Mark Ingram Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 Click here to download the latest beta Status: Customer BetaPurpose: Features, Improvements, FixesRequirements: A valid product key (for Affinity Store purchases), or an installation of the full retail version from the Microsoft StoreAs this is a beta it is considered to be not suitable for production use. This means that you should not attempt to use it for commercial purposes or for any other activity that may be adversely affected by the application failing, including the total loss of any documents. We hope you enjoy the latest build, and as always, if you've got any problems, please don't hesitate to post a new thread in this forum 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 initial support for hardware acceleration (must be enabled in Preferences | Performance, "Enable OpenCL compute acceleration") Added Contour tool Added Select Same / Select Object Improved performance with large documents Added a new Divide blend mode Added ability to snap to the bounds of the pixel selection 1.8.5.703 release notes WKansepa, Ken Cope, dominik and 18 others 15 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickRose Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 The download link doesn't seem to work on Firefox. It does work on Chrome (very slowly). Windows 10 Pro, I5 3.3G PC 16G RAM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timespider Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 Hi MickRose, I used Firefox about 15 minutes ago & the link worked fine for me. Motto - STUPID HURTS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joachim_L Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 5 minutes ago, MickRose said: The download link doesn't seem to work on Firefox. Downloaded it with Firefox within approx. 45 seconds. ------ Windows 10 | i5-8500 CPU | Intel UHD 630 Graphics | 32 GB RAM | Latest Retail and Beta versions of complete Affinity range installed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Sean P Posted September 16, 2020 Staff Share Posted September 16, 2020 Thanks Arun, I'm finding the same and have passed it on to development. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickRose Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 When I double click the exe file I get this message. Will this lose the release version 1.8.5.703. I seem to remember previous betas mentioned beta on the splash screen. Windows 10 Pro, I5 3.3G PC 16G RAM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Sean P Posted September 16, 2020 Staff Share Posted September 16, 2020 1 minute ago, MickRose said: When I double click the exe file I get this message. Will this lose the release version 1.8.5.703. I seem to remember previous betas mentioned beta on the splash screen. Nope - it will only update the Beta version! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joachim_L Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 Just noticed, that startup takes approx. 10 seconds longer when acceleration is enabled. This is not the case in the 1.9 beta of AP. ------ Windows 10 | i5-8500 CPU | Intel UHD 630 Graphics | 32 GB RAM | Latest Retail and Beta versions of complete Affinity range installed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mithferion Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 Just in case anyone wonders where the new Contour Tools is (if not visible by default), go to View > Customize Tools... Best regards! matisso, th_studio, Jonopen and 1 other 4 Windows 10 and Windows 11 :: http://mithferion.deviantart.com/ Oxygen Icons :: GCP Icons :: iOS 11 Design Resources :: iOS App Icon Template :: Free Quality Fonts (Commercial Use) :: Public Domain Images How to do High Quality Art :: Mesh Warp / Distort Tool Considerations :: Select Same / Object - Suggestions :: Live Glassmorphism Effect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Neil Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 @mark I am having the same loading issue as APhoto with Designer. Hangs on splash screen... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRAFKOM Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 For me, too, (Windows 10) Hangs on splash screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mithferion Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 2 hours ago, Arun Sarkar said: Installed on Win 8.1 but does not run the application. freeze at start. For me, it starts and runs without any issue, also on Windows 8.1 Best regards! Windows 10 and Windows 11 :: http://mithferion.deviantart.com/ Oxygen Icons :: GCP Icons :: iOS 11 Design Resources :: iOS App Icon Template :: Free Quality Fonts (Commercial Use) :: Public Domain Images How to do High Quality Art :: Mesh Warp / Distort Tool Considerations :: Select Same / Object - Suggestions :: Live Glassmorphism Effect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Sean P Posted September 16, 2020 Staff Share Posted September 16, 2020 11 minutes ago, GRAFKOM said: For me, too, (Windows 10) Hangs on splash screen. Thanks for letting us know Grafkom - we've identified the cause of this and are currently working on a fix! Hang tight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burny Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 4 hours ago, Mark Ingram said: Improved performance with large documents Thanks ! 