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The contour tool does not work properly.
A 50x50mm rectangle is drawn on the screen.
Using the contour tool and the 118.2mm setting is actually 10mm.
And somehow I don't see an improvement in setting the slider with values greater than 50 or -50.
If I design large elements, e.g. 2 meters, and would like to apply a contour shift, what is 50mm?
I know I can type manually, but this is a stupid limitation.
And the reset button for this tool is missing, or at least double-clicking on the dot on the slider could reset to 0.
And yet the scaling of this tool is missing exactly the same as the scaling is missing in Coorner Tool.
I wonder if it would not be better if the original of the object remained when using the contour tool (as in CORELDRAW, for example).

Hi, I was wondering if there is any solution for my problem.
I am using Affinity Designer for creating documents for my clients, all of them are based on few templates. I have at least two artboards in each template and I export them to two filetypes - jpg and pdf.
Here is my workflow:
I am opening last saved document of some kind - e.g. document-1005, then I am editing it with new data and then I am saving it as document-1006.
Then I am exporting (ctrl alt shift s) each artboard as jpg and pdf - because filename of Affinity Designer file is kept - its all easy for me to keep filenames constant (I have in one plce files document-1005.pdf, document-1005.jpg, document-1005.afdesign).
 
What would be perfect for me is to use slices to export. Right now if I choose slices - I would need to change slices name everytime when exporting them.
I am looking for some simple solution like what I created in Photoshop. Simple java script - it can create subfolders (when I need) and/or save file as jpg/png/psd with prefix or suffix added to original filename.
 
Is it possible in any way?
 
Regards,
triforcesolutions
 
 

Hi, I was wondering if there is any solution for my problem.
I am using Affinity Designer for creating documents for my clients, all of them are based on few templates. I have at least two artboards in each template and I export them to two filetypes - jpg and pdf.
Here is my workflow:
I am opening last saved document of some kind - e.g. document-1005, then I am editing it with new data and then I am saving it as document-1006.
Then I am exporting (ctrl alt shift s) each artboard as jpg and pdf - because filename of Affinity Designer file is kept - its all easy for me to keep filenames constant (I have in one plce files document-1005.pdf, document-1005.jpg, document-1005.afdesign).
 
What would be perfect for me is to use slices to export. Right now if I choose slices - I would need to change slices name everytime when exporting them.
I am looking for some simple solution like what I created in Photoshop. Simple java script - it can create subfolders (when I need) and/or save file as jpg/png/psd with prefix or suffix added to original filename.
 
Is it possible in any way?
 
Regards,
triforcesolutions
 
 

Hi,
 
We are pleased to announce the Windows release of Affinity Photo, version 1.6.4
The change-list is as follows:
 
