Affinity Designer 2 for Windows - (2.4.0 & 2.4.1)

[Patrick Connor]

We are pleased to announce an update for the Windows release of Affinity Designer 2, version 2.4.0

This build is available as a (sandboxed) MSIX application installer and as an (unsandboxed) MSI/EXE traditional installer.
Please see this FAQ thread for instructions on how to access the unsandboxed MSI/EXE version.

The changes in Affinity Designer 2 for Windows 2.4.0 are listed in this FAQ forum post:

Those are the changes made since the last release Affinity Designer 2 for Windows 2.3.1

A subsequent release 2.4.1 is announced here

To get notified when any new releases are made please follow the latest releases thread by clicking here

UPDATING TO THIS VERSION (which is free for all V2 users)

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 Windows builds only automatically checks once per day. In the Help menu there is a manual "Check for Updates". 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 Publisher for Windows) can be downloaded from this link (those installers are NOT for customers who made Microsoft Store purchases).

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. 

[Patrick Connor]

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 V2 Bugs on Windows section and questions about usage go in the Desktop Questions forum.

[vjsouza]

It still continues, since the beginning, without the tool to create QR-Code. How long will we have to use Inkscape to create QR-Codes and import them into Affinity? Huh? Until when?

When opening an SVG file, ALL objects still contain a 0 pt black Stroke, even if the original, created and exported as SVG by Affinity itself, does not have any objects with a stroke. This is a BUG!

[Patrick Connor]

@vjsouza

On 2/26/2024 at 12:25 PM, Patrick Connor said:

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,

 

[Dazzler]

One new feature that I love is the new 'Size / Rotate objects to same'. That is an excellent addition to the tools and makes a lot of sense, especially for those doing web design with responsive sizing! Sometimes it's those seemingly small additions that make all the difference. I love this journey, watching the Affinity suite growing more and more powerful with each update. Looks like there might be an issue with the example in the 'Layer States added to Affinity Designer and Affinity Publisher' example ... it's not playing.

 

[Mithferion]

Installed without any issue on Windows 10 (MSIX).

Same for Photo and Publisher.

Best regards!