Andy Somerfield

Status: Release Candidate
Purpose: Fixes
Requirements: Purchased Affinity Photo
Mac App Store: Not submitted
Download ZIP: Download
Auto-update: Available
 
Hello,
We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of the second build of Affinity Photo 1.9.1 for macOS.
If this is your first time using a customer beta of an Affinity app, it’s worth noting that the beta will install as a separate app - alongside your store version. They will not interfere with each other at all and you can continue to use the store version for critical work without worry.
This beta is an incremental update to the 1.9.0 version recently released to all customers (although it still installs parallel to the released version, as described above). We recommend that you use this beta in preference to the store version if you are affected by any of the issues listed below.
Affinity Photo Team  
 
Changes Since 1.9.1.119
 
- Registration system improvements and fixes.
- Fixed numerous brush management issues.
- Fixed toolbar height in separated mode.
- Text in scaled text frame could increase in size when grouped.
- Astrophotography bad pixel tool improvements.
- Added ability to load FITS files with .fts extensions.
- TIFF loading fixes.
- Further TGA fixes for large files.
- Assets improvements and fixes.
- Fixed numerous tiny icons.
- Assorted small fixes.
- New samples.
- Help improvements.
- Localisation improvements.
 
Changes Since 1.9.0
 
- Fixed crash exporting LUTs.
- Fixed some icons being very small.
- Fixed incorrect cursor issues.
- Fixed crash loading large TGA files.
- Fixed bug when erasing from a panorama source mask.
- Fixed CR3 bugs.
- Fixed monochromatic iconography option not working.
- Fixed alignment issues with pixel tool.
- Fixed marquee selection issues on Apple Silicon devices.
- Fixed loading of 16bit LAB TIFF.
- Fixed assorted live filter issues.
- Fixed live stack with live perspective issues when the source images have differing orientations.
- Assorted other small fixes.

Status: Release Candidate
Purpose: Fixes
Requirements: Purchased Affinity Photo
Mac App Store: Not submitted
Download ZIP: Download
Auto-update: Available
 
Hello,
We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of the second build of Affinity Photo 1.9.1 for macOS.
If this is your first time using a customer beta of an Affinity app, it’s worth noting that the beta will install as a separate app - alongside your store version. They will not interfere with each other at all and you can continue to use the store version for critical work without worry.
This beta is an incremental update to the 1.9.0 version recently released to all customers (although it still installs parallel to the released version, as described above). We recommend that you use this beta in preference to the store version if you are affected by any of the issues listed below.
Affinity Photo Team  
 
Changes Since 1.9.1.119
 
- Registration system improvements and fixes.
- Fixed numerous brush management issues.
- Fixed toolbar height in separated mode.
- Text in scaled text frame could increase in size when grouped.
- Astrophotography bad pixel tool improvements.
- Added ability to load FITS files with .fts extensions.
- TIFF loading fixes.
- Further TGA fixes for large files.
- Assets improvements and fixes.
- Fixed numerous tiny icons.
- Assorted small fixes.
- New samples.
- Help improvements.
- Localisation improvements.
 
Changes Since 1.9.0
 
- Fixed crash exporting LUTs.
- Fixed some icons being very small.
- Fixed incorrect cursor issues.
- Fixed crash loading large TGA files.
- Fixed bug when erasing from a panorama source mask.
- Fixed CR3 bugs.
- Fixed monochromatic iconography option not working.
- Fixed alignment issues with pixel tool.
- Fixed marquee selection issues on Apple Silicon devices.
- Fixed loading of 16bit LAB TIFF.
- Fixed assorted live filter issues.
- Fixed live stack with live perspective issues when the source images have differing orientations.
- Assorted other small fixes.

Status: Release Candidate
Purpose: Fixes
Requirements: Purchased Affinity Photo
Mac App Store: Not submitted
Download ZIP: Download
Auto-update: Available
 
Hello,
We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of the second build of Affinity Photo 1.9.1 for macOS.
If this is your first time using a customer beta of an Affinity app, it’s worth noting that the beta will install as a separate app - alongside your store version. They will not interfere with each other at all and you can continue to use the store version for critical work without worry.
This beta is an incremental update to the 1.9.0 version recently released to all customers (although it still installs parallel to the released version, as described above). We recommend that you use this beta in preference to the store version if you are affected by any of the issues listed below.
Affinity Photo Team  
 
Changes Since 1.9.1.119
 
- Registration system improvements and fixes.
- Fixed numerous brush management issues.
- Fixed toolbar height in separated mode.
- Text in scaled text frame could increase in size when grouped.
- Astrophotography bad pixel tool improvements.
- Added ability to load FITS files with .fts extensions.
- TIFF loading fixes.
- Further TGA fixes for large files.
- Assets improvements and fixes.
- Fixed numerous tiny icons.
- Assorted small fixes.
- New samples.
- Help improvements.
- Localisation improvements.
 
Changes Since 1.9.0
 
- Fixed crash exporting LUTs.
- Fixed some icons being very small.
- Fixed incorrect cursor issues.
- Fixed crash loading large TGA files.
- Fixed bug when erasing from a panorama source mask.
- Fixed CR3 bugs.
- Fixed monochromatic iconography option not working.
- Fixed alignment issues with pixel tool.
- Fixed marquee selection issues on Apple Silicon devices.
- Fixed loading of 16bit LAB TIFF.
- Fixed assorted live filter issues.
- Fixed live stack with live perspective issues when the source images have differing orientations.
- Assorted other small fixes.

