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Click here to download the latest beta Status: Release Candidate 3 Purpose: Stability Requirements: None As this is a beta release, 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. In addition it is worth noting that files created in Affinity Designer 1.5 cannot be opened in Affinity Photo 1.4, which means that although files created with the Windows beta can be opened in the Mac AppStore version of Designer (currently on 1.5.1) they cannot be opened in the latest Mac App Store versions Affinity Photo, instead you will need the latest macOS 1.5 beta. 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 Clone Brush tool toast message saying |TERTIARY| instead of ALT Fixed Export Persona Revert to Auto Sized (and it's indicator) being broken on resize Fixed Export Persona Slice Presets not updating on remove Fixed Global colour not being recoloured using sliders Fixed Noise slider/Colour Wheel being slow when adjusting swatch fill Fixed Ctrl runup not resetting the marquee Mode Changed Export Slices 'Select Folder' button name to 'Export' Fixed Toggling 'Show Grid' with Ctrl + ' not toggling the checkbox in the Grid and Snapping Axis Manager Fixed Reset Selection Box not updating the values in the Transform Panel Fixed Hex colour codes not copied to the clipboard correctly Fixed Text Styles: 'Show in both panels' option not remaining enabled/applied Fixed keyboard preferences, changing Persona doesn't update category Fixed clicking 'Reset' in the Preferences, keyboard Shortcuts only works per session Fixed being unable to select a font by typing more than the first character Fixed Export Persona Layers Panel 'Make item visible in export' option not hiding the page Fixed floating panels getting resizing incorrectly Fixed Character Panel resizing incorrectly Fixed Character and Paragraph panels becoming stretched after starting app with panels open Fixed switching Persona's when you have floating docked panels causes minor UI problems Fixed Selection Brush size can't be bigger than 1024 px Fixed Export Persona 'Export Slices' button doesn't disable/enable until selection changes Improved 32bit support (now has a dedicated 32bit colour profile) Fixed crash when using Refine Selection, New Layer with Mask on a Vector Cropped object Fixed some font names not displaying correctly (e.g. Pe-icon-7-stroke) Fixed missing string for OCIO Adjustment name in Layer menu

Click here to download the latest beta Status: Release Candidate 2 Purpose: Stability Requirements: None As this is a beta release, 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. In addition it is worth noting that files created in Affinity Designer 1.5 cannot be opened in Affinity Photo 1.4, which means that although files created with the Windows beta can be opened in the Mac AppStore version of Designer (currently on 1.5.1) they cannot be opened in the latest Mac App Store versions Affinity Photo, instead you will need the latest macOS 1.5 beta. 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 Added IME support Fixed crash when selecting masks or adjustment layers with "Show Selection in Layers Panel" enabled Tweaked Keyboard Preferences UI to more closely match the macOS version Fixed Export Persona shortcuts not saving Fixed new 32bit documents not automatically choosing Linear sRGB as their colour profile Fixed exporting to PDF no longer exporting artboards as pages Added better warning when attempting to open non-Affinity files Fixed sporadic crash when creating new documents Fixed being unable to create new documents while an existing document is being opened Improved font matching when importing PDFs Fixed Export Persona Arrange icons being too big Fixed brush rotation allowing a maximum of 50% Fixed being unable to delete multiple export presets Fixed Export Presets not saving the 'Use DPI Value' for vector formats Fixed focus remaining on input dialogs after interacting with them Fixed Export Persona export options missing preferences context menu Added improvements to distance measurements

Click here to download the latest beta Status: Release Candidate 1 Purpose: Stability Requirements: None As this is a beta release, 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. In addition it is worth noting that files created in Affinity Designer 1.5 cannot be opened in Affinity Photo 1.4, which means that although files created with the Windows beta can be opened in the Mac AppStore version of Designer (currently on 1.5.1) they cannot be opened in the latest Mac App Store versions Affinity Photo, instead you will need the latest macOS 1.5 beta. 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 sporadic crash when closing the application Fixed left click and drag on popup sliders so they automatically close (same as macOS version) Fixed changing a slice output from raster to vector not re-adding the name or initialising the dialog correctly Fixed User Variables not exporting making it possible to create files from Export Persona with no filename Fixed Export Persona Path Components dialog containing text that should not be present Fixed right clicking the brushes list to not select the brush Fixed floating document windows remaining on top after switching to another application Fixed being able to edit registration colour swatch Fixed sporadic crash when starting a second instance, if the first instance had crashed Fixed sporadic crash when launching URLs when Windows can't find a suitable application to use Fixed sporadic crash when attempting to show a panel context menu for panels that shouldn't have a menu Fixed context bar not updating for marquee selection Fixed sporadic crash when closing documents Fixed crash on Windows 7 & 8 when scrolling the mouse wheel during the splash screen Fixed PSD import of grey colours Changed multi-page PDF export to be for whole documents, and selections of only artboards (if there is anything else in the selection, it will create a single page PDF of the selected area) Fixed slices with invalid filenames failing to export Fixed Show Selection in Layers Panel not expanding groups when individual object is selected Fixed file extensions not getting stripped from file names when using Save As Fixed Corner types to be disabled until a node is selected Fixed double clicking an already applied Text Style will re-apply it before displaying the Edit Text Style dialog Fixed being unable to apply black/grey/white/none swatch if already highlighted Fixed opening program after toggling UI bringing panels back, but leaving the toggle in unusable state Fixed being unable to create snapshots Fixed Preferences > Performance not saving Fixed Cog shape to allow more than 48 teeth Improved performance of non-OpenType fonts

Click here to download the latest beta Status: Public Beta Purpose: Stability Requirements: None As this is a beta release, 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. In addition it is worth noting that files created in Affinity 1.5 cannot be opened in 1.4, which means files created with the Windows beta cannot be opened in the Mac AppStore version of Designer, instead you will need the latest macOS beta. 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 pressing ALT+Spacebar on a floating window Fixed crash using Wacom Bamboo on external display (thanks federix) Fixed middle mouse button panning becoming stuck Fixed PDF import of default widths for Japanese fonts Fixed printers marks smaller borders when bleeds are unequal Added publisher details to Add/Remove Programs Added keyboard support to text styles combobox on the context toolbar Fixed crash when exporting to an SMB share from Export Persona Fixed PDF export failing when adding negative value to Phase for a dashed stroke Fixed embedded documents incorrectly displaying their path when they are edited Fixed 'PDF Information' font changes Fixed crash when making no selection with the 'Show selection in layer panel' option enabled Added document loading message Fixed being able to edit a registration colour by double clicking Fixed crash when clicking on swatch panel after editing a swatch Fixed swatches saved with non-default Opacity/Noise values not being applied to objects correctly Added reporting of warnings when loading PSD files Fixed loading of PSD files with noise gradients (but will just ignore the noise gradients as we can't reproduce them) Fixed measuring between siblings inside groups and containers (can also measure immediate children of a container, and between the selected object and it's ancestors) Fixed preview of masks in Layers panel Fixed Customise Toolbar context menu being available during customisation Fixed Asset panel category changing when the panel is docked/undocked Fixed Character panel not disabling controls when no document is available

