Andy Somerfield

Purpose: Improvements / Fixes 
Status: Beta
Requirements: Purchased Affinity Photo
Mac App Store: Not Submitted
Download: Here
 
To use this beta, simply download the file from the link given above and double-click on the file to open the installer. Follow the instructions to install the beta version. The beta sits alongside the Mac App Store version and will not interfere with it.
 
Improvements / Fixes 
 
- Panorama improvements
- Denoise in Develop extension - Improved reliability of Live Filter tools when switching between layers   - PDF import/export improvements, particularly in the area of bleed and trimboxes - Pantone/Global colour improvements. Application and Document palettes are now searchable - Added double-click to edit palette colours - Visual indication that documents are loading (in the application title bar) - Fix for non-retina drawing of UI in Layers panel - the disclosure triangle was drawn incorrectly - Added ‘Hide Selection’ option to context toolbar of some tools - use it to hide the tool drawing while dragging - Context toolbars changed to use icon instead of text ‘reset bounding box’ so that it occupies less space - Improved performance when complicated grids are visible - more to come though… - Improved printers marks - Changing paragraph indent now also changes the first line indent too - Fix for view appearing blurry at times when translated by a sub-pixel amount - Canvas rotation with the trackpad can now be disabled from Preferences - Increase font size for Japanese version - Paragraph panel fixes   Edit: This build currently only works on Yosemite and El Capitan.

Purpose: Improvements / Fixes 
Status: Beta
Requirements: Purchased Affinity Photo
Mac App Store: Not Submitted
Download: Here
 
To use this beta, simply download the file from the link given above and double-click on the file to open the installer. Follow the instructions to install the beta version. The beta sits alongside the Mac App Store version and will not interfere with it.
 
Improvements / Fixes 
 
- Panorama improvements
- Denoise in Develop extension - Improved reliability of Live Filter tools when switching between layers   - PDF import/export improvements, particularly in the area of bleed and trimboxes - Pantone/Global colour improvements. Application and Document palettes are now searchable - Added double-click to edit palette colours - Visual indication that documents are loading (in the application title bar) - Fix for non-retina drawing of UI in Layers panel - the disclosure triangle was drawn incorrectly - Added ‘Hide Selection’ option to context toolbar of some tools - use it to hide the tool drawing while dragging - Context toolbars changed to use icon instead of text ‘reset bounding box’ so that it occupies less space - Improved performance when complicated grids are visible - more to come though… - Improved printers marks - Changing paragraph indent now also changes the first line indent too - Fix for view appearing blurry at times when translated by a sub-pixel amount - Canvas rotation with the trackpad can now be disabled from Preferences - Increase font size for Japanese version - Paragraph panel fixes   Edit: This build currently only works on Yosemite and El Capitan.

Purpose: Improvements / Fixes 
Status: Beta
Requirements: Purchased Affinity Photo
Mac App Store: Not Submitted
Download: Here
 
To use this beta, simply download the file from the link given above and double-click on the file to open the installer. Follow the instructions to install the beta version. The beta sits alongside the Mac App Store version and will not interfere with it.
 
Improvements / Fixes 
 
- Panorama improvements
- Denoise in Develop extension - Improved reliability of Live Filter tools when switching between layers   - PDF import/export improvements, particularly in the area of bleed and trimboxes - Pantone/Global colour improvements. Application and Document palettes are now searchable - Added double-click to edit palette colours - Visual indication that documents are loading (in the application title bar) - Fix for non-retina drawing of UI in Layers panel - the disclosure triangle was drawn incorrectly - Added ‘Hide Selection’ option to context toolbar of some tools - use it to hide the tool drawing while dragging - Context toolbars changed to use icon instead of text ‘reset bounding box’ so that it occupies less space - Improved performance when complicated grids are visible - more to come though… - Improved printers marks - Changing paragraph indent now also changes the first line indent too - Fix for view appearing blurry at times when translated by a sub-pixel amount - Canvas rotation with the trackpad can now be disabled from Preferences - Increase font size for Japanese version - Paragraph panel fixes   Edit: This build currently only works on Yosemite and El Capitan.