Status: Release Candidate
Purpose: Fixes
Requirements: Purchased Affinity Photo
Mac App Store: Not submitted
Download ZIP: Download
Auto-update: Available
 
Hello,
We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of the second build of Affinity Photo 1.9.1 for macOS.
If this is your first time using a customer beta of an Affinity app, it’s worth noting that the beta will install as a separate app - alongside your store version. They will not interfere with each other at all and you can continue to use the store version for critical work without worry.
This beta is an incremental update to the 1.9.0 version recently released to all customers (although it still installs parallel to the released version, as described above). We recommend that you use this beta in preference to the store version if you are affected by any of the issues listed below.
Affinity Photo Team  
 
Changes Since 1.9.1.119
 
- Registration system improvements and fixes.
- Fixed numerous brush management issues.
- Fixed toolbar height in separated mode.
- Text in scaled text frame could increase in size when grouped.
- Astrophotography bad pixel tool improvements.
- Added ability to load FITS files with .fts extensions.
- TIFF loading fixes.
- Further TGA fixes for large files.
- Assets improvements and fixes.
- Fixed numerous tiny icons.
- Assorted small fixes.
- New samples.
- Help improvements.
- Localisation improvements.
 
Changes Since 1.9.0
 
- Fixed crash exporting LUTs.
- Fixed some icons being very small.
- Fixed incorrect cursor issues.
- Fixed crash loading large TGA files.
- Fixed bug when erasing from a panorama source mask.
- Fixed CR3 bugs.
- Fixed monochromatic iconography option not working.
- Fixed alignment issues with pixel tool.
- Fixed marquee selection issues on Apple Silicon devices.
- Fixed loading of 16bit LAB TIFF.
- Fixed assorted live filter issues.
- Fixed live stack with live perspective issues when the source images have differing orientations.
- Assorted other small fixes.

Status: Release Candidate
Purpose: Fixes
Requirements: Purchased Affinity Photo
Mac App Store: Not submitted
Download ZIP: Download
Auto-update: Available
 
Hello,
We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of the second build of Affinity Photo 1.9.1 for macOS.
If this is your first time using a customer beta of an Affinity app, it’s worth noting that the beta will install as a separate app - alongside your store version. They will not interfere with each other at all and you can continue to use the store version for critical work without worry.
This beta is an incremental update to the 1.9.0 version recently released to all customers (although it still installs parallel to the released version, as described above). We recommend that you use this beta in preference to the store version if you are affected by any of the issues listed below.
Affinity Photo Team  
 
Changes Since 1.9.1.119
 
- Registration system improvements and fixes.
- Fixed numerous brush management issues.
- Fixed toolbar height in separated mode.
- Text in scaled text frame could increase in size when grouped.
- Astrophotography bad pixel tool improvements.
- Added ability to load FITS files with .fts extensions.
- TIFF loading fixes.
- Further TGA fixes for large files.
- Assets improvements and fixes.
- Fixed numerous tiny icons.
- Assorted small fixes.
- New samples.
- Help improvements.
- Localisation improvements.
 
Changes Since 1.9.0
 
- Fixed crash exporting LUTs.
- Fixed some icons being very small.
- Fixed incorrect cursor issues.
- Fixed crash loading large TGA files.
- Fixed bug when erasing from a panorama source mask.
- Fixed CR3 bugs.
- Fixed monochromatic iconography option not working.
- Fixed alignment issues with pixel tool.
- Fixed marquee selection issues on Apple Silicon devices.
- Fixed loading of 16bit LAB TIFF.
- Fixed assorted live filter issues.
- Fixed live stack with live perspective issues when the source images have differing orientations.
- Assorted other small fixes.

Status: Release Candidate
Purpose: Fixes
Requirements: Purchased Affinity Photo
Mac App Store: Not submitted
Download ZIP: Download
Auto-update: Available
 
Hello,
We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of the second build of Affinity Photo 1.9.1 for macOS.
If this is your first time using a customer beta of an Affinity app, it’s worth noting that the beta will install as a separate app - alongside your store version. They will not interfere with each other at all and you can continue to use the store version for critical work without worry.
This beta is an incremental update to the 1.9.0 version recently released to all customers (although it still installs parallel to the released version, as described above). We recommend that you use this beta in preference to the store version if you are affected by any of the issues listed below.
Affinity Photo Team  
 
Changes Since 1.9.1.119
 
- Registration system improvements and fixes.
- Fixed numerous brush management issues.
- Fixed toolbar height in separated mode.
- Text in scaled text frame could increase in size when grouped.
- Astrophotography bad pixel tool improvements.
- Added ability to load FITS files with .fts extensions.
- TIFF loading fixes.
- Further TGA fixes for large files.
- Assets improvements and fixes.
- Fixed numerous tiny icons.
- Assorted small fixes.
- New samples.
- Help improvements.
- Localisation improvements.
 
Changes Since 1.9.0
 
- Fixed crash exporting LUTs.
- Fixed some icons being very small.
- Fixed incorrect cursor issues.
- Fixed crash loading large TGA files.
- Fixed bug when erasing from a panorama source mask.
- Fixed CR3 bugs.
- Fixed monochromatic iconography option not working.
- Fixed alignment issues with pixel tool.
- Fixed marquee selection issues on Apple Silicon devices.
- Fixed loading of 16bit LAB TIFF.
- Fixed assorted live filter issues.
- Fixed live stack with live perspective issues when the source images have differing orientations.
- Assorted other small fixes.

