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February 27, 2020
<EDITED> Please note, Affinity Photo 1.8.2 for Windows is now live so this thread is locked </EDITED>
We are pleased to announce a major update for the Windows release of Affinity Photo, version 1.8.0
Changes in this build
The changes in Affinity Photo for Windows 1.8.0 (over the last release Affinity Photo for Windows 1.7.3) are as follows:
New Features & Improvements:
Template support – save documents as template files to re-use time and time again, share templates across all apps and even access files on multiple devices through cloud storage.
New document dialog – it’s now simpler than ever to find, create and manage document presets with customised, saveable presets and thumbnail previews.
Updated PANTONE© library – work with a seemingly endless range of colours, including updated PANTONE© Color Bridge and PANTONE© Formula Guide solid palettes (coated and uncoated).
Lens correction improvements – benefit from manual lens correction override in the Develop Persona, take advantage of the newly added ‘recently used’ and ‘favourites’ lists, and enjoy improved lens correction of RAW files coming from fixed focal length lenses.
Big plugin support improvements – experience the power of a range of plugins in the app, including Nik collection by DxO.
Better metadata handling – new support for user-editable fields in image metadata, including the IPTC standard for copyright and other information, plus, save and import metadata files (XMP)[enable in preferences], batch whole folders of images and tag with appropriate ownership info, and more.
PSD smart object support – any smart objects included in PSD files can now be imported into Affinity Photo as embedded documents [enable in preferences], letting you easily edit layers within any smart object and maintain a non-destructive workflow into Affinity.
Canon CR3 RAW support – open and edit your highest quality photographs in Affinity Photo.
Many other improvements and fixes.
Fixes
(some of these are phrased in the negative but nevertheless fixed)
Develop stability improvements.
Fixed issues when printing/exporting live filters.
Fixed crash loading certain JPEG files.
Double click to edit embedded docs from layers panel.
CMYK TIFF import improvements.
Filter effects now support high intensity colours in 32-bit mode.
Text field expression improvements.
Added a new lens profile selector to Develop.
Reimplemented the HSL filter's HSV option.
Improved quality & file size of results when exporting JPEG.
Switching to a mask node will now automatically switch to the grey colour slider.
Improved lens correction of RAW files coming from lenses with fixed focal length.
Improved unsharp mask “threshold” slider.
Improved selection refinement performance & quality.
Improved the noise reduction filter result when applied to JPEGs.
Improved precision of Gaussian algorithm (to reduce banding).
Improved reporting of file load errors (could previously report file corruption incorrectly).
Improved performance of operations with large selections.
Improved memory use with alternate futures and when replacing image layers.
Fixed Styles to show styles that would normally be invisible.
Fixed crash when loading some corrupt JPEGs (valid image data, but corrupt following data).
Fixed PSD export of hidden layers.
Fixed “Create Palette” from CMYK images resulting in RGB colours.
Fixed Pixel Selection appears incorrectly when started near page edge.
Fixed rasterising a fill layer goes wrong after changing document size.
Fixed Marquee Selection not constraining to a square if you drag across the right diagonal.
Fixed mis-identification of some Tamron lenses mounted to Canon bodies.
Fixed crash importing PSD files containing embedded colour profiles with unicode characters in their names.
Colour Picker fails to average when click dragging
Cannot drag objects into Assets
Right click does not function for surface pen
Strokes not printing correctly
Printed line is not correct thickness
Crash: Include colour bars with a certain file
Wacom Tablet starts drawing straight line after changing focus.
Print dialog isn't removing the red overlay on a scaled image
User file: missing elements when importing EPS
Tools disabled when starting the app with hidden UI
Motion Panoramas from a Samsung Galaxy Phone crash the app
Unable to alter Mask's visiblity options in Export Persona
Open folder in explorer should be greyed out until you've saved the file
Changing DPI using Anchor to Page resizes document
Create Palette from CMYK images imports as RGB
Allow drag-drop of .afmacros files onto UI for import (and automatic Library panel toggle)
Flood Fill Tool: Missing Source attribute (consistency with Mac version)
Flood Select Tool: Missing Source attribute (consistency with Mac version)
Flood Fill Tool: Missing Blend Mode attribute (consistency with Mac version)
Procedural Texture > Scrolling up/down in the value field crashes the app
Halftone dialog is cramped
Flood Select Tool: Refine button missing from the context toolbar on Windows
Choosing a specific page in the print dialog prints all pages
Brush Outline missing when using Tablet/Surface
Studio panels can be wrong size after reset
Pointer device triggers straight lines when using the mouse
Focus doesn't go to active document when multiple documents are open
Extend the limit on the number on favourite fonts
New document panel should select Letter as default in the US.
Show Left Studio / Show Right Studio need adding to Studio menu
Clicking the 'gear-icon' in Panorama Persona locks the app up
Unable to set Arrow Keys as shortcuts
Tablet cursor jumps about when using High Precision Input
Software now requires Windows ink for pressure to work
Levels Adjustment, histogram is grey
Assorted other small fixes and improvements.
Localisation improvements.
UPDATING TO THIS VERSION (Free for existing customers)
The software version can be seen on the splash screen and the About dialog (in Help > About Affinity Photo).
If you’ve purchased from the Affinity Store— each time you start the Affinity Store software it will check for updates and offer any available update. The latest update will install over the top of any earlier version, with no need to uninstall. You can download the latest installer by logging into the affinity store here and find the order in your account and use the "Download" button in there. Alternatively, this new release (and previous versions of Affinity Photo for Windows) can be downloaded from this link. (that installer is NOT for Windows Store purchases and needs a product key).
If you’ve purchased from the Microsoft Store— Microsoft Store updates are done automatically by the operating system (each time you start the application). If this does not happen for you, open the Windows Store app and click the three dots in the top right corner of the app and then go to Downloads and Updates. Click Get Updates. This should hopefully force the update to show.