KateM

I'm over the moon to tell you about the launch of Affinity Spotlight, the new place to go for creative inspiration, learning resources and Affinity news. Whether it’s features on artists and photographers using Affinity, tutorials on how to get the best from the apps, behind-the-scenes insight or news and updates, it will all be posted on Affinity Spotlight.
 
We’ve literally just made the site live and we’d love you to check it out!
 
https://affinityspotlight.com

This has been a real labour of love for our web dev team and our content team, and of course, this is just the start—we’ll be posting new stories and articles each week. We hope you like what we’ve done and enjoy reading our stories.
 
All the best,
Kate

I'm over the moon to tell you about the launch of Affinity Spotlight, the new place to go for creative inspiration, learning resources and Affinity news. Whether it’s features on artists and photographers using Affinity, tutorials on how to get the best from the apps, behind-the-scenes insight or news and updates, it will all be posted on Affinity Spotlight.
 
We’ve literally just made the site live and we’d love you to check it out!
 
https://affinityspotlight.com

This has been a real labour of love for our web dev team and our content team, and of course, this is just the start—we’ll be posting new stories and articles each week. We hope you like what we’ve done and enjoy reading our stories.
 
All the best,
Kate

I'm over the moon to tell you about the launch of Affinity Spotlight, the new place to go for creative inspiration, learning resources and Affinity news. Whether it’s features on artists and photographers using Affinity, tutorials on how to get the best from the apps, behind-the-scenes insight or news and updates, it will all be posted on Affinity Spotlight.
 
We’ve literally just made the site live and we’d love you to check it out!
 
https://affinityspotlight.com

This has been a real labour of love for our web dev team and our content team, and of course, this is just the start—we’ll be posting new stories and articles each week. We hope you like what we’ve done and enjoy reading our stories.
 
All the best,
Kate

I'm over the moon to tell you about the launch of Affinity Spotlight, the new place to go for creative inspiration, learning resources and Affinity news. Whether it’s features on artists and photographers using Affinity, tutorials on how to get the best from the apps, behind-the-scenes insight or news and updates, it will all be posted on Affinity Spotlight.
 
We’ve literally just made the site live and we’d love you to check it out!
 
https://affinityspotlight.com

This has been a real labour of love for our web dev team and our content team, and of course, this is just the start—we’ll be posting new stories and articles each week. We hope you like what we’ve done and enjoy reading our stories.
 
All the best,
Kate

I'm over the moon to tell you about the launch of Affinity Spotlight, the new place to go for creative inspiration, learning resources and Affinity news. Whether it’s features on artists and photographers using Affinity, tutorials on how to get the best from the apps, behind-the-scenes insight or news and updates, it will all be posted on Affinity Spotlight.
 
We’ve literally just made the site live and we’d love you to check it out!
 
https://affinityspotlight.com

This has been a real labour of love for our web dev team and our content team, and of course, this is just the start—we’ll be posting new stories and articles each week. We hope you like what we’ve done and enjoy reading our stories.
 
All the best,
Kate

@pmabdullah87 Thank you for the feedback! This is definitely something I will talk to the Web Dev team about for future iterations. 

@pmabdullah87 Thank you for the feedback! This is definitely something I will talk to the Web Dev team about for future iterations. 

Hi All - again I appreciate all the feedback on this, I can assure you it’s all been listened to. However, this seems to be digressing quite a lot and we will now lock this thread. I’m going to post a fresh post with my original statement in announcements (this one will be moved into the question forum). This will allow me to post any further updates about this on a clean post, particularly when we have the free content pack for V1 upgraders available 👍
Thanks again,
Ash

One of the reasons we have migrated to YouTube for our video tutorials is that the in-built auto translate is quite good. If you select closed captions your language should be auto-detected, or you can choose your preferred language for the captions.

This Youtube feature was pretty poor when I saw it a few years ago.
You are right. It is now very understandable. Thanks, @KateM, for the clarification.

One of the reasons we have migrated to YouTube for our video tutorials is that the in-built auto translate is quite good. If you select closed captions your language should be auto-detected, or you can choose your preferred language for the captions.

Please find all of our V2 FAQ's listed below, if you have any trouble with these please create a new post and we'll be happy to help.
PLEASE READ THIS: Using and searching the Forum and the FAQ
Release Notes
2.4 Release Notes (improvements and major fixes)
2.3 Release Notes (improvements and major fixes)
2.2 Release Notes (improvements and major fixes)
2.1 Release Notes (improvements and major fixes)
 
Licensing & Customer Service
Affinity V2 Learning Resources
Affinity V2 Launch Frequently Asked Questions
Affinity V2 guide to installing add-ons
How do I Licence and Register Affinity V2 apps?
Troubleshooting Affinity V2 Licence Activation Issues
How do I deactivate a device and remove my licence from Affinity V2?
 
