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Hi guys I need some help here, My APhoto has slow performance, let me explain. The startup times are almost 45s until I can get the "New document" window popup, without this window times goes down to 35s. I used the Ctrl at startup, and checked all my fonts (273 fonts installed, never had any issue). Also every time I load a document with some textbox the first time I try to edit the content Photo freezes for more or less 5 seconds until I can edit the text. Another super annoying behavior is when I'm using the brush tool and want to hot swap to the hand tool to move the canvas with the space key, it takes like a second to make the tool swap so many times I put an involuntary brush stroke because of that. Another funky thing is the pressure control with my tablet (Huion Inspiroy HP950P), it's super annoying how it works, I cannot have the same feel that I have in photoshop, instant and easy pressure and opacity control. If anyone can give any advice on it I appreciate a lot!! Any other software in my computer works fine so it's and Affinty related issue. Never had any issues like that in Photoshop, I'm sorry to say that, and I switched to Affinty because I really liked the demos, but now I have a lot of work to do and so many issues with that. My specs: PC W10 latest update R9 3900X 32Gb Ram Affinty on SSD GTX 1080 2k screen

2.2.0 Bug Fixes This post covers the main bug fixes that are included in 2.2.0. The bug fixes are organised by operating system. (A) Bug fixes which affected all platforms Attached IDML crashes Publisher on open Reset Visibility Options and Reset Snapping Options do not work Fields are not being included in the word count Between Items separator is missing the comma Multi-word text selection is lost if you use Capitalisation options With the Artistic Text Tool, status bar displays different text when point is over panel versus document view Newly placed content is immediately selected in the document view but not in Resource Manager Clicking master page text with the Move tool switches to the Text tool It was possible to apply kerning before the first letter of a frame, which then applies it after the letter Other minor fixes Translation Improvements Help file improvements (B) Bug fixes which affected Desktop (Windows and macOS) PDF Export isn't exporting the stroke on some curves/fonts correctly Lens correction for Leica DG Nocticron 42.5 F1.2 not being applied automatically User File - Nikon RAW Lens profile is applied, but does not correct as expected Transform origin can randomly jump into a different location Enable Transform Origin point doesn't reset to centre when creating new selections Margin Colour is not being reflected across dialogs when used with Artboards Pen/Node Tool's 'Show Orientation' checkbox is not remembered between app runs Vector Flood Fill - transform handles Boolean operations between (vector) masks & clipped objects and the parents they are nested to User File - Preflight from book panel crashes app Hang whilst attempting to save, if file hasn't fully loaded Pasting Master Page into Photo / Designer > Edit Detached - crash Crash when dragging the contents of duplicate symbols outside of a symbol. Attached file crashes Affinity Publisher on open Exchanging an .Afpub between devices which contains embedded PDF files set to passthrough will reset the policy to linked with the files missing IDML file crashing V2 Publisher on opening Using Swatches for Cell Border colour in Edit Table Format crashes app Crash exporting to PDF when using a specific font User File - Crash on load, possible corrupt pixel data? Develop Persona - Last used preset shown but not applied, requires returning to default before you are then able to apply this preset Layer order affects object selection Develop Persona - Last used preset shown in list but not applied Styles/Afphoto is display incorrect fill colours in 2.1 Multi Page PDFs with Bleed fail to display correctly when placed Objects move unexpectedly when grouped Bookmarks are created at the end of the selected text, rather than the start - causing unexpected positioning when selecting bookmark User .afpackage - Importing file claims 0 missing, though 90+ images are marked as missing after opening Find and Replace - Replace All with singular characters reduces multiple repeats to singular, different results with multiple Replace clicks Placed source document dimensions are incorrectly updated after updating the placement policy in the destination document App doesn't warn about Recursive document placement when dragging a file in or using Resource Manager Copy a text selection with Index Marks fails to create the topic when pasted into a new document PDF Passthrough Incorrectly Flags Text as Object of a Different Colourspace Placed Passthrough PDFs with a Min/Max Content Page box add an unnecessary mask layer to remove crop marks on export Setting Min/Max content Page boxes on placed Passthrough PDF files can incorrectly offset/crop the contents Deleting note in attached file causes app to crash Running header field - changing case causes crash Data merge with Inline picture frames fails to generate with filled content Page re-numbering using Books panel not working Placing RAW file on Master A and opening in Develop crashes app, no crash on other Master pages 2 node Curve moves position when Transform >Length is changed on a multi-page document Linked documents not rendering correctly Changing the DPI of a document causes single pages to inherit size of selection in "Show Dimensions of:" Crash inserting a page before Page 1 Users V1 file crashing on open DOCX - numbering/bullets and list levels not matching word when placed Show on startup checkbox is present on Account dialog on Windows but not Mac New Document dialog: Category title inconsistencies Switching