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Congratulations guys!
This is well deserved. 
The Affinity community is growing. 3 of my friends already bought the app after 
using it on my mac!
Both AD and AP are solid apps. 
Have a fabulous 2016!

I do agree, sorry for that. 

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!

Made a pretty cool flat landscape wallpaper, do you like it? 
Dont wonder about the size i have as a wallpaper on my two screens (2 x 4k)

Google has just announced that their Google Nik Collection composed of seven Photoshop plug-ins is now free for everyone.
Click here for more details. You can download them from here.
 
Currently Analog Efex Pro 2, Color Efex Pro 4, Silver Efex Pro 2 work with Affinity Photo. HDR Efex Pro 2 only works partially.

Congrats guys.
 
You put together a stellar app

Hi everyone
 
In case you didn't know, AFFINITY PHOTO HAS LAUNCHED and is in the Mac App Store now.
 
I could say a ton about how fantastic the app is and give you so much information, but it's already out there on our website, so I'll just give you some links!
 
Mac App Store shortcut
 
Affinity Photo web page
 
Awesome promo video
 
Affinity Photo full features page with system requirements
 
Affinity Photo blog post about the launch
 
Launch Tweet - please retweet if you can
 
Launch Facebook post - and please share too :)
 
Obviously the whole team is delighted to see today after so much work, the devs have done an incredible job. Thank you all too for your part in helping the app grow during the beta test.
 
Dale.

Affinity Photo for Windows 1.6.0 is now live.
 
We are pleased to announce the first update for Affinity Photo for Windows (version 1.5.2).
 
The update can be downloaded from here. Once downloaded, close Affinity Photo and run (double click) the downloaded EXE to install it.
 
A list of the fixes this release contains is being prepared and will be posted shortly.
 
To install this version you will need to have the Affinity Photo 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 beta version of Affinity Photo 1.5.2, that beta 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

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: 

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
 

Hi, I bought AD over the weekend and can't seem to find how I get the https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/free-ui-kit/
 
Can anyone assist.
 
Thanks.

The creative guys here at Serif Labs knocked up keyboard shortcuts cheat sheets - hope you find them useful!
 
Now updated PDFs for 1.4
 
Affinity Photo
 
Affinity Designer
 
Both together

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.
 

UPDATE: Solved.
Ellipsis icon (the 3 dot icon upper left screen, after selecting your layers)
 
Select your multiple layers. (Put finger/Apple Pencil on layer, while finger/Apple Pencil is resting on it, swipe to you left) this is how you select multiple layers.
 
Once layers selected, the 3 dots on the upper (left side) of your screen. NOT the 3 dots directly above your layers, go in there select merge, then select chosen layers (or specific to your scenario).
 
If I saved you time, let me know, thanks.

Indeed, that's a good idea. Windows upgrade is much cheaper than a full license, less than 50% if I remember well. I don't know how that is done,  I purchase machines that come with an OEM version of the OS, so I never did an upgrade. Probably they only ask you for your Windows (Vista or etc) license number, but I really don't know.  So, maybe around the cost of one Affinity app, and you'd have a shiny new OS as well.   :). In many ways, that could be better, as in my experience, if it was Vista, XP, or even Windows 7, Win 10  handles better the memory. Only to be sure to install at least 4gb of ram. With 2gb, Win8.x or 10 can handle ordinary tasks, but in Windows, for any graphic software, 2GB is too low. (I have 8, going or 16 minimum in the soon to come new machine, a Ryzen, surely )
 
If the cpu is 64 bits, you can install on it a 64 bit operative system, as Paul says. And has its advantages, as support for nearly everything hardware or software (drivers, the new computers(cpus/boards etc)) is going to be requiring Win 10, as already is happening.