Purpose: Improvements / Fixes 
Status: Beta
Requirements: Purchased Affinity Photo
Mac App Store: Not Submitted
Download: Here
 
To use this beta, simply download the file from the link given above and double-click on the file to open the installer. Follow the instructions to install the beta version. The beta sits alongside the Mac App Store version and will not interfere with it.
 
Improvements / Fixes 
 
- Panorama improvements
- Denoise in Develop extension - Improved reliability of Live Filter tools when switching between layers   - PDF import/export improvements, particularly in the area of bleed and trimboxes - Pantone/Global colour improvements. Application and Document palettes are now searchable - Added double-click to edit palette colours - Visual indication that documents are loading (in the application title bar) - Fix for non-retina drawing of UI in Layers panel - the disclosure triangle was drawn incorrectly - Added ‘Hide Selection’ option to context toolbar of some tools - use it to hide the tool drawing while dragging - Context toolbars changed to use icon instead of text ‘reset bounding box’ so that it occupies less space - Improved performance when complicated grids are visible - more to come though… - Improved printers marks - Changing paragraph indent now also changes the first line indent too - Fix for view appearing blurry at times when translated by a sub-pixel amount - Canvas rotation with the trackpad can now be disabled from Preferences - Increase font size for Japanese version - Paragraph panel fixes   Edit: This build currently only works on Yosemite and El Capitan.

Purpose: Improvements / Fixes 
Status: Beta
Requirements: Purchased Affinity Photo
Mac App Store: Not Submitted
Download: Here
 
To use this beta, simply download the file from the link given above and double-click on the file to open the installer. Follow the instructions to install the beta version. The beta sits alongside the Mac App Store version and will not interfere with it.
 
Improvements / Fixes 
 
- Panorama improvements
- Denoise in Develop extension - Improved reliability of Live Filter tools when switching between layers   - PDF import/export improvements, particularly in the area of bleed and trimboxes - Pantone/Global colour improvements. Application and Document palettes are now searchable - Added double-click to edit palette colours - Visual indication that documents are loading (in the application title bar) - Fix for non-retina drawing of UI in Layers panel - the disclosure triangle was drawn incorrectly - Added ‘Hide Selection’ option to context toolbar of some tools - use it to hide the tool drawing while dragging - Context toolbars changed to use icon instead of text ‘reset bounding box’ so that it occupies less space - Improved performance when complicated grids are visible - more to come though… - Improved printers marks - Changing paragraph indent now also changes the first line indent too - Fix for view appearing blurry at times when translated by a sub-pixel amount - Canvas rotation with the trackpad can now be disabled from Preferences - Increase font size for Japanese version - Paragraph panel fixes   Edit: This build currently only works on Yosemite and El Capitan.

Purpose: Improvements / Fixes 
Status: Beta
Requirements: Purchased Affinity Photo
Mac App Store: Not Submitted
Download: Here
 
To use this beta, simply download the file from the link given above and double-click on the file to open the installer. Follow the instructions to install the beta version. The beta sits alongside the Mac App Store version and will not interfere with it.
 
Improvements / Fixes 
 
- Panorama improvements
- Denoise in Develop extension - Improved reliability of Live Filter tools when switching between layers   - PDF import/export improvements, particularly in the area of bleed and trimboxes - Pantone/Global colour improvements. Application and Document palettes are now searchable - Added double-click to edit palette colours - Visual indication that documents are loading (in the application title bar) - Fix for non-retina drawing of UI in Layers panel - the disclosure triangle was drawn incorrectly - Added ‘Hide Selection’ option to context toolbar of some tools - use it to hide the tool drawing while dragging - Context toolbars changed to use icon instead of text ‘reset bounding box’ so that it occupies less space - Improved performance when complicated grids are visible - more to come though… - Improved printers marks - Changing paragraph indent now also changes the first line indent too - Fix for view appearing blurry at times when translated by a sub-pixel amount - Canvas rotation with the trackpad can now be disabled from Preferences - Increase font size for Japanese version - Paragraph panel fixes   Edit: This build currently only works on Yosemite and El Capitan.

