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Hi, We are pleased to announce the release of Affinity Designer for Windows, version 1.6.1 & 1.6.2 (see footnote *) The 1.6.1 change-list is as follows: - Added missing 'Vertical Alignment' text menu - Added missing menu item and auto-scroll in Layers panel - Added custom wet edges from brush editor - Fixed rendering issues with ASUS SonicRadar, MSI Nehemic 2, etc (had to remove check for legacy RivaTuner crashes, see Third Party Software) - Fixed incorrect file extensions and missing icons for TIFF and GIF Export in Turkish - Fixed printer profile resetting when tab is changed - Fixed snapping in Marquee tool - Fixed printing of recolour adjustments - Fixed Pixel Zoom calculations - Fixed unable to increase brush dynamics using mouse wheel - Fixed automatic slice areas to use any vector enclosure mask by default - Fixed slices created from layers having no area - Fixed Shape Fill cannot be changed easily if set to None before drawing - Fixed resizing of Frame Text when rotation centre is in bottom right - Attempted fix for crashes from bad Wacom drivers - Other Tool and View fixes - Fixed being unable to drop a file from Explorer without any documents open - Fixed images being pasted upside down - Improved SVG import of gradients - Fixed PDF import of inline images - Fixed PSD import of files from "Sketchclub" - Fixed PSD export for layers that have bounds with zero height or width - Fixed PDF export rasterizing vector objects in some cases - Fixed auto-save not executing for read-only files - Fixed read-only documents having Save option disabled (now directs to Save As) - Fixed crashes when switching between documents with Brush panel open - Other UI tweaks and fixes - Many other stability fixes and bug fixes * Release 1.6.2 changes Affinity Designer for Windows build 1.6.2 has the same fixlist over 1.6.0 as the above list for 1.6.1, but it also includes one other minor change. With minor impact, it has not been given it's own release notes or put on auto-update notification for build 1.6.1. - Social Media Links on Welcome dialog updated. Affinity Social links are now @AffinityBySerif and so the software links have been updated to reflect this change.

Hi, We are pleased to announce the release of Affinity Photo for Windows, version 1.6.1 & 1.6.2 (see footnote) The 1.6.1 change-list is as follows: - Improved Photoshop plugin support (compatibility for Filter Forge and some others) - Added missing 'Vertical Alignment' text menu - Added Outlier option from Stack Options - Added missing menu item and auto-scroll in Layers panel - Added custom wet edges from brush editor - Fixed rendering issues with ASUS SonicRadar, MSI Nehemic 2, etc (had to remove check for legacy RivaTuner crashes, see Third Party Software) - Fixed incorrect file extensions and missing icons for TIFF and GIF Export in Turkish - Fixed printer profile resetting when tab is changed - Fixed printing of recolour adjustments - Fixed slices created from layers having no area - Fixed automatic slice areas to use any vector enclosure mask by default - Fixed snapping in Marquee tool - Fixed Pixel Zoom calculations - Fixed unable to increase brush dynamics using mouse wheel - Fixed Shape Fill cannot be changed easily if set to None before drawing - Fixed resizing of Frame Text when rotation centre is in bottom right - Other Tool and View fixes - Fixed being unable to retrieve EXIF information from files that have non-ANSI characters in their path - Fixed being unable to drop a file from Explorer without any documents open - Fixed images being pasted upside down - Improved SVG import of gradients - Fixed PDF import of inline images - Fixed PSD import of files from "Sketchclub" - Fixed PSD export for layers that have bounds with zero height or width - Fixed PDF export rasterizing vector objects in some cases - Fixed auto-save not executing for read-only files - Fixed read-only documents having Save option disabled (now directs to Save As) - Avoid hang in parallel processing of Batch jobs - Fixed crashes when switching between documents with Brush panel open - Other UI tweaks and fixes - Many other stability fixes and bug fixes * Release 1.6.2 changes Affinity Photo for Windows build 1.6.2 has the same fixlist over 1.6.0 as the above list for 1.6.1, but it also includes one other minor change. With minor impact, it has not been given it's own release notes or put on auto-update notification for build 1.6.1. - Social Media Links on Welcome dialog updated. Affinity Social links are now @AffinityBySerif and so the software links have been updated to reflect this change.

UPDATE: Affinity Designer 1.5.3 is now available on the Mac App Store and fixes the problems described in this thread. *** PLEASE NOTE *** We have just noticed a problem with the latest Mac AppStore Designer update (ver 1.5.2) and are working to resolve it have resolved it. Running this update will reset any brushes, styles, text styles, swatches, keyboard shortcut customization and workspace layout you may have added. We are extremely sorry about this and will have a fix available within the next 24 hours. If you have installed the new update and have customised any settings then please don't run Designer until we have deployed a replacement update (Designer ver 1.5.3). Alternatively we have a workaround available to save the presets for those users that have updated but haven't opened the app yet. Again, we are very sorry and will make sure this never happens again. UPDATE: Affinity Designer 1.5.3 is now available on the Mac App Store and fixes the problems described in this thread.