accounts without linking can leave the app licensed to the wrong account No licence-expired message shown when 90 day trial PKs expire Alt/OPT + Modifier key no longer invokes when assigned to Increase/Decrease Brush size Shortcuts Library Panel: Inconsistencies with Renaming, Deleting and Editing macros LAB swatches in ASE do not import Grouping one object doesn't add the layer to the group Maximum/Minimum Content Page boxes on placed .AF files no longer display content outside of the canvas area Select same / object hidden object toggle issue Transform Origin with multiple Group selections cause the Origin to become offset after the first rotation, further transforms of the origin point do not work as expected User file - sections of curve not recognised by Node Tool until new nodes are added to object Inserting Endnotes in TOC deletes text. Endnotes title not included in TOC OK button remains greyed out after entering valid email address User file - V1.4 PDF set to passthrough shows incorrectly in the export dialog, when exporting is converted to interpret (as expected?) but moves to the top of the page incorrectly PDF bleed differs when exporting using the Books panel Swedish double right quotation marks aren't kept on same line as enclosing word Table Format Editor does not show Fill Tint, Border Stroke Colour / Width, Frame Fill & Frame Stroke Colour / Width On Paragraph panel, text that explains when there are no tab stops is truncated (macOS) or not shown (Windows) Adding footnote from cell of inline table does not correctly assign space for footnote within the text frame When an anchor targeted by a cross-ref is renamed, the cross-ref's name on the Cross-References panel does not update Filter by [No Style] currently filters by all styles Impossible to move a layer above a picture frame if the frame is at the top of the stack Hit areas when moving Picture Frames via the layers tab aren't correct Space incorrectly gets added to text on clipboard if you double click a word to highlight Font drop down does not use Dark UI version In Develop Persona, the Develop Assistant's tooltip has been incorrectly named Assistant Settings (Mac) and Assistant Preferences (Win) German UI - Stroke flyout - text overlapping icons Other minor desktop fixes (C) Bugs fixed which specifically affected Windows Copying of settings from Release to Beta isn't working on Windows Crash double-clicking colour swatch with custom Windows scaling 'Add Pages from File' does not relinquish control of source file, even after closing new destination document Pressing Enter to select Parent Index topic crashes app Updating linked pdf placed multiple times can cause a hang App freezes when shift+click twice in a blank space with Art text or frame selected. Cannot Drag-drop a brush from Brush panel into Sub Brushes Live Noise Reduction with AMD GPU, Hardware Acceleration and HDR enabled causes rendering issues. Device Independent Bitmap paste is empty if copied from Affinity Decrease shortcut fails in AZERTY layout Placing an image and then undocking Layers panel and applying a Curve Adjustment will crash the app Settings > Autocorrect auto selects the first character typed, meaning further characters overwrite and you cannot type a full word Table Stroke via the Context toolbar doesn't work first time Studiolink- MSI install - Non default folder Index - Incorrect out of date message and doesnt refresh correctly Scrolling Mouse Wheel in Hex Colour field does not set Fill colour for selected object In Export window when Include bleed is enabled, the With Bleed sizing text is truncated Shift modifier to synchronise colour sliders stops functioning when sliders reach '100%' When the - key is assigned to a shortcut the shortcut does not work in v2.1 when trying to assign the numeric key pad + key a = is assigned instead Selecting a Studio Panel name also selects an option within the studio behind it, when the studio swap causes a change in height Colour input method from the Context Toolbar well is not retained after restarting the app Size Limit dropdown is not being reflected between session instances Brush Panel: Move/Copy to Category doesn't show leading _ in category names Unable to resize Arrowheads with mousehweel Resource Manager: There is very little space to display the image name Using the Transparent Swatch as a Matte option causes the next Matte colour selection to fail to apply, but subsequent changes work Layer identifiers get stuck when changing the UI Style Unable to rename layer by clicking away Unable to set Matte to white using sliders for formats that don't support transparency Preserve Luminosity does not function with hardware acceleration turned off Layers panel scrolls when dragging layer outside of panel. Corner type not updated when starting with TL corner Dragging a swatch using the Vector Flood Fill tool fails to preview on Windows Insert Hyperlink dialog fails to show all text styles until you view the Text Styles Panel Opacity cannot be changed using context toolbar fill selection if a PANTONE swatch is used Drag and dropping image onto canvas places file on 'active' page, rather than 'visible' page The image contains insufficient metadata Export preview is zoomable using +/- Large delay when editing a table formats stroke Considerable delay when switching tabs "OK" isn't disabled if no valid cross reference exists in the Insert Cross Reference dialog Index panel Using separator results in several characters being inserted. Switching between documents is very slow Data merge - Esc closes the progress bar but not the process Vector Formats are zoomable in Export Preview using +/- or CTRL + 1-4 Other minor Windows specific fixes (D) Bugs fixed which specifically affected macOS Dragging RGB Hex label causes app hang with Lock Colourspace is disabled Apps should offer Save As after simultaneous