Thanks Bones,
Early days for sure - we will be looking to the beta user community to help us make sure we get this right, when we are in a position to release a build which supports it.
Andy.

Hi again,
Further to the other things, we are looking to add more support for game art users - can't promise this for 1.9 but we are working on it..
 

 
(I have two documents open here - you can see the texture itself, the other document is the normal map - both are being edited and a realtime preview is being rendered on a .obj model in the new Model panel).
Thanks,
Andy.
 

Status: Beta
Purpose: Fixes
Requirements: Purchased Affinity Photo
Mac App Store: Not submitted
Download ZIP: Download
Auto-update: Pending
 
Hello,
We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of the first build of Affinity Photo 1.9.1 for macOS.
If this is your first time using a customer beta of an Affinity app, it’s worth noting that the beta will install as a separate app - alongside your store version. They will not interfere with each other at all and you can continue to use the store version for critical work without worry.
This beta is an incremental update to the 1.9.0 version recently released to all customers (although it still installs parallel to the released version, as described above). We recommend that you use this beta in preference to the store version if you are affected by any of the issues listed below.
Affinity Photo Team  
 
Changes Since 1.9.0
 
- Fixed crash exporting LUTs.
- Fixed some icons being very small.
- Fixed incorrect cursor issues.
- Fixed crash loading large TGA files.
- Fixed bug when erasing from a panorama source mask.
- Fixed CR3 bugs.
- Fixed monochromatic iconography option not working.
- Fixed alignment issues with pixel tool.
- Fixed marquee selection issues on Apple Silicon devices.
- Fixed loading of 16bit LAB TIFF.
- Fixed assorted live filter issues.
- Fixed live stack with live perspective issues when the source images have differing orientations.
- Assorted other small fixes.

Status: Beta
Purpose: Fixes
Requirements: Purchased Affinity Photo
Mac App Store: Not submitted
Download ZIP: Download
Auto-update: Pending
 
Hello,
We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of the first build of Affinity Photo 1.9.1 for macOS.
If this is your first time using a customer beta of an Affinity app, it’s worth noting that the beta will install as a separate app - alongside your store version. They will not interfere with each other at all and you can continue to use the store version for critical work without worry.
This beta is an incremental update to the 1.9.0 version recently released to all customers (although it still installs parallel to the released version, as described above). We recommend that you use this beta in preference to the store version if you are affected by any of the issues listed below.
Affinity Photo Team  
 
Changes Since 1.9.0
 
- Fixed crash exporting LUTs.
- Fixed some icons being very small.
- Fixed incorrect cursor issues.
- Fixed crash loading large TGA files.
- Fixed bug when erasing from a panorama source mask.
- Fixed CR3 bugs.
- Fixed monochromatic iconography option not working.
- Fixed alignment issues with pixel tool.
- Fixed marquee selection issues on Apple Silicon devices.
- Fixed loading of 16bit LAB TIFF.
- Fixed assorted live filter issues.
- Fixed live stack with live perspective issues when the source images have differing orientations.
- Assorted other small fixes.

Status: Beta
Purpose: Fixes
Requirements: Purchased Affinity Photo
Mac App Store: Not submitted
Download ZIP: Download
Auto-update: Pending
 
Hello,
We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of the first build of Affinity Photo 1.9.1 for macOS.
If this is your first time using a customer beta of an Affinity app, it’s worth noting that the beta will install as a separate app - alongside your store version. They will not interfere with each other at all and you can continue to use the store version for critical work without worry.
This beta is an incremental update to the 1.9.0 version recently released to all customers (although it still installs parallel to the released version, as described above). We recommend that you use this beta in preference to the store version if you are affected by any of the issues listed below.
Affinity Photo Team  
 
Changes Since 1.9.0
 
- Fixed crash exporting LUTs.
- Fixed some icons being very small.
- Fixed incorrect cursor issues.
- Fixed crash loading large TGA files.
- Fixed bug when erasing from a panorama source mask.
- Fixed CR3 bugs.
- Fixed monochromatic iconography option not working.
- Fixed alignment issues with pixel tool.
- Fixed marquee selection issues on Apple Silicon devices.
- Fixed loading of 16bit LAB TIFF.
- Fixed assorted live filter issues.
- Fixed live stack with live perspective issues when the source images have differing orientations.
- Assorted other small fixes.

Status: Beta
Purpose: Fixes
Requirements: Purchased Affinity Photo
Mac App Store: Not submitted
Download ZIP: Download
Auto-update: Pending
 
Hello,
We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of the first build of Affinity Photo 1.9.1 for macOS.
If this is your first time using a customer beta of an Affinity app, it’s worth noting that the beta will install as a separate app - alongside your store version. They will not interfere with each other at all and you can continue to use the store version for critical work without worry.
This beta is an incremental update to the 1.9.0 version recently released to all customers (although it still installs parallel to the released version, as described above). We recommend that you use this beta in preference to the store version if you are affected by any of the issues listed below.
Affinity Photo Team  
 
Changes Since 1.9.0
 
- Fixed crash exporting LUTs.
- Fixed some icons being very small.
- Fixed incorrect cursor issues.
- Fixed crash loading large TGA files.
- Fixed bug when erasing from a panorama source mask.
- Fixed CR3 bugs.
- Fixed monochromatic iconography option not working.
- Fixed alignment issues with pixel tool.
- Fixed marquee selection issues on Apple Silicon devices.
- Fixed loading of 16bit LAB TIFF.
- Fixed assorted live filter issues.
- Fixed live stack with live perspective issues when the source images have differing orientations.
- Assorted other small fixes.

