Boomhauer

Here we go again - this completely unquantified, unquantifiable "a lot".
No smart business makes investment commitments on the basis of such speculative, uninformed, questionable market estimates.


Sarcasm or not, good grief. What possible logic is there to such a ridiculous speculation? Seriously - what does MS gain by doing something like that?
Has your tinfoil hat fallen off?
Linux zealots aren't "problem solvers" in my experience - just a bunch of selfish, disruptive, conspiracy theorist malcontents who are never happy, and who think the world owes them something.  

They are all here and almost all are not making ad hominem attacks to prove their point. 
Serif are doing just fine, thanks for your "concern". 

There's little conjecture as to the SaaS model for Adobe. It is directly tied to how they wanted to do their accounting to vastly reduce their tax liabilities and to provide for relatively smooth earnings for shareholders. The number of suscribers has barely grown above what the perpetual user base was but the SaaS model has grown income by forcing lazy updaters to the subscription model.
You assume that Serif can surpass Adobe's market dominance via SaaS in order to fund expansion. That is a pie-in-the-sky reasoning. No matter the funding model, Serif cannot gain market dominance with their Affinity products. For any software producer hoping to unseat Adobe I believe they would need to go about it in the same manner as Adobe did and I further believe that day is long past.
RE code rewriting. That was all begun during the CS model. Most of their creative applications that matter were rewritten by the time of CS6. For ID it was the redone in time for CC at about the year 2014.
Even during the CS era, most all major revisions required a shop to await the first or second revision before wide-spread adoption. With the exception of the ID 2019 release, that pattern has followed into the CC versions as well (but ID 2019 is terrible still for many/most users).
I'll bow out of this pointless discussion. Not only are you not going to convince me (who's opinion matters as little as yours), more importantly you are not going to convince Serif.

I'm software agnostic. I could care less what I use with the exception of using what I believe is best for the job at hand and if I need to provide deliverables in a given format.
Sorry, the premise that Serif could be the market leader is a false premise, no matter the financial strategy employed. Serif will gain X market share. But not enough to displace Adobe nor even likely Quark.
Sustainable is a separate issue. I don't believe that for a private company that sustainability is dependent upon a SaaS model.

I couldn't agree more! The subscription-based licensing by Adobe is exactly what forced me to look for an alternative. I think many small business owners, startups or freelancers just can't afford to pay the Adobe subscription month to month. And that is exactly what made me use Affinity software in the first place. And now I started using it, I love it and I recommend it to all my graphic designer/freelancing/small business owner friends and students. And many of them decide to buy Affinity instantly when I tell them about their pricing. I definitely agree with myclay here that this is one of their biggest selling points and it would be a very bad business move if they decide to change that.

Why would you want another company to be a mirror image of Adobe? As a photographer I don't see Adobe's products as leaders in the industry, maybe Adobe has a larger market share through judicious purchases, but the functionality of Affinity Photo is superior to Photoshop, Capture One superior to Lightroom, Illustrator and InDesign are ho hum. I think that the important thing is that there are alternatives, read 'alternatives' and that is real 'alternatives', and not copies of Adobe products available in the market.
In my case I really like the functionality of Affinity Photo and currently it is the best product out there, with Photoshop coming second by a long way. 

The moment Serif decides to add subscriptions, you can expect that your theoretical and profane lust for giving the "middle finger to Adobe" has failed.
Why giving the "middle finger to Adobe" is considered as a solution is beyond my brain capacity.
Instead of writing such ugly stuff, it would be more fruitful for everyone to wish Adobe the best, to let them realize in the shift of the user-base that perpetual licences can give them those disgruntled users back. 
Perpetual licensing is what brought me to the Affinity product line, its imo one of the biggest selling points and it would be unwise to ditch that.

Not really. It's being going on a while and there has been perhaps 20 or 30 Linux users who just carry on and on.
 

I was not assuming anything, just reiterating things the staff have already mentioned several times about why there are no plans to develop Linux versions, which they began doing many pages ago in this now very long topic.

Useful arguments for what? There has not been a new argument in this topic since page two or so. It is all just recycling the same things over & over.

