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Click here to download the latest beta Status: Customer Beta Purpose: Features, Improvements, Fixes Requirements: A valid product key (for Affinity Store purchases), or an installation of the full retail version from the Microsoft Store As this is a beta it is considered to be not suitable for production use. This means that you should not attempt to use it for commercial purposes or for any other activity that you may be adversely affected by the application failing, including the total loss of any documents. We hope you enjoy the latest build, and as always, if you've got any problems, please don't hesitate to post here and we'll get back to you as soon as we can. Thanks once again for your continued feedback. If you have a general question about the software, please head over to the Questions Forum, or if you have any suggestions, please head over to the Feature Requests forum. Fixes Fixed Export file type icons using low resolution images Fixed clipped Grid Settings button Fixed Construction Snapping buttons not showing correctly Fixed View modes (Pixel, Retina and Outline) buttons Added missing Isometric panel Fixed crash when closing application in Export Persona with multiple documents open Fixed crash at startup when loading existing workspaces Fixed sporadic crash when opening Edit menu after copying document items to clipboard Fixed Installer to not specify the text for 'Open' shell entry Fixed incorrect lookup in Glyph Browser for some glyphs Changed Glyph Browser padlock icon to a link, to better reflect usage Improved Freehand import by allowing some unknown tags to be ignored, rather than failing the import Fixed Colour panel Colour Picker being offset for some multiple monitor configurations Fixed modifier keys not being shown for tool shortcut in tooltips Improved HSL Add and Subtract modes The 1.7.0 feature list is in the first 1.7 download announcement here

Click here to download the latest beta Status: Customer Beta Purpose: Features, Improvements, Fixes Requirements: A valid product key (for Affinity Store purchases), or an installation of the full retail version from the Microsoft Store As this is a beta it is considered to be not suitable for production use. This means that you should not attempt to use it for commercial purposes or for any other activity that you may be adversely affected by the application failing, including the total loss of any documents. We hope you enjoy the latest build, and as always, if you've got any problems, please don't hesitate to post here and we'll get back to you as soon as we can. Thanks once again for your continued feedback. If you have a general question about the software, please head over to the Questions Forum, or if you have any suggestions, please head over to the Feature Requests forum. Brushes Photo 1.7 introduces a new “sub-brush” mechanism, developed in conjunction with Paolo Limoncelli (DAUB® Brushes). This exciting feature allows any brush to have a list of other brushes attached which will draw at the same time. Each sub-brush has a fully separate and customisable set of dynamics. You can control when the sub-brushes are drawn and how they blend with the main brush. Symmetry (up to 32-way) is now supported - including on-canvas controls and optional mirroring. We have more symmetry features on the way - so stay tuned during the beta process. Wet edges and accumulation are now available on colour brushes and brushes with HSL variance. Brushes with multiple nozzle textures have always chosen the nozzle at random. In 1.7, the nozzle choice has a dynamic controller and ramp for greater control. All brush tools now support left and right arrow keys for rotation - a common feature request RAW The RAW processing engine in Photo has been rewritten - producing better results and improved performance. RAW files now load much more quickly. Re-implemented support for XTrans sensors. The denoise algorithm has been rewritten (to produce better results). Hot pixel removal is now automatically performed by the Serif Labs engine. Profiled lens correction are more stable, apply more quickly, and can be toggled in the Develop UI. The histogram in the Develop persona is now presented in the output colour space - as opposed to always being linear. Filters New “Procedural Texture” filter with advanced presets support. New “Voronoi” filter. Denoise, Clarity and Shadows / Highlights filters have been rewritten (using technology from the Develop Persona). More filters are now available as Live Filters - including the new Procedural Texture filter. Live filters have been rewritten to improve performance - especially when multiple filters are used in a document. Improved Polar to Rectangular and Rectangular to Polar filters. Adjustments The HSL adjustment layer has been rewritten. It now supports custom hue ranges, a new algorithm, new UI and picker controls. The Levels adjustment layer now supports output levels - a common feature request. The White Balance adjustment layer has been rewritten. The Selective Colour adjustment layer has been rewritten. PSD import / export of adjustments has been improved. The Vibrance adjustment layer has been rewritten. The Recolour adjustment layer has gained a lightness slider. Tools The Crop tool has been rewritten - it now supports resolution changes, absolute pixel size and has a much improved preset mechanism. The Sponge Brush tool now gives more correct / pleasant results. A general tools overhaul has been performed - providing editing of grids, guides, page origin, across multiple tools (not just in the Move tool) General “Alternate futures” for document history have been added. Traditionally, if you roll back the undo history then do something else all your changes after that point are lost. Photo will now display a small branch icon in the history tab when you do this. Pressing that button will cycle between all the different “futures” after that history entry - meaning you will never lose work you have done. HEIF images can now be loaded directly into Photo. If they contain a depth map, this will also be loaded as a second layer. Because depth maps are typically lower resolution than the main image, optional “smart” upsampling will be performed. A large number of new cameras are supported for RAW development (we will provide a list of the new supported cameras as soon as possible!). The batch process dialog now fully supports expressions for height and width - available constants are “w”, “h” and “dpi”. Photo now supports custom document presets - a popular feature request. A new blend mode - Linear Burn - has been added. New “Move inside / outside” commands have been added - useful for quick operations on clipping masks etc. The Hard Mix blend mode has been improved. New provider options have been added to the stock panel - support for Unsplash and Pexels. Both of these providers offer full-resolution stock imagery which is free to use. Metadata is now dynamically synchronised with your document - so if you resize then export, the values will be correct. Numerous text improvements have been made - including new features. Significant PDF import / export improvements and fixes. Added support for per-monitor ICC profiles (previously we only used the primary monitor's ICC profile) in the document view (controls still use the primary monitor's ICC profile, which will hopefully be fixed in the future). Fixes Numerous other bug fixes - too many to list!