Purpose: Improvements / Fixes 
Status: Beta
Requirements: Purchased Affinity Photo
Mac App Store: Not Submitted
Download: Here
 
To use this beta, simply download the file from the link given above and double-click on the file to open the installer. Follow the instructions to install the beta version. The beta sits alongside the Mac App Store version and will not interfere with it.
 
Improvements / Fixes 
 
- Panorama improvements
- Denoise in Develop extension - Improved reliability of Live Filter tools when switching between layers   - PDF import/export improvements, particularly in the area of bleed and trimboxes - Pantone/Global colour improvements. Application and Document palettes are now searchable - Added double-click to edit palette colours - Visual indication that documents are loading (in the application title bar) - Fix for non-retina drawing of UI in Layers panel - the disclosure triangle was drawn incorrectly - Added ‘Hide Selection’ option to context toolbar of some tools - use it to hide the tool drawing while dragging - Context toolbars changed to use icon instead of text ‘reset bounding box’ so that it occupies less space - Improved performance when complicated grids are visible - more to come though… - Improved printers marks - Changing paragraph indent now also changes the first line indent too - Fix for view appearing blurry at times when translated by a sub-pixel amount - Canvas rotation with the trackpad can now be disabled from Preferences - Increase font size for Japanese version - Paragraph panel fixes   Edit: This build currently only works on Yosemite and El Capitan.

Purpose: Improvements / Fixes 
Status: Beta
Requirements: Purchased Affinity Photo
Mac App Store: Not Submitted
Download: Here
 
To use this beta, simply download the file from the link given above and double-click on the file to open the installer. Follow the instructions to install the beta version. The beta sits alongside the Mac App Store version and will not interfere with it.
 
Improvements / Fixes 
 
- Panorama improvements
- Denoise in Develop extension - Improved reliability of Live Filter tools when switching between layers   - PDF import/export improvements, particularly in the area of bleed and trimboxes - Pantone/Global colour improvements. Application and Document palettes are now searchable - Added double-click to edit palette colours - Visual indication that documents are loading (in the application title bar) - Fix for non-retina drawing of UI in Layers panel - the disclosure triangle was drawn incorrectly - Added ‘Hide Selection’ option to context toolbar of some tools - use it to hide the tool drawing while dragging - Context toolbars changed to use icon instead of text ‘reset bounding box’ so that it occupies less space - Improved performance when complicated grids are visible - more to come though… - Improved printers marks - Changing paragraph indent now also changes the first line indent too - Fix for view appearing blurry at times when translated by a sub-pixel amount - Canvas rotation with the trackpad can now be disabled from Preferences - Increase font size for Japanese version - Paragraph panel fixes   Edit: This build currently only works on Yosemite and El Capitan.

Purpose: Improvements / Fixes 
Status: Beta
Requirements: Purchased Affinity Photo
Mac App Store: Not Submitted
Download: Here
 
To use this beta, simply download the file from the link given above and double-click on the file to open the installer. Follow the instructions to install the beta version. The beta sits alongside the Mac App Store version and will not interfere with it.
 
Improvements / Fixes 
 
- Panorama improvements
- Denoise in Develop extension - Improved reliability of Live Filter tools when switching between layers   - PDF import/export improvements, particularly in the area of bleed and trimboxes - Pantone/Global colour improvements. Application and Document palettes are now searchable - Added double-click to edit palette colours - Visual indication that documents are loading (in the application title bar) - Fix for non-retina drawing of UI in Layers panel - the disclosure triangle was drawn incorrectly - Added ‘Hide Selection’ option to context toolbar of some tools - use it to hide the tool drawing while dragging - Context toolbars changed to use icon instead of text ‘reset bounding box’ so that it occupies less space - Improved performance when complicated grids are visible - more to come though… - Improved printers marks - Changing paragraph indent now also changes the first line indent too - Fix for view appearing blurry at times when translated by a sub-pixel amount - Canvas rotation with the trackpad can now be disabled from Preferences - Increase font size for Japanese version - Paragraph panel fixes   Edit: This build currently only works on Yosemite and El Capitan.