Ha, they will buy not.  Smith Micro put out an Anime Studio Pro Linux version for 1 maybe 2 releases and dropped it for lack of sales. Xara released a Linux version and it died also. Several companies have tried the Linux market and then killed them off for lack of sales. You now have several groups that are actively trying to develop software for Linux that matches what is available in the commercial market and they are struggling because no one wants to support them. I hear users here say they can get half million dollars for a Linux version but I say they are dreaming. Just look at Synfig Studio the premier 2D animation software being developed for Windows, Mac, and Linux. They barely get $50/mo worldwide in support. 
If just 10 users on this forum would donate a mere $5/mo for its development then they will start nightly Linux builds of Synfig Studio.  Do you think you can get just 10 people on this forum willing to part with what would be about the cost of a cup of coffee.  It won't happen and surely wouldn't be very prosperous for Serif to release a Linux version of their product line. When it comes to putting money down this is when Linux users go into hiding.

That reminds me of a few decades back when people either bought VHS, Betamax or V2000  (I think that was the name) video players. Probably before your time 
The problem was, all the Hollywood films were on VHS format, so although VHS was the worst technically, everybody bought VHS machines because the bottom line was, people just wanted to watch films. The other formats just died out because 99.9 recent of people don’t care about the technology running the technology, they just want the technology to work and benefit them when they press the Start button.
Linux appeals to the .01 who prefer playing with technology than using it. Generally speaking, they are very poor customers. Surely the smart move is to buy the machine that plays the content, rather than buying the wrong machine and crying out about bad hardware (or software in this case) buying choices because it doesn’t play the content? 
BTW, I still have a Betamax machine in my loft, if anyone wants one?
 

I bought (and still use) the first-gen Surface Pro (not the RT) specifically because it runs the desktop OS. If the Affinity Desktop apps had the same UI as the iPad versions, I wouldn't use them. I gave up finger painting before kindergarten.
JET

Night owl fairy-tale character in a graphic design style. Hope you like it. 
 

So how much was the two year subscription to Adobe compared to a one off licence fee for Affinity Photo on Windows ?
With that sort of money saving, you could pay someone to update the apps for you and still be better off 
If you have so much money to waste, I'm surprised you are even considering a move from Adobe 
 

I'm confused as to why you are upset. Is it because they never offered you a discount before or that you don't like the direction the software is moving? No offense but your post is rather rambling and incoherent in places. Serif has moved in a different direction with their Affinity software and I'm sure that some users of their previous software might not be thrilled with the new direction, but it is something that they will have to get used to. While I've never used any of their previous titles, I'm impressed with the power and ease of use that their current titles offer, especially considering the incredible price. No offense but Microsoft Publisher is the worst of the worst, I'm sure that Affinity Publisher will be more than Microsoft Publisher could ever hope to be. 
best of luck,
Hokusai

As a longtime Mac user I had never used Serif's legacy apps because, well, they were for Windows. I think that you have to appreciate that over time, it becomes increasingly difficult to keep up with old legacy code, to add new features, to keep up with the changing Operating systems, etc.
If Serif wanted to increase the number of customers by also including Mac OS, how were they going to do that easily by porting their old code? To take advantage of new hardware and technologies, modern APIs, etc, they had to literally start over from scratch with a new slate, and this allowed them to develop for both Windows and Mac and iOS. They have said they aren't developing for Android or Linux but if they were at least it would be possible now. This is not something that is unique to Serif, I have seen many software companies over the years having to eventually rewrite their apps at some point, it is just a fact of life.
You may find yourself patting yourself on the back, proud that your old Serif apps work right now but there is no guarantee that they will continue to do so. I had bought many Adobe CS apps before they went to their CC cloud. On the Mac, on the latest MacOS, it becomes problematic trying to install older software. I keep an old Mac Pro with MacOS 10.7.5 so that I can run some of these older apps. You may find that Microsoft makes some OS changes in the future that suddenly make your Serif apps not run as smoothly. It is just the nature of the beast.
I must say that buying software, and each user's different views on what they expect, what they think they are entitled to, what they think they deserve, has always been fascinating to me. I have the utmost respect for software developers, the coders, etc. It seems like such a thankless job though, with far too many people ready to dismiss your efforts. Everybody seemingly wants everything for free. I don't understand that logic and never will.