Click here to download the latest beta Status: Customer Beta Purpose: Features, Improvements, Fixes Requirements: A valid product key (for Affinity Store purchases), or an installation of the full retail version from the Microsoft Store As this is a beta it is considered to be not suitable for production use. This means that you should not attempt to use it for commercial purposes or for any other activity that you may be adversely affected by the application failing, including the total loss of any documents. We hope you enjoy the latest build, and as always, if you've got any problems, please don't hesitate to post here and we'll get back to you as soon as we can. Thanks once again for your continued feedback. If you have a general question about the software, please head over to the Questions Forum, or if you have any suggestions, please head over to the Feature Requests forum. Tools We've overhauled most of the core tools, adding subtle new features to make you more productive: Node tool has a new 'Transform Mode' which provides a containing box for the selected nodes and allows for more freeform editing of the nodes. Node and Pen tools have an utterly amazing Construction mode which gives easy access to common construction features to help you build complicated shapes or intersections accurately and easily, giving you simple access to parallels, right angles, reflected and mirrored angles, in addition to circular construction snaps and all construction intersections. This really needs a video to show how to use it - but it's awesome. Pen tool now has a 'rubber band' mode and also a mode to allow future curves to be added to the current object's curves (for example, the character 'a' is constructed of two curves in a single 'curve object' and this mode makes that construction simpler). Node tool can now auto-snap nodes if you drag a node from one curve over the top of a node from another (selected) curve and pause, it will offer to snap to the same geometry as the node you're hovering over (i.e. modify the on and off-curve nodes to match). This is really useful for trying to reconstruct areas of one curve from another curve. Node tool now allows for lasso selection of nodes by holding the Alt/Ctrl key and dragging a selection lasso. Pencil tool now offers a 'sculpt' mode that allows for extending or manipulating curves in a more natural way. More to come in this area soon. Many tools now allow for 'Alignment widgets' which you can toggle the visibility of in the context toolbar. When enabled you can visually adjust the alignment or even, for example, 'align to centre, snapped to the left edge of this object' by simply click/dragging. Fill tool correctly allows editing of skewed fill handles and newly-created skewed fills draw much nicer now. Ruler origin can be edited by simply dragging the area where the rulers intersect each other - it can even be snapped onto objects in the document. Guides can be edited in most tools by simply dragging a guide in the ruler area. Grid setup is now more interactive: origin can be dragged, axis scale adjusted and angle adjusted on-document, complete with snapping to objects and angles in the document to help you reconstruct useful grids from finished artworks or sketches. By enabling 'Edit in Plane' on the new Isometric Studio, tools can edit objects and appear to make those edits along the currently active plane - extremely useful for artists who enjoy working with any axonometric projections. You can now drag the rotation centre point (when enabled on the context toolbar) while holding Ctrl and it will translate the object - this is actually very useful for positioning and snapping objects relative to others. Shapes tools now have presets so you can create your own favourite shape setups and more easily use them again. There are just far too many subtle tool changes to mention here, but hopefully you'll find the tools much improved General New brushes, styles and assets are now shipped with the product. Visible bleed (accessed from the View menu) so you can more easily design into the bleed area - a common feature request. “Alternate futures” for document history have been added. Traditionally, if you roll back the undo history then do something else all your changes after that point are lost. Designer will now display a small branch icon in the history tab when you do this. Pressing that button will cycle between all the different “futures” after that history entry - meaning you will never lose work you have done. New 'Isometric' Studio makes it easy to setup and work with various axonometric projections within the application. HEIF images can now be loaded directly into Designer. If they contain a depth map, this will also be loaded as a second layer. Because depth maps are typically lower resolution than the main image, optional “smart” upsampling will be performed. Designer now supports custom document presets - a popular feature request. A new blend mode - Linear Burn - has been added. New “Move inside / outside” commands have been added - useful for quickly clipping/unclipping. New "Merge curves/Separate curves" commands. Grids now have an editable number of angle subdivisions. The Hard Mix blend mode has been improved. Numerous text improvements have been made - including new features such as bullets and numbering. Significant PDF import / export improvements and fixes. Added support for per-monitor ICC profiles (previously we only used the primary monitor's ICC profile) in the document view (controls still use the primary monitor's ICC profile, which will hopefully be fixed in the future). Brushes Designer 1.7 introduces a new “sub-brush” mechanism, developed in conjunction with Paolo Limoncelli (DAUB® Brushes). This exciting feature allows any brush to have a list of other brushes attached which will draw at the same time. Each sub-brush has a fully separate and customisable set of dynamics. You can control when the sub-brushes are drawn and how they blend with the main brush. Symmetry (up to 32-way) is now supported - including on-canvas controls and optional mirroring. Wet edges and accumulation are now available on colour brushes and brushes with HSL variance. Brushes with multiple nozzle textures have always chosen the nozzle at random. In 1.7, the nozzle choice has a dynamic controller and ramp for greater control. All pixel brush tools now support left and right arrow keys for rotation - a common feature request. Adjustments The HSL adjustment layer has been rewritten. It now supports custom hue ranges, a new algorithm, new UI and picker controls. The Levels adjustment layer now supports output levels - a common feature request. The White Balance adjustment layer has been rewritten. The Selective Colour adjustment layer has been rewritten. PSD import / export of adjustments has been improved. The Vibrance adjustment layer has been rewritten. The Recolour adjustment layer has gained a lightness slider. Fixes Numerous other bug fixes - too many to list!

