checkbox to the crop tool - defaults to off.
    - Shorted the length of some crop tool context bar items.
    - Crop tool remembers settings for darken, reveal, overlay. More to follow.
    - Develop tool remembers the state of clipped shadows / highlights / tones.
    - Metal stability fixes when under extreme memory pressure.
    - Support for drag dropping .afstyles into Photo.
    - Support for drag dropping .afpalette into Photo.
    - Added new “Transform object separately” mode into Move tool.
    - Sub-brushes can now added by dragging from the main Brush panel.
    - Sub-brushes can now be drag-reordered.
    - Fixed some dark mode UI issues.
    - Potentially fixed some colour rendering issues (reported by ronnyb).
    - Live field blur control handle fixes.
    - Voronoi filter Metal implementation optimised - hopefully fixes issue where only part of it would apply on some GPUs.
    - Tool cycling will now start with the last remembered tool in the group.
    - Fixed Linear Burn blend mode issues.
    - Improved speed of painting with Wet Edges in 16bit mode with Metal enabled.
    - Removed extraneous “Filter” from live filters menu, added ellipsis.
    - Implemented subtract blend mode for LAB.
    - Fixed issue whereby setting clone brush to “Current Layer & Below” would produce hard edges.
    - Clone brush origin now follows cursor properly when using Aligned mode.
    - Fixed various issues with resizing documents - mainly to do with masks or filter effects.
    - Fixed copying areas on rotated documents not copying the correct area.
    - Frequency separation can no longer be “faded”.
    - Numerous other small fixes.
    - Help improvements.
     
    - Fixed occasional temporary corruption when using brush tools.
    - Fixed crashes with Apple Photos extensions.
    - Added round dot type to the halftone filter.
    - Grouped tool shortcuts now default to needing the shift key held to cycle (option in preferences).
    - Fixed orientation issues with tone mapping preset thumbnails.
    - Improved inpainting stability.
    - Add “Fill with Primary / Secondary” to the Edit menu for fast access.
    - Allow adding an empty group from the Layer menu.
    - Made more commands show a meaningful progress bar.
    - Fixed erratic behaviour when continuing to drag after shift-clicking for a straight line in brush tools.
    - Fixed failure to apply blend mode to Levels adjustment if Metal compute is enabled.
    - Improved UI colour controls when working in RGB/32.
    - Levels histogram how shows more visible black / white lines in light UI mode.
    - Blend mode flyouts are now ordered and grouped.
    - Fixed brushes with a “Final” texture looking different when used inside a pixel selection.
    - Switch to next view now works in separated mode.
    - Switch to previous view can now be assigned a shortcut.
    - Fixed issue with White Balance rectangle becoming detached from mouse position in Develop.
    - Fixed “New Stack” creating a blank document when “Align Images” is not checked.
    - Fixed issue whereby freehand selection tool can get stuck when using polygonal mode.
    - Fixed issue where rotating RAW can result in it getting clipped after developing.
    - Fixed issue where the move tool can report incorrect boxes for pixel selections.
    - The crop tool now obeys the global snapping enable state.
    - New “Duplicate Selection” item in Layer menu (old behaviour). Duplicate now duplicate the whole layer ignoring pixel selection.
    - Straightening in the Develop Persona now creates an undo entry.
    - Spacebar-pan now works properly in Develop Persona.
    - Numerous other small fixes.
     