edit App lock when closing file App occasionally crashes when you press Return within Insert Cross-Reference dialog's Filter text field Colour & Stroke options on the Context Toolbar has a hitbox which is too small Application (running) doesn't maximize when we click the icon on the dock Unable to Manually Enter a Width Value in the Stroke Panel If you switch the index language to one we don't have translations for all the separators are empty Text Selection when scrolling across multiple pages An Above Below cross reference to a pinned object always says 'below' Cross references displayed as paragraph numbers may unexpectedly display 0 Float to view loses Window Attempting to re-arrange toolbar can lead to app's window frame moving Vector Flood - "Add bitmap from file" button looks different Unable to deactivate through CTRL-run up if another affinity app is running Rename Layer/artboard dialogs not fully translated CTRL run-up > Clear user data pop-up > Deactivate button > Text has low contrast Localisation - Strokes Panel - Mac On Text Frame panel, tooltips on various stroke-related controls are incorrect or inconsistent Preflight panel may not display page number containing a placed PDF that has issues and inappropriately show Fix button Large Font size UI issues: Portuguese Stroke Panel & Preferences Clipped in RAM/Disk usage fields Multiple languages, Keyboard Shortcuts panel issues (overlapping buttons) Export conflicts dialog in Export Persona is clipped Layers Opacity % is clipped Channel Mixer dialog labels are cut off Buttons on Cross-References panel remain unexpectedly available after deselecting a cross-reference Incorrect display of assets in list mode on OSX. When inserting a cross-reference and filtering the targets list, the list may not fully refresh until clicked After deselecting a cross-reference on the Cross-References panel, it's auto-selected next time the panel is opened Cross-References panel and fields do not indicate a cross-reference is invalid if its target has been deleted Acknowledging the duplicate style name warning dismisses the edit style menu Add Master Menu - Entering a Name and then switching between spread/page clears the name field Sort order icon on Hyperlinks panel is cropped UI menu inconsistencies for Edit in AppName Sub-brush editing very laggy On the Edit Table Format dialog, the Escape key is bound to Reset rather than Cancel Data Merge sources stored on a Cloud drive won't update if the cloud file isn't downloaded Swatches panel: Cannot change selected bitmap fill to another bitmap fill in the same swatch (M1 specific) Stroke join type renders randomly on M1 devices Vector Brush tool resetting brush size back to default when tool swapping tools Add-on file size isn't being hidden during download/install progress Many other macOS specific fixes (E) Bugs fixed which specifically affected iPad OCIO package file (.ocio) not selectable from Preferences, Colour, "Choose OCIO Package" dialog (file greyed out) Arrange, Transform and Alignment buttons can all be lit at the same time leading to a crash App crash when opening section manager for some files Sample files can occasionally have Preferences button incorrectly and cause crashes iPad doesn't deal with decimal accuracy properly Backgrounding then restoring Affinity app while loading, shows sign-in prompt even if licensed iPad Ruler Marks get incorrectly scaled with document zoom On Transform panel's Alignment Options, pop-up menu for alignment scope is disabled Gradient tool tip on iPad is incorrectly labelled "Fill" Place panel cannot be re-invoked if dismissed Spelling > Learn spelling learns the next word in the list and not the current selection Tapping the question mark in the bottom right corner does not add labels / tooltips to items in the context toolbar Filter Add-Ons by Text Search fails to reflect any downloads that are started/stopped Group option not present on Edit menu in Photo RAW file from a Panasonic DMC-GM5 shows wrong size in Metadata Studio 1920 x 1440 instead of 4608 x 3464 On Text panel's Bullets and Numbering section, 'Tab stop' option's label is overset in fr and pt-BR Allignment options on ipad do not respect the document measurement units and always show px as default. Rulers can be re-enabled with preview mode still enabled Guide marks are much harder to see on iPad ruler When applying a master to specified pages, the on-screen keyboard obscures the field in which you're typing page numbers Styles dropdown is offset slightly Selecting Preview Mode from menu doesn’t update toolbar button’s state Document > Guides > Margins > Values don't change until we release the drag with Uniform ON Show Anchors icon does not change when tapped Add the ability to tap through top menus Vector Brush tool resetting brush size back to default when tool swapping tools Swatches panel: Cannot change selected bitmap fill to another bitmap fill in the same swatch (M1 specific) Stroke join type renders randomly on M1 devices Add-on file size isn't being hidden during download/install progress Many other iPadOS specific fixes Affinity Windows applications include the fixes in lists (A)+(B)+(C) (A) Bugs fixes affecting All Apps + (B) Bug fixes affecting desktop Apps + (C) those fixes affecting Windows Affinity macOS applications include the fixes in lists (A)+(B)+(D) (A) Bugs fixes affecting All Apps + (B) Bug fixes affecting desktop Apps + (D) Bug fixes affecting macOS Affinity iPad applications include the fixes in list (A)+(E) (A) Bugs fixes affecting All Apps + (E) Bug fixes affecting iPads. These list are just the highlights of the many (300+) fixes made during the recent 2.2.0 beta cycle, which are listed in full in this post . If you have reported a bug and it is not yet fixed, please do not worry or report it again. More fixes will be made in the forthcoming 2.3 beta cycle.