Click here to download the latest beta Status: Customer Beta Purpose: Stability Requirements: A valid product key (for Affinity Store purchases), or an installation of the full retail version from the Microsoft Store As this is a beta it is considered to be not suitable for production use. This means that you should not attempt to use it for commercial purposes or for any other activity that you may be adversely affected by the application failing, including the total loss of any documents. We hope you enjoy the latest build, and as always, if you've got any problems, please don't hesitate to post here and we'll get back to you as soon as we can. Thanks once again for your continued feedback. If you have a general question about the software, please head over to the Questions Forum, or if you have any suggestions, please head over to the Feature Requests forum. Fixes Fixed Document Setup dialog failing to show correct Height and Width values when switching between portrait modes Fixed incorrect colour from CMYK waterfall model Added check for disabled .NET 3.5 during installation Fixed crash caused by Shift clicking to select slices Added Blend Modes to radial controller Fixed Global Opacity on radial controller Fixed History on radial controller Fixed PDF import crash when a soft mask doesn't load Fixed PDF Import hang Fixed resized floating panel not sticking when swapping to a different panel Fixes included in the 1.6.5.119 AD customer beta

Click here to download the latest beta Status: Customer Beta Purpose: Stability Requirements: A valid product key (for Affinity Store purchases), or an installation of the full retail version from the Microsoft Store As this is a beta it is considered to be not suitable for production use. This means that you should not attempt to use it for commercial purposes or for any other activity that you may be adversely affected by the application failing, including the total loss of any documents. We hope you enjoy the latest build, and as always, if you've got any problems, please don't hesitate to post here and we'll get back to you as soon as we can. Thanks once again for your continued feedback. If you have a general question about the software, please head over to the Questions Forum, or if you have any suggestions, please head over to the Feature Requests forum. Fixes Fixed Document Setup dialog failing to show correct Height and Width values when switching between portrait modes Fixed incorrect colour from CMYK waterfall model Added check for disabled .NET 3.5 during installation Fixed Info panel not showing W, H and D information in document units Fixed being unable to select layers whilst recording Macros Fixed crash caused by Shift clicking to select slices Added save and load of Twirl settings Added Twirl to radial controller Added Blend Modes to radial controller Fixed Global Opacity on radial controller Fixed History on radial controller Fixed PDF import crash when a soft mask doesn't load Fixed PDF Import hang Fixed resized floating panel not sticking when swapping to a different panel Fixes included in the 1.6.5.119 customer beta

Click here to download the latest beta Status: Customer Beta Purpose: Stability Requirements: A valid product key (for Affinity Store purchases), or an installation of the full retail version from the Microsoft Store As this is a beta it is considered to be not suitable for production use. This means that you should not attempt to use it for commercial purposes or for any other activity that you may be adversely affected by the application failing, including the total loss of any documents. We hope you enjoy the latest build, and as always, if you've got any problems, please don't hesitate to post here and we'll get back to you as soon as we can. Thanks once again for your continued feedback. If you have a general question about the software, please head over to the Questions Forum, or if you have any suggestions, please head over to the Feature Requests forum. Fixes Fixed crash when dragging artboards Fixed floating window panels to remember their width as well as height Fixed Colour Picker shortcut not working with Surface Pen Improved performance of shutdown Fixed Leading Override (Character panel) and Paragraph Leading (Paragraph panel) key modifier inconsistencies Fixed empty gap at the bottom of the font size dropdown Fixed crash when we can't identify any font families in a font Fixed Pen point being placed when panning with spacebar Added missing "Scrubby Zoom" Fixes included in the 1.6.5.112 AD customer beta

Click here to download the latest beta Status: Customer Beta Purpose: Stability Requirements: A valid product key (for Affinity Store purchases), or an installation of the full retail version from the Microsoft Store As this is a beta it is considered to be not suitable for production use. This means that you should not attempt to use it for commercial purposes or for any other activity that you may be adversely affected by the application failing, including the total loss of any documents. We hope you enjoy the latest build, and as always, if you've got any problems, please don't hesitate to post here and we'll get back to you as soon as we can. Thanks once again for your continued feedback. If you have a general question about the software, please head over to the Questions Forum, or if you have any suggestions, please head over to the Feature Requests forum. Fixes Fixed floating window panels to remember their width as well as height Fixed Colour Picker shortcut not working with Surface Pen Improved performance of shutdown Fixed Leading Override (Character panel) and Paragraph Leading (Paragraph panel) key modifier inconsistencies Fixed empty gap at the bottom of the font size dropdown Fixed crash when we can't identify any font families in a font Fixed Pen point being placed when panning with spacebar Added missing "Scrubby Zoom" Fixes included in the 1.6.5.112 customer beta