Hi guys, as I have reported in other posts, after 1.5.0.19, Designer were crashing whenever I took my Wacom Bamboo Pen to use (until then I have been using the Wacom tablet without its pressure sensibility, but no crashes). But it haven’t ocurred me to test the application with the Wacom on my laptop built-in display, and vois-là, it at last recognized the tablet pressure: I could use the vector brush as expected, though the cursor became the default system arrow and the pen button set to pan the image could only pan vertically. But as I changed the application and the wacom tablet mapping to another display, Designer crashes after some pen strokes - some subtle changes, because the first time it ocurred to me, Designer crashes just on hovering the pen over the application window, before any strokes. I tried many tablet mapping combination without any change in such scenario, but could use the tablet again on the external monitor when I left the “Use Windows Ink” option unselected; but then again no pressure sensitivity. I cannot say if its a problem in the latest pen & ink improvements of Windows 10, nor if its related to the corrupted wacom driver mentioned in the 1.5.0.23 beta release fixes, though I have re-downloaded and reinstalled the wacom bamboo drivers many times, and pressure sensitivity is working in Photoshop, Illustrator, and Clip Studio even when the Windows Ink option is unselected. Intel Drivers also checked and up to date. The crash report is attached. Any ideas? I hope this report could contribute to the application excellence! Here is my hardware and system description: Affinity Designer beta build 1.5.0.23 on Asus K84C notebook Windows 10 Pro Build 14393.222 Intel Core i3-2330M 2.20GHz CPU 4,00 GB RAM - 64-bit Wacom Bamboo CTL-470 (driver 5.3.5-3) db6415ba-f1b5-47d7-aaa8-0369a171b864.dmp

Click here to download the latest beta Status: Public Beta Purpose: Stability Requirements: None As this is a beta release, 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. In addition it is worth noting that files created in Affinity 1.5 cannot be opened in 1.4, which means files created with the Windows beta cannot be opened in the Mac AppStore version of Designer, instead you will need the latest macOS beta. 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 Added support for Type 1 fonts Added 'Show Selection in Layers Panel' to preferences (see Known Issues below) Fixed font transparency incorrectly displaying on the Character panel Fixed crash when opening documents due to corrupted Wacom tablet driver (thanks opclinid) Fixed Paragraph panel not being correctly initialised when first opened Fixed crash at startup (thanks jayweber) Fixed Text Styles 'Show in both panels' option not remaining enabled/applied Fixed Text Styles not updating when changing language until a ctrl+run Fixed slice selection difficulties in Export Persona Fixed creating an Export Setup Format Preset not showing its applied after creation Fixed guides and slices to reposition when the document is resized Fixed slices to rotate with the document Fixed Paragraph leading dropdown automatically closes when mousing over Fixed editing a swatch showing opacity instead of noise Fixed Paragraph panel's spacing Fields not being big enough to fit 'mm' Fixed Character panel crash when no document is available Fixed renaming brush with Edit Brush dialog open not updating the name Fixed Views in View Menu never being populated for Pixel or Export Persona Fixed external links from Help not using default browser Fixed hardware cutters failing as printing wasn't outputting vector data correctly Fixed brush previews being a lot fainter than macOS version Fixed Tint value not getting reset to 100% when colour has been changed Fixed being able to edit registration colour swatch Fixed render problems when docking floating windows Fixed swapping between categories changing the colour of waterfalls on fill flyout Fixed slow opacity slider on Layers panel Fixed holding shift on colour sliders not moving all sliders together (previously was only on RGB sliders) Fixed shape flyout displaying in colour even when monochromatic icons are turned on Fixed Previous/Next/Rename/Delete View point option always being enabled Fixed selecting snapping preset when snapping is disabled not applying preset Fixed Constraints panel remaining enabled with no document Known issues Enabling 'Show Selection in Layers Panel' will cause a crash when enabled and then making an empty selection

Click here to download the latest beta Status: Public Beta Purpose: Stability Requirements: None As this is a beta release, 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. In addition it is worth noting that files created in Affinity 1.5 cannot be opened in 1.4, which means files created with the Windows beta cannot be opened in the Mac AppStore version of Designer, instead you will need the latest macOS beta. 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 font issues Fixed crash when adjusting curves in 32bit images Fixed incorrect label on Slice panel Changed Export workspace 'Export Selected' button to be 'Export n Slices', to match the macOS version Fixed mouse clicks turning into drags (resulting in accidental snapping or duplication) Changed export workspace toolbar to match macOS version Fixed crash when entering File > Export > More after being in Export workspace Fixed Export Setup Preset duplicate name warning missing a space Fixed Corner Radius to be greyed out until you select a corner Fixed Ctrl Run up not removing Export Setup Presets Fixed Slice tool to cancel on Escape Fixed raster clipping masks to correctly export to PSD Changed PSD import to replace solid white background layers with non-transparent page Changes between build 20 and build 21 Really really fixed the font issues (having the Character page open) Install the missing DLL for Windows 7 users

Click here to download the latest beta Status: Public Beta Purpose: Stability Requirements: None As this is a beta release, 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. In addition it is worth noting that files created in Affinity 1.5 cannot be opened in 1.4, which means files created with the Windows beta cannot be opened in the Mac AppStore version of Designer, instead you will need the latest macOS beta. 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 scrolling Layers panel (thanks vincer) Fixed crash at startup due to update check service being down Fixed crash when zooming (thanks Elliot) Fixed alignment of objects in Symbols not redrawing all affected instances Fixed copy & paste of a modified instance of a symbol being pasted as an instance of the master of the symbol Fixed PDF export converting composites into transparency groups Fixed PDF import parsing transparency group isolated and knockout flags Fixed pasting text so it now handles text style sheets correctly Fixed crash that can occur when the crash apology dialog shows Added Colour Picker support for 32Bit documents (and added clip to page support) Added OCIO Adjustment layer Fixed import of SVG mitre limit Changed slider snapping tolerance to match macOS version Added Intensity slider to Colour panel on 32bit documents Added missing controls to 32Bit Preview panel Added OCIO preferences Fixed picking a new document colour not displaying the new document palette automatically Fixed arrow keys being inverted when trying to nudge pressure profile nodes Fixed Previous/Next/Rename/Delete View point options always being enabled Fixed Previous (Next) from first (last) View Point not updating the view point combo Added shortcut for Edit>Paste FX Fixed being unable to resize Character and Paragraph panel widths Fixed crash at startup (thanks Bleduc) Fixed colour conversion when cutting & pasting Fixed spelling options not disabling with no document open Fixed Navigator right click advanced fails to work until used in properties menu Fixed Add colour chord text not matching macOS version Fixed Grid and Axis manager not being able to enter a value less than 1 in the Spacing box Fixed RGB Hex not handling hashes at start of hex number Fixed Assets panel some of the assets being displaying as symbols Fixed missing font not falling back to Arial like it does on macOS Fixed Font substitution choosing different font for normal/medium weight Fixed 3D Effect dialog cut off at higher DPI Fixed Snapping options not displaying correctly at 1366x768 at 125% Fixed Text styles not initially displaying Fixed hit box for profile in brush editor being too large Fixed cannot rename Styles Fixed crash when clicking Create Snapshot button without a document open Fixed Ctrl+Mouse Wheel Zoom in Navigator Panel not increasing past 100% Fixed using Ctrl+NumPadPlus as a shortcut not warning you that it is already in use Fixed clicking on the edge of a swatch not applying the colour Fixed some Text Styles combo boxes going to negative values Fixed Transform panel manually entering rotation should be modded, not clamped Fixed text caret blinking when focus is placed elsewhere Fixed applying a recent fill applying twice Fixed being unable to change just the dpi of a document Fixed Pixel tool giving wrong size when using slider Fixed Pixel tool slider not using whole numbers Fixed Place image tool cursor not being accurate when clicking (wrong cursor hotspot) Fixed images being shrunk on printed output Fixed Row Marquee tool in Pixel workspace to use 'Height' on the context toolbar Fixed detaching a symbol being unable to be made into another, new symbol Known Issues The file version of the installer is set to 1.4.2.0 (the product version is correctly set)

