Staff Andy Somerfield Posted December 10, 2015 Staff Share Posted December 10, 2015 Purpose: Fixes Status: Incremental bug-fix track on 1.4 Requirements: Purchased Affinity Designer 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. This is an Incremental Bug-Fix release - it should be considered more stable than the current MAS version (1.4) and should be used in preference to that build, if you are experiencing any of the problems listed below. Fixes - Fixed crashes when loading a document which has been saved in Quick Mask mode. - Fixed crashes when using documents in the ProPhoto colour space in Mac OS X 10.9.5. - Fixed stroke clipping / invalidation issues. - Fixed crashes when loading documents saved with “Delete Slices” history items. - Fixed weird zombie-open-dialog when starting the app. - Fixed crashes when using calibrated monitor profiles with high-accuracy LUTs. - Fixed layer “Expand” buttons disappearing in Mac OS X 10.8. pedrow, Ydzardt Anema, predick and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronnyb Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 Damn, you guys are non-stop... love it! bogarguz 1 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...
smallreflection Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 You guys are great! One feature request from something I just attempted to do for the first time—could support for gradients be added to global swatches? predick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallreflection Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 One more strange thing I've noticed on and off (in 1.4 and 1.4.1) is sometimes when dragging or resizing a containing shape with "Locked Children" selected, the interior objects will occasionally (randomly) jitter and then move, disappearing, even if I move the containing shape back to its original location. If I open up the parent shape folder, I can still see the child layers nested inside, but they've randomly moved around the canvas, hidden because they're not within the visible shape area. Stranger still, pressing undo does nothing to return the child objects to their proper place within the parent masking shape. Sorry I don't have an example of this I can share but just thought I would note it. This isn't an issue on every attempt, but it is happening. MattP and predick 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MattP Posted December 10, 2015 Staff Share Posted December 10, 2015 I'll try to replicate the transform bug - thanks for the heads-up :) predick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shmoo Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 Don't forget your fish and ships.. We need you guys to stay alive.. Thank you. smallreflection and predick 2 Hardware Mac mini (late-2014), 2.6GHz, 16GB RAM, Intel Iris 5100 Graphics iPad Air 16GB WhiteSoftware I love, and you should get :wink:Affinity Desinger - Affinity Photo - Sketch - Coda - CodeKit - iA Writer - Dropbox - 1Password Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Andrew Tang Posted December 10, 2015 Staff Share Posted December 10, 2015 You guys are great! One feature request from something I just attempted to do for the first time—could support for gradients be added to global swatches? You can add gradients to application palettes and document palettes. I believe you need to create it on the object first, and then you can either: - right click and 'Add Fill from Selection' - or on the swatches panel, there should be a button with a palette icon that should do the same thing. predick and smallreflection 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenogre Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 - Fixed layer “Expand” buttons disappearing in Mac OS X 10.8. Thanks ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenogre Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 Not perfect but I can wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronnyb Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 Matt, on a different topic: I find that when working with placed images, often times I want to resize an image from one of the center (not corner) handles, and I lose the intuitive setting I have for scaling objects, meaning I can resize the image without constraining the proportions. I find this counter-intuitive. Now I am well aware of the Preference setting for Scaling behavior, but it feels inconsistent. I want to scale proportionally no matter which handle I use, not only when using the corner handles! What ends up happening is that I have to hold the Shift key to scale proportionally from the center handles. This ends up being confusing (muscle memory). Can we have another preference setting for this behavior, or can we just have the behavior be consistent? Thanks for all you do, Matt, and congrats on all the amazing awards you've all earned! UPDATE: Also when I have a bunch of images selected and I want to resize them all, AD ignores my Scaling preference, and again I have to use the Shift key to resize proportionally. Seems counterintuitive and inconsistent.... I'll try to replicate the transform bug - thanks for the heads-up :) MattP 1 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...
