Andy Somerfield

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.
 
Please Note: We will do our utmost to fix anything that emerges as quickly as possible, but we just wanted you to understand that for production work we would recommend using the Mac App Store version until this beta has been validated for a few weeks.
 
Notable changes:
 
- New cameras supported in Develop Persona (list coming soon!)
- Ability to auto-align image stacks
- Live preview of stack operator change
- Overprint black and spot colours
- Fully support El Capitan split-view
- Fixed cycling of tool shortcuts
- Fixed international character input
- Improved PDF import/export
- Added user-adjustable controller ramps for brush variances
- Added recent fonts to dropdown
- Improved iCloud file syncing and merging
- Added cancel button to export progress panels
- Added Registration colour
- Improved file size of PSD export
- Updated help
- Fix for Ctrl-run up issues
 
- Numerous stability fixes

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.
 
Please Note: We will do our utmost to fix anything that emerges as quickly as possible, but we just wanted you to understand that for production work we would recommend using the Mac App Store version until this beta has been validated for a few weeks.
 
Notable changes:
 
- New cameras supported in Develop Persona (list coming soon!)
- Ability to auto-align image stacks
- Live preview of stack operator change
- Overprint black and spot colours
- Fully support El Capitan split-view
- Fixed cycling of tool shortcuts
- Fixed international character input
- Improved PDF import/export
- Added user-adjustable controller ramps for brush variances
- Added recent fonts to dropdown
- Improved iCloud file syncing and merging
- Added cancel button to export progress panels
- Added Registration colour
- Improved file size of PSD export
- Updated help
- Fix for Ctrl-run up issues
 
- Numerous stability fixes

I think we are missing a way to change canvas transparency / colour once the document has been created - I'll get this added :)
 
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.
 
Please Note: We will do our utmost to fix anything that emerges as quickly as possible, but we just wanted you to understand that for production work we would recommend using the Mac App Store version until this beta has been validated for a few weeks.
 
Notable changes:
 
- New cameras supported in Develop Persona (list coming soon!)
- Ability to auto-align image stacks
- Live preview of stack operator change
- Overprint black and spot colours
- Fully support El Capitan split-view
- Fixed cycling of tool shortcuts
- Fixed international character input
- Improved PDF import/export
- Added user-adjustable controller ramps for brush variances
- Added recent fonts to dropdown
- Improved iCloud file syncing and merging
- Added cancel button to export progress panels
- Added Registration colour
- Improved file size of PSD export
- Updated help
- Fix for Ctrl-run up issues
 
- Numerous stability fixes

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.
 
Please Note: We will do our utmost to fix anything that emerges as quickly as possible, but we just wanted you to understand that for production work we would recommend using the Mac App Store version until this beta has been validated for a few weeks.
 
Notable changes:
 
- New cameras supported in Develop Persona (list coming soon!)
- Ability to auto-align image stacks
- Live preview of stack operator change
- Overprint black and spot colours
- Fully support El Capitan split-view
- Fixed cycling of tool shortcuts
- Fixed international character input
- Improved PDF import/export
- Added user-adjustable controller ramps for brush variances
- Added recent fonts to dropdown
- Improved iCloud file syncing and merging
- Added cancel button to export progress panels
- Added Registration colour
- Improved file size of PSD export
- Updated help
- Fix for Ctrl-run up issues
 
- Numerous stability fixes

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.
 
Please Note: We will do our utmost to fix anything that emerges as quickly as possible, but we just wanted you to understand that for production work we would recommend using the Mac App Store version until this beta has been validated for a few weeks.
 
Notable changes:
 
- New cameras supported in Develop Persona (list coming soon!)
- Ability to auto-align image stacks
- Live preview of stack operator change
- Overprint black and spot colours
- Fully support El Capitan split-view
- Fixed cycling of tool shortcuts
- Fixed international character input
- Improved PDF import/export
- Added user-adjustable controller ramps for brush variances
- Added recent fonts to dropdown
- Improved iCloud file syncing and merging
- Added cancel button to export progress panels
- Added Registration colour
- Improved file size of PSD export
- Updated help
- Fix for Ctrl-run up issues
 
- Numerous stability fixes

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.
 
Please Note: We will do our utmost to fix anything that emerges as quickly as possible, but we just wanted you to understand that for production work we would recommend using the Mac App Store version until this beta has been validated for a few weeks.
 