Click here to download the latest beta Status: Public Beta Purpose: Stability Requirements: None As this is a beta release, 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. In addition it is worth noting that files created in Affinity 1.5 cannot be opened in 1.4, which means files created with the Windows beta cannot be opened in the Mac AppStore version of Designer, instead you will need the latest macOS beta. 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 PDF export of Symbol fonts Fixed changing categories changing the colour of waterfalls on fill flyouts Added Italian, Japanese, Portuguese and Chinese installer translations Fixed searching Help being slow Fixed Colour panel swatch not updating to match object Fixed Opacity slider updating per document Fixed pasting of symbols Fixed slider popups to display under mouse click (same as macOS version) Fixed Colour Picker with Ctrl not picking from the document palette Fixed PSD loading of gradient maps Added better reporting for no disk space when writing to a new Affinity file Fixed scrolling down paragraph leading with artistic text automatically closes combo Fixed right clicking a PANTONE colour automatically adds it to a new Document Palette Fixed dragging asset thumbnails can cause them to temporarily lose transparency Fixed some translation truncations Improved speed of layers control Fixed windows not showing on the default monitor Fixed AI Import not showing PDF Options dialog Added EXR and HDR export added to export dialog and workspace Fixed Document scale to behave more like anchor to page when switching between landscape and portrait Fixed being unable to change Pencil line width correctly using context toolbar Fixed moving asset categories automatically expanding all categories Fixed crash when closing app in pixel workspace with text styles tab displayed Added Colour Picker Tool to Pixel workspace Added 32bit RGB colour format to new document/document setup Fixed switching between floating windows when documents using different workspaces not working Fixed Pixel Tool Brush Editor Window and Spacing causing app to crash Fixed export of images when flattening transforms Fixed PDF export of transparency where it's not supported (this can happen if rasterisation gets switched off) Fixed text creeping ever upwards Fixed Snapping Screen Tolerance minimum value being different to macOS version Fixed Help search dropdown scroll not resetting Fixed Scrolling and zooming when you turn off 'Scroll inactive windows when I hover over them' (Windows 10) Fixed duplicate toasts from appearing in succession Fixed closing 2 toasts in a row minimising the app Fixed Text Caret blinking when focus is placed elsewhere Fixed Context Menu on text can be slow to appear and unusable (selection dependent) Fixed crash when dragging text out of the Layer Effects dialog onto the document Fixed Artboard not automatically checked when selecting Devices preset Fixed Sync button state not being initialised Fixed PDF Export to only output compressed object streams if 'Allow Advanced Features' is switched on (will allow CorelDraw to open PDFs) Fixed Embed fonts drop down becoming empty when changing an option in PDF export Fixed crash when pasting special for unknown file contents Fixed 'None' page for the Fill button on the context toolbar not highlighting Fixed Gradient reverse not working unless you nudge the slider Fixed Edit text style dialog does not match macOS version Fixed Save As not remembering current file name Fixed Symbol name being shown from middle instead of left edge Fixed adjusting slider in colour chooser does not take affect until mouse up Fixed floating Text Styles panel then clicking on a style crashes the app Fixed colour swatches on tools toolbar not changing to reflect tool Fixed graduated colour not appearing to the left of a Symbol object on the Layers Panel Fixed colour band missing when symbol is collapsed in layer panel Fixed colour context not displaying gradients Fixed deleting all snapshots at once causing the app to crash Fixed crash when right clicking in Styles panel on a blank area and renaming Style Fixed cannot 'Add Style' when right clicking the empty space on the Style panel Fixed editing global colour a second time from context menu causes app to crash Fixed app does not switch to single monitor after second monitor is disconnected Fixed docking area background when empty being black Fixed DPI field allows numbers that are too high Fixed not being able to adjust pressure on an unnamed brush Fixed Text bigger/smaller keyboard shortcut not functioning Fixed crash when command line document path is too long or contains invalid characters Improved speed of colour controls Fixed highlight when moving objects in layers panel is inconsistent with macOS version Fixed double clicking on the arrow that expands layers can hide layers Fixed asset toasts not displaying document thumbnail Fixed pressing Ctrl + number key changing selected objects opacity as well as zoom Fixed Rename Spot existing on all the swatches right click menus Fixed clicking on the edge of a swatch not applying the colour Fixed UI colour sliders not behaving correctly Fixed crash when closing a document containing an open embedded document Fixed slowdown when right clicking on spelling mistakes of long text Added better feedback when attempting to open a protected PDF Fixed Export and More options screen lagging Fixed clicking More for PDF does not show PDF settings Fixed File > Export > GIF > More > Palettised options being permanently disabled Fixed being unable to save export preset Fixed hit detection area not being large enough for text styles Fixed clicking the X in the search field for Assets not clearing the text Fixed Transform panel manually entered rotation to be modded, not clamped Fixed certain Text Styles combo boxes can go to negative values Fixed Text Styles Kerning and Tracking to be displayed in points by default Fixed Brush Editor's 'Base Texture' scale only going up to 100% Fixed Text Styles having no tick to indicate they are currently applied Fixed Brush Editor not dynamically updating the title bar depending on the user action Fixed Assets being scaled differently to the macOS version Known Issues 32-bit documents won't render