    - Fixed gamut clipping issues in develop.
    - Develop now respects the output profile when previewing.
    - Fixed CMYK render issues when using Metal.
    - Fixed PSD import / export of 32bit masks.
    - Fixed some PSD path import issues.
    - Further Soft Light blend mode fixes.
    - Fixed Diffuse Glow when Metal is enabled.
    - Fixed blur issues with Mesh Warp.
    - Histogram accuracy improvements.
    - Made auto-rasterisation more consistent across tools / filters.
    - Fixed HSL adjustment failing to clamp saturation and lightness properly.
    - Adding a Live Denoise layer from the layers panel now uses the improved new algorithm.
    - Added support for CR3 RAW when using the Core Image engine.
    - All brush tools can now be axis constrained once brush has started - not just the pixel tool.
    - The flood select tool now has a refine button.
    - The symmetry lines number is now more correct / meaningful.
    - Attempted to fix crashes with mixer brush etc.
    - Small Touch Bar improvements.
    - Fixed macro recording of brush commands (again).
    - Fixed issue which occasionally produced blank panoramas.
    - Improved selection refinement in 32bit RGB.
    - Improve healing brush performance.
    - New cube setup mode for grids.
    - Focus merge now correctly respects ICC profiles.
    - Fixed potential infinite loop in inpainting.
    - Better inpainting of transparent parts of a rotated image.
    - Fixed artefacts in the Patch tool.
    - Alt / Option is now used to make a pixel selection from layer luminance. You can now also hold shift to add the result to the current selection.
    - Fixed 16bit luminosity blend mode.
    - Liquify now updates the UI properly and remembers settings on a per document basis.
    - Inpainting now remembers the source mode properly.
    - Fixed issues with the default “G” shortcut (gradient, fill).
    - All brush tools now offer primary / secondary colours in the colour page.
    - Fixed issues with some Fuji RAW files showing at the wrong size.
    - Fixed colour picking issues in Edit -> Fill (mainly with CMYK).
    - Attempted to fix some Core Image RAW loading issues.
    - Attempted to fix slowness issues when doing a lot of painting.
    - Try to fall back more gracefully if Metal fails for a particular operation.
    - Numerous other small fixes.
    - Help improvements and search fixes.
     
    - Significant improvements to selection refinement.
    - More tools will now rasterise non-pixel layers on use.
    - Fixed histogram statistics (was including alpha channel in calculations incorrectly).
    - Improved TIFF import support.
    - Fixed some localisation issues on the Glyph Browser panel.
    - Small UI alignment tweaks.
    - Fallback to 96dpi for imported JPEG, PNG - not 72.
    - Fixed mesh warp blurry issues when Metal disabled.
    - Fixed Metal implementation of Diffuse Glow.
    - Fixed some PSDs which would not import due to path issues.
    - Fixed CMYK rendering (again) when Metal is enabled (blacks would go weird).
    - Attempt to fix the odd black square appearing in the view.
    - Further improved Scale / Rotate stacking alignment.
    - Fixed orientation issues with some panoramas (upside down).
    - Reduce file sizes by discarding old snapshots properly.
    - Fixed recording of resize document sampler method in macros.
    - Fixed recording of paint mixer brush in macros.
    - We now use Ctrl+number to change flow in the brush tools - not Cmd. This fixes Cmd-0 zoom etc.
    - Fixed resize document issues with layer effect scales.
    - Fixed liquify tool auto-commit issue when switching persona.
    - Crop tool Touch Bar fixes.
    - Assorted small fixes.
    - Help improvements.
     
    - Hide / Show / Show All Layers options in layers menu.
    - Remove new destructive modes from crop tool (for now - will revisit).
    - Fixed crash when RAW contains malformed GPS data.
    - Fixed levels adjustment alerts.
    - Fixed 32bit issues with Soft Light blend mode.
    - Fixed flood fill bugs when colour is not opaque.
    - Fixed various TIFF files which tried to load into develop persona.
    - Fixed Voronoi bug if image has alpha channel.
    - Allow Cmd key to be held when typing numbers in a brush tool (will change flow instead of opacity).
    - Fixed remaining LUT export bugs.
    - Small memory management improvements.
    - Fixed red-eye correction in develop.
    - Develop noise reduction performance improvements.
    - Improved visibility of selected hue range in HSL UI in light mode.
    - Fixed issues where sub-brushes could get reset.
    - Sub-brush spacing / size sync buttons work properly.
    - Dark / light UI improvements in brush editor panel.
    - Fixed more Radeon R9 issues.
    - Fixed more CMYK issues.
    - Fixed some PDF import bugs.
    - Numerous other small fixes.
    - Help improvements.
     