I personally think you are really harsh here. They do a great job for a modest price. We all know the prices of Adobe before the subscription options.
And Adobe's subscription model is for most the reason to go elsewhere.
 
Remember that it took the competition also years and years to implement the features they have right now, just wanting them in Affinity Designer right away is not a real world scenario!
 
"I have to spend my money elsewhere. That ... is... the... whole... point."
If they would ask more for their products and could develop faster you still would be looking for a cheaper alternative with all the features you want?! Then people would be still complaining about the price, like most do for the Adobe subscription model.
 
The more I use the Affinity products the more I am impressed with the quality and features you get for such a modest price and the software is getting better and better all the time.
 
Give them time to develop!
 
" If you compare your attitude on this forum with more serious and bigger companies, you will observe a more professional approach from the staff in bigger companies. This forum is more or less like open source software forums where stubborn developers take it personal when a majority of the user base turns against them after a bad decision was made and implemented - and other developers even have to fork the code to make a wrong right. "
 
Don't know what you're talking about here, Adobe never took their userbase serious, never implemented user suggestions and just did as they please. A lot of other big companies work the same way. They pretend to listen and do the things their way. At least Serif is seriously listening to it's user base and trying to implement suggestions.
 

Hohohoho.
 
WOW.
 
Thank you, thank you, thank you.  I was not sure what I was here dealing with ... A real issue ? (the OP's first thing about the brush problems is a fact, but is a wip, a work in progresss. I use CSP for painting, but it lacks outstandingly (which has not stopped me to do FULL projects from start to end, there, BTW) in other areas where A. Photo DOES shine like no other piece of software apart from Photoshop. )  But now I read from you the part about Blender... hehehe.... Are you from a competitor ? Adobe?  'Cause I find no other reason. Or someone highly new to graphic software.  Blender is TOP sort of thing right now. I do all my professional renders (nicely paid) , scenes, texturing, etc, with it. Even intro animations !. The "basic" things lacking in one program...give me a break.... there are sooo many  "basic" functions a blenderhead would detect in Max or Maya... Of course, those apps are in several aspects more powerful (but these days the gap is closing dangerously, at least in good hands sort of comparison, ie, an Expert with Max/Maya, and an expert with Blender) . This is said by an all time maxer who has mostly used Max at companies, nicely earned my plate of food doing so for years, and worked at almost every sort of area/professional profile with it. I mean, this is coming from an experienced Blender user who actually LIKES, deeply LOVES 3DS Max, not a Blenderhead Max hater who tried Max for a week and did throw it to the trash rapidly. And I can tell you, Blender has its own weird ways, that's for sure, and is not as feature-complete as Max/Maya (I've used both btw) are, but once you get its UI philosophy, really get used to it (nah, not in a week) you actually get faster  than with a lot of 3D tools. IE, Cinema is about the easiest tool to learn in 3D. Yet I believe Blender is functionally faster. I was very fond of Truespace, which is the extreme case of my point. All with widgets, icons, very self explanatory, etc. Well, EONS away is Blender functionality, stability, and professional workflows (today). ANY pro, with any software tool, be it 2D or 3D, should be way more worried in fast workflows, deep functionality than in learning curves. Gotta go for the long term plan. Not the hard first weeks (or months/years if one is not a professional. DAYS if a really skilled pro. )
 
And again and again, over and over, like that greek's mythology character, Sisyphus, people keep leaving aside the HUGE main aspect to consider. This suite is a relatively very young work in progress, is EXTREMELY cheap, gives a ton of free updates until next major version, it allows to own a copy of the software, does not force you to stay connected to internet, and is not a renting for 50 or 60 bucks EVERY MONTH FOR EVER, has some cleverer approaches to some problems than Adobe has (not saying it is globally superior to Adobe's, it is not) . Do you prefer the other thing?? Wow, to each his/her own, go ahead, then, "cloud" yourself. Me I'd rather have some issues here and there, any pro can overcome those with ease, workarounds, or when not possible (ie, the brush issues) use a combo of software instead of expecting a package to do even coffee for you. I even work in a per project basis : Some is all CSP (like several of my latest illustrations and comics projects), others are Krita's (a pair of them of large complexity, very recently , too) . Others are 100% AD (well, lately, all vectorial... maybe say a 2% Inkscape, as there are two things that this package does great for me)
 