Click here to download the latest beta Status: Public Beta Purpose: Stability Requirements: None As this is a beta release, 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. In addition it is worth noting that files created in Affinity 1.5 cannot be opened in 1.4, which means files created with the Windows beta cannot be opened in the Mac AppStore version of Designer, instead you will need the latest macOS beta. 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 windows being created too wide Fixed Asset search to update live Fixed being unable to apply swatches when they are displayed as list Fixed being unable to delete objects in the Layers panel when the Zoom Tool is selected Fixed numerical quick key opacity settings not working with Czech keyboard Fixed Text Styles creating a style based on another does not automatically select style in based on Fixed being able to nest Symbol objects inside themselves Fixed Layer thumbnails being slow to refresh Fixed contractions being displayed as spelling errors Added restart drag via spacebar Fixed scroll problems on non-Windows 10 OSes Fixed crash writing text style sheet when exporting RTF Fixed Text Frame resizing with the extra handle so it now constrains proportions consistently Fixed Artistic Text Tool by mostly reverting click-to-create back to 1.4.2 behaviour (that is, a click creates new text unless you already have a text caret or are over existing text, and CTRL+Click which will always select) Fixed Pixel Selection modes displaying incorrectly when switching between marquee tools Fixed Character panel sections only collapsing when clicking the arrow Fixed default width of Character panel clipping Font Style combo box Added Font Style combos to character/paragraph panels Fixed no right-click menu on palette List View Fixed 'Show as List' being incorrectly called 'List' on Windows Fixed Apply Style to Selection not working Fixed pressing Escape when a text control has focus closing the dialog Fixed Text Style name not automatically highlighted when editing/creating a new style Fixed Angle Control text box having opaque background Fixed Grid and Axis Manager subdivision lines colour incorrectly mirrors Grid lines Fixed Brush Editor not dynamically updating the title bar depending on the user action Fixed Brush Editor's 'Base Texture' scale only going up to 100% Fixed being unable to select negative ramp values with the mouse wheel Fixed Text Styles and Character tabs report different values Fixed crash when doing a Ctrl Run up with no AppData folder present Fixed typing a single letter in to help search crashes the app Fixed being unable to apply the same recent swatch to both Stroke and Fill Fixed precision scrolling in input only going between 1.7 and 0.7 Fixed Brush's head/tail lines being blue instead of red Fixed Stroke panel allowing negative numbers Fixed marching ants extending past the spread Fixed being able to enter negative values for smooth and feather in refine selection Fixed Import Text Styles not being disabled when no document is open Fixed Text Styles on context toolbar not updating when styles are deleted or changed Fixed CTRL start not resetting text styles Fixed Text Styles with long names breaking the text styles panel Fixed Text Styles panel can be resized too small Fixed Text Styles keyboard shortcut warning symbol remains after shortcut removed Fixed being unable to re-apply character options to selected text Fixed dragging text onto Layers panel causing shortcuts to stop working Fixed creating a new layer using the Layers panel creating it outside the Artboard Layer Fixed Text Styles having no tick to indicate they are currently applied Fixed crashes when deleting objects during mouse operations Fixed Symbols created from content within symbols Fixed moving Symbols within Symbols Fixed Corner Tool missing corner and radius labels from toolbar Fixed right click menu in Text Styles not working until used in burger menu Fixed Delete icon for Text Styles can contain blank spaces Fixed being able to create a style called [No Style] Fixed Text Styles typography changes not being reflected in dropdowns Fixed Opacity/Noise button on Colour Panel not displaying ToolTip Fixed controller for brush stroke reverting to pressure when adjusting sliders Fixed line break hidden characters being printed Fixed Reset Brushes not working Fixed Canon Printer - Pixma MG5750 - Crash after altering printer properties Fixed linear gradients not exporting to SVG correctly Fixed Tighten/Loosen More shortcuts conflicting with Rotate Desktop on onboard graphic chips Fixed Export Workspace shortcut clashing with Edit menu (shortcuts for workspaces have been removed) Fixed being unable to select font after typing name Fixed Refine Selection Adjustment Brush Width values showing a decimal place Fixed 16bit PSDs not importing correctly Fixed guides on artboards when you enter a guide position in the GuidesManager Fixed app crashing when selecting brush after switching to assorted with brush options dialog open Fixed Brushes Accumulation Jitter Dynamics setting missing Fixed Unknown language text is being shown as incorrectly spelled Fixed Help browser window misplaced in frame Added ToolTip delay to Preferences Changed Missing Font dialog to a toast message (to match macOS version) Fixed Colour Picker window getting stuck on Copy spread guides across to a newly-created artboard if it’s the first artboard, and adjust them to be in the correct position Fixed Ungroup All to not ungroup symbols along the way

Click here to download the latest beta Status: Public Beta Purpose: Stability Requirements: None As this is a beta release, 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. In addition it is worth noting that files created in Affinity 1.5 cannot be opened in 1.4, which means files created with the Windows beta cannot be opened in the Mac AppStore version of Designer, instead you will need the latest macOS beta. 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 Added Colour Picker Tool context bar items Fixed measurement display to only display after a small mouse movement (to avoid flashing up the measurements when doing a keyboard shortcut) Fixed being unable to add text over pixel layers Fixed font lookups failing (due to mismatch between Windows and macOS font names) Added Paste FX Fixed 'Mitre' spelling for English UK Fixed crash after clicking Close in PDF Export Settings Fixed Assets panel Embed menu item not displaying the out of date state Fixed PDF Font Replacements not being remembered correctly Fixed Font family drop down not rendering high quality previews Fixed closing the More dialog for WMF export crashing the app Fixed crashing font traits on Edit Text Styles Fixed gradient map not displaying changes made with tint slider Fixed all Levels sliders appearing red Fixed blurry context toolbar buttons Fixed Ctrl+Shift+2 crash Fixed Artboard rulers to reset to origin Fixed rulers to show current cursor position Fixed Corner Tool to remove corners when radius is set to zero Fixed exporting and printing of vector brushes with no colour Added "Save thumbnails with document" to preferences Fixed crash when altering colour dropdowns on adjustment and context menu Fixed Tighten/Loosen More shortcuts failing to work Fixed tabbing not working as expected for hex values in colour chooser dialog Fixed Help so that it can be used when modal dialogs are open Fixed crash editing 'No Style' Character / Paragraph style Fixed Text Styles Create Group Style Button always disabled Fixed Text Styles Character/Paragraph Style 'No Style' Drop down menu being different to mac Fixed being unable to continually resize text by holding down shortcut Fixed certain characters being marked as mis-spelt when they shouldn't be Fixed pressing delete with a stop selected on the Gradient Flyout removing the object Fixed being unable to apply swatch if it is already selected Fixed panels vanishing after minimising app Fixed Colour Editor combo to prevent selecting the separator using keyboard Fixed Hintline text appearing too dark compared to macOS version Added snapping for text height when creating new Artistic Text objects Fixed help failing to display in Chinese Fixed Slice names not updating with Artboard name changes

