Mark Ingram Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 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. Changes Enable hardware by default, but restrict it to Windows 10.0.19041 (May 2020), and GPUs that support Direct3D 12 Feature Level 12.0 and above (see https://affin.co/WinGPU for further information). Added Save as Package Added ability to open package files Improvements to application registration and content syncing Improved Studio Presets management Fixed import of some PSD files ignoring the alpha channel Fixed ALT+MouseWheel causing the menubar to highlight Fixed crash when resizing canvas Fixed Alignment toolbar buttons always being disabled Fixed several bugs relating to using pixel layers as children in symbols 1.9.0.820 release notes Frozen Death Knight, eartner, StuartRc and 12 others 7 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lincsman Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 As soon as I try to open a document, Affinity Designer Beta 1.9.0.834 crashed, just the same as the new photo beta does, I am unable to open anything in either program. Disabling Hardware acceleration allows me to open files, enabling it again crashes EDIT: Just realised I once again added incorrect log file, I have attached the correct one this morning Log.txt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takudzwa Nyoni Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 Thank you or the update, sweet new features? Just a random question. Is there any more improvements (additional features) we should expect when it come to the contour tool? Windows 10 Pro 64-bit - Core i7 7700 - GTX 1060 - MSI Z170A GAMING M3 - 32GB DDR4 - Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panchdara Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 21 hours ago, Lincsman said: As soon as I try to open a document, Affinity Designer Beta 1.9.0.834 crashed, just the same as the new photo beta does, I am unable to open anything in either program. Disabeling Hardware acceleration allows me to open files, enabling it again crashes Log.txt 5.21 kB · 2 downloads Same here... same happens with APhoto beta .834 too. Edit: Finally managed to remove all registry entries and reinstall 820! Phew! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aongus Collins Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 I tried but failed to reproduce this on two versions of Windows: -- Previous version, Home (10.0.18363), no hardware acceleration -- October Feature Update (2004) with hardware acceleration both enabled & disabled. Version1.9.0.834 opened .afdesign files, created in this and earlier versions of the program. Also opened PDF, tif, png & psd files without crashing. XPS 15, 32GB RAM, Nvidia 1050 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick G Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 19 hours ago, Lincsman said: As soon as I try to open a document, Affinity Designer Beta 1.9.0.834 crashed, just the same as the new photo beta does, I am unable to open anything in either program. Disabling Hardware acceleration allows me to open files, enabling it again crashes EDIT: Just realised I once again added incorrect log file, I have attached the correct one this morning Log.txt 5.63 kB · 0 downloads Same here Affinity Designer 2.2.2075 & beta 2.3.1.2212 Affinity Photo 2.2.2075 beta 2.3.1.2212Affinity Publisher 2.2.2075 & beta 2.3.1.2212 Windows 11 Pro Version 22H2 OS build 22621.1928 Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10700 CPU @ 2.90GHz 2.90 GHz Installed RAM 16.0 GB (15.7 GB usable) System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Quail Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 Both AD and APh 834 work for me on Windows 10 2009. Hardware acceleration enabled. This is on two laptops, one i7 and the other i5, both with 16GB RAM. Takudzwa Nyoni 1 Asus ROG Strix G713 Notebook: AMD Ryzen 7 5800H 3.80 GHz with Radeon Vega Graphics | 32GB DDR4 3200mHz RAM Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8GB Gfx | 2x 2TB SSD NVMe PCIe M.2 3x4 | Windows 11 Version 23H2 Build 22623.870 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlainP Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 Both work very well so far here too. Takudzwa Nyoni 1 -- Window 11 - 32 gb - Intel I7 - 8700 - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 -- iPad Pro 2020 - 12,9 - 256 gb - Apple Pencil 2 -- iPad 9th gen 256 gb - Apple Pencil 1 -- Macbook Air 15" - Mac mini M2-Pro - 16 gb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 On 11/6/2020 at 4:37 PM, Lincsman said: As soon as I try to open a document, Affinity Designer Beta 1.9.0.834 crashed, just the same as the new photo beta does, I am unable to open anything in either program. Disabling Hardware acceleration allows me to open files, enabling it again crashes For me, with Hardware Acceleration enabled (but with no GPU that supports it), I cannot: Create a New document via File > New. The initial dialog opens, but when I click Create the program crashes. Without a document open, I cannot switch to the Pixel Persona and then look at the Brushes panel. As soon as I click on its tab, the program crashes. It works fine in the Designer Persona. After I disable Hardware Acceleration and restart Designer, both these functions work properly. -- 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...