There are older reports observing slow startup times for all Affinity apps due to loading all fonts. https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/search/&q=Slow startup fonts&quick=1&updated_after=any&sortby=newest&search_and_or=and

How many do you have installed? A large number of installed fonts can certainly slow down the startup of the applications as they enumerate them.

here it is again.... This solution is a pain, but it worked for me. I noticed even while using affinity V1 along with the most recent updates from Serif in combination with the window 10 22H2 update. PC basic specs below… PC3 RTX 3060 i9900x 64GB ram WIN 10 Home All the Affinity applications started to act laggy. This included actions such as.. . slow startup, tools lagging for a bit after selecting for the first time, just annoying things that impeded workflow. The big issue was whenever you wanted to type a letter to quickly access a font the programs would just say peace and close. I was able to work around this issue buy simply adding favorite fonts. Ok enough of V1 here is my fix for V2. Win 10 22H2 no matter what solution posted in the forums I could not get it to install. Solution: Back up everything on your PC Note: Remember I said this was going to suck.. 1. Make a USB install flash drive of Win 11 there are plenty of videos how to do this. 2. Be sure to locate your Win 10 key. 3. Boot in bios and direct your system to load from the USB drive. 4. When the win 11 installation opens do not choose upgrade delete all the partitions on your system drive. This will ensure windows performs a clean installation. 5. Make a new allocation for your system drive make sure you use the entirety of the drive and allow windows to make its own. 6. Install windows and be sure all drives, updates, are completely up to date before installing any applications. 7. Install Affinity and it works! It is Miller time boys and girl. See video below… Affinity Photo 2 won’t install ( THE FIX ) HEY YOU GUYS! Affinity-Fix.mov.mp4

I confirm the same issue. The file Design (2) tested on 3 devices: M1 Mac: takes some seconds to start, the ok when zooming / panning iPad Pro 2018 10.5 inch: Slow, lags severely behind to draw screen, rendering issues Windows 10 PC: totally unusable. Designer fully utilizes 1 of 16 cores for several minutes. During that startup time, it is unusable / unresponsive to any input. Designer complaints about missing fonts. After waiting that time, Designer is usable (panning / zooming). M1 Benchmark: Windows Benchmark (GTX1080, 8+8 core Ryzen, 32 GB Ram): IPad

The update check takes no measureable time for me (or none that I know how to measure). Are you sure it's not enumerating fonts? That's a common reason for slow application startup on Windows.

Hi, as you are the first (and only) to report this delay on windows, are you able to support the investigation into the issue? It smells like waiting for an timeout (certificate check), anti-malware check, or other issues related to network / security settings in your system (outside Affinity) If yes, please download the Microsoft Sysinternals Suite. Then, use tools like tcpview and procmon / process explorer. Find if any network connection are initiated by the process (update checks) Check if anti-malware causes delay (MS defender, …) Check if files on a slow HDD are accessed, which needs to spin-up Record a complete log of the affinity app during the startup with procmon close all other apps helps to reduce distractions in the logs Which exact affinity version are you using, from Affinity or Microsoft Store? Screenshot of about dialog screenshot of benchmark result screenshot of Edit>Preferences>Performance Can you try if the latest beta 1.9.4.1048 works better? Have you imported lots of assets? Lots of Fonts? Special Hardware used by Affinity (pen tablets, mouse) Any filtering used on your internet connection (on PC, DSL/Wifi router, PI-hole, company proxy, …)? using a VPN software? Here are some samples showing how Photo starts on my high-spec PC in about 8 seconds: Filter used: MsDefender working: tcpview shows some network access to AWS