I agree there are issues with the brushes (yet though, here's the misconception of some, Affinity Photo  is not a painting software! Its focus is in image manipulation. Today these packages need a solid basic brush system, tho), and we artists are a freaking PITA, very picky, (but the brush lag and other issues are important, I know they'll fix that, sooner or later) so am using the others, CSP and Krita for that specific task, but generally my image editing projects, and even the illustration based ones need so, so much more than just painting... even in that task, you need basic (and these are really crucial, not stuff like not having arrow heads which you can build in a ton other ways ) tools that very often are not present in those painters. CMYK workflows, really professional PDF export, color managing in a pro level, even lasso tools or a proper text tool... not there in several of those apps, or a sad implementation of it that would terribly damage your workflow. Still, I could do ALL my work with CSP, or even with Krita. But would be playing against my own benefit not to use AD and AP for what they are best (APhoto is an amazing general image editing and graphic production software, AD is... all what I wished for a reasonable cost for vectorial. I replace all what I did at companies with illustrator, without any serious issue. )
 
I would show you what I've done and am doing with the software from the guys you think are on their "ivory tower" (btw, is not just sponsors, is the community who believe in the tool, and help each other. They can do stuff, full movies, new features, the site, etc, thanks to a ton of community donations, is not only some sponsors....and a lot of code has be done without anyone being paid) , the Blender Foundation... but I kindda enjoy being anonymous in places where I share sincere opinions, keep it apart from my pro work, (that's a personal decision, others do it the opposite, and I respect that ) you probably wouldn't be able to think Blender is not professional. Clients tend to be amazed, I'm not making this up... And well, I'm just a regular pro in blender, there's a ton of longer trained pros out there that have zero to envy any CG pro in Max or Maya. 
 
Same applies to AP and AD. The tool offers sth is NOT out there in any other solution, no in such a global way (Xara's raster solution just does not cut it, despite being a nice tool (very good learning curve, too), Corel Draw suite is many times more expensive, is slowly getting into subscription mode, or one could fear that with the "new" option, and the raster tools you can get from the company one way or the other, again, pretty cool, but paintshop pro or photopaint just neither cut it as globally and complete as A.Photo is. Do your research if you don't believe me, I did it and constantly try new versions in many packages....). Corel Painter is very nice for illustration, but...hmmmm.... I need more in the image editing area (features present in AP, not in Painter) , and for what Painter does, I can even deal with Krita's cons, or have a Rebelle 2, or PaintStorm (ouch, NO text tool!!)...or not really as those are amazing to imitate traditonal painting effects but you really need kick ass hardware for big canvases (and imposible to work with specially large canvases for sofware -not just hardware- limits.) . But I mean, there's such TON of free and cheap (sai, opencanvas, Pixia, fire Alpaca, etc, etc. Used 'em all... and I'm here.  ) painting software that Painter is getting its recommended purchase harder to say.. for a cheaper price, it'd reign, tho... or almost (ie, some of the new ones mimic traditional painting better!)...  While, in the general image editing field that AP totally covers.... funnily way harder to find really good tools in that area, for professional work.   I'm ready to deal with certain obstacles for that. Those who don't, might prefer to rent a cloud, again, personal choice here. I know this is VERY personal. But I rather have a GREAT , complete image editing program where I can paint, with a solid fully working basic brush system, than a great app painting very nicely but lacking every thing else. I'm one of those able to mimic traditional painting with just a round brush handling cleverly the brush settings. So, I need more the global image editing features than fancy brushes (meaning: I prefer improvements in a solid brush system, as anyway, custom brushes, importing third party ones, etc, indeed build over that !). A global editing package is more value, way more, IMO.  besides, you already have all those great free painters, or dirty cheap ones.
 

Being inspired when playing 3D Layer Effect, so I've made this mebal ball just for fun, source file attached so everyone can see how to do this -- useless skill :)



mebal3.afdesign

Here is a list of many of the fixes and improvements included in Affinity Designer for Windows 1.5.3.69 (changes since 1.5.2.58).
 
