Staff Andy Somerfield Posted October 9, 2015 Staff Share Posted October 9, 2015 Purpose: Features / Improvements / Fixes Status: Beta Requirements: Purchased Affinity Photo Mac App Store: Not Submitted Download: Here To use this beta, simply download the file from the link given above and double-click on the file to open the installer. Follow the instructions to install the beta version. The beta sits alongside the Mac App Store version and will not interfere with it. Please Note: We will do our utmost to fix anything that emerges as quickly as possible, but we just wanted you to understand that for production work we would recommend using the Mac App Store version until this beta has been validated for a few weeks. Notable changes: - New “Affinity Retouching” Extension for the Photos App on OS X El Capitan. Now includes haze removal! - New “Live Stacks” capability - File -> New Stack. Auto alignment is currently not present - it will be added in a subsequent beta. - New support in the Develop Persona for multiple engines - added “Core Image RAW” as a new engine. Use the Develop Assistant to specify your preferred engine. - New support for Pantone colours - including PDF/X import and export. Pantones available in the Swatches panel. - New alpha selection features - Select -> Alpha Range -> Opaque / Transparent / Partially Transparent. - New “Clipping Preview” function for Levels adjustment (Option key while dragging). - New blend mode - “Contrast Invert”. - Certain adjustments (Levels, Curves, Channel Mixer) can now be applied in any colour space - so you could add a LAB curves adjustment to an RGB document, for example. - Perspective filter (single plane) can now be applied as a Live Filter. - New UI in Preferences to list detected plugins and indicate if they are expected to work - the list updates each time you run the app (if you have an internet connection). We will be populating the list over the coming few days (we may need your help!). - The Move tool can now be told to move a layer, but not children of that layer. It’s an option on the context toolbar and will only show up if you have a non-group layer selected which has child layers. - Numerous PSD export / import improvements - Some fixes that should help create PSD files that FCPX and Motion can import. Fixed import vector masking issue with subtractive masks. PSD export can now export efficient flat image which decreases files sizes for flat RGB images). - You can now double click the empty view (with no documents loaded) to load a document. - Keyboard shortcuts are now properly saved for tools. - Numerous improvements to vector import / export - especially for PDF/X. - Fix for incorrectly exporting the opposite of what the user requested with the ‘1x’/‘2x’/‘3x’ options in Export Persona. - Fix for documents with Pixel unit types incorrectly loading into the Mac App Store version (just open your document and save it again in this version to fix). - Numerous Help improvements. - Numerous minor bug fixes - including masks. ronnyb, Dale, anon1 and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonas14 Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 What does that mean? www.donath-photographie.eu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronnyb Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 It's on like Megatron! MattP and Dale 2 2021 16” Macbook Pro w/ M1 Max 10c cpu /24c gpu, 32 GB RAM, 1TB SSD, Sonoma 14.4.1 2018 11" iPad Pro w/ A12X cpu/gpu, 256 GB, iPadOS 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yakk Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 What does that mean? I guess the status for this plugin is "unknown"... As Andy pointed it out, the list needs to be populated PS. And by the way, great job guys, sounds like great new features ! OS X 10.12 - AP 1.6.6 - AD 1.6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGD Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 YES. Bring on PMS, artboards and bleeds/trim marks to Designer and I might just switch from AI for good. :) (Although PMS alone would already be good enough for a few projects, especially smaller stuff that I'd export to .pdf and link into InDesign anyway…) ronnyb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anon1 Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 Hoping for an explanation of use cases for the live stack modes, and they´ll be live like blend modes but I guess that´s for sure. Thank you very much Affinity Team! The Levels clipping thing is awesome and the Colorspace options for adjustments as well - but I´ll have to watch some videos about the exact use of them. Also the Perspective tool is awesome, I´d just make it the default when clicking on the icon in the tools section on the left side and make a checkbox in the toolbox to use it destructively. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonas14 Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 Content of the lens filter is gone, should that be so? www.donath-photographie.eu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonas14 Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 >Yakk: What should be the status of a plug-in, I see the left side of this window not...sorry www.donath-photographie.eu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anon1 Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 the contrast invert blend mode is also just great :)) I see myself using this A LOT! captain13chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac_heibu Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 I can’t find "haze removal" within the "Photos"-Extension! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anon1 Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 It´s on the top right in the toolbar ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
00Ghz Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 - Perspective filter (single plane) can now be applied as a Live Filter. This is GOLD :D P.S. I don’t like how the bounding box seems to keep the shape of the original image size. It should match the new size despite being a live filter. UI Designer, CG Artist Macbook Pro 15" 2014 2.5 Ghz, 750M https://www.behance.net/VladMafteiuScai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac_heibu Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 Thank you, MdB! anon1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonas14 Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 MdB is good ( in Germany is this Mitglied des Bundestages to be Senat in the USA) www.donath-photographie.eu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 Adding presets in Crop Tool doesn't working. BTW - is any chance to make selection lines thiner? In Crop Tool, Selection Tool, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac_heibu Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 The tools of the Photos extension don't reflect being selected. At least on my machine (retina iMac) it is not identifiable, whether a Tool is active or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Depa Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 Thank you very much Affinity Team! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csp Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 "- Certain adjustments (Levels, Curves, Channel Mixer) can now be applied in any colour space - so you could add a LAB curves adjustment to an RGB document, for example." wow very interesting ! MattP and ronnyb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronnyb Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 Yes thats going to be VERY convenient for speedy color-correction workflows! "- Certain adjustments (Levels, Curves, Channel Mixer) can now be applied in any colour space - so you could add a LAB curves adjustment to an RGB document, for example." wow very interesting ! 2021 16” Macbook Pro w/ M1 Max 10c cpu /24c gpu, 32 GB RAM, 1TB SSD, Sonoma 14.4.1 2018 11" iPad Pro w/ A12X cpu/gpu, 256 GB, iPadOS 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
safoster71 Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 motion import and PSD files are FIXED! WHOOOOOOO! :-) Andy Somerfield and Dale 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anon1 Posted October 10, 2015 Share Posted October 10, 2015 I wonder how an CMYK curves adjustment works when the document is in RGB mode. I thought the color space wasn't the same - I mean - not every color has an equivalent, right? Doesn't this produce any blind spots? Did you do any workarounds for them or is there anything to keep in mind? Thanks in advance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paolo.limoncelli Posted October 10, 2015 Share Posted October 10, 2015 - New support in the Develop Persona for multiple engines - added “Core Image RAW” as a new engine. Use the Develop Assistant to specify your preferred engine. Wait a moment... Are you saying that there will be further engines??? :blink: The white dog, making tools for artists, illustrators and doodlers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ppke Posted October 10, 2015 Share Posted October 10, 2015 Am I missing something or is it not possible to zoom yet in the extension? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csp Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 I wonder how an CMYK curves adjustment works when the document is in RGB mode. I thought the color space wasn't the same - I mean - not every color has an equivalent, right? Doesn't this produce any blind spots? Did you do any workarounds for them or is there anything to keep in mind? Thanks in advance! yes , and what kind of cmyk space is used ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted October 11, 2015 Staff Share Posted October 11, 2015 Adding presets in Crop Tool doesn't working. BTW - is any chance to make selection lines thiner? In Crop Tool, Selection Tool, etc. Thanks for the report Kris. Hi @ppke Welcome to Affinity Forums :) No, not yet sorry. Issue logged. A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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