Andrewmub

Good morning, I am an Aperture 3 user and have purchased the Affinity Photo program. I need help explaining how and where I can export my Raw files from the Aperture 3 library so I can work with Affinity and not lose data from my photos.
Thank you very much for your help.
There is a possibility that it is in Spanish.
Ricardo.

Hi MEB
OK, so it's useless as far as my needs are concerned. I'll continue using it as a stand-alone app and I'll be waiting for the future HDR tool promised for AP.
Nick

Affinity has now become officially cross-platform with the launch of Affinity Designer for Windows. It was our trail-blazing first app, and since being launched on Mac the response we have had to it has been unbelievable. It’s consistently been the top paid-for design app on Mac since launch, we’ve won a coveted Apple Design Award and there have been thousands of 5-star customer reviews on the Mac App Store.
 
For many designers, Affinity Designer has become their go-to app for everything from creating concept art, print projects, logos and icons to UI design, web graphics and mock-ups. And because Affinity Designer on Windows matches the Mac version feature-for-feature, PC users can now experience the same thrilling speed, incredible tools and supreme accuracy which has given Affinity Designer that formidable reputation.
 
For more information about the launch go here. Product information and how to buy click here.
 
Many thanks
Team Affinity.
 

Hi, I'm Matt Priestley and I'm one of the Affinity developers. I'll try to help out on any topic, but particularly anything relating to tools, views and document drawing as they're the bits I'm mostly responsible for writing.
 
Feel free to join me and introduce yourself, too! :)

The brush stroke is really terrible.
 
Although the stabilizer function was implemented in the beta version, it will not be a beautiful line unless you enter a high number.
Also, you can see that the stroke is distorted at the beginning and the end.
The stabilizer mode is the same as Lazy Nezumi Pro, but if you increase the value, it will be a beautiful stroke, but it will impair the drawing comfort.
 
The first image is an image with lines drawn by Affinity Photo. The stroke is really terrible.   The second piece is the line drawn in Photoshop. The strokes are very beautiful, but this does not use Lazy Nezumi Pro etc ..  
I'd like Affinity Photo to be able to draw beautiful lines in the same way without a stabilizer.
Affinity Photo is truly amazing except for strokes. Just because the stroke is so bad it's in a state I can not use very much.   Could you tell me if there is a way to solve this problem?     My PC environment is as follows. Windows version : 10.0  Build:15063  (x64) CPU : Core i7 2600K 3.40GHz Physical memory : 16351 MB Direct3D11 Driver: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Pentablet: intuous4 PTH-840

I'm new to Affinity Photo for iPad (and object removal editing in general). I would just like to ask if it's possible at all to remove the plant that's in the way of the face in both of these photos? Thank you very much for your help!
 
 

We are pleased to announce the second update for Affinity Designer for Windows (version 1.5.2).
 
The update is described here and can be downloaded from here. Once downloaded, close Affinity Designer and run (double click) the downloaded EXE to install it.
 
To install this version you will need to have the Affinity Designer for Windows already installed OR you will need to type in your email address and a valid Product key when prompted. When installing on top of an existing version you will not be prompted for the product key. If you need it you can find your product key (and a download button) in your Affinity store account, where you will also find the email address used to generate the key when you ordered the software. 
 
If you have installed any previous customer beta version of Affinity Designer 1.5.2, it can be safely uninstalled before or after installing this release update, they are independent installs. The beta will stop working soon anyway.
 
Please report any problems you have installing or using this new version in the Windows forum here
 
Patrick Connor
The Affinity Team

Testing Affinity Photo on iPad pro and I'm quite pleased with the pro level of the app.
I use it mainly to paint with Apple Pencil .Here are a few notes and suggestions that I hope you take into consideration:
 
1- Ability to have floating panels (studio) which you can move around or close/minimize when not needed.
 
2-If floating panels are not possible , at least the ability to have 2 studios opened and pinned at the same time? For example I really prefer to have the color wheel panel always pinned, and not disappear when I choose brushes. That will minimize the number of taps and enhance the drawing experience.
 