These are from our bugs database so are phrased in the negative, but are nevertheless fixed.
Fixed colour profile conversion being wrong Internal to screen colour profile conversion corrected Fixed: (User specific) crash opening app on 2nd monitor Fixed: Some Pantone Palettes show spot icon Fixed: Ctrl runup doesn't restore deleted Tone Mapping presets or the Blend Mode dropdown for Adjustments Text blend gamma default set at 1 Fixed: App crashing on run up due to window settings Fixed: Can't load LUT file from folder with Chinese characters ASE Swatch Exchange Palettes import with correct name Fixed: Crash after clicking away from input field in Layer Effects Fixed: Moving asset sub category is slow with lots of assets Files saved with selections are now reflected correctly when reopened. Fixed: Unable to undo changes made in the Curves Adjustment Fixed: Unable to type certain Characters on a Polish Keyboard Fixed: Unable to change Input minimum/maximum for Curves Adjustment Vibrance presets differ to Mac and should match Character tab font type dropdown is remembered when docked Path text baseline control has correct ranges Shift Click layers tab: Improved multiple selections Copied swatch automatically appears in palette Input fields: Shift + up/down keys increments value 0.1 units instead of 10 units Fixed: Spot colour spot not outlined Crash fixed when unhiding UI after closing document Can reset more text style values Removed 'Affinity Files' from the Save As dialog Welcome screen fails gracefully when no internet connection is found Fixed: Anchor point box moves when clicking Flip Vertical 'Icon and Text' option remembered when restarting app Fixed: App regularly freezes [file specific] Fixed: Customer crash when saving keyboard profile Crashing on custom keyboard shortcuts (primarily Pixel Persona) It is now possible to set Language: None in the Edit Text Style dialog Uninstalling one Affinity app disables the 'Edit in... ' option in the other app more reliably Fixed: Colour picker loupe dies not display pixels on second monitor on high DPI setup Fixed: Dust & Scratches Live filter is not functioning correctly. Fixed: Slice doesn't export at the correct size when exporting single slices Fixed Added Snapshots are not showing 'Set undo brush source' Fixed 'Alternate' dropdown missing from Pixel Tool context toolbar Symbols snap immediately when you drag them from the Symbols panel Invalid scaling sizes immediately reverted in Slices Panel Can import if no asset categories Fixed: Open > Recent isn't displaying saved documents until the app is restarted Improved: Panels can be hidden by double clicking the header not just the panel label Shadows/Highlights: The effect look same as on Mac Fixed: Dragging the Radius slider to the far right initially knocks the effect off Crash after opening a large amount of PDF's Improved: Free hand Selection Tool is incredibly laggy on a complex document Fixed: Brush Tool leaves marks while we press Space bar key (panning) Fixed: UI locks up when clicking Fill on the context toolbar while holding Space Fixed: Currently enabled Effects expand when adding a new Effect Fixed: Crash when dragging/clicking a node while holding Shift+A Fixed: Moving Gradient Map node using Position slider can change node selection. Tools are no longer drawn over rulers Fixed: Swatches Panel - Colour swatches get cut off at 125% with no scrollbar Redraw issue when using Windows key + arrow key to dock the app Fixed: Panning with a Wacom pen only allows a vertical scroll Improved: Drawing brush strokes in quick succession results in a huge lag Fixed: CMYK values can exceed 100% if you use Shift to scale the colour values Fixed: Aspect ratio is disabled for a curve Help window responds to Windows Key snap shortcuts Fixed: App not appearing in correct position on second monitor Fixed: Stroke width on context toolbar is cut off with to many decimal places Fixed: Eyedropper in colour chooser dialog is cut off on small screens Tool handles move around slightly when resizing File Extensions list was too long Fixed: Mouse Brush painting fails after using Wacom Intuos3 Fixed: Stroke with the Fill Tool will cause a crash on Windows 8.1 and Windows 8 Fixed: Brush tip lose their cursor preview after selecting different brushes Fixed: No warning message for being unable to export PDF Export dialog now shows what format is being 'exported as' with File Extensions disabled 'Retina PNG-24' preset adds both 1x and 2x files to the list of files Sharpen Tool - 'Alt' now switches to blurring Erase Brush Tool - Drag + Alt does now displays colour picker Crash dragging Fill tool control point fixed Fixed: Can't right-click with specific tools Fixed: Trying to draw after changing context toolbar setting requires extra click Fixed: [File Specific] PDF Unable to open, slows app down to a standstill Fixed: Switching between objects creates extra transform history steps Help: Workspace Modes should have the Seperated Mode references removed. Help: System Requirements still list Mac requirements Now returns to pan when zoom shortcut is used Improved: Slow editing text from an imported PDF Fixed: Changing font size of selected text does not stick and causes tabbing issue Fixed: Colour wheel on flyout does not look correct on specific laptops Multiple translation improvements Multiple UI tweaks, like clipping and tooltips A number of file specific stability issues fixed Auto recovery fix, restore the stream position when scanning for FAT tags. Remember to load the “write thumbnails” preference. Fixed Z Order problem when re-showing welcome screen if modal dialog was active. Fix for welcome screen DPI Swatches: fix for create palette from image being greyed out if accessed before a document is created or opened. Fixed 'Edit Macro' doesn't enable after opening an image if you've right clicked a Macro with no image open Potential fix for crash with multiple files open Fixed clicking on Fill Popup button on context toolbar changes fill on selection