Status: Beta
Purpose: Fixes
Requirements: Purchased Affinity Photo
Mac App Store: Not submitted
Download ZIP: Download
Auto-update: Pending
 
Hello,
We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of the first build of Affinity Photo 1.9.1 for macOS.
If this is your first time using a customer beta of an Affinity app, it’s worth noting that the beta will install as a separate app - alongside your store version. They will not interfere with each other at all and you can continue to use the store version for critical work without worry.
This beta is an incremental update to the 1.9.0 version recently released to all customers (although it still installs parallel to the released version, as described above). We recommend that you use this beta in preference to the store version if you are affected by any of the issues listed below.
Affinity Photo Team  
 
Changes Since 1.9.0
 
- Fixed crash exporting LUTs.
- Fixed some icons being very small.
- Fixed incorrect cursor issues.
- Fixed crash loading large TGA files.
- Fixed bug when erasing from a panorama source mask.
- Fixed CR3 bugs.
- Fixed monochromatic iconography option not working.
- Fixed alignment issues with pixel tool.
- Fixed marquee selection issues on Apple Silicon devices.
- Fixed loading of 16bit LAB TIFF.
- Fixed assorted live filter issues.
- Fixed live stack with live perspective issues when the source images have differing orientations.
- Assorted other small fixes.

Status: Beta
Purpose: Fixes
Requirements: Purchased Affinity Photo
Mac App Store: Not submitted
Download ZIP: Download
Auto-update: Pending
 
Hello,
We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of the first build of Affinity Photo 1.9.1 for macOS.
If this is your first time using a customer beta of an Affinity app, it’s worth noting that the beta will install as a separate app - alongside your store version. They will not interfere with each other at all and you can continue to use the store version for critical work without worry.
This beta is an incremental update to the 1.9.0 version recently released to all customers (although it still installs parallel to the released version, as described above). We recommend that you use this beta in preference to the store version if you are affected by any of the issues listed below.
Affinity Photo Team  
 
Changes Since 1.9.0
 
- Fixed crash exporting LUTs.
- Fixed some icons being very small.
- Fixed incorrect cursor issues.
- Fixed crash loading large TGA files.
- Fixed bug when erasing from a panorama source mask.
- Fixed CR3 bugs.
- Fixed monochromatic iconography option not working.
- Fixed alignment issues with pixel tool.
- Fixed marquee selection issues on Apple Silicon devices.
- Fixed loading of 16bit LAB TIFF.
- Fixed assorted live filter issues.
- Fixed live stack with live perspective issues when the source images have differing orientations.
- Assorted other small fixes.

This has been fixed for RC2 - the menu should (and now does) work in any tool apart from the hand / view tool.
Cheers,
A

Status: GM Seed
Purpose: Features, Improvements, Fixes
Requirements: Purchased Affinity Photo
Mac App Store: Submitted
Download ZIP (Universal): Download
Auto-update: Available
 
Hello,
We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of the final build of Affinity Photo 1.9.0 for macOS.
If this is your first time using a customer beta of an Affinity app, it’s worth noting that the beta will install as a separate app - alongside your store version. They will not interfere with each other at all and you can continue to use the store version for critical work without worry.
This beta is significantly different from the 1.8 version available for purchase - we strongly recommend that you do not use this beta for real work as data could be lost and the files you save are not guaranteed to open in previous / future versions of Affinity Photo.
 
Thanks again for your continued support!
 
Affinity Photo Team  
 
Changes Since 1.8.6
 
- Added a new “Astrophotography Stack” persona.
- Added “Live Liquify” layers.
- Added linked layers.
- Added pattern layers.
- Added studios presets.
- Added the “Resource Manager” functionality from Publisher for managing image placement.
- Added text-on-a-path support.
- Added “Export Timelapse”.
- Added ability to create brushes from the current pixel selection with one click.
- Added a new “Divide” blend mode.
- Added “Create from centre” for the elliptical marquee tool.
- Added a benchmarking tool to the help menu. It will only become available when no documents are open.
- Added an option to allow snapping to the bounds of the pixel selection.
- Added support for PDF passthrough.
- Added per-layer antialiasing controls in the advanced blending menu.
- Added curves adjustment to the tone mapping persona.
- Added export preview panel (for raster types) - updates live whenever you change an export parameter.
- Added JPEG-XR 101010 import support (useful for screen captures from Xbox, etc.)
- Added support for 12bit grayscale TIFF files.
- Added “Duplicate spare channel” to right click menu.
- Added native CR3 support to the Serif Labs RAW engine.
- Added support for Canon EOS R6.
- Added a registration page to the app - this allows users to login and download owned content from the Affinity store.
- Improved “Serif Labs” RAW engine.
- Blend modes now work on “alpha only” layers (masks, adjustments, live filters, etc.).
- Gradient map adjustments now support global colours.
- Filter effects now work properly with global colours.
- You can now single click a spare channel in the Channels panel to edit it like a layer.
- The Curves adjustment now has numeric field controls for precise positioning.
- Adjustments no longer auto apply when expending a section of the adjustments panel.
- More filters now work on masks / adjustments / spare channels (Add Noise, Perlin Noise, etc.).
- LUT adjustments can be exported directly from the adjustments panel, and batch imported from files.
- Having a large number of LUT presets will no longer make application startup slow.
- Assistant options are now available from preferences (so there is no need to open a document to access them).
 
