PeterB.

We are adding variable support to 2.5 but is still going through some final internal testing. This should be available in a beta update next week.

Apps: All
Platforms: macOS and Windows
As has been requested numerous times we have now converted the typography dialog from a pop-up dialog into a panel so you can now easily dock it / keep it available should you wish. 
This is available both fro the Window menu (note: this is currently at the bottom of the panel listing, but will be changed to be a sub menu from the Text panel options next week), and also from the typography button in the context toolbar  when you have text selected.
 

Hi @Callum,
I was able to create the same issue from scratch by doing the following:
Create a 150 mm x 150 mm, RGB/8 Designer Document using the Display P3 profile Add six horizontal 150 mm x 25 mm Rectangles spaced evenly Colours the rectangles as follows:
     Red R255 G0 B0, Green R0 G255 B0, Blue R0 G0 B255, Yellow R255 G255 B0, Magenta R255 G0 B255, Cyan R0 G255 B255 Export the file as a JPEG with the profile embedded as Colours RGB.jpg Change the Document Setup to CMYK/8 using the PSO Coated v3 profile Export the file as a JPEG with the profile embedded as Colours CMYK.jpg Create a 300 mm x 150 mm Publisher Document using the Display P3 profile Place the Colours RGB.jpg file into the Document Change the Document Setup to CMYK/8 using the PSO Coated v3 profile Place the Colours CMYK.jpg file alongside the Colours RGB.jpg file Note how the same colours in the two files have different colour values. The only difference is that the colour conversion for the Colours CMYK.jpg file was made in Designer and the colour conversion for the Colours RGB.jpg was made in Publisher Source Designer File and Exported JPEGs attached
 Colours.zip

I tried around for ages, but couldn't for the life of me figure out what was happening.
Even according to my understanding of color management, it can only be a bug.
Let's wait and see if a team member comments.

I'm racking my brains trying to figure out why this is happening, it's clearly an RGB to CMYK colour conversion issue and equally a concerning one... Hopefully, someone in the moderation team can shed some light on this and log accordingly if they consider this to be a bug, which I think we have to assume it is...
Unfortunately, this isn't an Affinity feature... I exported the file to PDF and then checked the colour values in Packzview which displays the colour value bubbles, though this would be a really nice addition to the Affinity apps along with a true colour separation view...

Hi @PeterB.,
Not at all, I see your issue now and I'm unsure at the moment why there is a difference...

Apologies for the delayed response here - unfortunately I'm not personally aware of any workarounds for this issue, as no specific settings for Synology seem to change this behaviour in Affinity.
I have however 'bumped' this issue with our development team to bring it to their attention once again for you. I hope this helps!

If it's useful, I've also experienced disappearing graphics (PDFs, SVG, etc), noted here: 
The files are all hosted locally on my machine (though some have sat in a synced OneDrive folder), and affects both linked and embedded graphics. I've not been able to determine any pattern as to what causes some graphics to disappear and others to work fine.
 
 

Hi @PeterB.,
I can confirm this is logged with our development team as a request for a future update, I'll be sure to add your 'vote' to this internally now.
I hope this helps

Hi,
A little thing sometimes drives me crazy. Is there any way to specify in the PDF export dialog that "All Pages" is always selected first? 
For me, the setting switches back to "Current Page" for reasons I don't understand. It has happened to me a few times that I only sent the current page to a customer instead of all of them. Yes, I know I should actually check it every time, but I find that a little inconvenient.
This setting may make sense, but I think that for (my) normal layout work, "All Pages" would make more sense as the default because I use it more often.

An issue raised in this thread ("PDF Transparency doesn't export correctly") has now been reported to the developers by the testing team (Ref: AF-1916). Thank you very much for reporting this issue to us.

Hi PeterB,

I've been able to reproduce this using 2.4.0.2279 and can confirm that since then a change has been reverted that caused PDF Transparency issues on export, and can confirm that with this reverted change in, your PDF exports correctly, so this should be ok in the next build. 

Thanks for letting us know!