General
How do I update Affinity V2 apps?
Downloading the Latest and Previous versions of Affinity V2 apps?
Where do I find Crash Reports for Affinity V2 apps?
How do I reset the Affinity app back to its default settings?
Where are the Affinity V2 apps resources and preference files located?
I've been asked to provide a screen recording. How do I do this?
Can I use Affinity Designer V1 and Photo V1 with StudioLink in Affinity Publisher V2?
Custom content from the Designer and Photo Personas in Affinity Publisher V1 didn't migrate to V2. Why?
What are the recommended system specifications for Affinity V2 apps?
Can I open existing Affinity V1 files in Affinity V2?
Do you offer a trial version of your Affinity V2 apps?
List of Supported Raw Formats (Cameras) for & Lens Correction list in Affinity 2.0.x
Does Affinity V2 have scripting support?
Does Affinity Designer V2 have bitmap tracing?
Is Stage Manager supported in Affinity V2 apps?
Why am I seeing ~lock~ files when opening a document after updating to Affinity 2.2?
How do I enable PDFLib logging for V2 apps?
I'm getting the message "Sorry, there was a problem launching the application. Cannot communicate with other Affinity apps...." when launching V2. Why?
I've updated to Affinity Designer 2.1 but I can't find the Vector Flood Fill Tool. Where is it?
How do I add additional Dictionaries to Affinity V2?
 
Windows
I'm trying to install Affinity V2 on Windows and it's failing with Error 0x80073D10. Why?
I'm trying to install Affinity V2 on Windows and it's failing with Error 0x80073CFD. Why?
I'm trying to install Affinity V2 on Windows and it's failing with Error 0x80073CF3. Why?
I'm getting the error "Cannot open app package. Error in parsing the app package". Why?
Why am I getting the error "Sideloading is blocked by policy" when trying to install Affinity V2 on Windows?
I get the error "CONCRT140.DLL is either not designed to run on windows..." when trying to run Affinity V2. What's happening?
I get the error "App Installer failed to install package dependencies..." when installing on Windows. How can I resolve this?
I get the error "The data area passed to a system call is too small" when trying to run Affinity V2 on Windows. Why?
How to save a copy of Application Logs from Event Viewer on Windows?
Will Affinity V2 run natively on Windows ARM?
How do I disable OpenCL Compute Acceleration (Hardware Acceleration)?
Troubleshooting install and uninstall issues for Affinity V2 on Windows (.MSIX)
Accessing Affinity V2 apps from other apps
Is it possible to change the Installation Path when installing Affinity V2?
How do I create a Desktop Shortcut for Affinity V2 apps?
Why are we using MSIX for Windows installers?
Are legacy MSI v2 installers available?
How do I download Affinity V2 Windows MSI/EXE (Unsandboxed) versions?
How do I find out if I have a Direct3D level 12.0 capable graphics card?
How do I find out if I have a DirectX 10 compatible graphics card?
 
macOS
Brush cursor disappears in-between brush strokes on macOS Ventura. Is that expected?
Where can I find Separated Mode in Affinity V2 apps on macOS?
Why does Finder no longer show my Albums when opening from Apple Photos?
I'm getting the message "There was a problem connecting to the server….." or prompted to enter server credentials when starting V2 on macOS. Why?
[FIXED] Saving from Affinity V2 to an external drive gives "Failed to Save Document" error on macOS Ventura
 
iPadOS
Is it possible to run Affinity V2 iPadOS apps on MacOS?
Is Stage Manager supported in Affinity V2 apps?
Can my files & content be transferred from Version 1 to Version 2 on iPad? 
I'm getting the error "SKErrorDomain Error 4" when trying to In-App-Purchase on iPad. Why?
 
Known Issues
[KNOWN ISSUE] Files stored in a Google Drive location are not selectable ('greyed out') on iPadOS
[KNOWN ISSUE] Fonts list scrolling is no longer smooth after updating to iPadOS 17 with ~70+ fonts installed.
[KNOWN ISSUE] After updating to macOS Sonoma Affinity V2 apps remain on "Loading Document" when opening documents
[KNOWN ISSUE] iPad Space Vertically/Horizontally do not consider key objects when using the Alignment panel in the Transform Studio
[KNOWN ISSUE] RAW files have Artefacts or Green Lines after updating to 2.4 on Windows
[KNOWN ISSUE] Documents fail to render after updating to 2.4 on Windows ARM
[KNOWN ISSUE] Affinity app window does not correctly resize when connected/disconnected from an external monitor on macOS
 