To be notified about all future macOS beta updates, please follow this notification thread 
To be notified when this Photo update comes out of beta and is fully released to all Affinity Photo on macOS customers, please follow this thread

"To support the winner of a race only after the race is quite opportunistic. Innovation and progress comes from belief in something."
Opportunistic it certainly is - and I make no apology for it!
I don't consider Photo to be a driving force for adoption of 3rd party file formats - otherwise I would have been pushing JPEG-XR for the last 10 years (in my opinion, it is clearly the best general purpose image storage format which supports HDR and can do CMYK etc. - sadly nobody else in the world cares about it!).
"Since the formats rarely (typically never) change, it is a question of implementation. Since it is basically just import and export, these are just entries in a drop-down list, which - in a modular concept - is self-maintaining."
I agree that updating the 3rd party library code is not a big deal - they rarely update unless some vulnerability is found. The problem is more with UI - each format has a cost (for each platform) in that respect for initial implementation, and a cost for ongoing maintenance as we expand to other platforms or adopt new UI technology on existing platforms.
To be honest, this is likely to become a moot point in future (as we hope to introduce support for 3rd party plugins for file I/O at some stage). We aren't there yet, but until we are we are likely to continue to apply the same loose "rules" I describe above.
Thanks again,
Andy.

Hi again,
Further to the other things, we are looking to add more support for game art users - can't promise this for 1.9 but we are working on it..
 

 
(I have two documents open here - you can see the texture itself, the other document is the normal map - both are being edited and a realtime preview is being rendered on a .obj model in the new Model panel).
Thanks,
Andy.
 

Status: GM Seed
Purpose: Features, Improvements, Fixes
Requirements: Purchased Affinity Photo for iPad From App Store
App Store:  Submitted
Download link: Download
 
Hello,
We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of the final build of Affinity Photo 1.9.0 for iPad.
If this is your first time using a customer beta of an Affinity app, it’s worth noting that the beta will install as a separate app - alongside your store version. They will not interfere with each other at all and you can continue to use the store version for critical work without worry.
This beta is significantly different from the 1.8.6 version available for purchase - we strongly recommend that you do not use this beta for real work as data could be lost and the files you save are not guaranteed to open in previous / future versions of Affinity Photo.
 
Thanks again for your continued support!
 
Affinity Photo Team  
 
Changes Since 1.8.6
 
- Added “Live Liquify” layers.
- Added linked layers.
- Added pattern layers.
- Added text-on-a-path support.
- Added the “Serif Labs” RAW engine to iPad.
- Added “Export Timelapse”.
- Added ability to create brushes from the current pixel selection with one click.
- Added a new “Divide” blend mode.
- Added noise reduction and tone mapping options into the HDR merge dialog.
- Added external display support for iPad (in the navigator panel, once the external display is connected).
- Added “Create from centre” for the elliptical marquee tool.
- Added a benchmarking option in preferences.
- Added an option to allow snapping to the bounds of the pixel selection.
- Added per-layer antialiasing controls in the advanced blending menu.
- Added curves adjustment to the tone mapping persona.
- Added export preview panel (for raster types) - updates live whenever you change an export parameter.
- Added JPEG-XR 101010 import support (useful for screen captures from Xbox, etc.)
- Added support for 12bit grayscale TIFF files.
- Added “Duplicate spare channel” to right click menu.
- Added native CR3 support to the Serif Labs RAW engine.
- Added support for Canon EOS R6.
- Added a registration page to the app - this allows users to login and download owned content from the Affinity store.
- Blend modes now work on “alpha only” layers (masks, adjustments, live filters, etc.).
- Gradient map adjustments now support global colours.
- Filter effects now work properly with global colours.
- You can now single click a spare channel in the Channels panel to edit it like a layer.
- The Curves adjustment now has numeric field controls for precise positioning.
- Adjustments no longer auto apply when expending a section of the adjustments panel.
- More filters now work on masks / adjustments / spare channels (Add Noise, Perlin Noise, etc.).
- LUT adjustments can be exported directly from the adjustments panel, and batch imported from files.
- Having a large number of LUT presets will no longer make application startup slow.
- Assistant options are now available from preferences (so there is no need to open a document to access them).

Status: GM Seed
Purpose: Features, Improvements, Fixes
Requirements: Purchased Affinity Photo for iPad From App Store
App Store:  Submitted
Download link: Download
 
Hello,
We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of the final build of Affinity Photo 1.9.0 for iPad.
If this is your first time using a customer beta of an Affinity app, it’s worth noting that the beta will install as a separate app - alongside your store version. They will not interfere with each other at all and you can continue to use the store version for critical work without worry.
This beta is significantly different from the 1.8.6 version available for purchase - we strongly recommend that you do not use this beta for real work as data could be lost and the files you save are not guaranteed to open in previous / future versions of Affinity Photo.
 
Thanks again for your continued support!
 