Click here to download the latest beta Status: Customer Beta Purpose: Stability Requirements: A valid product key (for Affinity Store purchases), or an installation of the full retail version from the Microsoft Store As this is a beta it is considered to be not suitable for production use. This means that you should not attempt to use it for commercial purposes or for any other activity that you may be adversely affected by the application failing, including the total loss of any documents. We hope you enjoy the latest build, and as always, if you've got any problems, please don't hesitate to post here and we'll get back to you as soon as we can. Thanks once again for your continued feedback. If you have a general question about the software, please head over to the Questions Forum, or if you have any suggestions, please head over to the Feature Requests forum. Fixes Fixed Space bar panning with the paintbrush tool placing nozzles Added Dial support for Shadows / Highlights adjustment Added Dial support for Shapes Fixed Dial Select tool not defaulting correctly Fixed tool handle selection with touch input Fixed SVG export to avoid exporting spurious groups Fixed pressing escape key on font size context toolbar editor not returning focus Added option to prefer metafile over raster with per-application default (default to on) Fixed main window closing on second monitor not appearing at next start Fixed Adjustments panel starting below the visible window Fixed Print dialog not defaulting to current selected artboard Fixed Transform panel fields losing focus when using arrow and shift+arrow keys to increment/decrement values Fixed intermittent crash when using the Pen Tool Fixed drag dropping a PNG file into the document locks the file Fixes included in the 1.6.5.109 AD customer beta

Click here to download the latest beta Status: Customer Beta Purpose: Stability Requirements: A valid product key (for Affinity Store purchases), or an installation of the full retail version from the Microsoft Store As this is a beta it is considered to be not suitable for production use. This means that you should not attempt to use it for commercial purposes or for any other activity that you may be adversely affected by the application failing, including the total loss of any documents. We hope you enjoy the latest build, and as always, if you've got any problems, please don't hesitate to post here and we'll get back to you as soon as we can. Thanks once again for your continued feedback. If you have a general question about the software, please head over to the Questions Forum, or if you have any suggestions, please head over to the Feature Requests forum. Fixes Fixed Space bar panning with the paintbrush tool placing nozzles Fixed crash when selecting Perspective Tool after using Mesh Warp Tool Added Dial support for Shadows / Highlights adjustment Added Dial support for Shapes Fixed Dial Select tool not defaulting correctly Fixed tool handle selection with touch input Fixed Lighting tool for Surface pens that don't support angle and tilt Fixed SVG export to avoid exporting spurious groups Fixed pressing escape key on font size context toolbar editor not returning focus Added option to prefer metafile over raster with per-application default (defaulted to off) Fixed main window closing on second monitor not appearing at next start Fixed Adjustments panel starting below the visible window Fixed Transform panel fields losing focus when using arrow and shift+arrow keys to increment/decrement values Fixed intermittent crash when using the Pen Tool Fixed drag dropping a PNG file into the document locks the file Fixed Live Diffuse Glow filter opacity slider stuck at 100% Fixes included in the 1.6.5.109 customer beta

Click here to download the latest beta Status: Customer Beta Purpose: Stability Requirements: A valid product key (for Affinity Store purchases), or an installation of the full retail version from the Microsoft Store As this is a beta it is considered to be not suitable for production use. This means that you should not attempt to use it for commercial purposes or for any other activity that you may be adversely affected by the application failing, including the total loss of any documents. We hope you enjoy the latest build, and as always, if you've got any problems, please don't hesitate to post here and we'll get back to you as soon as we can. Thanks once again for your continued feedback. If you have a general question about the software, please head over to the Questions Forum, or if you have any suggestions, please head over to the Feature Requests forum. Fixes New installer UI! Microsoft Store customers can now participate in the customer betas Fixed editor boxes not incrementing correctly Fixed rendering issues with custom display scales between 125% and 150% Fixed PDF import of some inline images Fixed crash pasting into Microsoft Paint Fixed dialogs not appearing on second monitor Fixed margins not being set for new artboard documents Fixed keyboard shortcuts becoming disabled after pressing Escape in the Pressure dialog Added missing PDF dialog scrollbars Fixed move up/down in the Assets Panel not correctly enabling after moving a category that is first or last Fixed Embed Assets in Current Document selection state being reversed Fixed PDF import preview thumbnail not being colour corrected Fixed PDF import preview thumbnail not handling soft masks on groups Fixed colour conversion of bitmaps during vector export Fixed adjusting line pressure being laggy Fixed deleting a node on the stroke pressure editor not updating the document Fixed New Document dialog not being aligned nicely Fixed rotating nodes not being remembered Fixed editing a Curves Adjustment preventing you from using Keyboard Shortcuts to add additional Fixed unable to type after tabbing when editing a swatch value Fixed RGB slider field getting a dotted outline when tabbing into it Fixed pressing delete with a stop selected on the Gradient Flyout deletes the object, not the stop Fixed PDF import soft masks taking too long to render Fixed sporadic crash when sizing text frames to fit Fixed PDF import crash loading unrecognised JPEG2000 variant Fixed PDF import crash with coloured pattern space Fixed editing a guide in Guides Manager not correctly changing selection Fixed adding colour to swatch causes crash Fixed shaking a floating panel minimizes other panels Fixed fill layers built-in masks are broken Fixed export area dropdown not working like the macOS version Fixed Pen tool to add snapping while restart dragging under Pen mode