Here is a list of many of the fixes and improvements included in Affinity Photo for Windows 1.5.2.69 (changes since 1.5.1.54).
 
These are from our bugs database so are phrased in the negative, but are nevertheless fixed.
New Welcome Screen - Html Page Ensure CI lens correction is always applied. Improved: Equations aren't flagged red if they are not complete and correct Fixed: Unable to drag and drop .abr brushes to import them Fixed: Blend Modes cannot be changed in any Layer Effects Fixed: Some Pantone Palettes show spot icon Channel Image Icons not constrained by width Fixed: Typing a value for Vibrance Adjustment doesn't always apply that value Ctrl runup restores deleted Tone Mapping presets or the Blend Mode dropdown for Adjustments Tone Mapping: Moving a preset doesn't work and causes it to be lost Can load LUT file from folder with Chinese characters ASE Swatch Exchange Palettes import with correct name Fixed: Crash after clicking away from input field in Layer Effects Files saved with selections are reflected correctly when reopened. Able to undo changes made in the Curves Adjustment .hdr export needs colour profile options removing on export The Depth slider in 3D Layer Effects doesn't move with the Radius slider when linked Export to radiance HDR gives incorrect colours Able to type all characters on a Polish programmers keyboard Fixed: Lens Filter says 'No adjustment selected!' when you click it twice Fixed: Unable to change Input minimum/maximum for Curves Adjustment Vibrance presets differ to Mac and should match Able to set Posterise to 1 Fixed: Alt+Backspace shortcut fails to work, plus added fixes for shortcuts fail to save if bindings are only deleted Shift Click layers tab: Improved multiple selections App crashed stitching some screenshots as a panorama Resize Document fix: pixel dimensions changed when we change DPI with Resample unchecked Fixed: Open dialog doesn't let you restrict to a specific file format and the tooltip with all supported formats spans the screen Fixed: Crash when applying a levels adjustment [file specific]. Fixed: Copied swatch does not automatically appear in palette Improvement: Input fields: Shift + up/down keys increments value 0.1 units instead of 10 units Fixed: Affinity Photo creates artboard layers when the document type is set to Devices Fixed: Crash when unhiding UI after closing document Can reset more text style values Fixed: Affinity Photo sometimes crashing when adding Curves Adjustment Adding levels to a 32bit image causes app to crash 'Icon and Text' option remembered when restarting app Fixed: Crash when loading (specific) large HDR file Fixed: Keyboard Shortcuts aren't being saved if focus is lost from dialog Fixed: Pressing close on filter dialog applies filter Fixed: Layer panel jumps/lags with a long layer name Fixed: Some keyboard conflicts are not being reported App no longer lock up selecting font with PDF filter set Improved: Pasting text from Word was added as groups of Artistic Text objects Uninstalling one Affinity app disables the 'Edit in... ' option in the other app more reliably Fixed: Levels Dialog, Color channel reverts to master when altering sliders Fixed: Colour picker loupe dies not display pixels on second monitor on high DPI setup Fixed: Info panel loupe remains stuck to cursor if interrupted during use Improved: Brush lag with History Panel open Fixed: Slice doesn't export at the correct size when exporting single slices 'Remove' button on New Focus Merge window now removes the image Zoom tool - Able to enter value above 500 on context toolbar 'Alternate' dropdown no longer missing from Pixel Tool context toolbar Fixed: Opacity is the default slider in the gradient fill dropdown menu Reset button added under Lens in Develop Persona Fixed: Not all variables available in the transform panel Flood Fill works different to Mac and fills the canvas Fixed: Tone mapping resets when creating/renaming a category Invalid scaling sizes are now immediately reverted in Slices Panel Tint reflected correctly from context toolbars fill flyout Develop Persona - Assistant setting