Staff Patrick Connor Posted August 3, 2020 Staff Share Posted August 3, 2020 We are pleased to announce an update for the Windows release of Affinity Designer, version 1.8.4 Changes in this Build The changes in Affinity Designer for Windows 1.8.4 (over the last release Affinity Designer for Windows 1.8.3) are as follows: Fixes & Improvements: Fixed import of PSD files with extended blend modes Fixed crash when making some selections Changed mask thumbnails to use black, not transparent Fixed OCIO transform being removed when the window is moved or minimised Fixed Character Panel's Decorations colour box displaying in RGB Fixed Layer Effects Gradient Overlay sliders not working correctly Fixed flickering brush preview with tablet input Fixed spurious lines being drawn with tablet input Fixed Alt+Drag colour picker getting stuck when using tablet input Added user preference for whether to try to keep selections after deleting Fixed expand stroke failure on strokes that use velocity as a controller Fixed gradients not changing when Global Colour is modified [Installer] Prevent installation into non-empty directory Fixed setting artboard/spread origin from panel not accounting for artboard spread position Fixed various issues with guide positions and artboard origins Allow closing of curves for special case selection Removed "Windows Ink" option, and replaced with high precision WinTab support Fixed AI import incorrectly identifying as EPS when it was actually a PDF with extra data at the front Fixed PDF import for documents with extra data at the front Fixed PDF export for some Asian fonts that support many glyphs Fixed Layers panel dropping of items of right of thumbnail in expanded parents Fixed right-click context menu to disable Merge Down when attempting to merge a Pixel Layer into a shape Fixed PDF import crash due to infinitely searching for fonts Fixed HSL ring displaying incorrectly when returning to the adjustment Fixed being unable to drag afassets into the app Changed PDFs to open as restricted if we don't have permission to edit, copy or print them Fixed PDF export accidentally outputting all RGB images at 16-bit Fixed Guide positions to be displayed relative to current Artboard Fixed layer blend modes not scrolling with arrow keys Improved performance of font loading (and tried to improve behaviour with font managers) Improved PDF export support for 16-bit and 32-bit images Fixed SVG import of elements with closepath not followed by move Fixed SVG export of curves with large bounds Fixed incorrect sheet colour in PSD export (following import) Fixed incorrectly enabled control on Text Style decorations Fixed click to select items with group crops Fixed locked layers being selectable via Marquee selection Fixed PDF import of certain unicode characters producing the wrong character Fixed SVG import to ignore spurious quote marks in "url('#identifier')" references Fixed SVG import to treat gradients with one stop as solid fills Fixed SVG import having wrong default for gradientUnits Fixed crash when importing an invalid SVG due to negative heights or widths Fixed hand cursor getting stuck after panning Fixed crash when pressing V with Alignment flyout open Fixed font names always displaying their English names Fixed PDF export with embedded ICC profiles Fixed SVG import of booleans Fixed SVG import of documents with multiple <svg> elements Fixed fill aspect ratio for Radial and Conical to be maintained unless the correction handle is visible Fixed text edit handles to allow auto pan ability Fixed changing tool while the Align Panel is open (if the next tool supports the alignment options, it will remain open, else it will close) Fixed crash when dragging items in the Layers control Improved performance of PDF import Improved performance of text when rendering text Fixed vector export of text occasionally filling characters Fixed crash when closing floating document PDF Import - Import now allows creation of Artistic Text if 'Group lines of Text into Text Frames' is switched off Fixed New Document dialog previous document selection highlight not being remembered Fixed Ctrl+M with nodes selected to not bring up the curves dialog Fixed crash when docking a panel with the Brushes panel Fixed crash with Appearance panel after using Ctrl+Z on vector brush input Fixed PNG export not displaying the size warning if the export dialog was previously closed with a different preset Help and Localisation improvements. Earlier changes and fixes in 1.8 since 1.7 (including the new 1.8 features) are listed in some detail in this 1.8.0 update announcement and this 1.8.2 update announcement UPDATING TO THIS VERSION (free for existing customers) The software version can be seen on the splash screen and the About dialog (in Help > About Affinity Designer). If you’ve purchased from the Affinity Store— each time you start the Affinity Store software it will check for updates and offer any available update. The latest update will install over the top of any earlier version, with no need to uninstall. You can download the latest installer by logging into the affinity store here and find the order in your account and use the "Download" button in there. Alternatively, this new release (and previous versions of Affinity Designer for Windows) can be downloaded from this link (that installer is NOT for Windows Store purchases and needs a product key). If you’ve purchased from the Microsoft Store— Microsoft Store updates are done automatically by the operating system (each time you start the application). If this does not happen for you, open the Windows Store app and click the three dots in the top right