Affinity Photo Team  
 
Changes Since 1.8.6
 
- Added “Live Liquify” layers.
- Added linked layers.
- Added pattern layers.
- Added text-on-a-path support.
- Added the “Serif Labs” RAW engine to iPad.
- Added “Export Timelapse”.
- Added ability to create brushes from the current pixel selection with one click.
- Added a new “Divide” blend mode.
- Added noise reduction and tone mapping options into the HDR merge dialog.
- Added external display support for iPad (in the navigator panel, once the external display is connected).
- Added “Create from centre” for the elliptical marquee tool.
- Added a benchmarking option in preferences.
- Added an option to allow snapping to the bounds of the pixel selection.
- Added per-layer antialiasing controls in the advanced blending menu.
- Added curves adjustment to the tone mapping persona.
- Added export preview panel (for raster types) - updates live whenever you change an export parameter.
- Added JPEG-XR 101010 import support (useful for screen captures from Xbox, etc.)
- Added support for 12bit grayscale TIFF files.
- Added “Duplicate spare channel” to right click menu.
- Added native CR3 support to the Serif Labs RAW engine.
- Added support for Canon EOS R6.
- Added a registration page to the app - this allows users to login and download owned content from the Affinity store.
- Blend modes now work on “alpha only” layers (masks, adjustments, live filters, etc.).
- Gradient map adjustments now support global colours.
- Filter effects now work properly with global colours.
- You can now single click a spare channel in the Channels panel to edit it like a layer.
- The Curves adjustment now has numeric field controls for precise positioning.
- Adjustments no longer auto apply when expending a section of the adjustments panel.
- More filters now work on masks / adjustments / spare channels (Add Noise, Perlin Noise, etc.).
- LUT adjustments can be exported directly from the adjustments panel, and batch imported from files.
- Having a large number of LUT presets will no longer make application startup slow.
- Assistant options are now available from preferences (so there is no need to open a document to access them).

Status: GM Seed
Purpose: Features, Improvements, Fixes
Requirements: Purchased Affinity Photo
Mac App Store: Submitted
Download ZIP (Universal): Download
Auto-update: Available
 
Hello,
We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of the final build of Affinity Photo 1.9.0 for macOS.
If this is your first time using a customer beta of an Affinity app, it’s worth noting that the beta will install as a separate app - alongside your store version. They will not interfere with each other at all and you can continue to use the store version for critical work without worry.
This beta is significantly different from the 1.8 version available for purchase - we strongly recommend that you do not use this beta for real work as data could be lost and the files you save are not guaranteed to open in previous / future versions of Affinity Photo.
 
Thanks again for your continued support!
 
Affinity Photo Team  
 
Changes Since 1.8.6
 
- Added a new “Astrophotography Stack” persona.
- Added “Live Liquify” layers.
- Added linked layers.
- Added pattern layers.
- Added studios presets.
- Added the “Resource Manager” functionality from Publisher for managing image placement.
- Added text-on-a-path support.
- Added “Export Timelapse”.
- Added ability to create brushes from the current pixel selection with one click.
- Added a new “Divide” blend mode.
- Added “Create from centre” for the elliptical marquee tool.
- Added a benchmarking tool to the help menu. It will only become available when no documents are open.
- Added an option to allow snapping to the bounds of the pixel selection.
- Added support for PDF passthrough.
- Added per-layer antialiasing controls in the advanced blending menu.
- Added curves adjustment to the tone mapping persona.
- Added export preview panel (for raster types) - updates live whenever you change an export parameter.
- Added JPEG-XR 101010 import support (useful for screen captures from Xbox, etc.)
- Added support for 12bit grayscale TIFF files.
- Added “Duplicate spare channel” to right click menu.
- Added native CR3 support to the Serif Labs RAW engine.
- Added support for Canon EOS R6.
- Added a registration page to the app - this allows users to login and download owned content from the Affinity store.
- Improved “Serif Labs” RAW engine.
- Blend modes now work on “alpha only” layers (masks, adjustments, live filters, etc.).
- Gradient map adjustments now support global colours.
- Filter effects now work properly with global colours.
- You can now single click a spare channel in the Channels panel to edit it like a layer.
- The Curves adjustment now has numeric field controls for precise positioning.
- Adjustments no longer auto apply when expending a section of the adjustments panel.
- More filters now work on masks / adjustments / spare channels (Add Noise, Perlin Noise, etc.).
- LUT adjustments can be exported directly from the adjustments panel, and batch imported from files.
- Having a large number of LUT presets will no longer make application startup slow.
- Assistant options are now available from preferences (so there is no need to open a document to access them).
 
To be notified about all future macOS beta updates, please follow this notification thread 
To be notified when this Photo update comes out of beta and is fully released to all Affinity Photo on macOS customers, please follow this thread

Status: GM Seed
Purpose: Features, Improvements, Fixes
Requirements: Purchased Affinity Photo
Mac App Store: Submitted
Download ZIP (Universal): Download
Auto-update: Available
 
Hello,
We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of the final build of Affinity Photo 1.9.0 for macOS.
If this is your first time using a customer beta of an Affinity app, it’s worth noting that the beta will install as a separate app - alongside your store version. They will not interfere with each other at all and you can continue to use the store version for critical work without worry.
This beta is significantly different from the 1.8 version available for purchase - we strongly recommend that you do not use this beta for real work as data could be lost and the files you save are not guaranteed to open in previous / future versions of Affinity Photo.
 
Thanks again for your continued support!
 
