Staff AdamW Posted April 9, 2020 Staff Posted April 9, 2020 Status: Beta Purpose: Stability and General Testing Requirements: Purchased Affinity Publisher Mac App Store: Not submitted Download: Download Auto-update: Available --- Hi, We are pleased to announce that Affinity Publisher Customer Beta 1.8.4.648 is now available as a download from the link above. If this is your first time using a customer beta of an Affinity app, it’s worth noting that the beta will install as a separate app - alongside your store version. They will not interfere with each other at all and you can continue to use the store version for critical work without worry. This beta is an incremental update to the 1.8.3 version recently released to all customers (though it installs parallel to the release). We recommend that you use this beta in preference to the store version if you are affected by any of the issues listed below. --- We have a number of fixes to tools when working across multiple spreads: Allow immediate dragging of objects on other spreads Constraining while dragging objects between spreads now works correctly When dragging between spreads, snapping is now performed on the target spread candidates Dragging objects between spread using the Focal Point handle now works correctly Fixes for dragging curve nodes across multiple spreads Fixes for 'restart drag' when translating across spreads Fixed issue with auto-panning in the text tool Plus miscellaneous updates and fixes: Improved performance of PDF import (~40% faster in the test case) Improved performance of text when rendering text Fixed vector export of text occasionally filling characters --- To be notified about all future Mac beta updates, please follow this notification thread To be notified when this Publisher update comes out of beta and is fully released to all Publisher customers, please follow this thread 000, A_B_C, GDPR-415734 and 2 others 4 1
abarkalo Posted April 9, 2020 Posted April 9, 2020 I love all these improvement in performance. Publisher is a powerhouse and use it for a lot of production work. The only issue for me, and it's a big one, is that without Designer and Photo being simultaneously updated I lose StudioLink - something I can't live without. So the choice of better/incrementally fixed/faster or fully a working StudioLink environment is greatly weighted towards the latter. (You have brought us this crack cocaine and we are now addicts!). I know this has been asked before about finding an interim solution but will ask again. Or perhaps more frequent updates to the store version. But to reiterate, I want to applaud this amazing progress, and thank you. Helmar 1
R C-R Posted April 9, 2020 Posted April 9, 2020 @AdamW the notification page that links to this one says this is beta version 1.8.3.648. 😮 All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.5.7 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 All 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7
Staff AdamW Posted April 9, 2020 Author Staff Posted April 9, 2020 45 minutes ago, R C-R said: @AdamW the notification page that links to this one says this is beta version 1.8.3.648. 😮 Thanks. Updated R C-R and Patrick Connor 2
Staff AdamW Posted April 9, 2020 Author Staff Posted April 9, 2020 1 hour ago, abarkalo said: I love all these improvement in performance. Publisher is a powerhouse and use it for a lot of production work. The only issue for me, and it's a big one, is that without Designer and Photo being simultaneously updated I lose StudioLink - something I can't live without. So the choice of better/incrementally fixed/faster or fully a working StudioLink environment is greatly weighted towards the latter. (You have brought us this crack cocaine and we are now addicts!). I know this has been asked before about finding an interim solution but will ask again. Or perhaps more frequent updates to the store version. But to reiterate, I want to applaud this amazing progress, and thank you. Hi abarkalo, We've recently relaxed the requirement and StudioLink should now work across patch level releases, i.e. you should find a mix of 1.8.3 and 1.8.4 betas should work together. If you do try it, and they don't, please let us know. Frozen Death Knight and A_B_C 2
abarkalo Posted April 9, 2020 Posted April 9, 2020 23 minutes ago, AdamW said: Hi abarkalo, We've recently relaxed the requirement and StudioLink should now work across patch level releases, i.e. you should find a mix of 1.8.3 and 1.8.4 betas should work together. If you do try it, and they don't, please let us know. OK but they all need to be beta? Right now 1.8.4 Publisher beta doesn't enable StudioLink with 1.8.3 store versions. I guess I should download the older betas?
walt.farrell Posted April 9, 2020 Posted April 9, 2020 3 minutes ago, abarkalo said: OK but they all need to be beta? Right now 1.8.4 Publisher beta doesn't enable StudioLink with 1.8.3 store versions. I guess I should download the older betas? Yes, the betas work together, and the retail versions work together. -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.3, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1
Staff Patrick Connor Posted April 9, 2020 Staff Posted April 9, 2020 As @AdamW says, although it's true the earlier ADe 1.8.3.x betas and APh 1.8.3.y betas don't run anymore (for owners of MAS release versions because of the MAS check for an "valid build" in the 1.8.3 betas) the existence of the betas in applications on your Mac should enable the personas in APu beta Patrick Connor Serif Europe Ltd Latest V2 releases on each platform Help make our apps better by joining our beta program! "There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man. True nobility lies in being superior to your previous self." W. L. Sheldon
abarkalo Posted April 9, 2020 Posted April 9, 2020 1 hour ago, Patrick Connor said: As @AdamW says, although it's true the earlier ADe 1.8.3.x betas and APh 1.8.3.y betas don't run anymore (for owners of MAS release versions because of the MAS check for an "valid build" in the 1.8.3 betas) the existence of the betas in applications on your Mac should enable the personas in APu beta I have re-downloaded the betas and now I get this - see attached image. I bought APu directly and Designer and Photo from the Mac App Store - so don't know how to get a product key.
Staff Patrick Connor Posted April 9, 2020 Staff Posted April 9, 2020 Ok I don't think you need to run Affinity Photo beta 1.8.3, as long as you ran it at least once during the 1.8.3 beta. Try Publisher 1.8.4 beta now Photo beta is reinstalled... Is the Photo persona enabled or not? Patrick Connor Serif Europe Ltd Latest V2 releases on each platform Help make our apps better by joining our beta program! "There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man. True nobility lies in being superior to your previous self." W. L. Sheldon
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