Well, on PC it seems to load stuff on startup, one big chunk are the fonts apparently. 99% of the time I do not use any fonts at all. And then WHEN I do, it's usually one of my 'favourite' fonts... maybe Photo can only load THESE by default and load the other fonts only on demand? Slowing down the startup of the app for 40 seconds or something for a nice font preview in the fonts dropdown is not reasonable. Also maybe this is something that could use parallel processing. As already written I see the usage of 1 full core which is jumping around from one core on the CPU to the next until the app responds again. There is a minimum of SSD access visible. But I wonder what makes the whole PC VERY slow in response during that time. It's only one core. There's lots of memory, there is zero traffic on network and like almost no access to the SSD (which is a super fast one, btw.) Somehow that loading process for fonts and whatever it is loading (brushes?) must hit a bottleneck somewhere

We are pleased to announce an update for the MacOS release of Affinity Photo, version 1.9.0 Changes in this build A highlights explanation can be found here: 5 things you should know about Affinity Photo 1.9 The detailed changes in Affinity Photo for MacOS 1.9.0 over the release build Affinity Photo for macOS 1.8.6 are as follows: New Features: Live liquify layers (learn more) Linked layers (learn more) Pattern layers (learn more) Stacking for astrophotography (see tutorials here) Divide blend mode (learn more) Path text added (learn more) Studio Presets for the UI layout to save your favourite workspace setups for different tasks, explained here Studio panel combinations (also learn more) Create brushes from current pixel selection (learn more) Linked images and Resource Manager (learn more) Use filters on masks Edit spare channels as layers Added per-layer antialiasing controls in the advanced blending menu Added export preview panel (for raster types) Support PDF passthrough to ensure perfect representation of original PDF when exporting, without the need to have embedded fonts installed Benchmarking option to measure speed of your device Content sync of store purchases (requires Sierra [or above] and registration) This feature is explained in more detail here Sync your Affinity Store resources with your Affinity 1.9 apps Fixes & Improvements: Improved “Serif Labs” RAW engine including native CR3 support Elliptical marquee automatically creates from centre Hierarchical view (learn more) Configurable margin guide colour Import multiple LUTS (learn more) Placed scale for all placed files, which allows scaling to be reset to 100% Snap to pixel selection bounds Added curves adjustment to the tone mapping persona Added JPEG-XR 101010 import support (useful for screen captures from Xbox, etc.) Added support for 12bit grayscale TIFF files Many TIFF file handling improvements Added “Duplicate spare channel” to right click menu 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 The Curves adjustment now has numeric field controls for precise positioning Unable to use CMYK/LAB/GREY equations in a Live Procedural Texture Adjustments no longer auto apply when expanding a section of the adjustments panel Freehand Selection Tool (Polygonal): Fixed pressing backspace while drawing the selection path deletes the layer rather than the last node 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) many redraw issues addressed Various stability improvements Help and 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 application menu, Affinity Photo > About). If you’ve purchased from the Mac App Store— updates are done automatically next time you run your software after it is available in the Mac App Store. If this does not happen for you, open the Mac App Store app and go to the Updates page and then Store > Reload page or press CMD+R. This should hopefully force the update to show. Apple sometimes phase roll outs around the world which can mean it may take up to 72 hours for your update to be available. If you’ve purchased from the Affinity Store— each time you start the software it will check for updates and offer to download and install any available update, or in the application main menu there is an option Check for Updates. 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 macOS) can be downloaded from this link (that installer is NOT for Mac app store purchases and needs a product key).

Thank @Mark Ingram for this release. installed it on my side and it works good, will maybe give it a quick project to see how it handles stuffs a bit later during the day. One thing i've noted that could bring a huge change for further release is font loading. AfDesigner (but also AfPublisher and AfPhoto) are slow at font loading on startup but also when having to select from the app, if possible please make some improvements to that for the good of all users, it is crucial to have it proceed much faster. I know it seem to run much faster with less than 500 fonts but in my case I do a lot of test and have to load new fonts like almost everyday and growing my base (currently around 2800 fonts) ... or unless you can do things the way Blender do them, allow us to select fonts from an external folder without a need to install them on our system then we will be able to lessen the load and gain more speed and reactivity of the app. But i'm not a Dev so, I leave this to your skills and appreciation. Thanks for the release!