🤘 Windows 10 21H2 - Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10750H CPU @ 2.60GHz 2.59 GHz - 16,0 Go - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joachim_L Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 2 hours ago, Joachim_L said: Just noticed, that startup takes approx. 10 seconds longer when acceleration is enabled. This is not the case in the 1.9 beta of AP. Seems to be rendering the default assets (IOS12) is causing the difference. Removing this category makes startup fast as ever. Mark Ingram 1 ------ Windows 10 | i5-8500 CPU | Intel UHD 630 Graphics | 32 GB RAM | Latest Retail and Beta versions of complete Affinity range installed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 2 minutes ago, Joachim_L said: Seems to be rendering the default assets (IOS12) is causing the difference. Removing this category makes startup fast as ever. Does it also help if you don't have the Assets panel showing when you start Designer? (That is, if it's hidden, or at least not one of the panels that is actively being displayed?) -- 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 18.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joachim_L Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 10 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: Does it also help if you don't have the Assets panel showing when you start Designer? Yes, it helps, but I have a longer lag when I am going to show the Assets panel again. ------ Windows 10 | i5-8500 CPU | Intel UHD 630 Graphics | 32 GB RAM | Latest Retail and Beta versions of complete Affinity range installed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petar Petrenko Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 "Select Same" doesn't work. All options are greyed. "Select Objects" works fine. All the latest releases of Designer, Photo and Publisher (retail and beta) on MacOS and Windows. 15” Dell Inspiron 7559 i7 ● Windows 10 x64 Pro ● Intel Core i7-6700HQ (3.50 GHz, 6M) ● 16 GB Dual Channel DDR3L 1600 MHz (8GBx2) ● NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M 4 GB GDDR5 ● 500 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD ● UHD (3840 x 2160) Truelife LED - Backlit Touch Display 32” LG 32UN650-W display ● 3840 x 2160 UHD, IPS, HDR10 ● Color Gamut: DCI-P3 95%, Color Calibrated ● 2 x HDMI, 1 x DisplayPort 13.3” MacBook Pro (2017) ● Ventura 13.6 ● Intel Core i7 (3.50 GHz Dual Core) ● 16 GB 2133 MHz LPDDR3 ● Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 1536 MB ● 500 GB SSD ● Retina Display (3360 x 2100) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominik Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 3 minutes ago, Petar Petrenko said: "Select Same" doesn't work. All options are greyed. I assume you have something selected before trying to select same? The menu items are greyed out as long as nothing is selected in the design 🙂 d. Affinity Suite on Windows (V2) and iPad (V2). Beta testing when available. Windows 11 64-bit - Core i7 - 16GB - Intel HD Graphics 4600 & NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M iPad pro 9.7" + Apple Pencil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petar Petrenko Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 1 minute ago, dominik said: I assume you have something selected before trying to select same? The menu items are greyed out as long as nothing is selected in the design 🙂 d. Selected or not -- it doesn't work. All the latest releases of Designer, Photo and Publisher (retail and beta) on MacOS and Windows. 