Notable changes:
 
- New cameras supported in Develop Persona (list coming soon!)
- Ability to auto-align image stacks
- Live preview of stack operator change
- Overprint black and spot colours
- Fully support El Capitan split-view
- Fixed cycling of tool shortcuts
- Fixed international character input
- Improved PDF import/export
- Added user-adjustable controller ramps for brush variances
- Added recent fonts to dropdown
- Improved iCloud file syncing and merging
- Added cancel button to export progress panels
- Added Registration colour
- Improved file size of PSD export
- Updated help
- Fix for Ctrl-run up issues
 
- Numerous stability fixes

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.
 
Please Note: We will do our utmost to fix anything that emerges as quickly as possible, but we just wanted you to understand that for production work we would recommend using the Mac App Store version until this beta has been validated for a few weeks.
 
Notable changes:
 
- New cameras supported in Develop Persona (list coming soon!)
- Ability to auto-align image stacks
- Live preview of stack operator change
- Overprint black and spot colours
- Fully support El Capitan split-view
- Fixed cycling of tool shortcuts
- Fixed international character input
- Improved PDF import/export
- Added user-adjustable controller ramps for brush variances
- Added recent fonts to dropdown
- Improved iCloud file syncing and merging
- Added cancel button to export progress panels
- Added Registration colour
- Improved file size of PSD export
- Updated help
- Fix for Ctrl-run up issues
 
- Numerous stability fixes

That's something I think we could maybe look into..
 
Let me have a look :)
 
Thanks,
 
A

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

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

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

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

Thanks billtils,
 
That's a very interesting read for me - Elements has always been a strange beast.. sometimes they seem to bless it with their newest and shiniest tech, sometimes they actually seem to take things away from it, in new releases, to pronounce the gulf between it and the full PS..
 
I often find it difficult to prioritise new features for AP - to focus on the consumer, prosumer, or outright pro stuff. So far, I have leaned towards pro - and that's likely to continue. The aim of the whole Affinity range is to implement pro stuff, but hopefully make it as accessible as possible to the prosumer guys..
 
I'd certainly like more feedback from the folks in that camera club meeting, if that's possible!
 
Thanks,
 
A

Thanks billtils,
 
That's a very interesting read for me - Elements has always been a strange beast.. sometimes they seem to bless it with their newest and shiniest tech, sometimes they actually seem to take things away from it, in new releases, to pronounce the gulf between it and the full PS..
 
I often find it difficult to prioritise new features for AP - to focus on the consumer, prosumer, or outright pro stuff. So far, I have leaned towards pro - and that's likely to continue. The aim of the whole Affinity range is to implement pro stuff, but hopefully make it as accessible as possible to the prosumer guys..
 
I'd certainly like more feedback from the folks in that camera club meeting, if that's possible!
 
Thanks,
 
A

Thanks billtils,
 
That's a very interesting read for me - Elements has always been a strange beast.. sometimes they seem to bless it with their newest and shiniest tech, sometimes they actually seem to take things away from it, in new releases, to pronounce the gulf between it and the full PS..
 
I often find it difficult to prioritise new features for AP - to focus on the consumer, prosumer, or outright pro stuff. So far, I have leaned towards pro - and that's likely to continue. The aim of the whole Affinity range is to implement pro stuff, but hopefully make it as accessible as possible to the prosumer guys..
 
I'd certainly like more feedback from the folks in that camera club meeting, if that's possible!
 
Thanks,
 
A

Thanks billtils,
 
That's a very interesting read for me - Elements has always been a strange beast.. sometimes they seem to bless it with their newest and shiniest tech, sometimes they actually seem to take things away from it, in new releases, to pronounce the gulf between it and the full PS..
 
I often find it difficult to prioritise new features for AP - to focus on the consumer, prosumer, or outright pro stuff. So far, I have leaned towards pro - and that's likely to continue. The aim of the whole Affinity range is to implement pro stuff, but hopefully make it as accessible as possible to the prosumer guys..
 
I'd certainly like more feedback from the folks in that camera club meeting, if that's possible!
 
Thanks,
 
A

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.
 
Please Note: We will do our utmost to fix anything that emerges as quickly as possible, but we just wanted you to understand that for production work we would recommend using the Mac App Store version until this beta has been validated for a few weeks.
 
Notable changes:
 
- New “Affinity Retouching” Extension for the Photos App on OS X El Capitan. Now includes haze removal!
 
- New “Live Stacks” capability - File -> New Stack. Auto alignment is currently not present - it will be added in a subsequent beta.
 