Click here to download the latest beta Status: Public Beta Purpose: Text Styles & Stability Requirements: None As this is a beta release, 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. In addition it is worth noting that files created in Affinity 1.5 cannot be opened in 1.4, which means files created with the Windows beta cannot be opened in the Mac AppStore version of Designer, instead you will need the latest macOS beta. 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. Text Styles New! Text Styles should now be in feature parity with the macOS versionFixes Fixed Colour Wheel behaviour to match macOS version (selecting a colour via the outer wheel now applies full saturation) Fixed fill colour dropdown strings to match the macOS version Fixed hit testing of text nodes (clicking inbetween characters will select the whole object) Fixed creating or opening multiple documents causing the first object to draw slowly Fixed slow rendering performance on some hardware and driver combinations Changed clicking with Text tools to prefer selecting existing text nodes Fixed Text wrap shapes to behave as if they are closed, even if their source curve isn't Added Shift modifier to constrain RGB values on sliders (to match macOS version) Fixed pressing Enter while editing a colour in the Colour Chooser closing the dialog Fixed being unable to scroll over Y label in the Transform panel Fixed colour not updating for transparent gradient fills after changing opacity to 100% Fixed switching font families not preserving the font style Fixed negative font sizes flipping the font Fixed being unable to change certain tab stops when multiple are present Fixed fill colour not correctly updating when stroke swatch is in front Removed Comic Sans MS from list of websafe fonts as it was removed from iOS in version 4 Fixed missing printers marks for long text Fixed being unable to drag child layer over trash bin to delete it Improved performance of choosing colours via the Colour Chooser dialog Fixed ICC Profile list in export dialog not updating Added handling for Windows font collection changes (no need to reset fonts via Preferences now) Fixed font preview not working correctly Fixed deleting all asset categories not disabling the Delete and Rename options Fixed crash after altering printer properties with Canon Printer Pixma MG5750 Fixed Musical TTF font not getting a font style applied on import Fixed Space Horizontal/Vertical using the wrong icons Fixed CTRL+Z to do multiple undos when held Added toast notification when adding assets with unavailable fonts Fixed Assets panel 'Embed' menu item not working Fixed Colour Chooser dialog to offer the same options as the macOS version Fixed Swatches panel failing to remember what palette was last used between run ups Fixed incorrect toolbar tooltips Fixed crash when opening the Document Setup dialog with a 32bit aphoto file Fixed lines with Square caps not invalidating the right area Added ALT modifier to change between the Node Tool’s old and new style deletes (whether it tries to preserve the curve's appearance) Fixed snapping of slices to allow spanning at the edge of the document Fixed being unable to drag a shapes node handle with the ALT modifier pressed Fixed Snap to pixel + Move by whole pixels to work for edge handles Fixed Colour picker tool missing keyboard shortcut Fixed Fill tool not applying the fill stroke correctly Fixed Move to Next/Previous View Point failing when only 1 View Point exists Fixed help search results appearing in the wrong order (least relevant at the top) Fixed being unable to enter the Node Tool after doing Convert to Curves Fixed Pencil Tool leaving artefacts if ‘Use Fill’ is checked Fixed crash if you force attempt to open a macOS shortcut file Fixed Align Centre shortcut not matching macOS version Fixed Blend Options Reset only resets Master Channel Fixed Scale with object in layer effects dialog not sticking Opening Help now places the caret in the search box automatically Fixed manually entering values in the colour chooser not updating the selected object Fixed sliders when clicking on the track without moving the mouse Added snapping when dragging assets from the Assets panel Fixed pressing delete with a stop selected on the Gradient Flyout removes the object Fixed pressing Escape not closing popups Fixed fx button on Layers panel Fixed slider clicking and dragging Fixes (clicking quickly on the track part of the slider sometimes didn't apply the operation) Fixed new symbols not being in the snapping candidates list Fixed Control+Tab and Control+Shift+Tab takes precedence over tool keys so we can always switch between documents Fixed AltGr + Drag breaking other shortcuts Fixed align text left/right shortcut not functioning Fixed pressing Enter after writing the name of the font in the font dropdown not changing to the selected font immediately Fixed Help window so that it closes when the app closes Fixed colour profiles not being remembered on next runup Fixed Pencil Tool so that it now works correctly in symbols Fixed solo view not working with ALT modifier Fixed space horizontally/vertically options missing from alignment menu Fixed editing a global colour from swatch double-click using the pipette loses it's globalness Fixed New from clipboard so that it marks the document as dirty after creation Fixed measuring so that if you’re over one of the tool handles it doesn't stop you interacting Installer Fixed empty requirements dialog on Windows 7

Status: Public Beta Purpose: Stability Requirements: None Download: 1.5.0.12 Beta Here As this is a beta release, 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. In addition it is worth noting that files created in Affinity 1.5 cannot be opened in 1.4, which means files created with the Windows beta cannot be opened in the Mac AppStore version of Designer, instead you will need the latest macOS beta. 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 UI Gamma slider in preferences Fixed Guides Manager to display in preferred number of decimal places Fixed Corner Tool to allow numbers greater than 5 Added embedded document assets to Assets Panel Added subcategory Move Up / Move Down to Assets Panel Added search control to Assets Panel Fixed crash when changing paper size in Printer Properties dialog Fixed PDF font replacements so they are now remembered Fixed Measurement mode on Artboards Fixed boolean operations not invalidating after undo / redo Fixed disappearing symbols when docking / undocking Fixed fx button on Layers panel to show for the row that was clicked, not the current selection Updated Artboards to disallow constraints (because they define the document size, which in turn would affect them) Fixed Pen Tool to draw the tool when editing nodes during creation Fixed trivial bool operations generating invalid curves Fixed crash when scrolling through History Fixed Align Distribute not working correctly from the context toolbar Added dragging to opacity label on the Layers panel Fixed placing images/embedded documents to use their DPI rather than assume 96 Fixed History panel not scrolling to latest item when after not being visible Fixed copying of Export settings to clipboard Fixed Layers panel continuously redrawing Fixed Tools column width setting reverting to 1 Fixed Show Tools causes a crash if it has already been hidden Fixed right click on document causing the selection to hide Fixed scroll speed with mouse wheel / trackpad (it nows moves a quarter of the distance it did previously) Fixed message dialogs not closing with the correct option when using the Escape key Fixed copying and pasting a nested Symbol between documents so that it no longer sets up a cross-document link Fixed import and export of RTF to correctly load fonts and characters in codepage 1250 Added RTF text to clipboard when copying text Fixed PDF export to prevent named layers from being optimised away for PDF formats that support them Fixed Text tool so right-click changes the text selection (unless it hits the current text selection) Fixed Alt+Click on Layer thumbnail on already selected item not solo'ing the selection Fixed SVG import to load <a> tags as a group Fixed SVG export of relative coordinates to use a relative “m” for a move to a subcurve of a polycurve Installer The installer now requires Windows 7 Platform Update (https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/details.aspx?id=36805) before it will install (previously it would continue the installation, but the app wouldn't let you start it) Default install location is now C:\Program Files\Affinity\Designer (upgrades will continue to install into the previous location) The %APPDATA% folder has now moved to Affinity\Designer\1.0 (Beta), so your next start will lose your preferences