    - The crop tool now defaults to the old behaviour (destructive).
    - Added lens correction data for more cameras.
    - More double click support for resetting adjustment sliders.
    - Further HSL improvements in 32bit mode.
    - Fixed issues when using Edit -> Fill with a transparent colour.
    - Fixed issues exporting HDR files when some pixels have negative values.
    - Fixed TIFF ZIP compression issues.
    - Fixed a sporadic crash when exporting PSD.
    - Fixed lens correction for Panasonic DMC-TZ60.
    - Fixed orientation of RAW images during HDR merge.
    - Fixed noise reduction in non-RGB documents.
    - Fixed scale + rotate alignment mode in stacking.
    - Reduce develop memory usage and further improve loading speed.
    - Fixed recolour adjustment slider colour issue.
    - Fixed displacement map “load from beneath” sometimes including the current layer.
    - Fixed CMYK rendering on Radeon R9 GPUs.
    - Fixed motion blur etc. disappearing in 16bit documents with Metal enabled.
    - Fixed equation transforms not working in macros.
     
    - Fixed incorrect RGB / BGR / Red-major-order export of LUTS.
    - Ability to either rasterise or rasterise and trim a layer. Previously recorded macros will trim.
    - Fixed issues when parsing autofocus rectangles in RAW develop.
    - Show which autofocus rectangles were in focus and which were selected by the camera (yellow, green respectively).
    - Fixed inability to open photos from Apple Photos from file -> open. Now correctly asks for permission.
    - Threshold adjustment will always present an intensity histogram.
    - Improved histograms on curves and levels adjustments.
    - Fixed LAB issues with edge detection filters.
    - Switching between adjustments and filters will close any existing panels accordingly.
    - Fixed incorrect ability to drag a locked layer when there is no layer selection.
    - Fixed loading of 8/16bit images with linear RGB profiles.
    - Can now double-click most sliders in adjustments UI to reset the individual parameter.
    - Make it obvious which nozzle is selected in the brush editor UI.
    - Other small fixes.
     
    - Improved Metal stability / performance with large documents.
    - Fixed a number of dark mode issues.
    - Fixed preview glitches in split preview mode for filters / develop.
    - Fixed batch processor not obeying dimensions correctly.
    - Improved Procedural Texture UI in light mode.
    - Allow brush rotate / size key changes while dragging.
    - Numerous text engine improvements.
    - Fixed cursor issues with HSL and other adjustments.
    - Fixed issues with some menu shortcut keys.
    - Improved PDF export.
    - Improved localisations.
    - Numerous other small fixes.
     
    - Fixed CMYK rendering when using Metal.
    - Fixed loading of huge JPEG files.
    - Added “Alpha Similarity” to Select Sampled Colour tool.
    - Fixed a number of crash bugs in the adjustment panel.
    - Fixed issues with some existing user documents crashing in 1.7.
    - Assorted other fixes.
     
    - Show the Curves / Levels histogram in the correct colour space.
    - Fixed some GPU memory management issues.
    - A further attempt to fix the HSL UI crash.
    - Improve performance on Intel Iris Pro GPUs.
    - Improved help.

    - Numerous other small fixes.

    - Fixed hardware acceleration issues on certain iMac devices.
    - Fixed a number of brush bugs.
    - Fixed hang in HDR merge with GPU enabled.
    - Fixed HSL adjustment UI crash,
    - Fixed Procedural Texture UI issues when switching from dark to light UI.
    - Fixed Curves adjustment clamping issue when GPU is enabled.
    - Fixed 3DLUT adjustments when GPU is enabled.
    - Fixed issues with sub-brush UI.
    - Numerous other small fixes.
    - Added pixabay.com to Stock panel.
    - New welcome screen graphics.
    - New persona icon graphics.
    - New splash screen.

    Changes Since 1.6 Release

    Performance
    - The core processing engine in Affinity Photo has been rewritten to take advantage of the powerful discrete AMD GPUs in modern Mac hardware. It will now automatically use any compatible discrete GPU, alongside the Intel GPU support present in 1.6. Typically this improves compositing / editing performance by at least 1000%. Performance when using integrated Intel GPUs has also been massively improved.
    - External GPUs (eGPU) are also supported - including hot-plug-and-unplug support.
    - Multiple GPUs are supported - if you have more than 1 GPU (ie. Intel + AMD in MacBook Pro, or Intel + eGPU in other Macs) Photo will use them all, at the same time, to improve performance. There is no limit to the number of GPUs which can be used.

