Alfred Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 Where is .6? Not here yet, apparently! :( Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ingram Posted July 15, 2016 Author Share Posted July 15, 2016 Where is .6? There was a last minute problem with the build yesterday, we've now fixed that and are waiting to verify the new version before we release it. Hold tight, it won't be long :). JamesD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Arun Sarkar Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 There was a last minute problem with the build yesterday, we've now fixed that and are waiting to verify the new version before we release it. Hold tight, it won't be long :). Hope won't be long for me to first run :wub: Mark Ingram 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Helzle Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 Rhino afaik uses the stoneage Illustrator 10 format for its Exporter and I wouldn't be surprised if MoI does the same. As a workaround one may use pdf authoring tools to get curve data out. CAD users who want to re-use their existing linework inside AD were likely served best with an option to import a widely used CAD exchange format, such as dxf. DXF? Talking about stoneage formats... ;-) It's actually Illustrator 8, after that they went to PDF. And since it's an EPS format that is rather widespread with 3D apps, I don't think it would be a bad choice to support. Cheers, Tom ScreenDream | Windows 8.1 x64 - 64 GB Ram - i7 6 core @ 4.1 GHz - GeForce GTX 1080 TI & GTX 980 Ti Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anty Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 Are Windows products going to be with exactly same functions as MAC version? What will be the price for the Designer, Photo.. etc? Is advance order possible and if you have a discount? Thanks! anty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ingram Posted July 16, 2016 Author Share Posted July 16, 2016 Hi anty, the feature set will be exactly the same, as well as the price! There is no pre-order available yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hifred Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 It's actually Illustrator 8, after that they went to PDF. And since it's an EPS format that is rather widespread with 3D apps, I don't think it would be a bad choice to support. Ok, even Illustrator 8 then! The limitation with that ancient .ai version in Pre Affinity Windows World was, that linework transfer indeed worked less than ideal, the Rhino forum is full of such reports. Not sure whose fault this actually is, but when looking at the details it gets pretty obvious that at least Adobe seems not to care any more about this legacy format: One may neither place Rhino authored .ai files in Illustrator nor bring them into Photoshop. If Serif wanted to support the pre pdf AI format one should make things better. DXF? Talking about stoneage formats... ;-) Dxf may exist for a long time but it is an actively maintained format which every serious CAD app outputs anyway. [Poll] Do you need a DAM? And what should it be like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Helzle Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 Ok, even Illustrator 8 then! The limitation with that ancient .ai version in Pre Affinity Windows World was, that linework transfer indeed worked less than ideal, the Rhino forum is full of such reports. Not sure whose fault this actually is, but when looking at the details it gets pretty obvious that at least Adobe seems not to care any more about this legacy format: One may neither place Rhino authored .ai files in Illustrator nor bring them into Photoshop. If Serif wanted to support the pre pdf AI format one should make things better. Dxf may exist for a long time but it is an actively maintained format which every serious CAD app outputs anyway. Well, I personally had never any problem importing AI from Rhino/Grasshopper/MoI into Illustrator CS6 so I don't know what problems may be there. But I leave it to the developers of AD to decide what makes sense for them to support. Right now I still have to use Illustrator for conversion. I just tried DXF export from Rhino 5. It makes what would be a 9 MB AI into a 85 MB DXF, so at least the filesize is far from optimal since I work with rather large AIs going into the GBs sometimes. A PDF comes out as 1.6 MB but is pretty broken - I'll have to see why that is and how to fix it, but for the time being, I'd still prefer to simply be able to have AD read the Rhino/MoI AI format if it's not too much trouble to implement. Let's see what happens. Cheers, Tom ScreenDream | Windows 8.1 x64 - 64 GB Ram - i7 6 core @ 4.1 GHz - GeForce GTX 1080 TI & GTX 980 Ti Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frances Proctor Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 Any chance the next beta will arrive today? Follow me on Creative Fabrica Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Andy Somerfield Posted July 16, 2016 Staff Share Posted July 16, 2016 Angelize, No :( It seems as though the new beta (1.5.0.6) will arrive, at the earliest, on Monday. Sorry for this - please bear with us - we will get there :) Andy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vbshar Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 software crash and didn't open Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motoscribble Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 Installed latest beta...... Program no longer starts, Nothing happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marczerep Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 Hello when selecting objects with surface pro 4 pen, I am not able to select anything with a single tap. With a pen, it requires a tap and drag around the entire object to select the object... Single tap with a mouse works fine when selecting objects. is this an issue with touch screens? AD1.5.0.5 Windows10, Surface Pro 4 thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marfbum Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 these forums are so confusing yesterday i had ad programme working to0day not.... have tried many times reinstalland uninstall cancelling and starting again twice..but as you can see from the screenshot, i just get this rectangle on the right screen can you help me please i am lost without your programme...love Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marfbum Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 hi my programme after three and a half hours of frustration, has finally come back yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy hope it stays lots of love to a ll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ingram Posted July 17, 2016 Author Share Posted July 17, 2016 Hello when selecting objects with surface pro 4 pen, I am not able to select anything with a single tap. With a pen, it requires a tap and drag around the entire object to select the object... Single tap with a mouse works fine when selecting objects. is this an issue with touch screens? AD1.5.0.5 Windows10, Surface Pro 4 thanks Yes this is a known issue, we will have it fixed soon :). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubthumper Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 Do I understand correctly that this is a Serif product? If so I think it would be great if it would load and export .Spp files. I just tried to load a .Spp file and it won't show up in the pop up of files after I pressed the "load" button and navigated to its location. I had to export it as a .psd in Photo Plus X8 first. I can understand some Serif products not flowing together but my opinion is that all the photo editing type of programs should. This is just a thought but I'd like to hear from one of the developers what they think about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ingram Posted July 17, 2016 Author Share Posted July 17, 2016 Hi Tubthumper, we've already commented on this: https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/22334-affinity-designer-is-not-serif-drawplus/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hydrology Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 Iii being prompted by the beta to download a new version but the software just takes me to this thread. Everytime. Could someone steer me towards the new beta link please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_K Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 Hi Hydrology, welcome to the forums. The link to the new beta download is in the first post of this thread. The download button in the app will always take you to the release thread for the current beta where you can download it from in Mark's comment as well as view the updates for each build Cheers Serif Europe Ltd - Check the latest news at www.affinity.serif.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FPilou Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 Thx for the infos! I have just tested the Ai format because it was yet present in Moi3D! ;) (I have not AI ! ) Is beautiful that please without concept! Speedy Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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