We are going to make a professional Affinity DAM application - stay tuned in 2016 for more information ;)
 
Thanks,
 
Andy.

Purpose: Features / Improvements / Fixes 
Status: Beta
Requirements: Purchased Affinity Photo
Mac App Store: Not Submitted
Download: Here
 
To use this beta, simply download the file from the link given above and double-click on the file to open the installer. Follow the instructions to install the beta version. The beta sits alongside the Mac App Store version and will not interfere with it.
 
 
Notable changes:
- New Panorama Persona - available from File -> New Panorama.
- 5 new Photos extensions - Miniaturise, Monochrome, Liquify, Develop and Dehaze - 400% rendering performance improvement in most common situations. - Global colours. - Full support for P3 panels found in the new 5k iMac and 4k iMac. If you have one of these you can try making a new RGB8 document with ProPhoto profile and choosing RGB(255,0,0) or RGB(0,255,0) as the colour of your objects - they should look richer and more vivid than you are used to seeing.
- View points added to the Navigator. The Navigator has an advanced mode that lets you choose to create and swap between specific view zoom/position saved points.
- Font fixes. Specifically, a number of font-related crashes have been addressed
- Export/Import improvements - particularly PDF.
- Fix for Text tool failing to accept certain characters (those that were mapped to other shortcuts!)
- Snapping improved for Rotation Centre. Rotation Centre is available from the Move Tool's context toolbar.
- Pantone/named colour/tint improvements. Selecting an object which has a Pantone colour will automatically choose the tint options in the colour panel.
- Canvas rotation. The canvas can be rotated by using the touchpad's rotate gesture or by using the View menu items 'Rotate Left', 'Rotate Right' or 'Reset Rotation'.
- Fix for colour conversion issues exhibited with HSL colours in RGB document formats.
- Character & Paragraph panel improvements.
- Typography panel show visually the effects of different OpenType features. Select some text and go to the Typography panel - this will show you the available options for your current font and text selection. Try changing fonts for more options.
- Printer’s marks and bleed available for output. The export options for PDF now include these additional options, as does the Print dialog.
- Smart Tap feature. Toggle between the current zoom and 100% by double-tapping with two fingers on the trackpad. This is useful for designing up close and being able to easily refer to a 100% view and then back again.
- Updated splash screens. These are necessary as we need to include Pantone licensing information.
- Added Split-toning adjustment. This is available from the Layers panel's adjustments menu and the main Layers->Adjustments menu.
- Improvements to deform filter - you can now select and manipulate multiple pins at once.

Purpose: Features / Improvements / Fixes 
Status: Beta
Requirements: Purchased Affinity Photo
Mac App Store: Not Submitted
Download: Here
 
To use this beta, simply download the file from the link given above and double-click on the file to open the installer. Follow the instructions to install the beta version. The beta sits alongside the Mac App Store version and will not interfere with it.
 