Click here to download the latest beta Status: Customer Beta Purpose: Stability Requirements: A valid product key (for Affinity Store purchases), or an installation of the full retail version from the Microsoft Store As this is a beta it is considered to be not suitable for production use. This means that you should not attempt to use it for commercial purposes or for any other activity that you may be adversely affected by the application failing, including the total loss of any documents. We hope you enjoy the latest build, and as always, if you've got any problems, please don't hesitate to post here and we'll get back to you as soon as we can. Thanks once again for your continued feedback. If you have a general question about the software, please head over to the Questions Forum, or if you have any suggestions, please head over to the Feature Requests forum. Fixes New installer UI! Microsoft Store customers can now participate in the customer betas Fixed editor boxes not incrementing correctly Fixed rendering issues with custom display scales between 125% and 150% Fixed PDF import of some inline images Fixed crash pasting into Microsoft Paint Fixed some HDR images not loading Fixed dialogs not appearing on second monitor Fixed keyboard shortcuts becoming disabled after pressing Escape in the Pressure dialog Added missing PDF dialog scrollbars Fixed PDF import preview thumbnail not being colour corrected Fixed PDF import preview thumbnail not handling soft masks on groups Fixed colour conversion of bitmaps during vector export Fixed adjusting line pressure being laggy Fixed deleting a node on the stroke pressure editor not updating the document Fixed New Document dialog not being aligned nicely Fixed rotating nodes not being remembered Fixed editing a Curves Adjustment preventing you from using Keyboard Shortcuts to add additional Fixed unable to type after tabbing when editing a swatch value Fixed RGB slider field getting a dotted outline when tabbing into it Fixed pressing delete with a stop selected on the Gradient Flyout deletes the object, not the stop Fixed PDF import soft masks taking too long to render Fixed Colour Replacement brush missing options on context toolbar Fixed sporadic crash when sizing text frames to fit Fixed PDF import crash loading unrecognised JPEG2000 variant Fixed PDF import crash with coloured pattern space Fixed editing a guide in Guides Manager not correctly changing selection Fixed Develop Persona lens adjustments rotation values differing to macOS Fixed Lens filter CMYK colour sliders jitter between values Fixed adding colour to swatch causes crash Fixed shaking a floating panel minimizes other panels Fixed fill layers built-in masks are broken Fixed export area dropdown not working like the macOS version Fixed Pen tool to add snapping while restart dragging under Pen mode

Click here to download the latest beta Status: Customer Beta Purpose: Stability Requirements: A valid product key (issued if Affinity Designer was purchased from the Affinity Store). As this is a beta it is considered to be not suitable for production use. This means that you should not attempt to use it for commercial purposes or for any other activity that you may be adversely affected by the application failing, including the total loss of any documents. We hope you enjoy the latest build, and as always, if you've got any problems, please don't hesitate to post here and we'll get back to you as soon as we can. Thanks once again for your continued feedback. If you have a general question about the software, please head over to the Questions Forum, or if you have any suggestions, please head over to the Feature Requests forum. Fixes Fixed crash in UI with HUION or Gaomon tablets Note: Surface Pro users will now need to opt-in to the new option which will prevent the user interface from being unresponsive. You can find the option in Preferences | User Interface | Enable Pointer Support. Unfortunately when we enabled this option by default, HUION and Gaomon drivers caused crashes within Microsoft's WPF / .NET Framework.

Click here to download the latest beta Status: Customer Beta Purpose: Stability Requirements: A valid product key, (issued if Affinity Photo was purchased from Affinity Store). As this is a beta it is considered to be not suitable for production use. This means that you should not attempt to use it for commercial purposes or for any other activity that you may be adversely affected by the application failing, including the total loss of any documents. We hope you enjoy the latest build, and as always, if you've got any problems, please don't hesitate to post here and we'll get back to you as soon as we can. Thanks once again for your continued feedback. If you have a general question about the software, please head over to the Questions Forum, or if you have any suggestions, please head over to the Feature Requests forum. Fixes Fixed crash in UI with HUION or Gaomon tablets Note: Surface Pro users will now need to opt-in to the new option which will prevent the user interface from being unresponsive. You can find the option in Preferences | User Interface | Enable Pointer Support. Unfortunately when we enabled this option by default, HUION and Gaomon drivers caused crashes within Microsoft's WPF / .NET Framework.