Status: Public Beta Purpose: Stability Requirements: None Download: Here As this is a beta release, 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. In addition it is worth noting that files created in Affinity 1.5 cannot be opened in 1.4, which means files created with the Windows beta cannot be opened in the Mac AppStore version of Designer, instead you will need the latest macOS beta. 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 sporadic crash when closing documents during a high quality render pass Fixed crash when an invalid gradient has been created Fixed crash after pressing Escape in the fill tool Fixed sporadic crash when opening lots of files via Explorer or the command line Fixed sporadic crash when dragging studio windows Fixed crash when attempting to insert a text file when the file has been locked in another application (or the file can't be opened) Fixed sporadic crash when dragging an item in the Layers panel Fixed sporadic crash when hovering over a floating window Fixed sporadic crash when closing a document Fixed sporadic crash when rotating objects Fixed crash when pasting files with no clipboard data (that we understand) Fixed crash when attempting to paste files which can't be opened Fixed crash on startup due to being unable to watch the clipboard for changes Fixed printing not using the correct settings (e.g. printing too large when using Ultra Premium Glossy Preset) Fixed Asset subcategories not appearing until you re-enter the category Fixed the Ctrl startup dialog not removing Assets Fixed Paste Style, Paste inside and Paste without format being greyed out for text Fixed Document Setup incorrectly interpreting aspect when resizing a document Fixed artboards to not allow auto re-parenting into other artboards (this was being circumvented by adding symbol instances) Fixed Slices so that they are now cloned with snapshots, and restored correctly Fixed Slice size information to be updated after document size change Improved startup speed and moved the display of the splash screen to the earliest position (checking for new versions is now asynchronous) Fixed Symbols so they can be nested inside containers and the containers can be added to Assets Added nudging with arrow keys to Slice tool Fixed document matte colour so it is exported if the document is not transparent and the correct matte colour is now shown in slice thumbnails Fixed menu highlight overlapping menu items below it Fixed panels not collapsing or expanding on double-click Fixed "Bake corners" in the Corner Tool Installer Enabled German, French, Spanish and US-English localisations Updated the .NET Framework version to 4.6.2 Crash Reporting Crashes reports are now always uploaded

Status: Public Beta Purpose: Performance Requirements: None Download: Here As this is a beta release, 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. In addition it is worth noting that files created in Affinity 1.5 cannot be opened in 1.4, which means files created with the Windows beta cannot be opened in the Mac AppStore version of Designer, instead you will need the latest macOS beta. 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. Performance Rendering of the document is now much faster, especially for high contention situations such as typing text, or transforming objects or curves nodes. We now make much more use of the CPU(s), and as such, we may be hitting 100% usage during certain situations. This is entirely intentional, and expected. Fixes Fixed crash when attempting to save to removed storage devices Fixed crash at startup after renaming the executable (or running from Winstep Nexus Dock) Fixed being unable to paste internal text using paste special Fixed incorrect margins being retrieved from printers Added restrictions on slice names to avoid failures when exporting Fixed Export not warning about rasterising for vector export Fixed text not printing correctly Fixed Help window resizing Fixed History panel not selecting latest action when invisible Fixed Layer panel lock icon always looking enabled. Fixed Layer panel continuously redrawing Reject assets which contain embedded documents as we have no solution for this at present Fixed creating assets from symbols Fixed marching ants when zoomed in past 100% in pixel mode Groups now scale with aspect ratio by default Fixed Undo/Redo of Artboard repositioning breaking if you use the History panel Fixed printing and vector export of strokes with brushes

Status: Public Beta Purpose: Stability Requirements: None Download: Here As this is a beta release, 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. In addition it is worth noting that files created in Affinity 1.5 cannot be opened in 1.4, which means files created with the Windows beta cannot be opened in the Mac AppStore version of Designer, instead you will need the latest macOS beta. 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 closing the application with an empty artistic text object Fixed auto-panning Fixed ALT not disabling menu mode when interacting with tools Fixed crash when opening a file while the CTRL+Reset dialog is open Added right mouse button as fourth modifier, which enables support for brush tool size and hardness shortcut amongst others (ALT+RightMouse) Fixed crash when using some shortcuts with no document open (also updated other unaffected commands to use the safer method) Fixed language in Character panel not being applied in a mixed language selection Fixed Align Stroke to Inside and Align Stroke to Outside icons in the Stroke panel Fixed clipped UI when adding a Add Global Colour via the HSL Wheel Fixed category name failing to appear when importing ABR brushes Fixed being unable to paste text from WordPad Fixed exporting 'Selection Without Background' Fixed creation of invalid samples when a communication error occurs Fixed SVG export Rasterise text not displaying correctly Added crash reference to crash report dialog Added Exit to Export Persona File Menu Fixed incorrect margins being retrieved from some printers Fixed Export Manage presets Fixed guide position tooltip not clearing when pressing escape Improved Pen tool to show nodes of curve selection as small handles when creating new curves, this helps distinguish between dragging out a new curve or beginning a new curve Fixed file thumbnails not displaying transparency correctly Added ability to open .afbrushes via Explorer / command line Added ability to allow parser to selectively promote numbers to degree angles for use in sin(), cos() and tan() Fixed crash when parsing parenthesis Fixed moving an item into a symbol when syncing is off Fixed deleting the first or last curve nodes attempting to re-fit the curve shape as it makes no sense for unclosed curves Fixed choosing a colour after having a gradient selected not resetting opacity back to 100 Installer Fixes Fixed non-DPI aware language selection dialog