Affinity Photo Team  
 
Changes Since 1.8.6
 
- Added a new “Astrophotography Stack” persona.
- Added “Live Liquify” layers.
- Added linked layers.
- Added pattern layers.
- Added studios presets.
- Added the “Resource Manager” functionality from Publisher for managing image placement.
- Added text-on-a-path support.
- Added “Export Timelapse”.
- Added ability to create brushes from the current pixel selection with one click.
- Added a new “Divide” blend mode.
- Added “Create from centre” for the elliptical marquee tool.
- Added a benchmarking tool to the help menu. It will only become available when no documents are open.
- Added an option to allow snapping to the bounds of the pixel selection.
- Added support for PDF passthrough.
- Added per-layer antialiasing controls in the advanced blending menu.
- Added curves adjustment to the tone mapping persona.
- Added export preview panel (for raster types) - updates live whenever you change an export parameter.
- Added JPEG-XR 101010 import support (useful for screen captures from Xbox, etc.)
- Added support for 12bit grayscale TIFF files.
- Added “Duplicate spare channel” to right click menu.
- Added native CR3 support to the Serif Labs RAW engine.
- Added support for Canon EOS R6.
- Added a registration page to the app - this allows users to login and download owned content from the Affinity store.
- Improved “Serif Labs” RAW engine.
- Blend modes now work on “alpha only” layers (masks, adjustments, live filters, etc.).
- Gradient map adjustments now support global colours.
- Filter effects now work properly with global colours.
- You can now single click a spare channel in the Channels panel to edit it like a layer.
- The Curves adjustment now has numeric field controls for precise positioning.
- Adjustments no longer auto apply when expending a section of the adjustments panel.
- More filters now work on masks / adjustments / spare channels (Add Noise, Perlin Noise, etc.).
- LUT adjustments can be exported directly from the adjustments panel, and batch imported from files.
- Having a large number of LUT presets will no longer make application startup slow.
- Assistant options are now available from preferences (so there is no need to open a document to access them).
 
To be notified about all future macOS beta updates, please follow this notification thread 
To be notified when this Photo update comes out of beta and is fully released to all Affinity Photo on macOS customers, please follow this thread

Status: GM Seed
Purpose: Features, Improvements, Fixes
Requirements: Purchased Affinity Photo
Mac App Store: Submitted
Download ZIP (Universal): Download
Auto-update: Available
 
Hello,
We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of the final build of Affinity Photo 1.9.0 for macOS.
If this is your first time using a customer beta of an Affinity app, it’s worth noting that the beta will install as a separate app - alongside your store version. They will not interfere with each other at all and you can continue to use the store version for critical work without worry.
This beta is significantly different from the 1.8 version available for purchase - we strongly recommend that you do not use this beta for real work as data could be lost and the files you save are not guaranteed to open in previous / future versions of Affinity Photo.
 
Thanks again for your continued support!
 
Affinity Photo Team  
 
Changes Since 1.8.6
 
- Added a new “Astrophotography Stack” persona.
- Added “Live Liquify” layers.
- Added linked layers.
- Added pattern layers.
- Added studios presets.
- Added the “Resource Manager” functionality from Publisher for managing image placement.
- Added text-on-a-path support.
- Added “Export Timelapse”.
- Added ability to create brushes from the current pixel selection with one click.
- Added a new “Divide” blend mode.
- Added “Create from centre” for the elliptical marquee tool.
- Added a benchmarking tool to the help menu. It will only become available when no documents are open.
- Added an option to allow snapping to the bounds of the pixel selection.
- Added support for PDF passthrough.
- Added per-layer antialiasing controls in the advanced blending menu.
- Added curves adjustment to the tone mapping persona.
- Added export preview panel (for raster types) - updates live whenever you change an export parameter.
- Added JPEG-XR 101010 import support (useful for screen captures from Xbox, etc.)
- Added support for 12bit grayscale TIFF files.
- Added “Duplicate spare channel” to right click menu.
- Added native CR3 support to the Serif Labs RAW engine.
- Added support for Canon EOS R6.
- Added a registration page to the app - this allows users to login and download owned content from the Affinity store.
- Improved “Serif Labs” RAW engine.
- Blend modes now work on “alpha only” layers (masks, adjustments, live filters, etc.).
- Gradient map adjustments now support global colours.
- Filter effects now work properly with global colours.
- You can now single click a spare channel in the Channels panel to edit it like a layer.
- The Curves adjustment now has numeric field controls for precise positioning.
- Adjustments no longer auto apply when expending a section of the adjustments panel.
- More filters now work on masks / adjustments / spare channels (Add Noise, Perlin Noise, etc.).
- LUT adjustments can be exported directly from the adjustments panel, and batch imported from files.
- Having a large number of LUT presets will no longer make application startup slow.
- Assistant options are now available from preferences (so there is no need to open a document to access them).
 
To be notified about all future macOS beta updates, please follow this notification thread 
To be notified when this Photo update comes out of beta and is fully released to all Affinity Photo on macOS customers, please follow this thread

Status: GM Seed
Purpose: Features, Improvements, Fixes
Requirements: Purchased Affinity Photo
Mac App Store: Submitted
Download ZIP (Universal): Download
Auto-update: Available
 
Hello,
We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of the final build of Affinity Photo 1.9.0 for macOS.
If this is your first time using a customer beta of an Affinity app, it’s worth noting that the beta will install as a separate app - alongside your store version. They will not interfere with each other at all and you can continue to use the store version for critical work without worry.
This beta is significantly different from the 1.8 version available for purchase - we strongly recommend that you do not use this beta for real work as data could be lost and the files you save are not guaranteed to open in previous / future versions of Affinity Photo.
 