corner of the app and then go to Downloads and Updates. Click Get Updates. This should hopefully force the update to show. StuartRc, mykee, Mithferion and 14 others 12 5 Quote 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Patrick Connor Posted August 3, 2020 Author Staff Share Posted August 3, 2020 All Readers This thread is solely for commenting on this announcement. Please do not post bugs or problems that you find when using this version of the software in this thread, instead make a new thread in the Designer Bugs on Windows section and questions about usage go in the Desktop Questions forum. StuartRc 1 Quote 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanZ Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 Great! Already updated. Looking forward to more improvements. Patrick Connor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psych Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 "Removed "Windows Ink" option, and replaced with high precision WinTab support" Does that mean I no longer need to enable Windows Ink in my drawing tablet settings? If so, that's great news, Windows Ink is so terrible. Thank you! Patrick Connor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rparmar Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 I am recommending your products to more and more people. Will soon be up to three individuals in our household alone! Fun for the whole family! Continuous improvements are a good reason why I trust these products. Patrick Connor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnyoungphotos Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 Thanks for all the hard work with the update 😀 Patrick Connor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddy-2 Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 Thanks for this and the updates to Publisher and Photo. Keep up the good work. Patrick Connor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmstraker Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 Splendid to see the good Serif people have been hard at work even during the lockdown. Well done folks!! Patrick Connor 1 Quote Dave Straker Cameras: Sony A7R2, RX100V Computers: Win10: Chillblast i9 Custom + Philips 40in 4K & Benq 23in; Surface Pro 4 i5; iPad Pro 11" Favourite word: Aha. For me and for others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amang Abdul Rahman Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 Good job... Keep up the update and improvement Thank you very much Kam andalan pace Patrick Connor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Patrick Connor Posted August 4, 2020 Author Staff Share Posted August 4, 2020 Amang Abdul Rahman, Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums and thanks for the appreciation Quote 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuartRc Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 This is an impressive list of fixes...and a lot of hard work!....Thank you..much appreciated...looking forward to testing the next one! Patrick Connor 1 Quote Affinity Version 1 (10.6) Affinity Version 2.3.0 All (Designer | Photo | Publisher) Beta; 2.3 2165 OS:Windows 10 Pro 22H2 OS Build 19045.3570+ Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.19052.1000.0 Rig:AMD FX 8350 and AMD Radeon (R9 380 Series) Settings Version 21.04.01 Radeon Settings Version 2020 20.1.03) + Wacom Intuous 4M with driver 6.3.41-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thathairlesswookie Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 Please please please, shape builder.... moi.cool, affinityfan and gw_westdale 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 3 minutes ago, thathairlesswookie said: Please please please, shape builder.... On 8/3/2020 at 10:50 AM, Patrick Connor said: All Readers This thread is solely for commenting on this announcement. Please do not post bugs or problems that you find when using this version of the software in this thread, instead make a new thread in the Designer Bugs on Windows section and questions about usage go in the Desktop Questions forum. There are many threads about the absence of a Shape Builder Tool, so there is no real need to make a new thread on the subject. Proxos, affinityfan and moi.cool 3 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 16.7.2 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uwe367 Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Yesterday i upadatet my three Apps. Installation went well and alls Apps are working as expected, very well. Thank you Affinity for the Updates 👍 Patrick Connor 1 Quote Have a nice day. Ich wünsche einen schönen Tag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarasota Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Thanks for the update, much appreciated. 🙂 - Take care and be safe out there. Patrick Connor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Becoming Jerome Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 GREAT work dev team ! But we really need a dialog message to displace libraries location out of tiny SSD capacity Patrick Connor, Rudolphus, Frozen Death Knight and 1 other 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgraficzny Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 Thank you very much for your work. Great work! Patrick Connor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R_G Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 Wow, excellent updates across the whole Suite, thanks to the people involved for their job on this, greatly appreciated! Patrick Connor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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