3-The color picker that is included with the brush controls at the bottom is very practical and handy, BUT, you must click outside of it in order to close it and then start painting, opening it again, tap to close, etc. it would be ideal to : a- be able to pin it, so you can use the HSB sliders naturally while you paint. b- if pinning it is not possible, at least let it close itself as the user starts painting, without the need to tap to close it. That will enhance the workflow.
 
4a-Finger press-and-hold for color picker feels awkward and needs to be enhanced, the circle is way far off , I think it would be ideal that the center of the colorpicker picks the color directly underneath it, and not where the user's finger is, specially when you drag the colorpicker on the canvas, the center of that circle gives the impression that it should be picking what's underneath. If you don't want to change this permanently at least give the user the option to toggle on or off.
 
4b-The time it takes for the colorpicker circle to show up (finger press-and-hold) is a bit long, make it faster or let the user specify this speed in the settings.
 
5-Layer lock isn't working, the icon turns red but you can still draw on the layer...
 
6-Add transparency lock /lock/ visibilty icons directly to the layer panel without the need to click on the (...) and open another panel.
 
7-Add clipping mask ability. 
 
8-Ability to hide the selection marching ants.
 
9-Easier way for undo-redo , the icons are really tiny, maybe a gesture, like two finger tap  , or swipe..
 
10- An easy way to flip canvas horizontally. 
 
11- There is an annoying white circle that appears and fades when pinch you zoom in and out while on the brush mode. I think it's absolutely unnecessary. 
 
12- An easy way to select an area of the image with Lasso tool and do free transform on it. currently it's a bit of a hassle, Going to the selection Persona for selection and then going to Filters for Perspective transform? which doesn't work well for simply transforming a part of the painting - I think implementing a Free Transform tool that is accessible in the selection Persona is ideal.
 
Thank you!

Affinity Photo 1.6.6 is now available on the Mac App Store.
 
Affinity Photo 1.5.2 update now available on the Mac App Store
 
Fixes include
Fixed RAW / HDR on macOS 10.7, 10.8. Improved reliability of automatic lens corrections. Fixed some cosmetic stepper issues in Tone Mapping. Fixed a frequency separation crash in 32bit mode. Allow PSD import to skip over ‘psdM’ blocks. Fixed Undo Brush crashes. Fixed issues which could make the Library fail to load. Fixed a potential crash-on-close bug. Fixed a TIFF issue which was preventing people from working on existing documents, or loading some TIFF files properly. Fixed spelling issue that inserted the correctly spelt world without deleting the incorrect word. Numerous other stability improvements and fixes. Many thanks,
Team Affinity
 

I totally agree with your assessments here.  I wonder though, about the new file/folder system in iOS 11. I'm betting that it will be strictly cloud based and not machine local. That, would be like a step forward and two giant steps back, UNLESS they implemented something like Dropbox, where you don't need to store files locally on your desktop machine's drive, and only via the web.
 
Of course, the better solution, as you noted, would be to have an actual physical storage device for these things. But without a non-proprietary way to hook up to such a thing, it's already a dead in the water idea. Apple will NEVER let its users have access to a physical file system. Even if root is hidden. Still too much of as security risk.
 
I've used the Sandisk Media Drive for a while, and it's a pretty cool solution, but at the end of the day, its battery will eventually die, and you also have to make sure that it is charged before really working with it. Not very elegant or practical IMO.
 
Doug

Hi,
 
<EDIT> Replaced by 1.6.3 in the app store </EDIT>
 
We are pleased to announce the App Store release of Affinity Photo for iPad, version 1.6.2.
 
The change-list is as follows:
 
- Enable RAW loading from Photo Library.
- More robust auto-save of new documents.
- Allow Photo Library images in new stack, HDR merge, focus merge and panorama dialogs.
- Improved stability with complex documents.
- Stroke stabiliser for the paint brush tool.
- Allow deletion of red-eye, blemish removal sets in develop.
- Allow editing of brushes from the brush studio.
- Missing icons in the patch tool.
- Fixed text shooting off screen sometimes when editing.
- Fixed crashes when inpainting large areas.
- Faster tone mapping.
- Liquify works properly with rotated / flipped layers.
- Fixed odd develop artefacts with some Canon D60 images.
- Fixed failure to export JPEG from some RAW files.
- Missing levels functionality.
- Halftone filter - UCR and GCR now work.
- Improved CMYK blend modes.
- Fixed develop basic studio sometimes having no sliders.
- Missing delete buttons in field blur, deform and gradient tools.
- DoF and Lens Blur filters now apply more quickly.
- Prevent focus merge, HDR merge from starting with no images.
- LUTs fixed.
- Fixed develop WB slider bug.
- Paste inside implemented.
- Fixed a layer studio crash.
- Localisation improvements.
- Numerous other stability and visual improvements.
 