I've been an Affinity Designer user for a few years, but haven't been using it for the past couple of months (had other projects to work on) but today I fired up Affinity Designer 1.8.5.703 and it was staggeringly slow: It took almost 40 seconds to launch the program, took over 20 seconds to create a new document, and every change - button press and menu choice - had about a two-second lag before it was "acknowledged." This performance is dramatically worse than what I remember it being a few months ago. I used to love how fast AD was to launch - even WITH the large number of fonts I have - but today was baffling. I first tried a restart, then uninstalled AD, restarted, installed the latest again - but that didn't do fix it. I tried downgrading to 1.8.2 (the oldest version I could find) and the performance issues were still there. (As a side note, I've also noticed that Affinity Photo has become a lot more laggy in general - much slower than the original speed-over-PShop-performance that inspired me to purchase it.) I do have more fonts installed than a "stock" Windows installation - about 100 more than the standard 345 fonts - but if you watch the startup, font loading seems to go pretty smoothly. So, to see if this is machine-specific, I installed AD on a backup workstation (an older machine). AD launches completely in <5 seconds. New Document creation takes ~2 seconds. No noticeable lag - everything is as fast and snappy as I remember it being. Release being used: 1.8.5.703 Yes, I can reproduce it every time I launch the software - Here is a video that shows what's happening: New documents ALL take about 20 seconds to create - every time. System: Windows 10 Pro x64, i7-5960-X CPU (8 core running at 4.5GHZ), 64GB RAM, Geforce 2070 RTX +Geforce 980Ti, System drive is a 1TB M2 SSD. I haven't installed anything lately that I can think would be related. I checked against the "conflicting software list" and don't use any of the listed software. I don't use any kind of display management or font managements software. I do have a second monitor and a tablet - but I had those before (when AD was running well) - and they haven't caused any issues that I'm aware of in any of the other apps I use. Again, this behavior seems to be very recently introduced, and I'm NOT seeing this on an older system that I used for testing. At this point, AD is basically unusable. Is there by any chance a logging system that would shed more light on what's hanging up? Any help would be greatly appreciated - Thanks.

We are pleased to announce an update for the Windows release of Affinity Publisher, version 1.8.2 Changes in this build The changes in Affinity Publisher for Windows 1.8.2 (over the last release Affinity Publisher for Windows 1.8.0) are as follows: Fixes & Improvements: General Fixed a source of instability when enumerating fonts at startup Fix for bleed not available in Photo Persona New document panel - terminology and UI tweaks New document panel - saves settings between uses Stability and performance improvements for geometry operations Fix for collecting multiple instances of the same resource image Fixed issue with placed Artboard documents losing selected Artboard ID Help and Localisation improvements Document Management Fixes for slow page operations - adding / deleting /moving etc Stability and performance improvements adding and deleting pages Fixed issue with sections being incorrectly deleted when pages deleted (Win) Fix for inability to scroll through whole document in certain circumstances Hyperlinks Hyperlink Panel wasn't displaying hyperlinks on Master pages Renaming hyperlinks in Hyperlink Panel can detach objects Text Spelling not honouring the language set for the text frames when opening document Fix for ligatures being disabled in justified text Fixes for Catalan Hyphenation IDML IDML Import could create corrupt images IDML Import crash fixes with specific documents IDML Import - crash fixes for specific documents IDML import of hyphenation Other Import / Export Fixed issue exporting caused by hyperlinks PDF Export - Images with a 1 bit mask could be output incorrectly (or not at all) XLSX - File import improvements (Win) PDF Export - PDF X4 convert image colour space was not available Earlier changes and fixes in 1.8 since 1.7 (including the new 1.8 features) are listed in some detail in this 1.8.0 update announcement. 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 Publisher). 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 Publisher 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.