- All new shadows / highlights algorithm for Develop.
- Develop clarity improvements.
- Improved input smoothing for all tools.
- Improved Perlin Noise filter.
- Transparent TGA import support.
- Many improvements to batch processing.
- PSD, PDF import / export improvements.
- Significant Photoshop plugin support improvements.
- Fixed inability to export transparent PNG, TIFF, etc.
- Fixed slow Lens Blur, Depth of Field blur issues.
- Fixed Depth of Field blur progress / slowness issues.
- Fixed sporadic hanging when opening many image files at once.
- Restored ability of marquee tools to snap.
- Fixed crashing bug when exporting certain large PSDs.
- Added special case PSD import code for “SketchClub” PSD files (they should fix this!).
- Fixed Text Styles panel to show the document defaults when no text is selected 
- Changed Layers panel to add more distinction between clipped and nested layers 
- Fixed document DPI showing a decimal place in some situations
- Fixed reset of user workspace when new panels have been added
- Fixed newly created Text Styles being applied twice to a text frame on creation
- Fixed vector export (including PDF) taking a long time due to large clip areas
- Fixed Fit/Shrink to printable does not fit to printer margins 
- Fixed 2nd Print has a zero size document in printer dialog 
- Fixed being unable to move the Greyness node in Layer Effects > Colour Overlay
- Fixed colour node appearing on the Colour panel 
- Fixed hit testing on floating window edges to make it easier to resize windows
- Fixed closing a floating window through the taskbar closing the application (a side-effect of this change is that Alt+F4 on a floating window will now just close that window, not the app)
- Fixed View Mode menu item incorrectly exposed in Affinity Photo Export Persona 
- Fixed double clicking View Tool is not consistent between Personas 
- Fixed crash when making a gradient document fill global 
- Improved performance when History and Layers panel are visible
- Fixed PDF Export for some documents
- Added bottom right resize grip corner to floating document windows
- Added Float, Float All, Dock and Dock All commands to Window menu
- Fixed Adjustment panels appearing at an invalid location if the panel was closed on a monitor which is then subsequently unplugged
- Fixed metadata not loading for unicode paths opened via drag and drop
- Fixed failure to close down due to waiting for invalid files to finish opening
- Fixed Text Styles panel to reflect the document defaults when no text is selected 
- Fixed Layers panel to add more distinction between clipped and nested layers 
- Fixed document DPI showing decimal places
- Fixed Workspaces getting reset when new panels are added in updates
- Fixed vector export of clips on rasterised items
- Fixed Fit/Shrink to printable not fitting to printer margins 
- Fixed second Print having a zero size document in printer dialog 
- Fixed fonts being rejected if they had a space in their Postscript name
- Fixed being unable to move the Greyness node in Layer Effects > Colour Overlay
- Fixed Spacebar not changing cursor to hand when in Develop
- Improved resizing of floating document windows
- Fixed closing a floating window through the taskbar closes the app
- Fixed Alignment Editor applying a second time when clicking away via a direct new selection
- Changed 'Arrange' button text to be 'Alignment'
- Fixed being unable to adjust custom wet edges spline 
- Fixed sporadic hanging when opening many image files at once 
- Fixed Pixelmator PSD text import
- Attempt to support fonts with truncated type 4 tables (e.g. Serpentine)
- Fixed text frame auto-resizing not working with a single character
- Added support for fonts that substitute spaces, eg Nyala
- Fixed Liquify Brush panel size slider limited to 1024px
- Fixed brush selection is not retained after duplicating brush
- Fixed changing brush tip is not always initially accepted 
- Fixed inability to export transparent PNG, TIFF, etc
- Fixed Fill Noise not applied when filling with Custom colour, Primary and Secondary colours etc  
- Fixed Colour Chooser not correctly switching to match the selected colour 
- Fixed tool shortcuts ignore modifier keys 
- Fixed Text Styles showing wrong units for Justification options 
- Fixed Tab Stop units not auto updating with document units 
- Fixed Text Style dialog missing the [No Change] behaviour for the Tab Stop table 
- Fixed drag and drop from IrfanView not accepting file items into the document as new layers
- Fixed exporting multiple documents
- Fixed when a colour is removed, the Opacity/Noise slider is not disabled 
- Fixed floating windows starting off-screen when monitor is disconnected
- Fixed layer folder icon not initially updating
- Fixed floating windows appearing on the incorrect taskbar
- Fixed text not being drawn after power duplicate
- Fixed rare instances of being unable to select text
- Fixed a couple of instances where the colour wheel wouldn't update properly
- Fixed unable to select a second swatch for bevel and emboss highlight and shadows 
- Use different icon for Arrange/Alignment
- Fixed unusable transparent area left after cropping with New View 
- Fixed parallel batch builds
- Fixed Live Dust and Scratches filter slider resetting to zero when dragging
- Fixed crash when moving live denoise filter in Layers panel
- Fixed popup closing when dragging an export token
- Extended Develop Clarity range (-100 to 100) 
- Fixed Depth of Field Blur Vibrance property only allowing values of 0% or 100%
- Improved loading of Canon EOS 6D Mark II files so they are less purple 
- Fixed creating an analogous colour chord does not add the correct swatches 
- Fixed Colour picker loupe not displaying on second monitor 
- Fixed Panel groups do not revert size when dragged in and out of other groups 
- Fixed Document Setup does not reflect or change current "Actual Size" Zoom for "Web" type documents 
- Numerous other fixes and stability improvements.
 
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

Hi,
 
We are pleased to announce the Windows release of Affinity Designer , version 1.6.4
The change-list is as follows:
 