Fixed Known Issues
[FIXED IN 2.2.1] [KNOWN ISSUE] Affinity 2.2 Update Notification Error
[FIXED IN 2.1.1] [KNOWN ISSUE] Exporting to raster formats (TIFF, PNG, GIF etc) with a transparent background can fail in 2.1.0 and other Matte issues.
[FIXED IN 2.2.1] [KNOWN ISSUE] Why is my export to PDF failing since the 2.2 update?
[FIXED IN 2.2.1] [KNOWN ISSUE] Externally installed Colour Profile is not being retained when set under Settings > Colour on macOS
[FIXED IN 2.2.1] [KNOWN ISSUE] Changing the Colour Profile under Document Setup > Colour is not retained correctly
[FIXED IN 2.2.1] [KNOWN ISSUE] 2.2 Update stops 'Delete' shortcut (Backspace key) functioning on macOS
[FIXED IN 2.3] [KNOWN ISSUE] Custom Keyboard Shortcuts do not function on macOS Sonoma
[FIXED IN 2.3] [KNOWN ISSUE] Developing certain RAW files on macOS Sonoma force defaults to use Apple Core engine
[FIXED IN 2.3] [KNOWN ISSUE] Using the Scroll bar in Publisher macOS can hide Bounding Boxes, Text Selection, Text Flow, etc - requiring force re-draw
[FIXED IN 2.3] [KNOWN ISSUE] Exporting an RGB document to PDF in 2.1 / 2.2 uses the sRGB2014 colour profile incorrectly.
[FIXED IN 2.3.1] [KNOWN ISSUE] 'Floating' and then 'redocking' document on macOS creates a blank document window, which cannot be closed
[FIXED IN 2.4] [KNOWN ISSUE] Text using PostScript (Type 1) fonts are being converted to curves when exported to PDF

I'm over the moon to tell you about the launch of Affinity Spotlight, the new place to go for creative inspiration, learning resources and Affinity news. Whether it’s features on artists and photographers using Affinity, tutorials on how to get the best from the apps, behind-the-scenes insight or news and updates, it will all be posted on Affinity Spotlight.
 
We’ve literally just made the site live and we’d love you to check it out!
 
https://affinityspotlight.com

This has been a real labour of love for our web dev team and our content team, and of course, this is just the start—we’ll be posting new stories and articles each week. We hope you like what we’ve done and enjoy reading our stories.
 
All the best,
Kate

@pmabdullah87 Thank you for the feedback! This is definitely something I will talk to the Web Dev team about for future iterations. 

I'm over the moon to tell you about the launch of Affinity Spotlight, the new place to go for creative inspiration, learning resources and Affinity news. Whether it’s features on artists and photographers using Affinity, tutorials on how to get the best from the apps, behind-the-scenes insight or news and updates, it will all be posted on Affinity Spotlight.
 
We’ve literally just made the site live and we’d love you to check it out!
 
https://affinityspotlight.com

This has been a real labour of love for our web dev team and our content team, and of course, this is just the start—we’ll be posting new stories and articles each week. We hope you like what we’ve done and enjoy reading our stories.
 
All the best,
Kate

I'm over the moon to tell you about the launch of Affinity Spotlight, the new place to go for creative inspiration, learning resources and Affinity news. Whether it’s features on artists and photographers using Affinity, tutorials on how to get the best from the apps, behind-the-scenes insight or news and updates, it will all be posted on Affinity Spotlight.
 
We’ve literally just made the site live and we’d love you to check it out!
 
https://affinityspotlight.com

This has been a real labour of love for our web dev team and our content team, and of course, this is just the start—we’ll be posting new stories and articles each week. We hope you like what we’ve done and enjoy reading our stories.
 
All the best,
Kate

I'm over the moon to tell you about the launch of Affinity Spotlight, the new place to go for creative inspiration, learning resources and Affinity news. Whether it’s features on artists and photographers using Affinity, tutorials on how to get the best from the apps, behind-the-scenes insight or news and updates, it will all be posted on Affinity Spotlight.
 
We’ve literally just made the site live and we’d love you to check it out!
 
https://affinityspotlight.com

This has been a real labour of love for our web dev team and our content team, and of course, this is just the start—we’ll be posting new stories and articles each week. We hope you like what we’ve done and enjoy reading our stories.
 
All the best,
Kate

Also, there is a couple more about Affinity Publisher coming next week. 

Tomorrow we have a creative session about Affinity Publisher from our new in-house Affinity Publisher expert Emily Goater. Hope to see you there at 4pm BST! 

Also, there is a couple more about Affinity Publisher coming next week. 

Tomorrow we have a creative session about Affinity Publisher from our new in-house Affinity Publisher expert Emily Goater. Hope to see you there at 4pm BST! 

Tomorrow we have a creative session about Affinity Publisher from our new in-house Affinity Publisher expert Emily Goater. Hope to see you there at 4pm BST! 

Also, there is a couple more about Affinity Publisher coming next week. 

Tomorrow we have a creative session about Affinity Publisher from our new in-house Affinity Publisher expert Emily Goater. Hope to see you there at 4pm BST! 

Also, there is a couple more about Affinity Publisher coming next week.