remembered after app is closed Right clicking menu appears at 0,0 when recording macro Clone Tool: Sources panel is displayed automatically when we press Add Global Source button Fixed: Cannot save Lens Filter presets Adding, Renaming or Deleting a preset updates the UI straight away Fixed: Changing document with a Layer Effects will apply it to the second loaded image Improvement: Panels can be hidden by double clicking the header not just the panel label Fixed: Black area left when app is restarted after hiding the UI with floating panels Fixed: JPG compression changes from 85 to 100 when changing file format Fixed: Brush stops painting in original document after drawing in a second document 'Edit Macro' re-enables even if you've right clicked a Macro with no image open. 'Refine Selection Tool' entry is missing from the Keyboard Shortcut dropdown list. Fixed: Loading an animated gif into apply image causes the app to crash Fixed: Unable to move macro into blank category Shadows/Highlights: The effect now look same as on Mac Tone Mapping is not applied when you try to close the app and cancel the File > Save dialog Setting Associated Brush Tool in Photo now works as designed. Fixed: App locks up after Inpainting post Mesh Warp Fixed: Macros - Set effect colour control does not appear for macros Fixed: Export LUT - Loading EXR as preview image causes app to crash Macros: Can now rename layers Fixed: Losing Exif info when editing from Lightroom Fixed: Dragging the Radius slider to the far right initially knocks the effect off Fixed: Crop Tool - No Gridlines when rotating Fixed: Crash when editing a few undocked projects with filters Levels adjustment - using alt modifier now working Improved: Free hand Selection Tool faster on a complex document Fixed: Brush Tool leaves marks while we press Space bar key (panning) Filter no longer applies when a user exits the application Distort Filter: Distort lines are now dotted Fixed: Develop Persona - Reselecting preset does not revert settings Fixed: Tone Map Persona is missing some panels in View > Studio Reset Tone Map Presets added to Clear User Data dialog Help window responds to Windows Key snap shortcuts Fixed WebP intermediate files location (%(RelativeDir) included a ..) Multiple translation improvements Multiple UI tweaks, like clipping and tooltips A number of file specific stability issues fixed Clamp unbounded colour transforms (32-bit mode) to 0 and 1 Fix for misplaced PSD text (Decoded the 'Txt2' tag that holds TextEngine data that we need for positioning). Fixed colour profile conversion being wrong Auto recovery fix, restore the stream position when scanning for FAT tags. Fix image orientation issues. Remember to load the “write thumbnails” preference. Edit -> Fill working on 32bit masks.

Here are a few wood styles:
 
The compressed styles file:
Knock_on_Wood.afstyles.zip

Hi all, a recent tutorial I did for Envatotutsplus on Affinity Designer is out.  
 
It's a step by step from start to finish type of tutorial of my basic workflow developing a fun Canine Cowboy character to a cartoony semi-realistic finish. It's an intermediate level tutorial so some knowledge of Designer is required. :-)
 
Check it out at:
 
http://design.tutsplus.com/tutorials/how-to-create-a-detailed-beer-label-in-affinity-designer--cms-26010
 
Also checkout the attached image here for a preview of the final image.
 
Have fun!
Retrograde
(aka Kevin Creative)

Guys,
 
i have to say, im quite disappointed now... Maybe i missed something, and its only my mistake, but Im waiting from first betas for 
- free transform / distort box for selected objects, same you can with ctrl drag select box corners in photoshop. Its so simple to do so even math model is not so scary, why we dont have such basic thing? Or did i really miss something?
- transform box for group of points
- ability to deal with bigger projects with lots of artboards (its better, but still not comparable with photoshop)
 
and i got light UI. well its fine, but i really need to work, and withou these features ill be not able to switch fully to Affinity :(