 
Notable changes:
- New Panorama Persona - available from File -> New Panorama.
- 5 new Photos extensions - Miniaturise, Monochrome, Liquify, Develop and Dehaze - 400% rendering performance improvement in most common situations. - Global colours. - Full support for P3 panels found in the new 5k iMac and 4k iMac. If you have one of these you can try making a new RGB8 document with ProPhoto profile and choosing RGB(255,0,0) or RGB(0,255,0) as the colour of your objects - they should look richer and more vivid than you are used to seeing.
- View points added to the Navigator. The Navigator has an advanced mode that lets you choose to create and swap between specific view zoom/position saved points.
- Font fixes. Specifically, a number of font-related crashes have been addressed
- Export/Import improvements - particularly PDF.
- Fix for Text tool failing to accept certain characters (those that were mapped to other shortcuts!)
- Snapping improved for Rotation Centre. Rotation Centre is available from the Move Tool's context toolbar.
- Pantone/named colour/tint improvements. Selecting an object which has a Pantone colour will automatically choose the tint options in the colour panel.
- Canvas rotation. The canvas can be rotated by using the touchpad's rotate gesture or by using the View menu items 'Rotate Left', 'Rotate Right' or 'Reset Rotation'.
- Fix for colour conversion issues exhibited with HSL colours in RGB document formats.
- Character & Paragraph panel improvements.
- Typography panel show visually the effects of different OpenType features. Select some text and go to the Typography panel - this will show you the available options for your current font and text selection. Try changing fonts for more options.
- Printer’s marks and bleed available for output. The export options for PDF now include these additional options, as does the Print dialog.
- Smart Tap feature. Toggle between the current zoom and 100% by double-tapping with two fingers on the trackpad. This is useful for designing up close and being able to easily refer to a 100% view and then back again.
- Updated splash screens. These are necessary as we need to include Pantone licensing information.
- Added Split-toning adjustment. This is available from the Layers panel's adjustments menu and the main Layers->Adjustments menu.
- Improvements to deform filter - you can now select and manipulate multiple pins at once.

Bleed previews should be coming soon :)

Bleed previews should be coming soon :)

Purpose: Features / Improvements / Fixes 
Status: Beta
Requirements: Purchased Affinity Photo
Mac App Store: Not Submitted
Download: Here
 
To use this beta, simply download the file from the link given above and double-click on the file to open the installer. Follow the instructions to install the beta version. The beta sits alongside the Mac App Store version and will not interfere with it.
 
 
Notable changes:
- New Panorama Persona - available from File -> New Panorama.
- 5 new Photos extensions - Miniaturise, Monochrome, Liquify, Develop and Dehaze - 400% rendering performance improvement in most common situations. - Global colours. - Full support for P3 panels found in the new 5k iMac and 4k iMac. If you have one of these you can try making a new RGB8 document with ProPhoto profile and choosing RGB(255,0,0) or RGB(0,255,0) as the colour of your objects - they should look richer and more vivid than you are used to seeing.
- View points added to the Navigator. The Navigator has an advanced mode that lets you choose to create and swap between specific view zoom/position saved points.
- Font fixes. Specifically, a number of font-related crashes have been addressed
- Export/Import improvements - particularly PDF.
- Fix for Text tool failing to accept certain characters (those that were mapped to other shortcuts!)
- Snapping improved for Rotation Centre. Rotation Centre is available from the Move Tool's context toolbar.
- Pantone/named colour/tint improvements. Selecting an object which has a Pantone colour will automatically choose the tint options in the colour panel.
- Canvas rotation. The canvas can be rotated by using the touchpad's rotate gesture or by using the View menu items 'Rotate Left', 'Rotate Right' or 'Reset Rotation'.
- Fix for colour conversion issues exhibited with HSL colours in RGB document formats.
- Character & Paragraph panel improvements.
- Typography panel show visually the effects of different OpenType features. Select some text and go to the Typography panel - this will show you the available options for your current font and text selection. Try changing fonts for more options.
- Printer’s marks and bleed available for output. The export options for PDF now include these additional options, as does the Print dialog.
- Smart Tap feature. Toggle between the current zoom and 100% by double-tapping with two fingers on the trackpad. This is useful for designing up close and being able to easily refer to a 100% view and then back again.
- Updated splash screens. These are necessary as we need to include Pantone licensing information.
- Added Split-toning adjustment. This is available from the Layers panel's adjustments menu and the main Layers->Adjustments menu.
- Improvements to deform filter - you can now select and manipulate multiple pins at once.

I think we might get a few more people in our little corner of the internet soon!
 

Purpose: Features / Improvements / Fixes 
Status: Beta
Requirements: Purchased Affinity Photo
Mac App Store: Not Submitted
Download: Here
 
To use this beta, simply download the file from the link given above and double-click on the file to open the installer. Follow the instructions to install the beta version. The beta sits alongside the Mac App Store version and will not interfere with it.
 