We are pleased to announce an update for the macOS release of Affinity Publisher, version 1.8.2 Changes in this build The changes in Affinity Publisher for macOS 1.8.2 (made since the last release Affinity Publisher on macOS 1.8.1) are as follows: Fixes & Improvements: General Fixed possible source of instability when enumerating fonts at startup Fix for bleed not available in Photo Persona New document panel - terminology and UI tweaks New document panel - saves settings between uses Stability and performance improvements for geometry operations Fix for collecting multiple instances of the same resource image Fixed issue with placed Artboard documents losing selected Artboard ID Application (bought through MAS) will now run on Lion and Mountain Lion (again) (Mac) Changing preflight profile with no document open causes crash (Mac) Fixed possible crash on File > New in Designer Persona (Mac) Fixes for blurry icons on non-retina screens Help and Localisation improvements Document Management Fixes for slow page operations - adding / deleting /moving etc Stability and performance improvements adding and deleting pages Fixed issue with sections being incorrectly deleted when pages deleted Hyperlinks Hyperlink Panel wasn't displaying hyperlinks on Master pages Renaming hyperlinks in Hyperlink Panel can detach objects Text Spelling not honouring the language set for the text frames when opening document Fix for ligatures being disabled in justified text Fixes for Catalan Hyphenation (Mac) Fixed crash typing into Font name selection UI IDML IDML Import could create corrupt images IDML Import crash fixes with specific documents IDML Import - crash fixes for specific documents IDML import of hyphenation Other Import / Export Fixed issue exporting caused by hyperlinks PDF Export - Images with a 1 bit mask could be output incorrectly (or not at all) XLSX - File import improvements Earlier changes and fixes in 1.8 since 1.7 (including the new 1.8 features) are listed in some detail in this 1.8.1 update announcement. UPDATING TO THIS VERSION (Free for existing customers) The software version can be seen on the splash screen and the About dialog (in application menu, Affinity Publisher > About). If you’ve purchased from the Mac App Store— updates are done automatically next time you run your software after it is available in the Mac App Store. If this does not happen for you, open the Mac App Store app and go to the Updates page and then Store > Reload page or press CMD+R. This should hopefully force the update to show. Apple sometimes phase roll outs around the world which can mean it may take up to 72 hours for your update to be available. If you’ve purchased from the Affinity Store— each time you start the software it will check for updates and offer to download and install any available update, or in the application main menu there is an option Check for Updates. 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 Publisher for macOS) can be downloaded from this link (that installer is NOT for Mac App Store purchases and needs a product key).

No beta available please use the Publisher 1.8.2 Windows release build instead Status: Beta Purpose: Stability and General Testing Requirements: Purchased Affinity Publisher Windows Store: Not submitted Download: Download Auto-update: Available --- Hi, We are pleased to announce that Affinity Publisher Customer Beta 1.8.2.619 is now available as a download from the link above. 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 1.8.0 version recently released to all customers (though it installs parallel to the release). We recommend that you use this beta in preference to the store version if you are affected by any of the issues listed below. Oh, and if you are reading this on day of release, happy cat day! --- StudioLink: We have updated StudioLink to ignore the 'patch' version when checking compatibility. StudioLink should be enabled if any corresponding version 1.8 product is available. --- General Fixed possible source of instability when enumerating fonts at startup Fixed issue with placed Artboard documents losing selected Artboard ID (Mac) Changing preflight profile with no document open causes crash (Mac) Fixed possible crash on File > New in Designer Persona Document Management Fixes for slow page operations - adding / deleting /moving etc Hyperlinks Hyperlink Panel wasn't displaying hyperlinks on Master pages Renaming hyperlinks in Hyperlink Panel can detach objects Text Spelling not honouring the language set for the text frames when opening document Fix for ligatures being disabled in justified text Resources Fix for collecting multiple instances of the same image Import / Export IDML Import could create corrupt images IDML Import crash fixes with specific documents XLSX Import fixes for specific documents PDF Export - Images with a 1 bit mask could be output incorrectly (or not at all) --- To be notified about all future Windows beta updates, please follow this notification thread To be notified when this Publisher update comes out of beta and is fully released to all Publisher customers, please follow this thread

No beta available please use the Publisher 1.8.2 macOS release build instead Status: Beta Purpose: Stability and General Testing Requirements: Purchased Affinity Publisher Mac App Store: Not submitted Download: Download Auto-update: Available --- Hi, We are pleased to announce that Affinity Publisher Customer Beta 1.8.2.619 is now available as a download from the link above. 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 1.8.1 version recently released to all customers (though it installs parallel to the release). We recommend that you use this beta in preference to the store version if you are affected by any of the issues listed below. Oh, and if you are reading this on day of release, happy cat day! --- StudioLink: We have updated StudioLink to ignore the 'patch' version when checking compatibility. StudioLink should be enabled if any corresponding version 1.8 product is available. --- General Fixed possible source of instability when enumerating fonts at startup Fixed issue with placed Artboard documents losing selected Artboard ID (Mac) Changing preflight profile with no document open causes crash (Mac) Fixed possible crash on File > New in Designer Persona Document Management Fixes for slow page operations - adding / deleting etc Hyperlinks Hyperlink Panel wasn't displaying hyperlinks on Master pages Renaming hyperlinks in Hyperlink Panel can detach objects Text Spelling not honouring the language set for the text frames when opening document Fix for ligatures being disabled in justified text Resources Fix for collecting multiple instances of the same image Import / Export IDML Import could create corrupt images IDML Import crash fixes with specific documents XLSX Import fixes for specific documents PDF Export - Images with a 1 bit mask could be output incorrectly (or not at all) --- To be notified about all future Mac beta updates, please follow this notification thread To be notified when this Publisher update comes out of beta and is fully released to all Publisher customers, please follow this thread