Thanks,
 
Affinity Photo Team  :ph34r: 

Hello everyone.
My name is Rui Batista and I'm a graphic designer from Portugal.
I started out a LONG time ago, using Illustrator 1.0 and, after that, FreeHand 1.0
Ever since Adobe "killed" FreeHand, I have been forced to use Illustrator and I hate every second I use it.
I have been searching for viable alternatives and, finally, it seems that I found one. Affinity looks amazing. And at a reasonable price. I can't wait for its official realease.

iPad Air 2. On using the haze removal tool, the analysis seems to take a very long time. Often the process then crashes, loosing any work I've done on that image.

Artist and illustrator Jonathan Ball—whose stunning work you will have seen on affinity.serif.com and in Affinity Designer—is doing an AMA or Ask Me Anything.
 
Chat online with Jon today, February 3rd, and ask him about his techniques, his inspirations, his Affinity Designer tips, how he became a full time designer, how he designs in 3D or animates, how he secured top-name commissions like Sony and MTV—anything!
 
The free AMA is being hosted by Skillshare at skl.sh/pokedAMA
 
at
 
7.30pm GMT
8.30pm CET
2.30pm EST
11.30am PST
 
You can see more of Jon's work at pokedstudio.com, you can sign up for his free tutorial series on Skillshare, and of course chat with him in the free AMA TODAY!
 
Thanks for reading, Dale.
 

Status: Beta Release
Purpose: Fixes, improvements, new features.
Requirements: TestFlight Acceptance.
Mac App Store: Released
 
Hi Guys,

The fifth (and hopefully last) beta of 1.6.3 has been deployed on TestFlight. The changes are detailed below.

You can download the App Store version at any time to stop using the beta - and download the TestFlight build at any time to go back to the beta.
 
As this build is going to the App Store soon, we would like to take this opportunity to say a massive "Thanks!" to everyone who has taken the time to be a part of this beta so far - we genuinely could not do this without you..
 
That said, we are not done :) 1.6.3 will go to the App Store, probably tomorrow - but we will be back in beta within a week. For the next 1.6.4 release, we are hoping to add Macros, non-destructive RAW support, improved Adjustment / Filter UI, improved compositing performance, full iOS11 support and much, much more. We hope you guys will stick around for that ride :)
 
Thanks once again for your help..
 
Affinity Photo Team  :ph34r:

Changes this version
 
- Run in native resolution on iPad Pro 10.5” device (yay!).
- Fixed panorama crash after using transform tool. - Fixed crashes when adding many items from Photos library at once. - Wet edges setting now works properly in the brush editor. - Fixed a selection brush crash in 32bit RGB colour mode. - Stopped the refine selection tool post-processing twice. - Help improvements. - Localisation tweaks. - Improved icons and images in the welcome screen. - A new sample (“The Hotel” by Neil Ladkin). - General performance improvements. - Numerous small bug fixes.   Additional changes since last App Store version   - Improve performance with complicated documents.
- Improve selection brush stability. - Improve selection refinement stability. - Don’t allow HDR merge with less than 2 images. - Made studios more useful when the software keyboard is showing. - Fixed tooltip positioning in left handed mode. - Fixed issue when starting a new document whilst another document is still saving. - Small PDF import tweaks. - Make adding multiple files from Photos more reliable and show progress. - Numerous other small improvements / fixes.   - Improved brush performance on large layers.
- Canvas rotation will snap to 90 degree increments if within 5 degrees.
- Improved help - including new FR, DE, EN-US localisations. More to come!
- Improved RAW metadata support and reliability.
- Further HDR stability improvements.
- Fixed incorrect zoom level readout in navigator studio when canvas is rotated.
- Fixed inability to correctly disable colour overlay layer effect.
- Fixed issue whereby using Pencil would make canvas rotation available in all tools (!)
- Fixed issue where the “RAW” logo would appear randomly on Photo library images in the new chooser.
- Fixed crash when using the Interactive Introduction.
- Fixed portrait issues with the keyboard toolbar.
- Fixed weird red artefacts when using inpainting tool.
- Localisation tweaks.
- Portrait mode implementation.
- New chooser for Photos - supports multi selection, indicates RAW.
- Improved pencil / gestures support.
- Undo / redo buttons available in full-screen mode.
- Support pasting of images from other applications.
- Ability to duplicate open documents from the home screen.
- Panoramas can now be created from RAW files.
- HDR Merge can now be performed on RAW files.
- Panorama stability improvements.
- Can now choose font face - not just family.
- Inpainting improvements and stability fixes.
- Improved iCloud folder support.
- Improved performance in documents with lots of masks / adjustments.
- Fixed export crashes.
- Cancel split screen preview when converting filters to live filters.
- Develop UI improvements / fixes.
- Fixed “Date Shot” metadata issue with RAW.
- Font stability improvements.
- Fixed Post-Crop Vignette in develop.
- Fixed weird highlights issue in develop.
- Ability to turn off spelling red underlines.
- Some pretty animations in the document manager.
- Fixed failure to obey RAW tone curve, output depth preferences.
- Numerous other small stability fixes.
- Improved help.
- Improved localisations.

- Transformed / portrait develop fixes.
- Selections persona should have canvas rotation tool.
- Fix share button
- Fix panorama-from-photos stitch bug.
- Fixed share to Flickr, AirDrop, etc.
- Better text for Place menu items.
- Fixed “Save Affinity Layers” in TIFF export.
- Pixel tool improvements - erase and other alternate modes.
- Show the build number in the preferences panel.
- Fixed flip document flipping in the wrong axis.
- Fixed HSV mode of HSL adjustment.
- Fixed shadows, clarity sliders being dodgy in develop persona.
- Fixed problems loading PSD files made by Procreate.
- Curves tool should refresh the channels list if the colour space changes.
- Fixed adjustments which can be applied in any colour space.
- Shear filter fixes and improvements.
- Fixed failure to load anything if photo library contains RAW but user has “Optimise iPad storage” enabled.
- Preference option to limit touch to gestures.
- Fixed some broken LAB blend modes.
- Further efforts to make inpainting, panorama more stable.
- Improved layers studio - you can now see / select unto 2 masks / adjustments without expanding a layer.
- Attempts to mitigate crashes with weird fonts.
- Fixed issues where documents would become “Unable to load” until an app restart.
- More tutorials!
- Numerous other small improvements and fixes.
- Localisation improvements.

Greetings everyone,
 
I am considering purchasing Affinity because I've heard great things about it. However, my poor MacBook is getting a little old and I'm wondering how much longer it will function. I'm not worried about running the software because it meets the system requirements no problem. 
 
My concern is if I buy and install Affinity on this computer and it dies, would I need to buy another copy of the software for my next computer? Or is there a way to transfer it to my next computer?
 
Thanks!

I am trying to use designer to export SVG, It works great. But I was wondering if there is a way to add names to elements like.  <text name=”unit-name”> Blaa</text> or adding my own class to elements. Is there a way to not export as minify?

Hi everyone!
My name is Tatiana I am from Russian city of St. Petersburg. Please tell me where I can write about the problem with the export of Affinity designer to EPS? Thanks!

Hi All,
 
For a number of months now behind the scenes we have been producing a workbook for Affinity Designer, and I'm pleased to let you know it is available from today!
 
This is a big book - 448 pages, in hardback - and it includes fantastic projects created by some top designers, as well as a comprehensive reference to all our tools and panels, and a set of core skills tutorials.
 
You can find more information about it here.
 
Usual price is $49.99 / £37.99, but we are running a 20% discount for the launch making it only $39.99 / £29.99 (+ shipping and handling).
 
It's worth pointing out that right now the book is only available in English but we do plan to do a German version which should be available towards the end of the year.
 
Hope you like it!
 