Staff Andrew Tang Posted December 11, 2015 Staff Share Posted December 11, 2015 Not perfect but I can wait. This is a lot better when the app is in the English language! I think we missed something here... :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
predick Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 You can add gradients to application palettes and document palettes. I believe you need to create it on the object first, and then you can either: - right click and 'Add Fill from Selection' - or on the swatches panel, there should be a button with a palette icon that should do the same thing. Wow! Is this a new feature? I've never seen it before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ONSO Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 WOW! Affinity's eco-system is truly great. 15"-inch MacBook Pro, 2017, 2.9GHz Intel Core i7 | 16Gb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Nascimento Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 Weird this splash screen on Affinity Photo and Designer... predick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MattP Posted December 11, 2015 Staff Share Posted December 11, 2015 Weird this splash screen on Affinity Photo and Designer... We've seen this on and off too in different betas - it seems to be an El Capitan issue, but we're having trouble pinpointing it right now, sorry... predick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figmatt Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 I was unable to get the export "choose directory" file picker to appear. Restarting 1.4 and then 1.4.1 b1 a couple of times made it come back. https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/15850-unable-to-get-export-file-picker-to-appear/?p=72032 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianrobertdouglas Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 I'm not sure where to post this, as it seems a behavior change relative to fonts. I often find myself choosing a font in a design. So I will go through my list using the font pulldown, and then duplicate, choose another and at the end compare the fonts in situ. It used to be the case that when I duplicated a font, if I then went to the font pull down, the font would be highlighted in its place in the list of fonts (I have a few hundred). But now, it appears in the "recently used" font list at the top. This recently used list is very useful. But when duplicating, it was far better that the font is in its order, so I can keep tabbing down till I find the next font I like, continuing the process of narrowing down my font selection. It's a minor but for me important change. The previous behavior was definitely better for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianrobertdouglas Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 One other thing maybe you can look at: when one gives a font kerning, if you then highlight the letters you gave kerning, the value of the kerning does not show up in the Character tab. It reverts to zero. Screenshot of this attached: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallreflection Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 Sorry, one more strange one from me. For some reason, at least in my current working file, using the Artistic Text tool works fine, but using the Frame Text tool does absolutely nothing—I'm able to draw the frame and type, but the cursor simply stays at the beginning of the box, and won't input any characters. Update: At first I thought this might be an issue with just my current working file. I attempted the same thing in a new file, same issue, but my keyboard has been acting strangely. Rebooted, and the issue only occurred in my current working file. I copied all layers over to a new file of the same dimensions and everything seems ok at the moment. Strange! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_B_C Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 But your last observation seems to be standard behaviour, ianrobertdouglas, as long as you select more than one characters within your text frame. Just put the cursor between two of them, and you will immediately see the applied kerning value … :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
00Ghz Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 Convert text frame to artistic text and the other way around as well. +10000 anon1, Twomen and ronnyb 3 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...
paolo.limoncelli Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 A couple of bug I found: - In layer fx the combo Gaussian blur, Colour overlay and Preserve alpha active makes Colour overlay disappear. - Guides Manager with multiple artboards is unreliable, and calculates values starting from first artboard, not for current (on screen position is correct) MattP and smallreflection 2 The white dog, making tools for artists, illustrators and doodlers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted December 15, 2015 Staff Share Posted December 15, 2015 Hi paolo, Thanks for letting us know. I've logged the Layer FX bug. The Guides Manager issue is already known/logged. smallreflection and paolo.limoncelli 2 A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshTeriyaki Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 I've noticed history getting screwed up with multiple artboards, is this known? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
April Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Will there be a beta soon that will have the "new" SVG export behavior? With 1.4.1 beta, I get SVG files that look really lousy and are ~500KB+ in size. This compares to about one tenth(!) of the size in the 1.3 betas, where the SVG exports were razor-sharp. I would use the old 1.3 betas, but they no longer work: they all declare that I need a retail version installed for them to work. Apparently having the retail version on 1.4 means I can no longer use 1.3 betas anymore. The fact that I get unusable and gigantic SVG exports with 1.4 means I can't do my job anymore. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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