Click here to download the latest beta Status: Customer Beta Purpose: Stability Requirements: A valid product key (issued if Affinity Designer was purchased from the Affinity Store). As this is a beta it is considered to be not suitable for production use. This means that you should not attempt to use it for commercial purposes or for any other activity that you may be adversely affected by the application failing, including the total loss of any documents. We hope you enjoy the latest build, and as always, if you've got any problems, please don't hesitate to post here and we'll get back to you as soon as we can. Thanks once again for your continued feedback. If you have a general question about the software, please head over to the Questions Forum, or if you have any suggestions, please head over to the Feature Requests forum. Fixes Fixed raster brush velocity

Click here to download the latest beta Status: Customer Beta Purpose: Stability Requirements: A valid product key, (issued if Affinity Photo was purchased from Affinity Store). As this is a beta it is considered to be not suitable for production use. This means that you should not attempt to use it for commercial purposes or for any other activity that you may be adversely affected by the application failing, including the total loss of any documents. We hope you enjoy the latest build, and as always, if you've got any problems, please don't hesitate to post here and we'll get back to you as soon as we can. Thanks once again for your continued feedback. If you have a general question about the software, please head over to the Questions Forum, or if you have any suggestions, please head over to the Feature Requests forum. Fixes Fixed crash in Live Perspective Filter Fixed raster brush velocity

Click here to download the latest beta Status: Customer Beta Purpose: Stability Requirements: A valid product key (issued if Affinity Designer was purchased from the Affinity Store). As this is a beta it is considered to be not suitable for production use. This means that you should not attempt to use it for commercial purposes or for any other activity that you may be adversely affected by the application failing, including the total loss of any documents. We hope you enjoy the latest build, and as always, if you've got any problems, please don't hesitate to post here and we'll get back to you as soon as we can. Thanks once again for your continued feedback. If you have a general question about the software, please head over to the Questions Forum, or if you have any suggestions, please head over to the Feature Requests forum. Fixes Fixed creating an analogous colour chord does not add the correct swatches Fixed Colour picker loupe not displaying on second monitor Fixed Panel groups do not revert size when dragged in and out of other groups Fixed Document Setup does not reflect or change current "Actual Size" Zoom for "Web" type documents

Click here to download the latest beta Status: Customer Beta Purpose: Stability Requirements: A valid product key, (issued if Affinity Photo was purchased from Affinity Store). As this is a beta it is considered to be not suitable for production use. This means that you should not attempt to use it for commercial purposes or for any other activity that you may be adversely affected by the application failing, including the total loss of any documents. We hope you enjoy the latest build, and as always, if you've got any problems, please don't hesitate to post here and we'll get back to you as soon as we can. Thanks once again for your continued feedback. If you have a general question about the software, please head over to the Questions Forum, or if you have any suggestions, please head over to the Feature Requests forum. Fixes Extended Develop Clarity range (-100 to 100) Fixed Depth of Field Blur Vibrance property only allowing values of 0% or 100% Improved loading of Canon EOS 6D Mark II files so they are less purple Fixed creating an analogous colour chord does not add the correct swatches Fixed Colour picker loupe not displaying on second monitor Fixed Panel groups do not revert size when dragged in and out of other groups Fixed Document Setup does not reflect or change current "Actual Size" Zoom for "Web" type documents

Click here to download the latest beta Status: Customer Beta Purpose: Stability Requirements: A valid product key (issued if Affinity Designer was purchased from the Affinity Store). As this is a beta it is considered to be not suitable for production use. This means that you should not attempt to use it for commercial purposes or for any other activity that you may be adversely affected by the application failing, including the total loss of any documents. We hope you enjoy the latest build, and as always, if you've got any problems, please don't hesitate to post here and we'll get back to you as soon as we can. Thanks once again for your continued feedback. If you have a general question about the software, please head over to the Questions Forum, or if you have any suggestions, please head over to the Feature Requests forum. Fixes No longer install .NET framework 4.7.1, but it will still be required to fix issues with Surface Pen (users need to manually install it) Fixed popup closing when dragging an export token

Click here to download the latest beta Status: Customer Beta Purpose: Stability Requirements: A valid product key, (issued if Affinity Photo was purchased from Affinity Store). As this is a beta it is considered to be not suitable for production use. This means that you should not attempt to use it for commercial purposes or for any other activity that you may be adversely affected by the application failing, including the total loss of any documents. We hope you enjoy the latest build, and as always, if you've got any problems, please don't hesitate to post here and we'll get back to you as soon as we can. Thanks once again for your continued feedback. If you have a general question about the software, please head over to the Questions Forum, or if you have any suggestions, please head over to the Feature Requests forum. Fixes No longer install .NET framework 4.7.1, but it will still be required to fix issues with Surface Pen (users need to manually install it) Fixed parallel batch builds Fixed Live Dust and Scratches filter slider resetting to zero when dragging Fixed crash when moving live denoise filter in Layers panel Fixed popup closing when dragging an export token

Click here to download the latest beta Status: Customer Beta Purpose: Stability Requirements: A valid product key (issued if Affinity Designer was purchased from the Affinity Store). As this is a beta it is considered to be not suitable for production use. This means that you should not attempt to use it for commercial purposes or for any other activity that you may be adversely affected by the application failing, including the total loss of any documents. We hope you enjoy the latest build, and as always, if you've got any problems, please don't hesitate to post here and we'll get back to you as soon as we can. Thanks once again for your continued feedback. If you have a general question about the software, please head over to the Questions Forum, or if you have any suggestions, please head over to the Feature Requests forum. Fixes Fixed Surface Pro pen UI failures (installer now ships with .NET 4.7.1) Fixed documents disappearing behind main window when clicking on tools Fixed Vector export print and print preview differing from on-screen Fixed crash with multiple documents open when using pixel selections Fixed memory leak during tool draw Fixed vector export so clipped-out transparencies will draw as transparent Fixed PDF export of embedded uncommon fonts Fixed OpenType MarkToLigature rendering incorrectly Fixed OpenType Contextual Alternatives displaying incorrectly with Levandria font Fixed crash in GlyphBrowser when fonts don't have a cmap table Fixed Type1 fonts being incorrectly embedded in PDFs Fixed failure to add symbols to some documents Fixed failure to load some .afpalette files Fixed alignment of some context bar items Fixed custom Export Presets not being remembered correctly Improved performance of Brush Editor dialog Fixed panels to allow expansion anywhere on the header, not just on the expansion arrow Known issues Dragging export file path variables will close the popup