Thanks,
Ash
 

The best place for asking software questions, reporting bugs and requesting features is right here on our forum – this is where we all hang out.
If you haven't already done so make an account to post on these forums (this forum uses an independent login and not the same as an Affinity Store Account).
 
Customer Service

Our customer service team will be happy to help with any questions or problems relating to orders, payments or your account.
To contact our Customer Service Team online, Affinity customers can email affinity@serif.com.
We aim to respond within 24 hours, although these times can be extended during busy periods.
 
Technical Support
If you have a technical question or problem in using our software, or indeed if you just want some advice, our support is provided online.
For all Affinity apps, please post your question right here on the Affinity Forums.
Members of our own team are actively involved within the forum and you will often receive a pretty quick response. For critical issue support you may be asked to email support staff directly at affinitysupport@serif.com, but please start on the appropriate forums, as the regulars here often answer quickly and correctly.

Check out the sneak peek of the HDR and 360 image editing features coming to Affinity Photo 1.5!
 
Version 1.5 features announced today include:
 
• Advanced HDR merge producing full 32-bit linear colour space images • An entirely new workspace for tone mapping • Focus stacking to bring depth to multiple combined images • Batch processing for smoother, faster workflow • Macros to record and replay a set of commands • An all-new way to edit 360 degree images   Some much anticipated features to look forward too here, coming soon to Affinity Photo...  :)  

Hi all,
 
The team have released the latest updates (1.4.2) for Affinity Photo and Affinity Designer, which focus on bug-fix updates, stability improvements and performance.
 
Visit your Mac App Store and click on the Updates page to get the latest releases now.
 
Key improvements
Fix for converting between widegamut RGB and sRGB profiles causing incorrect colours Fix for converting colour profile/colour model not undoing correctly for inner glow effects Fix for occasional crash with arrow shape Fix for Rasterise causing layer effects to appear the wrong size if they were present on a scaled object Fix for A1 (Press Ready) preset having the wrong dimensions for an A1 sheet Fix for tool shortcut keys on international keyboards Fix for scaling issues during copy/paste of text items Improved RTF clipboard support Slightly thinner text tool caret No longer output file paths to PDF export, only use file names (for improved privacy) Fix for line weight incorrectly scaling based on object size when applying Styles even when 'Scale with object' was deselected in the Stroke panel Many PSD compatibility improvements, particularly when using 16 bit documents Singleclick in the Art text tool no longer creates a new Art text object if you are already in caret mode on an Art text object Improved SVG font export compatibility Fix for SVG export generating invalid IDs Fix for vector export of cropped bitmaps Fix for PDF import of large images and soft masks   Though the focus is mainly on fixes this time we’ll be adding more exciting new features very soon in the upcoming 1.5 updates... In the meantime you can check out the Affinity Designer 1.5 sneak peek video here.   All the best!   Kate

Good question, I don't know. The full path is ~/Library/Containers/com.seriflabs.affinityphoto/Data/Library/Application Support/NikLicenseFiles. The folder contains a single empty .txt file (like a timestamp). It will be recreated after deletion and since it is in an AP-specific folder, I assume that it is written from AP. However, as I said it does not influence the behavior. So maybe, the answer is: for nothing. It was just another try to figure out why my system behaves different than the ones of most other systens. I do not doubt that the plugins work with AP. But I still want them to do so on my system. This was one try...
My current goal is to figure out where that timestamp about the start of the trial period is stored. Currently I only know that it is not system-wide, but user-specific, and it is not in the above mentioned files or directories. Also I'm pretty sure that is controlled in some way by AP since the standalone apps work properly. But here my poor wisdom ends at the moment.
 
Edit:
Since I don't want to hijack this thread any more for my technical problem (it's news, I think), I opened a new thread in the Questions section: https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/31680-nik-collection-runs-in-demo-mode/

Yes well done and well deserved… but that's why I purchased it in the first place :)

I am unable to get to the Affinity Store.  I am in Canada.  For some reason my browser (OS X Safari 6.2.8) says it cannot connect.  
 
When pressing the BUY NOW button here: https://affinity.ser...igner/workbook/

 it took me to this address, but nothing:  https://affinity.sto...3675.1458891282