    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.
    - The brush engine in Photo has been rewritten to use the new GPU architecture described above. With GPU support, even huge brushes with 1% spacing will perform well. All brushes / brush tools are accelerated.
    - 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. It also takes advantage of the GPU architecture changes described above.
    - RAW files now load much more quickly - especially if you have a compatible GPU.
    - Reimplemented support for XTrans sensors.
    - The denoise algorithm has been rewritten. It produces better results and takes advantage of the new GPU architecture.
    - 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.
     - Numerous other bug fixes - too many to list!
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    dcarvalho84 reacted to MEB in Mouse Scroll Wheel Not working on some studios   
    Hi dcarvalho84,
    Thanks for reporting this. Issue logged to be looked at.
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    dcarvalho84 reacted to MEB in Crash - Lens Filter Adjustment 1.7.0.3   
    Thanks dcarvalho84. Issue logged to be looked at.
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    dcarvalho84 got a reaction from MattP in Affinity Designer Customer Beta (1.7.0.2)   
    I almost missed the beta launch! Need to have some time to play with it.
    Thanks @MattP and all the team for the Christmas in November
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    dcarvalho84 reacted to AdamW in Missing Images on pdf export bug on 1.7.0.167   
    Thank you. We caught this just too late after 167 went out, but have fixed it and will be issuing another update in with the mix of new Photo and Designer Betas as soon as we can.
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    dcarvalho84 got a reaction from Patrick Connor in Testing Affinity Publisher (Mac) Auto-Update   
    I couldn't, this time, update via update to .157. I've had an error message after extract and even if i click on search for updates it tell me that i'm up to date. So i'm manually installing the update. Not a problem. Just to let you know.
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    dcarvalho84 reacted to Chris_K in N-Up and Bleed document problem #145   
    Thanks for the files, I've managed to extract a couple of things from them and pass the issues on to the development team
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    dcarvalho84 reacted to Eugene Tyson in Calendar Automation (sorta) - Tables Feedback   
    I'm going to use a Calendar as a way of showing a few useful features I found out - and some suggestions.
    Firstly, dragging out a table is great! Select the Table icon in the tool bar, select the Snapping tool to get it to snap to the margins, and simply Drag Out the table - you will see it gives dimensions - rows and column counts too! Pretty cool!
    There are only a few modifier keys available. A modifier key is when you are using the mouse to move/alter something and press a key on the keyboard to get it to behave a different way.
    Shift = constrains proportions CMD = sizes from the centre point where you clicked on the screen What I think is missing is a modifier key to allow the amount of rows and columns  - simple arrow keys could add and remove rows and columns would be super useful!
     
     
    For this calendar - I only want the First 3 rows to appear. Month - Days - Dates
    I draw out the table and let go of the mouse and low and behold - I have 7 (that was lucky) columns and 3 rows, as I only dragged down that far.

    The added feature that's pretty cool!
    With the Table tool still selected - you can drag down the table from the tab as indicated. Or similarly - on the right hand side, grab the tab and drag to add more columns!
    You can slide them up and down or left and rigth until you have the desired amount of columns or rows.

    However, once you have made your decision - you cannot remove the rows/columns by dragging them back up. I presume this is to prevent deleting information accidentally, however, if the cells are empty I don't see why this can't be done
    If you want to remove the column/row you can select it and right click and choose Delete Row
    However if you have more than one row/column selected you cannot choose to Delete Rows!
            No option to Delete Rows 
    To delete more than one Row/Column you have to use the Table menu and choose "Delete Rows" or "Delete Columns"

     
     
    Onto the calendar!
    Select the top row and right click and choose Merge Cells

     
    View>Studio>Table (I believe this menu and sub menus are subject to change)
     

     
    Select your table and add some "Insets" so the text doesn't butt up against the cell wall - this is optional and you can adjust to how you like. 
    Very important to ensure you're on the CELLS portion - there is an option for the FRAME - which is above in the screenshot of the Table  Panel, this is relating to the Frame the table sits in and not the Table Properties.
    That's a bit confusing becuase you'd expect the Table options to the forefront of the options, however, not a major issue! 

    In fact it's all optional - I'm leaving mine plain because I want to show another feature.
    Insert the Month top row - days on the 2nd row - and leave the 3rd row blank.
     
    Select the entire 3rd row and go to View>Studio>Paragraph
       Expand the Bullets and Numbering List!      
     
     
    Choose 1. 2. 3. 4.     Change the text section to read as. 
     
