Affinity Photo Customer Beta (1.8.3.178 - RC)

[Andy Somerfield]

Status: Release candidate

Purpose: Features, Improvements, Fixes

Requirements: Purchased Affinity Photo for iPad From App Store

App Store: Not submitted

Download link: Download

 

Hello,

We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of the first release candidate of Affinity Photo 1.8.3 for iPad.

If this is your first time using a customer beta of an Affinity app, it’s worth noting that the beta will install as a separate app - alongside your store version. They will not interfere with each other at all and you can continue to use the store version for critical work without worry.

This beta is an incremental update to the 1.8.2 version recently released to all customers. We recommend that you use this beta in preference to the store version if you are affected by any of the issues listed below.

We are moving to release candidate stage early for 1.8.3, due to the discovery of a bug which prevents auto save from working in most circumstances. This bug can cause significant loss of work for users and is classed as extremely high priority. Once 1.8.3 is released, we will be back with 1.8.4 betas relatively quickly.

Please note that there is no longer a requirement to email photoipadbeta@seriflabs.com to join this beta - anyone can use the beta using the link above, provided you have the App Store version of Photo installed.

Affinity Photo Team  

 

Changes This Build

- Autosave fixes.
- Fixed rendering issue with small radius filter effects.
- Ability to import .afasset files from Files app.
- Significant stability improvements for 2GB, 3GB iPads.
- Performance improvements for 4GB iPads.
- PDF export fixes.
- New document from clipboard improvements.
- Defringe filter improvements.
- Boolean op tweaks from Designer.
- Assorted small crash fixes.
- Assorted small performance improvements.

 

Changes Since 1.8.2

- Further attempts to improve stability on 3GB devices.
- Fix issues with live filters making layers disappear.
- Fix embedded documents not rendering at specific zoom levels.
- Try to import PSDs with non-standard vector origination data.
- Fixed cropped result when creating a selection from a mask.
- Assorted other small fixes.