Here's a list of the bugs which have been fixed in the beta build 2.4.0 (2256)
(fixes since the post above for 2.4.0.2240)
Please reply in this forum to comment on any fixes which are in this list (in particular to let us know if you notice that something we say is fixed isn't!) To report any new bugs please do that against the relevant new feature post, or if unrelated to new functionality in the Other bugs & issues forum.
Changes/Bugs affecting all platforms
DWG/DXF Export options not available in Designer Persona AF-1809  Align & Space horizontal / vertical: not possible to set key object if Auto-Select is set to Objects or Groups AF-1720 Set/cycle Selection box - offset using pixel layer selection AF-1713 Malformed names of ICC profiles could be embedded in PDF-X exports AF-1883 Align & Space horizontal / vertical: not possible to set key object if Auto-Select is set to Objects or Groups AF-1720 Help and translation updates for all apps & OSs Bugs affecting Desktop (Windows and macOS)
Unable to select child objects inside Open Curves with no fill. AF-464 Setting DXF/DWG options in the Export Persona and saving with History will corrupt a document AF-1871 Brightness/Contrast linear adjustment can export incorrectly to PNG HDR AF-1793 Bounding Box shows incorrectly on a resized picture frame when using 'Lock Children' AF-1757 Crash when trying to export book with lock files present for chapters Layer states > Add "Layer" container to Layer type list AF-1762 Layer States - long state names cause the UI to get pushed off AF-1463 Bugs affecting Windows
Opening multiple release chapters in a book in a Windows beta causes a crash Layer states not working in Pixel Persona AF-1857     Export dialog > Values are reset back to a preset after re-opening the dialog AF-1849 Mask icon has no tooltip on Layer States > Queries on Windows AF-1760     Right clicking inside a text frame will trigger an app crash if the document window is floated AF-1604     Layer States: Category tab border is the same colour as the States Panel border AF-1518 Layer States: Filling the 'Layer name is' field can push the UI out the panel AF-1490 Layer States: Tooltips are not translated AF-1492 Layer States: Inherited tags are not considered by the query AF-1745 Bugs affecting macOS
Last renamed style name is not saved, Style returns to default name on restart         Live Luminosity or Hue Range Masks no longer function AF-1750 Export persona > Path components pop-up is too short AF-1495 Drag-dropping a masked child layer out to the parent stack without releasing the mouse button causes a crash AF-977 Layer States: Text labels clipped using Large Font UI Size AF-1725 Layer States: Able to check the Layer types if the Layer types checkbox isn't enabled AF-1517 Layer States Panel: Text labels are not clickable on macOS AF-1456 Layer States Panel queries text are different sizes AF-141 Bugs affecting iPad
No iOS specific fixes this release 

The issue "Bounding Box shows incorrectly on a resized picture frame when using 'Lock Children'" (REF: AF-1757) has been fixed by the developers in internal build "2.4.0.2252".
This fix should soon be available as a customer beta and is planned for inclusion in the next customer release.
Customer beta builds are announced here and you can participate by following these instructions.
If you still experience this problem once you are using that build version (or later) please reply to this thread including @Serif Info Bot to notify us.

The issue "Bounding Box shows incorrectly on a resized picture frame when using 'Lock Children'" (REF: AF-1757) has been fixed by the developers in internal build "2.4.0.2252".
This fix should soon be available as a customer beta and is planned for inclusion in the next customer release.
Customer beta builds are announced here and you can participate by following these instructions.
If you still experience this problem once you are using that build version (or later) please reply to this thread including @Serif Info Bot to notify us.

I tried it, but unfortunately, it only works sometimes for me. I hope the developers can find the cause. Thanks in the meantime.

Thanks for your report @PeterB.!
I can confirm I've been able to replicate this issue here, as well as discovered a few other issues with a similar document setup and therefore I have logged these with our development team now.
I hope this helps

Looks like a bug with pinned placed objects.

To work around for the time being, unpin the object before copying.

Hi @NathanC,
please excuse the late reply. This is an existing document from previous years that is continually being updated with new content.
If I re-place or replace the shortcut then it seems to solve the problem. Nonetheless, I have dropped an excerpt of the document in your dropbox in case you would like to investigate further.

Hey @PeterB.,
This is a known issue with pinned/inline objects from a master page currently logged with the developers, the initial application of the master page to a spread (e.g using 'default master' on a new document) will correctly show the pinned object on the page from the master, but any subsequent application of the master or clearing and then re-applying a master page will fail to apply add master page pinned object on that page/spread, which will likely explain why it's missing on a few random page ranges in your doc if they had a master re-applied.
I've bumped the existing issue with your report.

No news I'm afraid, the thread is tagged with the relevant bug report, so when there is any updates on a fix version Serif Info Bot will automatically update the thread.

Thank you all!!

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In Photo, simply use the channels panel to fill the mask.
Copying adjustment layers with edited masks is always a bit risky (getting unwanted effects in the destination document). The best way is duplicate the mask in source document, then clear the mask there in a multi-step approach:
activate move tool use transform panel to reset rotation, skew etc to zero reset dpi to 100% use channel panel to fill mask (with white). if you don’t reset the mask, it can lead to complex issues in the new document, e.g. different dimensions (getting black mask edges), and rotation or skew can really cause a bad day.
Another way to get the adjustment without the mask is to create a preset, and the either export/import the preset, or create a new adjustment from the preset.