- Improved brush smoothing. Any painting tools should now have better smoothing by default.
- Transparent TGA import support.
- Fix for failures when using compound objects inside groups with Constraints set on them.
- Fix for exporting JPEG automatically choosing to export clips as paths which is a poor default and causes confusion.
- Fix for text objects being created outside the hierarchy of the artboard they were supposed to be created in.
- Fix for rotated text bounding boxes being incorrect and for disappearing text following Power-Duplicate.
- Added special case PSD import code for “SketchClub” PSD files (they should fix this!).
- Fixed PSD export of Fill layers.
- Fixed Text Styles panel to show the document defaults when no text is selected 
- Changed Layers panel to add more distinction between clipped and nested layers 
- Fixed document DPI showing a decimal place in some situations
- Fixed reset of user workspace when new panels have been added
- Fixed newly created Text Styles being applied twice to a text frame on creation
- Fixed vector export (including PDF) taking a long time due to large clip areas
- Fixed Fit/Shrink to printable does not fit to printer margins 
- Fixed 2nd Print has a zero size document in printer dialog 
- Fixed adjustments being ignored when outside of an artboard even though they may have an effect on the document
- Fixed being unable to move the Greyness node in Layer Effects > Colour Overlay
- Fixed colour node appearing on the Colour panel 
- Fixed hit testing on floating window edges to make it easier to resize windows
- Fixed closing a floating window through the taskbar closing the application (a side-effect of this change is that Alt+F4 on a floating window will now just close that window, not the app)
- Fixed Pixelmator PSD text import
- Attempt to support fonts with truncated type 4 tables (e.g. Serpentine)
- Fixed text frame auto-resizing not working with a single character
- Added support for fonts that substitute spaces, eg Nyala
- Fixed brush selection is not retained after duplicating brush
- Fixed changing brush tip is not always initially accepted 
- Fixed Fill Noise not applied when filling with Custom colour, Primary and Secondary colours etc  
- Fixed Colour Chooser not correctly switching to match the selected colour 
- Fixed tool shortcuts ignore modifier keys 
- Fixed Text Styles showing wrong units for Justification options 
- Fixed Tab Stop units not auto updating with document units 
- Fixed Text Style dialog missing the [No Change] behaviour for the Tab Stop table 
- Fixed drag and drop from IrfanView not accepting file items into the document as new layers
- Fixed exporting multiple documents
- Fixed when a colour is removed, the Opacity/Noise slider is not disabled 
- Fixed floating windows starting off-screen when monitor is disconnected
- Fixed layer folder icon not initially updating
- Fixed document type incorrectly displayed when artboards added 
- Fixed text not being drawn after power duplicate
- Fixed rare instances of being unable to select text
- Fixed a couple of instances where the colour wheel wouldn't update properly
- Use different icon for Arrange/Alignment
- Fixed unusable transparent area left after cropping with New View 
- Fixed Surface Pro pen UI failures (requires Enable Pointer Support in User Interface Preferences)
- Fixed Vector export print and print preview differing from on-screen
- Fixed crash with multiple documents open when using pixel selections
- Fixed vector export so clipped-out transparencies will draw as transparent
- Fixed PDF export of embedded uncommon fonts
- Fixed OpenType MarkToLigature rendering incorrectly
- Fixed OpenType Contextual Alternatives displaying incorrectly with Levandria font
- Fixed crash in GlyphBrowser when fonts don't have a cmap table
- Fixed Type1 fonts being incorrectly embedded in PDFs
- Fixed failure to add symbols to some documents
- Fixed failure to load some .afpalette files
- Fixed alignment of some context bar items
- Fixed custom Export Presets not being remembered correctly
- Improved performance of Brush Editor dialog
- Fixed panels to allow expansion anywhere on the header, not just on the expansion arrow
- Fixed creating an analogous colour chord does not add the correct swatches 
- Fixed Colour picker loupe not displaying on second monitor 
- Fixed Panel groups do not revert size when dragged in and out of other groups 
- Fixed Document Setup does not reflect or change current "Actual Size" Zoom for "Web" type documents 
- Assorted PDF export improvements.
- Numerous other fixes and stability improvements.
 
 
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

Affinity Publisher sneak peek! Just to prove we're not making the whole thing up, check out this early build of our DTP app. Still lots of perfecting to do; expect the beta next summer. Enjoy.
 
Update: I think we have answered all the questions we can about Publisher before the beta starts. Hopefully the public beta will answer any remaining questions when it starts at the end of August.   
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If You have a problem to see the free offer:
go to
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and here choose your language. Close ( Affinity will restart )
Now You should see Your free offer.
   

Click here to download the latest beta
 
Status: Customer Beta
Purpose: Stability
Requirements: A valid product key, issued when Windows Affinity Designer version 1.5 was purchased.

This is a beta of a substantial change to our codebase and as much as we have tried to ensure the quality of the code, 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. In addition it is definitely worth noting that files created in Affinity 1.6 may not open in 1.5 so always make a copy of your important documents before opening them in 1.6 to ensure you do not accidentally overwrite them and are unable to open them in your 1.5 version.

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 artboard position to be correct when using pixel preview  Fixed Swatches 'Set as default for' not working properly Fixed Quick Mask 'Show as Transparent' not showing the mask Fixed Slices Panel not updating when ticking/unticking slices Fixed anchor point box moves when clicking Flip Vertical  Added SVG import of CDATA text Fixed Text nodes clipping against its curves when output to PDF if it has a live filter applied to it Fixed raster brush nozzle being barely visible in preview from a tablet device  Fixed live filters not printing flattened when applied to vector objects Fixed Refine Selection undo then brushing results in lag Fixed Refine Selection undo doesn't work when used for a second time Fixed Selection Refinement preview for when the reference image is an image (not a pixel layer) Fixed Selection Refinement preview to be more like the result of applying Fixed brush dynamic for Direction being inverted  Fixed pixel layers copy/paste pasting to the top-left of the node, rather than any active selection area  Fixed incorrect background colour after closing a document Improved performance of waterfall colour choosers Fixed crash creating 1 x ( > 1024) pixel document  Fixed Hard edges appearing in Depth of Field filter

The application does not freeze or use more memory than normal. It is fine and stable, but the line quality in Pixel Persona is unusable. I'm primarily focused on digital painting which I would like to completely do trough AD, but it is not possible yet. Images - AD (High Precision disabled + Star 03) versus Clip Studio and Rebelle side by side with tablet settings.

It's currently only possible to add your own variables for Slices but these are only available to the current document. It's also not possible to add scripting, sorry.
 
These features have been requested before by other users and hopefully this part of the app will be improved in the future.