Status: Public Beta Purpose: Stability Requirements: None Download: Here As this is a beta release, 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. In addition it is worth noting that files created in Affinity 1.5 cannot be opened in 1.4, which means files created with the Windows beta cannot be opened in the Mac AppStore version of Designer, instead you will need the latest macOS beta. 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 tool handle sizes on non-integral display scales Fixed converting text to curves generating too many points for some fonts (added support for cubic splines) Fixed missing sections when drawing with a raster brush when zoomed out Fixed layer highlight disappearing when dragging an item Fixed PDF import failure to load imagemask that omits optional BitsPerComponent Fixed loading of JPEG2000 "jpx" variant Fixed Text tool not copying when not in text mode Improved PDF Import speed by avoiding loading bitmaps just to get the colour format, can save 30+ seconds on multi-page PDFs Fixed SVG export of Gaussian blur by adding a filter region to prevent clipping Changed style of tool and Persona buttons to more closely match the macOS version (added border) Fixed layer thumbnails being slow to refresh Fixed Layers panel not scrolling when dragging near the top or bottom Fixed copy and paste of text Fixed "Symbolic linkl" spelling mistake Fixed fill flyout swatches recent list not showing until selecting a colour Fixed holding Shift while rotating the angle in Outer Shadow being very slow Fixed pasting style affecting filter effects Fixed string "Page information" for PDF export and printing Fixed PDF loading or saving of bitmaps that had different colour format to the document Fixed leading override for scaled art text Fixed default position of floating windows Added Ctrl+Shift+P for Document Setup Fixed Grid and Snapping Manager Grid Type options not matching macOS version Fixed Symbols Sync button state not being initialised Fixed Export being unable to select individual artboards if nothing is selected Fixed Symbols to ‘Duplicate’ linked, nodes within (or outside of) a symbol should not Fixed Layers panel lock icons tooltips being incorrect Fixed being unable to add raster brushes in Vector Persona Fixed not being able to drag brushes onto Brush panel Fixed pressing Escape not closing popups or dialogs Fixed maximising Help on second monitor causing a crash Fixed being unable to drag assets into floating windows Fixed crash adjusting bevel and emboss after reselecting object Fixed floating windows not toggling visibility correctly Fixed Menu hit test when maximised (to avoid accidental dragging of window) Added UI for choosing either the default adapter (with the name of what is currently the default), a named adapter, or WARP Fixed requirements check so that it now evaluates all adapters for compatibility, rather than just the default adapter Fixed PSD files not loading into Motion correctly Fixed maximising application to 0,0 on second monitor Fixed being unable to drag UI when toolbar is a double column Fixed floating Tools Panel appearing too soon on startup Fixed missing prompts in Brush dialogs Fixed horizontal/vertical guides tooltip not matching macOS version Fixed CTRL start not resetting language until next runup Fixed colour profiles failing to persist Fixed midpoints on gradient flyout not updating correctly when manually moving node Fixed PDF export crash Fixed prints coming out the wrong size Fixed poor print quality Fixed a few remaining DPI issues Fixed Windows autohide taskbar showing behind the application Fixed vector masks being rasterised if they have transparency Fixed automatic snapping grids on Artboards Improved tooltip text for snapping options Fixed Convert to Curves being enabled even if the selection can't be converted Fixed spacing distribute objects at 0 Fixed editing an embedded document prompting to save changes Fixed fonts displaying with an incorrect family name (was showing the macOS name, instead of the Windows name) Fixed HSL wheel not updating when entering colours manually in colour chooser dialog Fixed colour flyout on context toolbar being set to 0 opacity by default for Pen tool Fixed using colour picker to create global colour results in black swatch Fixed EPS files not opening from a Unicode path Fixed being unable to delete multiple snapshots at once Fixed PDF import to recognise AES encryption Changed text alignment shortcuts to CMD+ALT+L and CMD+ALT+R (to avoid a conflict) Fixed right clicking inside text boxes of many panels/dialogs causes the menu to appear top left Fixed print orientation icons being swapped round Fixed elements in PDF not printing Fixed Portrait checkbox not correctly remembering state Fixed Paper size reverting to letter after printing Fixed sporadic crash on re-opening a pdf Fixed SVG Export not honouring 'Text As Curves' Fixed crash when launching Task Manager via CTRL+Shift+Esc (when pressing the keys quickly) Added middle mouse button click on document headers to close Fixed unit editors with sliders to allow dragging from drop down arrow Fixed unit comboboxes to edit the value when typing, spacebar displays the dropdown Fixed no highlight when tabbing on non-input fields Added support for Wacom Airbrush Wheel Fixed Gradient Map containing extra Opacity option Fixed Help not displaying if installed to a Unicode path Fixed using the colour waterfall using greyscale until you grab a slider Fixed black background appearing when the main window is first shown Fixed Measurement tool so that it now works with logical groups Fixed being unable to scroll through Font Size combo with mouse wheel Fixed Back One, Move to Back, Move to Front, Text Bigger, Text Smaller, Show Guides, and Zoom Out keyboard shortcuts not working Installer Fixes Fixed slow installation of .NET Framework Fixed .NET Framework failing to start due to pending reboot (we now prompt for a reboot) Known Issues You will be unable to copy sub-selections of text (i.e. the 'ell' of 'hello'). Whole blocks of text are unaffected. This will be fixed in 1.5.0.9.

Status: Public Beta Purpose: Stability Requirements: None Download: Here As this is a beta release, 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. In addition it is worth noting that files created in Affinity 1.5 cannot be opened in 1.4, which means files created with the Windows beta cannot be opened in the Mac AppStore version of Designer, instead you will need the latest Mac beta. 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 starting if there is a beta update / the beta has expired / a requirement isn't met Fixed Grid and Snapping Axis Mode should be changed to Grid type Fixed Ctrl+Shift+Tab to cycle backwards through documents Fixed Ctrl+Numpad number Fixed trying to add non-breaking space bringing up menu Fixed pressing delete with a stop selected on the Gradient Flyout deleting the object Fixed Brush Editor Brush Size not going past 1025px Fixed translated strings with escape sequences Fixed Channel Mixer using incorrect spelling of Grey Fixed Export Persona missing view navigation shortcuts Fixed studio crash when removing all pages Fixed Export Persona not being clear where text can be entered for user variables Fixed Export overwrite dialog having a low quality warning icon Fixed Export conflict overwrite dialog result being ignored Fixed Space Horizontally/Vertically distributing incorrectly Fixed printing multiple copies printing too many copies Fixed Export not reporting failure messages Fixed certain font names not being reported properly Fixed crash after attempting to save a modified sample Fixed DNG files looking pixellated Fixed constraining with snap to pixel Fixed Duplicate being enabled / disabled incorrectly Fixed crash when launching Designer a second time Fixed creating a symbol from a symbol Fixed being unable to click select with touch or pen Known Issues The .NET installer can fail during the installation, try rebooting your computer as Windows Updates are pending On Windows 7, the view can flicker when resizing the window

Welcome to the first public beta of Affinity Designer on Windows! The beta is available here. The Mac version is available here. Known issues: Text input is slow Single clicks can be mistaken for double clicksWorkaround: Click slightly slower when adding points, or decrease the double click time in the Windows Control Panel (fixed in 1.5.0.3) The second point on a new curve doesn't render the tool correctly Trackpads don't work properly in Bootcamp (non force feedback trackpads aren't able to pinch to zoom, and force touch trackpads are unable to spacebar and pan)Workaround: Use a mouse, or install the Trackpad++ driver (disclaimer: this is 3rd party software, and as such we accept zero responsibility for any issues arising from it's use) If you experience any problems with installation, please read the Install FAQ first. If you experience any other problems with the beta, please can you create a new post describing your problem, and we will try our best to deal with it :) .