    Note - when you edit this panel option - you need to hit Return - this shouldn't be the case - if you don't hit return your changes won't be implemented. 
    Your table should now look like this!

     
    Grag the TAB as shown before - to expand the table to add more rows. 

     
    January 2019 starts on a Tuesday (any calendar will tell you that )
    Cool feature! You can select cells noncontiguous - that means they don't have to be beside each other. 
    To do this - select the A3 cell - then let go of the mouse to leave it highlighted. Press the CMD key (possibly CTRL on PC) which is the "modifier key" then select the remaining cells. 
    From the List Type in the Paragraph Panel - you can then set this to NO LIST.

     
    Your table will now automatically renumber to ensure all the days have the correct number assigned.

     
    Drag the handle down on the side of the table -  to make it fill the page! 

     
    Select the numbered rows - right click and select distribute rows evenly
     

     
    Duplicate your page
     

     
    Rename Month to February 
    January ended on a Thursday - so February starts on a Friday and February 2018 has 28 days. 

     
     
    Select the first 3 days - and set the Paragraph Numbering to No List

     
    Voila! February is Done! 

     
    Add your icons! 

     
     
    Now you can repeat the steps to make the remaining calendar months! 









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    dcarvalho84 got a reaction from GaryRS in Hearts Brushes - Valentines Day   
    Hi.
    I've made some brushes for the upcoming Valentines day and i would like to share them with you all.
    Please feel free to use them as you like. Commercial use too.
    They have 5 Draw persona brushes (Designer only) and 4 (Pattern) Pixel Persona Brushes you can use in Photo too.
    This is the first time i'm sharing something so... Please let me know what do you think.
    Update 31/01/2018 - 3 New Pixel Persona Brushes added - Please re-download.
    Thank you all for your kind words!
     



    DC Valentines Brushes.zip
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    dcarvalho84 got a reaction from Patrick Connor in Testing Affinity Publisher (Mac) Auto-Update   
    Everything fine here. Working without problems.
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    dcarvalho84 reacted to Sean P in Print Menu Problem with N-Up setting #139   
    Hi dcarvalho84,

    This is a known issue that is with development to be fixed!  
    Thanks for letting us know!
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    dcarvalho84 got a reaction from pruus in Hearts Brushes - Valentines Day   
    Hi.
    I've made some brushes for the upcoming Valentines day and i would like to share them with you all.
    Please feel free to use them as you like. Commercial use too.
    They have 5 Draw persona brushes (Designer only) and 4 (Pattern) Pixel Persona Brushes you can use in Photo too.
    This is the first time i'm sharing something so... Please let me know what do you think.
    Update 31/01/2018 - 3 New Pixel Persona Brushes added - Please re-download.
    Thank you all for your kind words!
     



    DC Valentines Brushes.zip
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    dcarvalho84 got a reaction from Canterslowly in Hearts Brushes - Valentines Day   
    Hi.
    I've made some brushes for the upcoming Valentines day and i would like to share them with you all.
    Please feel free to use them as you like. Commercial use too.
    They have 5 Draw persona brushes (Designer only) and 4 (Pattern) Pixel Persona Brushes you can use in Photo too.
    This is the first time i'm sharing something so... Please let me know what do you think.
    Update 31/01/2018 - 3 New Pixel Persona Brushes added - Please re-download.
    Thank you all for your kind words!
     



    DC Valentines Brushes.zip
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    dcarvalho84 reacted to Shonda in Hearts Brushes - Valentines Day   
    thank you for sharing these will come in handy it's appreciated..
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    dcarvalho84 reacted to Mr. Doodlezz in Stickers with Peel Effect   
    Hey guys,
    just a quick and clean Designer file: a round sticker mock-up for your … mock-upping needs.

    You can change almost everything and layers are named accordingly to their purpose: rotation, colour, outline.

    Also let me know if you need a rectangular version, so I’ll add one with the same style. 
    Edit: Rectangular sticker added.

    Sticker.afdesign
    Cheers and have fun!
    MrDoodlezz
     
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    dcarvalho84 reacted to Patrick Connor in Publisher: Data Merge Support   
    @five31
    Welcome to the Serif Affinity forum  and thanks for your suggestion. Data merge is a while off yet, sorry.
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    Thank you!!! 
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