Thanks again for your continued support!
 
Affinity Photo Team  
 
Changes Since 1.8.6
 
- Added a new “Astrophotography Stack” persona.
- Added “Live Liquify” layers.
- Added linked layers.
- Added pattern layers.
- Added studios presets.
- Added the “Resource Manager” functionality from Publisher for managing image placement.
- Added text-on-a-path support.
- Added “Export Timelapse”.
- Added ability to create brushes from the current pixel selection with one click.
- Added a new “Divide” blend mode.
- Added “Create from centre” for the elliptical marquee tool.
- Added a benchmarking tool to the help menu. It will only become available when no documents are open.
- Added an option to allow snapping to the bounds of the pixel selection.
- Added support for PDF passthrough.
- Added per-layer antialiasing controls in the advanced blending menu.
- Added curves adjustment to the tone mapping persona.
- Added export preview panel (for raster types) - updates live whenever you change an export parameter.
- Added JPEG-XR 101010 import support (useful for screen captures from Xbox, etc.)
- Added support for 12bit grayscale TIFF files.
- Added “Duplicate spare channel” to right click menu.
- Added native CR3 support to the Serif Labs RAW engine.
- Added support for Canon EOS R6.
- Added a registration page to the app - this allows users to login and download owned content from the Affinity store.
- Improved “Serif Labs” RAW engine.
- Blend modes now work on “alpha only” layers (masks, adjustments, live filters, etc.).
- Gradient map adjustments now support global colours.
- Filter effects now work properly with global colours.
- You can now single click a spare channel in the Channels panel to edit it like a layer.
- The Curves adjustment now has numeric field controls for precise positioning.
- Adjustments no longer auto apply when expending a section of the adjustments panel.
- More filters now work on masks / adjustments / spare channels (Add Noise, Perlin Noise, etc.).
- LUT adjustments can be exported directly from the adjustments panel, and batch imported from files.
- Having a large number of LUT presets will no longer make application startup slow.
- Assistant options are now available from preferences (so there is no need to open a document to access them).
 
To be notified about all future macOS beta updates, please follow this notification thread 
To be notified when this Photo update comes out of beta and is fully released to all Affinity Photo on macOS customers, please follow this thread

Status: GM Seed
Purpose: Features, Improvements, Fixes
Requirements: Purchased Affinity Photo
Mac App Store: Submitted
Download ZIP (Universal): Download
Auto-update: Available
 
Hello,
We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of the final build of Affinity Photo 1.9.0 for macOS.
If this is your first time using a customer beta of an Affinity app, it’s worth noting that the beta will install as a separate app - alongside your store version. They will not interfere with each other at all and you can continue to use the store version for critical work without worry.
This beta is significantly different from the 1.8 version available for purchase - we strongly recommend that you do not use this beta for real work as data could be lost and the files you save are not guaranteed to open in previous / future versions of Affinity Photo.
 
Thanks again for your continued support!
 
Affinity Photo Team  
 
Changes Since 1.8.6
 
- Added a new “Astrophotography Stack” persona.
- Added “Live Liquify” layers.
- Added linked layers.
- Added pattern layers.
- Added studios presets.
- Added the “Resource Manager” functionality from Publisher for managing image placement.
- Added text-on-a-path support.
- Added “Export Timelapse”.
- Added ability to create brushes from the current pixel selection with one click.
- Added a new “Divide” blend mode.
- Added “Create from centre” for the elliptical marquee tool.
- Added a benchmarking tool to the help menu. It will only become available when no documents are open.
- Added an option to allow snapping to the bounds of the pixel selection.
- Added support for PDF passthrough.
- Added per-layer antialiasing controls in the advanced blending menu.
- Added curves adjustment to the tone mapping persona.
- Added export preview panel (for raster types) - updates live whenever you change an export parameter.
- Added JPEG-XR 101010 import support (useful for screen captures from Xbox, etc.)
- Added support for 12bit grayscale TIFF files.
- Added “Duplicate spare channel” to right click menu.
- Added native CR3 support to the Serif Labs RAW engine.
- Added support for Canon EOS R6.
- Added a registration page to the app - this allows users to login and download owned content from the Affinity store.
- Improved “Serif Labs” RAW engine.
- Blend modes now work on “alpha only” layers (masks, adjustments, live filters, etc.).
- Gradient map adjustments now support global colours.
- Filter effects now work properly with global colours.
- You can now single click a spare channel in the Channels panel to edit it like a layer.
- The Curves adjustment now has numeric field controls for precise positioning.
- Adjustments no longer auto apply when expending a section of the adjustments panel.
- More filters now work on masks / adjustments / spare channels (Add Noise, Perlin Noise, etc.).
- LUT adjustments can be exported directly from the adjustments panel, and batch imported from files.
- Having a large number of LUT presets will no longer make application startup slow.
- Assistant options are now available from preferences (so there is no need to open a document to access them).
 
To be notified about all future macOS beta updates, please follow this notification thread 
To be notified when this Photo update comes out of beta and is fully released to all Affinity Photo on macOS customers, please follow this thread