 
Notable changes:
- New Panorama Persona - available from File -> New Panorama.
- 5 new Photos extensions - Miniaturise, Monochrome, Liquify, Develop and Dehaze - 400% rendering performance improvement in most common situations. - Global colours. - Full support for P3 panels found in the new 5k iMac and 4k iMac. If you have one of these you can try making a new RGB8 document with ProPhoto profile and choosing RGB(255,0,0) or RGB(0,255,0) as the colour of your objects - they should look richer and more vivid than you are used to seeing.
- View points added to the Navigator. The Navigator has an advanced mode that lets you choose to create and swap between specific view zoom/position saved points.
- Font fixes. Specifically, a number of font-related crashes have been addressed
- Export/Import improvements - particularly PDF.
- Fix for Text tool failing to accept certain characters (those that were mapped to other shortcuts!)
- Snapping improved for Rotation Centre. Rotation Centre is available from the Move Tool's context toolbar.
- Pantone/named colour/tint improvements. Selecting an object which has a Pantone colour will automatically choose the tint options in the colour panel.
- Canvas rotation. The canvas can be rotated by using the touchpad's rotate gesture or by using the View menu items 'Rotate Left', 'Rotate Right' or 'Reset Rotation'.
- Fix for colour conversion issues exhibited with HSL colours in RGB document formats.
- Character & Paragraph panel improvements.
- Typography panel show visually the effects of different OpenType features. Select some text and go to the Typography panel - this will show you the available options for your current font and text selection. Try changing fonts for more options.
- Printer’s marks and bleed available for output. The export options for PDF now include these additional options, as does the Print dialog.
- Smart Tap feature. Toggle between the current zoom and 100% by double-tapping with two fingers on the trackpad. This is useful for designing up close and being able to easily refer to a 100% view and then back again.
- Updated splash screens. These are necessary as we need to include Pantone licensing information.
- Added Split-toning adjustment. This is available from the Layers panel's adjustments menu and the main Layers->Adjustments menu.
- Improvements to deform filter - you can now select and manipulate multiple pins at once.

Hi Gary, I've made a tutorial about one of my work called "persistence of time", you can see it there http://www.kahinienn-graphix.com/media/timetuto.pdf... hope this will help you :)

whooooO!!!!   thanks!  you have no idea how much this helps!   :-)
 
 

Purpose: Features / Improvements / Fixes 
Status: Beta
Requirements: Purchased Affinity Photo
Mac App Store: Not Submitted
Download: Here
 
To use this beta, simply download the file from the link given above and double-click on the file to open the installer. Follow the instructions to install the beta version. The beta sits alongside the Mac App Store version and will not interfere with it.
 
 
Notable changes:
- New Panorama Persona - available from File -> New Panorama.
- 5 new Photos extensions - Miniaturise, Monochrome, Liquify, Develop and Dehaze - 400% rendering performance improvement in most common situations. - Global colours. - Full support for P3 panels found in the new 5k iMac and 4k iMac. If you have one of these you can try making a new RGB8 document with ProPhoto profile and choosing RGB(255,0,0) or RGB(0,255,0) as the colour of your objects - they should look richer and more vivid than you are used to seeing.
- View points added to the Navigator. The Navigator has an advanced mode that lets you choose to create and swap between specific view zoom/position saved points.
- Font fixes. Specifically, a number of font-related crashes have been addressed
- Export/Import improvements - particularly PDF.
- Fix for Text tool failing to accept certain characters (those that were mapped to other shortcuts!)
- Snapping improved for Rotation Centre. Rotation Centre is available from the Move Tool's context toolbar.
- Pantone/named colour/tint improvements. Selecting an object which has a Pantone colour will automatically choose the tint options in the colour panel.
- Canvas rotation. The canvas can be rotated by using the touchpad's rotate gesture or by using the View menu items 'Rotate Left', 'Rotate Right' or 'Reset Rotation'.
- Fix for colour conversion issues exhibited with HSL colours in RGB document formats.
- Character & Paragraph panel improvements.
- Typography panel show visually the effects of different OpenType features. Select some text and go to the Typography panel - this will show you the available options for your current font and text selection. Try changing fonts for more options.
- Printer’s marks and bleed available for output. The export options for PDF now include these additional options, as does the Print dialog.
- Smart Tap feature. Toggle between the current zoom and 100% by double-tapping with two fingers on the trackpad. This is useful for designing up close and being able to easily refer to a 100% view and then back again.
- Updated splash screens. These are necessary as we need to include Pantone licensing information.
- Added Split-toning adjustment. This is available from the Layers panel's adjustments menu and the main Layers->Adjustments menu.
- Improvements to deform filter - you can now select and manipulate multiple pins at once.