Affinity Photo for Windows 1.6.0 is now live. We are pleased to announce the first update for Affinity Photo for Windows (version 1.5.2). The update can be downloaded from here. Once downloaded, close Affinity Photo and run (double click) the downloaded EXE to install it. A list of the fixes this release contains is being prepared and will be posted shortly. To install this version you will need to have the Affinity Photo for Windows already installed OR you will need to type in your email address and a valid Product key when prompted. When installing on top of an existing version you will not be prompted for the product key. If you need it you can find your product key (and a download button) in your Affinity store account, where you will also find the email address used to generate the key when you ordered the software. If you have installed any previous beta version of Affinity Photo 1.5.2, that beta can be safely uninstalled before or after installing this release update, they are independent installs. The beta will stop working soon anyway. Please report any problems you have installing or using this new version in the Windows forum here Patrick Connor The Affinity Team

Affinity Designer for Windows 1.6.0 is now live (this is an older thread). We are pleased to announce the second update for Affinity Designer for Windows (version 1.5.3). The update can be downloaded from here. Once downloaded, close Affinity Designer and run (double click) the downloaded EXE to install it. A list of the fixes this release contains is being prepared and will be posted shortly. To install this version you will need to have the Affinity Designer for Windows already installed OR you will need to type in your email address and a valid Product key when prompted. When installing on top of an existing version you will not be prompted for the product key. If you need it you can find your product key (and a download button) in your Affinity store account, where you will also find the email address used to generate the key when you ordered the software. If you have installed any previous customer beta version of Affinity Designer 1.5.3, that beta can be safely uninstalled before or after installing this release update, they are independent installs. The beta will stop working soon anyway. Please report any problems you have installing or using this new version in the Windows forum here Patrick Connor The Affinity Team

Affinity Designer 1.6.0 update now available on the Mac App Store Affinity Designer 1.5.5 update now available on the Mac App Store Fixes include Reduce unwanted screen updates that caused visual artefacts when moving artboards around. Resolved issue with pixel layers inside symbols which are then transformed. Controversial change to pixel documents: 100% view now maps document pixels directly to screen pixels. If you have a retina Mac you will now see 100% view showing a pixel in the document on each pixel on your display. Wireframe view mode now allows the user to select locked items by click or marquee. Basically, if you're in wireframe view and you can see it, you can now click it to select it. This makes wireframe view much more useful for toggling on/off to select specific items in the document. With rulers visible and a high-frequency input device such as a pen tablet (or a mouse in macOS Sierra) the rulers would make the document update very slowly, this has been resolved. SVG export of gradients is now more compatible with QuickLook. Stability fixes for text. Fixed bug applying OpenType contextual rules. Fix for crashes with 32bit documents on Lion and Mountain Lion. Fix for right-clicking a text object in the Text tool failing to select the current word if the user is over the caret. Improved PSD import/export of HSL adjustments. Improved PSD import of fill layers with empty stroke masks and also parse line origination data. Import badly-formed PSD files created by Marmoset. Fix for occasional crash with embedded documents. PDF export fix for Overprint flag which was not getting unset at certain times, leading to items unintentionally overprinting. Fix for system chime noise when holding Cmd+Alt+Space. Fix for layers panel showing incorrect document information when changing from Separated window mode to normal mode if multiple documents are open. Fix for some images opening and saying they are 1dpi. Numerous other stability improvements and fixes. Many thanks, Team Affinity

We are pleased to announce the second update for Affinity Designer for Windows (version 1.5.2). The update is described here and can be downloaded from here. Once downloaded, close Affinity Designer and run (double click) the downloaded EXE to install it. To install this version you will need to have the Affinity Designer for Windows already installed OR you will need to type in your email address and a valid Product key when prompted. When installing on top of an existing version you will not be prompted for the product key. If you need it you can find your product key (and a download button) in your Affinity store account, where you will also find the email address used to generate the key when you ordered the software. If you have installed any previous customer beta version of Affinity Designer 1.5.2, it can be safely uninstalled before or after installing this release update, they are independent installs. The beta will stop working soon anyway. Please report any problems you have installing or using this new version in the Windows forum here Patrick Connor The Affinity Team

We are pleased to announce the first update for Affinity Designer for Windows (version 1.5.1). The update is described here and can be downloaded from here. Once downloaded, close Affinity Designer and run (double click) the downloaded EXE to install it. To install this version you will need to have the Affinity Designer for Windows already installed OR you will need to type in your email address and a valid Product key when prompted. When installing on top of an existing version you will not be prompted for the product key. If you need it you can find your product key (and a download button) in your Affinity store account, where you will also find the email address used to generate the key when you ordered the software. If you have installed any previous beta version of Affinity Designer 1.5.0 or 1.5.1, it can be safely uninstalled before or after installing this release update, they are independent installs. The beta will stop working soon anyway. Please report any problems you have installing or using this new version in the Windows forum here Patrick Connor The Affinity Team

Affinity Photo 1.6.6 is now available on the Mac App Store. Affinity Photo 1.5.2 update now available on the Mac App Store Fixes include Fixed RAW / HDR on macOS 10.7, 10.8. Improved reliability of automatic lens corrections. Fixed some cosmetic stepper issues in Tone Mapping. Fixed a frequency separation crash in 32bit mode. Allow PSD import to skip over ‘psdM’ blocks. Fixed Undo Brush crashes. Fixed issues which could make the Library fail to load. Fixed a potential crash-on-close bug. Fixed a TIFF issue which was preventing people from working on existing documents, or loading some TIFF files properly. Fixed spelling issue that inserted the correctly spelt world without deleting the incorrect word. Numerous other stability improvements and fixes. Many thanks, Team Affinity