Panchdara Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 8 hours ago, walt.farrell said: For me, with Hardware Acceleration enabled (but with no GPU that supports it), I cannot: Create a New document via File > New. The initial dialog opens, but when I click Create the program crashes. Without a document open, I cannot switch to the Pixel Persona and then look at the Brushes panel. As soon as I click on its tab, the program crashes. It works fine in the Designer Persona. After I disable Hardware Acceleration and restart Designer, both these functions work properly. Thanks so, so much Walt! This is the solution to the problem. You are a star! Affinity: Please default OpenCL acceleration to NO on install. (and I am absolutely sure this will be addressed because Affinity do listen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyanepsion Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 This Beta version 1.9.0.834 is buggy. It crashes whenever you want to open a file from the previous beta version or from the public version. Disabling hardware acceleration allows opening files. Renderer: NVidia GForce GT 640. 6 cœurs, 12 processus - Windows 11 pro - 4K - DirectX 12 - Suite universelle Affinity (Affinity Publisher, Affinity Designer, Affinity Photo). ███ Mais je vous le demande, peut-on imaginer une police sans sérifs ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ingram Posted November 8, 2020 Author Share Posted November 8, 2020 10 hours ago, walt.farrell said: For me, with Hardware Acceleration enabled (but with no GPU that supports it), I cannot: Create a New document via File > New. The initial dialog opens, but when I click Create the program crashes. Without a document open, I cannot switch to the Pixel Persona and then look at the Brushes panel. As soon as I click on its tab, the program crashes. It works fine in the Designer Persona. After I disable Hardware Acceleration and restart Designer, both these functions work properly. I assume that you can't re-enable the option? After you've disabled the option, then restarted the app? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 1 hour ago, Mark Ingram said: I assume that you can't re-enable the option? After you've disabled the option, then restarted the app? No. If I reenable it the crashes return. -- 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...
IndieGuy Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 Instead of being forced to use HW acceleration by default, it would be better to implement a splash screen of sorts (like in many video games) which presents the option to users at the time of startup. I don't want to miss out on using the program just because I have (supposedly) obsolete hardware that is limited to DX11. For all I know, I may never even be using it to create very large, complex pieces of work that demand powerful GPUs. The software/processor based implementation would suffice for my use case 🙂. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panchdara Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 Further to my previous thread - fails on an NVIDIA GTX760 w/4gb if h/w acceleration enabled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ingram Posted November 8, 2020 Author Share Posted November 8, 2020 10 hours ago, walt.farrell said: No. If I reenable it the crashes return. Interesting - you shouldn't be able to re-enable it. There's obviously something wrong with the detection... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ingram Posted November 8, 2020 Author Share Posted November 8, 2020 10 hours ago, IndieGuy said: Instead of being forced to use HW acceleration by default, it would be better to implement a splash screen of sorts (like in many video games) which presents the option to users at the time of startup. I don't want to miss out on using the program just because I have (supposedly) obsolete hardware that is limited to DX11. For all I know, I may never even be using it to create very large, complex pieces of work that demand powerful GPUs. The software/processor based implementation would suffice for my use case 🙂. You're not, it's on by default if your hardware supports it (or at least it's supposed to work that way...). If you don't have the hardware, the app will work exactly the same as it always has done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddy-2 Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 Designer Beta 1.9.0.834 New drawing Add rectangle (Rectangle Tool) Rotate from one corner Bounding box appears with same fill colour as rectangle (attached image) Additional info. Zoom clears the bounding box but changing the fill colour of the rectangle restores it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Sean P Posted November 9, 2020 Staff Share Posted November 9, 2020 Hi Eddy-2, Thanks for letting us know - this is something we're aware of and is with development to be fixed. Eddy-2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XU3E Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 Hardware acceleration is very slow. I have GTX 1070 8GB RAM. Even with snapping disabled i see that pointer is slow and less responsible. With old version Affinity or Hardware acceleration disabled there is no problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ingram Posted November 13, 2020 Author Share Posted November 13, 2020 20 hours ago, XU3E said: Hardware acceleration is very slow. I have GTX 1070 8GB RAM. Even with snapping disabled i see that pointer is slow and less responsible. With old version Affinity or Hardware acceleration disabled there is no problem. The pointer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
af-user Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 23 hours ago, XU3E said: Hardware acceleration is very slow. I have GTX 1070 8GB RAM. Even with snapping disabled i see that pointer is slow and less responsible. With old version Affinity or Hardware acceleration disabled there is no problem. I have a GTX 1070, too and no problems. Driver: v456.71 Windows 10 (still 2004 no H2) Any special document type or tool type? Mark Ingram 1 System Notebook Lenovo P50 CPU: AMD Ryzen 3900x CPU: Intel i7-6700HQ RAM: 64 GB RAM: 32 GB GPU: RTX 3080 TI GPU: NVIDIA Quadro M2000M 4 GB SSD: Samsung 980 PRO 1 TB SSD: Samsung 850 Pro 500GB OS: Windows 11 Edu x64 OS: Windows 10 x64 TFT: 1 x Samsung C49RG94SSU TFT: 2 x Lenovo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ingram Posted November 17, 2020 Author Share Posted November 17, 2020 1.9.0.852 is now available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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