1.3.5.6 was too broken to release ;)
 
Andy.

Purpose: Features / Improvements / Fixes 
Status: Beta
Requirements: Purchased Affinity Photo
Mac App Store: Not Submitted
Download: Here
 
To use this beta, simply download the file from the link given above and double-click on the file to open the installer. Follow the instructions to install the beta version. The beta sits alongside the Mac App Store version and will not interfere with it.
 
 
Notable changes:
- New Panorama Persona - available from File -> New Panorama.
- 5 new Photos extensions - Miniaturise, Monochrome, Liquify, Develop and Dehaze - 400% rendering performance improvement in most common situations. - Global colours. - Full support for P3 panels found in the new 5k iMac and 4k iMac. If you have one of these you can try making a new RGB8 document with ProPhoto profile and choosing RGB(255,0,0) or RGB(0,255,0) as the colour of your objects - they should look richer and more vivid than you are used to seeing.
- View points added to the Navigator. The Navigator has an advanced mode that lets you choose to create and swap between specific view zoom/position saved points.
- Font fixes. Specifically, a number of font-related crashes have been addressed
- Export/Import improvements - particularly PDF.
- Fix for Text tool failing to accept certain characters (those that were mapped to other shortcuts!)
- Snapping improved for Rotation Centre. Rotation Centre is available from the Move Tool's context toolbar.
- Pantone/named colour/tint improvements. Selecting an object which has a Pantone colour will automatically choose the tint options in the colour panel.
- Canvas rotation. The canvas can be rotated by using the touchpad's rotate gesture or by using the View menu items 'Rotate Left', 'Rotate Right' or 'Reset Rotation'.
- Fix for colour conversion issues exhibited with HSL colours in RGB document formats.
- Character & Paragraph panel improvements.
- Typography panel show visually the effects of different OpenType features. Select some text and go to the Typography panel - this will show you the available options for your current font and text selection. Try changing fonts for more options.
- Printer’s marks and bleed available for output. The export options for PDF now include these additional options, as does the Print dialog.
- Smart Tap feature. Toggle between the current zoom and 100% by double-tapping with two fingers on the trackpad. This is useful for designing up close and being able to easily refer to a 100% view and then back again.
- Updated splash screens. These are necessary as we need to include Pantone licensing information.
- Added Split-toning adjustment. This is available from the Layers panel's adjustments menu and the main Layers->Adjustments menu.
- Improvements to deform filter - you can now select and manipulate multiple pins at once.

Purpose: Features / Improvements / Fixes 
Status: Beta
Requirements: Purchased Affinity Photo
Mac App Store: Not Submitted
Download: Here
 
To use this beta, simply download the file from the link given above and double-click on the file to open the installer. Follow the instructions to install the beta version. The beta sits alongside the Mac App Store version and will not interfere with it.
 