Status: Public Beta Purpose: Stability Requirements: None Download: Here (Temporarily removed build, new version arriving shortly, please bear with us) 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 customised tools toolbar not being remembered on app run up Fixed tools panel not saving the last used flyout Fixed tools panel 'Reset' resetting the columns as opposed to the actual toolbar Fixed crash when a new version is available and the tools panel is floating Fixed transform panel tabbing order Fixed grid colours not being remembered Fixed crash double clicking swatches Fixed Character and Paragraph tabs open with sections collapsed Fixed pressing Tab to hide studio failing to properly hide a panel docked to the left Fixed snapping curves when extending a curve with PenTool Fixed PDF import to use MediaBox instead of CropBox for page size Fixed PDF import to use multiple pages laid out in a 2D grid rather than a straight line Fixed PDF export when the colour format of the PDF is set by a rasterised area that does not contain bitmaps (it should default to the export format in this case) Fixed PDF export applying alpha transparency twice to rasterised areas Assets can be dropped with constraints active onto whichever artboard contained the mouse at the time (rather than the first artboard) Fixed swatch appearance setting not being remembered after closing app Fixed Asset list mode setting not being remembered Fixed fault in swatch palette appearance with large/medium icons Fixed Grid and Axis Manager Advanced setting not being remembered Fixed no highlight when tabbing on non-input fields Fixed outline view mode button having an incorrect tooltip Fixed clicking View Point in the dropdown list not loading when only 1 View Point exists Fixed being unable to zoom in with Ctrl and + on German keyboard Fixed being unable to open Windows Assets on Mac and vice versa Fixed Assets panel crash in non-English language Fixed crash when selecting drop-down for paragraph alignment (and others) Fixed loading of PSD files with pattern strokes Fixed object styles to include text formatting Fixed text handling to deal with dead keys, shortcuts and other keyboard issues Fixed crash in double-click on recent swatch Fixed export area not greyed out with no selection Added WMF/EMF presets and updated UI Fixed export overwriting existing file Fixed crash with shortcuts when no document open Fixed text not printing correctly Fixed WARP10 identification fallback when application starts (previously would say no hardware available) Added 'Use hardware Direct3D' option, which when unticked will use WARP10 instead Fixed crash when loading non-WEBP RIFF files (e.g.CorelDraw files) Fixed right-alt drag not duplicating Fixed typing problems in Help dialog Added OpenType Positional Alternates Fixed Layer panel continuously drawing Fixed menu bar hit boxes being too small Fixed pressing Enter in Transform panel after tabbing to input field adding extra line Fixed being unable to resize constraints tab Fixed New Document dialog Page Dimension boxes moving when Actual Size zoom is changed Fixed Colour panel flyout always resetting to HSL Colour Wheel Fixed dropping files, cancelling a PDF import, or having a PDF import fail causing the application to not close due to "Opening files" error message Fixed being unable to apply a font that has no Postscript name Fixed Clip To Canvas so it is always available (doesn't require a view), and is correctly remembered Fixed PDF export always converting text to curves Fixed Artboard names being ignored in the Export dialog Fixed being unable to open WMF files Fixed adjusting a value in the paragraph panel adding too many history entries Fixed crash when trying to place an .afdesign file that is currently open Fixed closing a PDF document not releasing it's file handle until the application is closed Changed "Before Paragraph Indent" to "Space Before Paragraph", and similarly for After, this is now consistent with command history and text styles Fixed studio docking problems Fixed PDF export to avoid using layers inside transparency groups Fixed pressure from Touch, Windows Pen, and Wacom Pen input Fixed being unable to search fonts using a previous letter Fixed opening a RAW file from a Unicode path Fixed manually typing gradient stops not positioning correctly Fixed Channel Mixer on Adjustment dialogs opening halfway off the screen Changed the short title for the Stroke panel to 'Str' instead of 'Lin' Fixed crash when undoing a 'deleted' layer via dragging to the bin icon on the Layers panel Fixed Channel Mixer on Adjustment dialogs Grey, CMYK and LAB not working correctly Fixed Colour Picker tool missing from keyboard shortcuts Fixed crash when maximising Help on second monitor Fixed editing a global colour using tint not updating object Fixed crash when entering CTRL+Tab as a keyboard shortcut Fixed blank entry in Keyboard Shortcuts (toggle constraints page) Fixed tooltip for Toggle UI shortcut being incorrect Added multiple gaps to snapping Fixed Export dialog showing More options incorrectly Fixed crash when entering large values in the New Document / Document Setup dialogs Fixed being unable to re-select Passthrough in blend modes Fixed no error message being shown if Export fails Fixed inconsistency in Units for some text attributes Fixed slow PSD load Fixed some UI being too small when translated Added additional translations Fixed being unable to install or crashing at startup due to corrupted Windows update (no longer ship the Visual C++ Redistributable) Upgraded .NET Framework to 4.6.2 to enable per-monitor DPI Known Issues The .NET installer can fail during the installation, try rebooting your computer as updates are pending On Windows 7, the view can flicker when resizing the window

Status: Public Beta Purpose: Stability Requirements: None Download: Here This is the first planned update to the public beta, with several fixes targeting globalisation issues. Our current plan is to roll out a new beta each Thursday, though that is subject to change. Thanks once again for your continued feedback. Fixes Fixed popup buttons on the main toolbar causing multiple popups Fixed Export Persona UI jumping when clicking fields inside 'Choose prefix for suffix for the filename' Fixed Export Persona slice export options clipped text Fixed Export Persona Choose Prefix and Suffix dialog being too small Fixed Export Persona Choose Prefix and Suffix dialog flashes Fixed EPS export clipping paths getting combined with the following path Fixed crash using the history slider Fixed being unable to create global colours Fixed Typography panel disabling options incorrectly Fixed AltGr and alt-numeric keypad Fixed Ctrl + Numpad+ should also function as Zoom In Fixed icons failing to load on some locales Fixed loading of files with Unicode paths Enabled ClearType on dialogs and popups Fixed crash when clicking the Download button of the new update prompt Fixed not being able to open files via Explorer when the app is already running Fixed keyboard dead-codes Fixed keyboard shortcuts for moving objects forward/backwards Fixed Guides Manager, Add Vertical guide tooltip Clip To Canvas is now app-wide, and saved Fixed view menu being too long, moved zoom menu items into their own sub-menu Fixed installer failing to run from some Unicode paths Fixed being unable to paste RGB Hex Values Fixed guides manager not accepting numbers in user's locale Fixed Asset panel leaving gaps after disabling 'Show as List' Fixed crash when deleting a View and going back to Views menu Fixed crash with certain fonts (ZnikomitNo24), which fixes some startup issues PDF Export avoid using tiling bitmap patterns unless the fill is genuinely tiling Changed JPEG file extension to .jpg Implemented import and export of assets Fixed Ctrl+Tab breaking after customizing keyboard shortcuts Fixed crash when saving over keyboard shortcuts with the same name Updated translations Language names are now displayed in their native names Fixed current language not being selected properly Known Issues User interface translations are missing (e.g. menus, panels, etc) Loading some RAW and EPS files from Unicode paths will no longer crash, but won't import correctly Aero is now required as we can't accept any bug reports of performance or rendering problems, which may potentially be caused by running with Aero disabled 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. 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.