No, we're not intentionally limiting the number of fonts. We're investigating the issue now to see what's happening. Though I do recommend only having a small number of fonts installed at once, as we load fonts at startup, which can slow down the launch of the application if you have many thousands installed.

Welcome to the forum jcharles, You were lucky, common issues I've found on Mojave upgrade are: Ridiculously slow startup times Safari tab flicker, also changes to black Office displaying a blank document but the text is there (can be fixed by validating fonts and or changing the Display profile from iMac to sRGB IEC1966 2.1 and on occasion changing the resolution to scaled and then back again to default for display) A screwed up spotlight (will not list apps) Affinity apps are compatible with Mojave and MacBooks. As for your problem, have you quit Affinity and restarted and tried again?

Affinity Publisher takes a very long time to start up (I have a decent Win specs - memory, space, etc.). The application seems to get stuck on the loading splash screen while "loading fonts". In my case it took about 6 or 7 minutes to start up. I suspect due to numerous installed fonts on my windows desktop (all purchased with licenses, etc. from trusted sources). After the application starts & is ready for use, unlike Designer, the font selection (lookup) list in this case performed ok. It's mainly the Publisher app startup process that has a performance issue on systems with numerous fonts installed. There's no issue with my other programs like Photoshop, MS Word, etc.

Good Morning, Why is my Affinity Designer Program so slow to open? Since I've added new fonts and assets it seems like it takes forever to startup the program. Also, when selecting the assets categories it is also super slow to open. Thank You Dina

Having a lot of fonts installed will slow things down when you launch the app (because it enumerates the fonts on startup) but I don’t think it should have a significant effect once the app gets going. Try using a font manager such as High-Logic MainType or Xiles NexusFont to uninstall several hundred of your fonts, and then use the font manager to load those fonts temporarily as and when you need them.

I try this beta version there are still not fix slow loading fonts on startup problem.

Hi, I have lots of fonts and it slows down the startup of Affinity Photo and designer, because every time it is loading all fonts. Is there anything I can do to speedup things besides deleting fonts? Regards & Thanks, David

Things that can slow down the startup are lots of fonts, or lots of ICC profiles.

Hi again, It always comes down to this, some users have no problem, they don't complain, other do, but not enough of us complain - some of us are just so glad not to have to have a yearly subscription to deal with, and additionally pleased no doubt that we haven't had to shell out £600 for the privilege. All I can say though is that from my experience on running Affinity Photo on numerous PCs/laptops with various specs, Affinity Photo is slow to start and slow to load compared to the competition. The loading of images isn't that bad, but when you couple with it wanting to do a quick edit which may just be to re-size an image, you end up staring at the screen wondering what's going on under the hood to cause it to take so long. The beta isn't any better obviously - that's why I'm here ;) I realise as I've said previously, that it's not as "developed" as Photoshop for example, but I would have expected that after the few years Affinity products have been around that startup times would have improved. Here is a random PC fresh install with: Windows 10 64bit - all updates Internet connection off 4th Gen Intel Core i3 Physical HD, 8GB Ram Nvidia Geforce card Default Fonts (Nothing hot, but adequate for most tasks.) Affinity Photo Cold Start = 35 Seconds Warm Start = 6 Seconds, Loading an image when warm that is HD 1920 x 1080/ JPG / 230KB = 1.5 Seconds. Loading an image when warm that is 4K 3840 x 2160/ JPG / 1.17MB = 2.4 Seconds. Photoshop CS6 Cold Start = 16 Seconds Warm Start = 3 Seconds Loading an image when warm that is 1920 x 1080 / JPG / 230KB = Less than 1 Second. Loading an image when warm that is 4K 3840 x 2160/ JPG / 1.17MB = 1 Second. I could include benchmarks from other software, but you'll probably know the outcome anyway. Since the release I would have expected some improvements in this area. Perhaps it was even slower on release, I don't recall, but it should definitely be quicker on startup you'd assume by now. Otherwise you would probably expect that there is a problem with something - is there? After all the hype, has development slowed too?