 
Notable changes:
- New Panorama Persona - available from File -> New Panorama.
- 5 new Photos extensions - Miniaturise, Monochrome, Liquify, Develop and Dehaze - 400% rendering performance improvement in most common situations. - Global colours. - Full support for P3 panels found in the new 5k iMac and 4k iMac. If you have one of these you can try making a new RGB8 document with ProPhoto profile and choosing RGB(255,0,0) or RGB(0,255,0) as the colour of your objects - they should look richer and more vivid than you are used to seeing.
- View points added to the Navigator. The Navigator has an advanced mode that lets you choose to create and swap between specific view zoom/position saved points.
- Font fixes. Specifically, a number of font-related crashes have been addressed
- Export/Import improvements - particularly PDF.
- Fix for Text tool failing to accept certain characters (those that were mapped to other shortcuts!)
- Snapping improved for Rotation Centre. Rotation Centre is available from the Move Tool's context toolbar.
- Pantone/named colour/tint improvements. Selecting an object which has a Pantone colour will automatically choose the tint options in the colour panel.
- Canvas rotation. The canvas can be rotated by using the touchpad's rotate gesture or by using the View menu items 'Rotate Left', 'Rotate Right' or 'Reset Rotation'.
- Fix for colour conversion issues exhibited with HSL colours in RGB document formats.
- Character & Paragraph panel improvements.
- Typography panel show visually the effects of different OpenType features. Select some text and go to the Typography panel - this will show you the available options for your current font and text selection. Try changing fonts for more options.
- Printer’s marks and bleed available for output. The export options for PDF now include these additional options, as does the Print dialog.
- Smart Tap feature. Toggle between the current zoom and 100% by double-tapping with two fingers on the trackpad. This is useful for designing up close and being able to easily refer to a 100% view and then back again.
- Updated splash screens. These are necessary as we need to include Pantone licensing information.
- Added Split-toning adjustment. This is available from the Layers panel's adjustments menu and the main Layers->Adjustments menu.
- Improvements to deform filter - you can now select and manipulate multiple pins at once.

Purpose: Features / Improvements / Fixes 
Status: Beta
Requirements: Purchased Affinity Photo
Mac App Store: Not Submitted
Download: Here
 
To use this beta, simply download the file from the link given above and double-click on the file to open the installer. Follow the instructions to install the beta version. The beta sits alongside the Mac App Store version and will not interfere with it.
 
 
Notable changes:
- New Panorama Persona - available from File -> New Panorama.
- 5 new Photos extensions - Miniaturise, Monochrome, Liquify, Develop and Dehaze - 400% rendering performance improvement in most common situations. - Global colours. - Full support for P3 panels found in the new 5k iMac and 4k iMac. If you have one of these you can try making a new RGB8 document with ProPhoto profile and choosing RGB(255,0,0) or RGB(0,255,0) as the colour of your objects - they should look richer and more vivid than you are used to seeing.
- View points added to the Navigator. The Navigator has an advanced mode that lets you choose to create and swap between specific view zoom/position saved points.
- Font fixes. Specifically, a number of font-related crashes have been addressed
- Export/Import improvements - particularly PDF.
- Fix for Text tool failing to accept certain characters (those that were mapped to other shortcuts!)
- Snapping improved for Rotation Centre. Rotation Centre is available from the Move Tool's context toolbar.
- Pantone/named colour/tint improvements. Selecting an object which has a Pantone colour will automatically choose the tint options in the colour panel.
- Canvas rotation. The canvas can be rotated by using the touchpad's rotate gesture or by using the View menu items 'Rotate Left', 'Rotate Right' or 'Reset Rotation'.
- Fix for colour conversion issues exhibited with HSL colours in RGB document formats.
- Character & Paragraph panel improvements.
- Typography panel show visually the effects of different OpenType features. Select some text and go to the Typography panel - this will show you the available options for your current font and text selection. Try changing fonts for more options.
- Printer’s marks and bleed available for output. The export options for PDF now include these additional options, as does the Print dialog.
- Smart Tap feature. Toggle between the current zoom and 100% by double-tapping with two fingers on the trackpad. This is useful for designing up close and being able to easily refer to a 100% view and then back again.
- Updated splash screens. These are necessary as we need to include Pantone licensing information.
- Added Split-toning adjustment. This is available from the Layers panel's adjustments menu and the main Layers->Adjustments menu.
- Improvements to deform filter - you can now select and manipulate multiple pins at once.

1.3.5.6 was too broken to release ;)
 
Andy.