Click here to download the latest beta Status: Customer Beta Purpose: Stability Requirements: A valid product key (issued if Affinity Designer was purchased from the Affinity Store). As this is a beta it is considered to be not suitable for production use. This means that you should not attempt to use it for commercial purposes or for any other activity that you may be adversely affected by the application failing, including the total loss of any documents. We hope you enjoy the latest build, and as always, if you've got any problems, please don't hesitate to post here and we'll get back to you as soon as we can. Thanks once again for your continued feedback. If you have a general question about the software, please head over to the Questions Forum, or if you have any suggestions, please head over to the Feature Requests forum. Fixes Fixed Pixelmator PSD text import Added transparent TGA import support Attempt to support fonts with truncated type 4 tables (e.g. Serpentine) Fixed text frame auto-resizing not working with a single character Added support for fonts that substitute spaces, eg Nyala Fixed brush selection is not retained after duplicating brush Fixed changing brush tip is not always initially accepted Fixed inability to export transparent PNG, TIFF, etc Fixed Fill Noise not applied when filling with Custom colour, Primary and Secondary colours etc Fixed Colour Chooser not correctly switching to match the selected colour Improved curve fitting for raster brushes Fixed text creation in artboards to be inside the containing artboard Fixed tool shortcuts ignore modifier keys Fixed Text Styles showing wrong units for Justification options Fixed Tab Stop units not auto updating with document units Fixed Text Style dialog missing the [No Change] behaviour for the Tab Stop table Fixed drag and drop from IrfanView not accepting file items into the document as new layers Fixed exporting multiple documents Fixed crash using Pen tool (* see known issues) Fixed when a colour is removed, the Opacity/Noise slider is not disabled Fixed floating windows starting off-screen when monitor is disconnected Fixed layer folder icon not initially updating Fixed document type incorrectly displayed when artboards added Fixed floating windows appearing on the incorrect taskbar Fixed text not being drawn after power duplicate Fixed rare instances of being unable to select text Fixed a couple of instances where the colour wheel wouldn't update properly Use different icon for Arrange/Alignment Fixed unusable transparent area left after cropping with New View Known issues Using the Pen Tool can result in high memory usage

Click here to download the latest beta Status: Customer Beta Purpose: Stability Requirements: A valid product key, (issued if Affinity Photo was purchased from Affinity Store). As this is a beta it is considered to be not suitable for production use. This means that you should not attempt to use it for commercial purposes or for any other activity that you may be adversely affected by the application failing, including the total loss of any documents. We hope you enjoy the latest build, and as always, if you've got any problems, please don't hesitate to post here and we'll get back to you as soon as we can. Thanks once again for your continued feedback. If you have a general question about the software, please head over to the Questions Forum, or if you have any suggestions, please head over to the Feature Requests forum. Fixes Fixed Pixelmator PSD text import Added transparent TGA import support Attempt to support fonts with truncated type 4 tables (e.g. Serpentine) Fixed text frame auto-resizing not working with a single character Added support for fonts that substitute spaces, eg Nyala Fixed Liquify Brush panel size slider limited to 1024px Fixed brush selection is not retained after duplicating brush Fixed changing brush tip is not always initially accepted Fixed inability to export transparent PNG, TIFF, etc Fixed Fill Noise not applied when filling with Custom colour, Primary and Secondary colours etc Fixed Colour Chooser not correctly switching to match the selected colour Improved curve fitting for raster brushes Fixed tool shortcuts ignore modifier keys Fixed Text Styles showing wrong units for Justification options Fixed Tab Stop units not auto updating with document units Fixed Text Style dialog missing the [No Change] behaviour for the Tab Stop table Fixed drag and drop from IrfanView not accepting file items into the document as new layers Fixed exporting multiple documents Fixed crash using Pen tool (* see known issues) Fixed when a colour is removed, the Opacity/Noise slider is not disabled Fixed floating windows starting off-screen when monitor is disconnected Fixed layer folder icon not initially updating Fixed floating windows appearing on the incorrect taskbar Fixed text not being drawn after power duplicate Fixed rare instances of being unable to select text Fixed a couple of instances where the colour wheel wouldn't update properly Fixed unable to select a second swatch for bevel and emboss highlight and shadows Use different icon for Arrange/Alignment Fixed unusable transparent area left after cropping with New View Known issues Using the Pen Tool can result in high memory usage