15” Dell Inspiron 7559 i7 ● Windows 10 x64 Pro ● Intel Core i7-6700HQ (3.50 GHz, 6M) ● 16 GB Dual Channel DDR3L 1600 MHz (8GBx2) ● NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M 4 GB GDDR5 ● 500 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD ● UHD (3840 x 2160) Truelife LED - Backlit Touch Display 32” LG 32UN650-W display ● 3840 x 2160 UHD, IPS, HDR10 ● Color Gamut: DCI-P3 95%, Color Calibrated ● 2 x HDMI, 1 x DisplayPort 13.3” MacBook Pro (2017) ● Ventura 13.6 ● Intel Core i7 (3.50 GHz Dual Core) ● 16 GB 2133 MHz LPDDR3 ● Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 1536 MB ● 500 GB SSD ● Retina Display (3360 x 2100) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominik Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 1 minute ago, Petar Petrenko said: Selected or not -- it doesn't work. Oh, that's bad. It works for me. Can you perhaps try in a newly created and very simple document? Like three objects, two of them with the same fill color. Just to make sure the problem is not related to the document you are experiencing this. d. Affinity Suite on Windows (V2) and iPad (V2). Beta testing when available. Windows 11 64-bit - Core i7 - 16GB - Intel HD Graphics 4600 & NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M iPad pro 9.7" + Apple Pencil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petar Petrenko Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 3 hours ago, Sam Neil said: @mark I am having the same loading issue as APhoto with Designer. Hangs on splash screen... Same OS, build and version -- works great to me. All the latest releases of Designer, Photo and Publisher (retail and beta) on MacOS and Windows. 15” Dell Inspiron 7559 i7 ● Windows 10 x64 Pro ● Intel Core i7-6700HQ (3.50 GHz, 6M) ● 16 GB Dual Channel DDR3L 1600 MHz (8GBx2) ● NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M 4 GB GDDR5 ● 500 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD ● UHD (3840 x 2160) Truelife LED - Backlit Touch Display 32” LG 32UN650-W display ● 3840 x 2160 UHD, IPS, HDR10 ● Color Gamut: DCI-P3 95%, Color Calibrated ● 2 x HDMI, 1 x DisplayPort 13.3” MacBook Pro (2017) ● Ventura 13.6 ● Intel Core i7 (3.50 GHz Dual Core) ● 16 GB 2133 MHz LPDDR3 ● Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 1536 MB ● 500 GB SSD ● Retina Display (3360 x 2100) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petar Petrenko Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 5 minutes ago, dominik said: Oh, that's bad. It works for me. Can you perhaps try in a newly created and very simple document? Like three objects, two of them with the same fill color. Just to make sure the problem is not related to the document you are experiencing this. d. New document, few objects, same color -- it doesn't work. All the latest releases of Designer, Photo and Publisher (retail and beta) on MacOS and Windows. 15” Dell Inspiron 7559 i7 ● Windows 10 x64 Pro ● Intel Core i7-6700HQ (3.50 GHz, 6M) ● 16 GB Dual Channel DDR3L 1600 MHz (8GBx2) ● NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M 4 GB GDDR5 ● 500 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD ● UHD (3840 x 2160) Truelife LED - Backlit Touch Display 32” LG 32UN650-W display ● 3840 x 2160 UHD, IPS, HDR10 ● Color Gamut: DCI-P3 95%, Color Calibrated ● 2 x HDMI, 1 x DisplayPort 13.3” MacBook Pro (2017) ● Ventura 13.6 ● Intel Core i7 (3.50 GHz Dual Core) ● 16 GB 2133 MHz LPDDR3 ● Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 1536 MB ● 500 GB SSD ● Retina Display (3360 x 2100) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominik Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 1 minute ago, Petar Petrenko said: New document, few object, same color -- it doesn't work. Thanks for trying. I do admit I am clueless for now. Let's see what others come up with. Cheers to the south, d. Affinity Suite on Windows (V2) and iPad (V2). Beta testing when available. Windows 11 64-bit - Core i7 - 16GB - Intel HD Graphics 4600 & NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M iPad pro 9.7" + Apple Pencil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petar Petrenko Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 16 minutes ago, dominik said: Thanks for trying. I do admit I am clueless for now. Let's see what others come up with. Cheers to the south, d. Sorry. My bad,. Only one object must be selected -- no more, no less. It works great. All the latest releases of Designer, Photo and Publisher (retail and beta) on MacOS and Windows. 15” Dell Inspiron 7559 i7 ● Windows 10 x64 Pro ● Intel Core i7-6700HQ (3.50 GHz, 6M) ● 16 GB Dual Channel DDR3L 1600 MHz (8GBx2) ● NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M 4 GB GDDR5 ● 500 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD ● UHD (3840 x 2160) Truelife LED - Backlit Touch Display 32” LG 32UN650-W display ● 3840 x 2160 UHD, IPS, HDR10 ● Color Gamut: DCI-P3 95%, Color Calibrated ● 2 x HDMI, 1 x DisplayPort 13.3” MacBook Pro (2017) ● Ventura 13.6 ● Intel Core i7 (3.50 GHz Dual Core) ● 16 GB 2133 MHz LPDDR3 ● Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 1536 MB ● 500 GB SSD ● Retina Display (3360 x 2100) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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