- New support in the Develop Persona for multiple engines - added “Core Image RAW” as a new engine. Use the Develop Assistant to specify your preferred engine.
 
- New support for Pantone colours - including PDF/X import and export. Pantones available in the Swatches panel.
 
- New alpha selection features - Select -> Alpha Range -> Opaque / Transparent / Partially Transparent.
 
- New “Clipping Preview” function for Levels adjustment (Option key while dragging).
 
- New blend mode - “Contrast Invert”.
 
- Certain adjustments (Levels, Curves, Channel Mixer) can now be applied in any colour space - so you could add a LAB curves adjustment to an RGB document, for example.
 
- Perspective filter (single plane) can now be applied as a Live Filter.
 
- New UI in Preferences to list detected plugins and indicate if they are expected to work - the list updates each time you run the app (if you have an internet connection). We will be populating the list over the coming few days (we may need your help!).
 
- The Move tool can now be told to move a layer, but not children of that layer. It’s an option on the context toolbar and will only show up if you have a non-group layer selected which has child layers.
 
- Numerous PSD export / import improvements - Some fixes that should help create PSD files that FCPX and Motion can import.  Fixed import vector masking issue with subtractive masks.  PSD export can now export efficient flat image which decreases files sizes for flat RGB images).
 
- You can now double click the empty view (with no documents loaded) to load a document.
 
- Keyboard shortcuts are now properly saved for tools.
 
- Numerous improvements to vector import / export - especially for PDF/X.
 
- Fix for incorrectly exporting the opposite of what the user requested with the ‘1x’/‘2x’/‘3x’ options in Export Persona.
  - Fix for documents with Pixel unit types incorrectly loading into the Mac App Store version (just open your document and save it again in this version to fix).   - Numerous Help improvements.   - Numerous minor bug fixes - including masks.

Do you mean something like this @paolo.limoncelli?
 
https://s3.amazonaws.com/affinity-beta/download/brush_jitter.mov
 
A

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.
 
Please Note: We will do our utmost to fix anything that emerges as quickly as possible, but we just wanted you to understand that for production work we would recommend using the Mac App Store version until this beta has been validated for a few weeks.
 
Notable changes:
 
- New “Affinity Retouching” Extension for the Photos App on OS X El Capitan. Now includes haze removal!
 
- New “Live Stacks” capability - File -> New Stack. Auto alignment is currently not present - it will be added in a subsequent beta.
 
- New support in the Develop Persona for multiple engines - added “Core Image RAW” as a new engine. Use the Develop Assistant to specify your preferred engine.
 
- New support for Pantone colours - including PDF/X import and export. Pantones available in the Swatches panel.
 
- New alpha selection features - Select -> Alpha Range -> Opaque / Transparent / Partially Transparent.
 
- New “Clipping Preview” function for Levels adjustment (Option key while dragging).
 
- New blend mode - “Contrast Invert”.
 
- Certain adjustments (Levels, Curves, Channel Mixer) can now be applied in any colour space - so you could add a LAB curves adjustment to an RGB document, for example.
 
- Perspective filter (single plane) can now be applied as a Live Filter.
 
- New UI in Preferences to list detected plugins and indicate if they are expected to work - the list updates each time you run the app (if you have an internet connection). We will be populating the list over the coming few days (we may need your help!).
 
- The Move tool can now be told to move a layer, but not children of that layer. It’s an option on the context toolbar and will only show up if you have a non-group layer selected which has child layers.
 
- Numerous PSD export / import improvements - Some fixes that should help create PSD files that FCPX and Motion can import.  Fixed import vector masking issue with subtractive masks.  PSD export can now export efficient flat image which decreases files sizes for flat RGB images).
 
- You can now double click the empty view (with no documents loaded) to load a document.
 
- Keyboard shortcuts are now properly saved for tools.
 
- Numerous improvements to vector import / export - especially for PDF/X.
 
- Fix for incorrectly exporting the opposite of what the user requested with the ‘1x’/‘2x’/‘3x’ options in Export Persona.
  - Fix for documents with Pixel unit types incorrectly loading into the Mac App Store version (just open your document and save it again in this version to fix).   - Numerous Help improvements.   - Numerous minor bug fixes - including masks.

There will be an even more fantastic Designer beta in a few weeks too ;)
 
A

There will be an even more fantastic Designer beta in a few weeks too ;)
 
A

There will be an even more fantastic Designer beta in a few weeks too ;)
 
A