Click here to download the latest beta Status: Customer Beta Purpose: Stability Requirements: A valid product key (issued if Affinity Designer was purchased from the Affinity Store). As this is a beta it is considered to be not suitable for production use. This means that you should not attempt to use it for commercial purposes or for any other activity that you may be adversely affected by the application failing, including the total loss of any documents. We hope you enjoy the latest build, and as always, if you've got any problems, please don't hesitate to post here and we'll get back to you as soon as we can. Thanks once again for your continued feedback. If you have a general question about the software, please head over to the Questions Forum, or if you have any suggestions, please head over to the Feature Requests forum. Fixes Fixed crash when making a gradient document fill global Improved performance when History and Layers panel are visible Fixed PDF Export bleed for artboards Fixed PDF Export for some documents Added bottom right resize grip corner to floating document windows Added Float, Float All, Dock and Dock All commands to Window menu Fixed Adjustment panels appearing at an invalid location if the panel was closed on a monitor which is then subsequently unplugged Fixed metadata not loading for unicode paths opened via drag and drop Fixed failure to close down due to waiting for invalid files to finish opening Fixed Text Styles panel to reflect the document defaults when no text is selected Fixed Layers panel to add more distinction between clipped and nested layers Fixed document DPI showing decimal places Fixed Workspaces getting reset when new panels are added in updates Fixed vector export of clips on rasterised items Fixed Fit/Shrink to printable not fitting to printer margins Fixed second Print having a zero size document in printer dialog Fixed exporting artboards to include any adjustments drawn on top of it, even if they are outside of the artboard Fixed fonts being rejected if they had a space in their Postscript name Fixed being unable to move the Greyness node in Layer Effects > Colour Overlay Improved resizing of floating document windows Fixed closing a floating window through the taskbar closes the app Fixed Alignment Editor applying a second time when clicking away via a direct new selection Changed 'Arrange' button text to be 'Alignment' Fixed being unable to adjust custom wet edges spline Fixed sporadic hanging when opening many image files at once

Click here to download the latest beta Status: Customer Beta Purpose: Stability Requirements: A valid product key, (issued if Affinity Photo was purchased from Affinity Store). As this is a beta it is considered to be not suitable for production use. This means that you should not attempt to use it for commercial purposes or for any other activity that you may be adversely affected by the application failing, including the total loss of any documents. We hope you enjoy the latest build, and as always, if you've got any problems, please don't hesitate to post here and we'll get back to you as soon as we can. Thanks once again for your continued feedback. If you have a general question about the software, please head over to the Questions Forum, or if you have any suggestions, please head over to the Feature Requests forum. Fixes Improvements to Shadows and Highlights Improvements to Clarity Fixed View Mode menu item incorrectly exposed in Affinity Photo Export Persona Fixed double clicking View Tool is not consistent between Personas Fixed crash when making a gradient document fill global Improved performance when History and Layers panel are visible Fixed PDF Export for some documents Added bottom right resize grip corner to floating document windows Added Float, Float All, Dock and Dock All commands to Window menu Fixed Adjustment panels appearing at an invalid location if the panel was closed on a monitor which is then subsequently unplugged Fixed metadata not loading for unicode paths opened via drag and drop Fixed failure to close down due to waiting for invalid files to finish opening Fixed Text Styles panel to reflect the document defaults when no text is selected Fixed Layers panel to add more distinction between clipped and nested layers Fixed document DPI showing decimal places Fixed Workspaces getting reset when new panels are added in updates Fixed vector export of clips on rasterised items Fixed Fit/Shrink to printable not fitting to printer margins Fixed second Print having a zero size document in printer dialog Fixed fonts being rejected if they had a space in their Postscript name Fixed being unable to move the Greyness node in Layer Effects > Colour Overlay Fixed Spacebar not changing cursor to hand when in Develop Improved resizing of floating document windows Fixed closing a floating window through the taskbar closes the app Fixed Alignment Editor applying a second time when clicking away via a direct new selection Changed 'Arrange' button text to be 'Alignment' Fixed being unable to adjust custom wet edges spline Fixed sporadic hanging when opening many image files at once

Click here to download the latest beta Status: Customer Beta Purpose: Stability Requirements: A valid product key, issued when Affinity Designer was purchased. As this is a beta it is considered to be not suitable for production use. This means that you should not attempt to use it for commercial purposes or for any other activity that you may be adversely affected by the application failing, including the total loss of any documents. We hope you enjoy the latest build, and as always, if you've got any problems, please don't hesitate to post here and we'll get back to you as soon as we can. Thanks once again for your continued feedback. If you have a general question about the software, please head over to the Questions Forum, or if you have any suggestions, please head over to the Feature Requests forum. Fixes [Partial] Fixed failure to close down due to incremented load count from (failed) abandoned documents (still needs 1 further fix for corrupt abandoned files) Fixed Text Styles panel to show the document defaults when no text is selected Changed Layers panel to add more distinction between clipped and nested layers Fixed document DPI showing a decimal place in some situations Fixed reset of user workspace when new panels have been added Fixed newly created Text Styles being applied twice to a text frame on creation Fixed vector export (including PDF) taking a long time due to large clip areas Fixed Fit/Shrink to printable does not fit to printer margins Fixed 2nd Print has a zero size document in printer dialog Fixed adjustments being ignored when outside of an artboard even though they may have an effect on the document Fixed being unable to move the Greyness node in Layer Effects > Colour Overlay Fixed colour node appearing on the Colour panel Fixed hit testing on floating window edges to make it easier to resize windows Fixed closing a floating window through the taskbar closing the application (a side-effect of this change is that Alt+F4 on a floating window will now just close that window, not the app)