Affinity Photo 2 for Windows - (2.5.6/7)

[Patrick Connor]

We are pleased to announce an update for the Windows release of Affinity Photo 2, version 2.5.7

This build is available as a (sandboxed) MSIX application installer and as an (unsandboxed) MSI/EXE traditional installer, and each type is now available for x64 AND for ARM64 processors.

Please see this FAQ thread for instructions on how to access the unsandboxed MSI/EXE version.

The changes in Affinity Photo 2 for Windows 2.5.6 and 2.5.7 are listed in this FAQ forum thread:

Those are the changes made since the last release Affinity Photo 2 for Windows (2.5.5) with 2.5.7 adding one additional fix over 2.5.6 regarding PDF Export and with missing ICC colour profiles.

 

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 Photo).

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 Photo 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.

[DRR]

I'm a little confused here. I have a Mac. Are we supposed to download the new update for the Windows release of Affinity Photo 2, version 2.5.6 ? Will this update cause any issues with the Mac? 

[Patrick Connor]

@DRR

If you have a Mac, then you should update to 2.5.6 for Mac. The release notes are in this almost identical thread here

 

 

[NickJ]

Hi, I downloaded and installed the 2.5.6 version on my Windows pc.

Can you tell me where the installer installs the .exe? 

I now have two versions on my pc but I can't trace where the .exe is from the 2.5.6 version so I can delete the old version.

[Patrick Connor]

It's a patch that overwrites the necessary files to turn 2.5.5 into 2.5.6 so there are no files that need to be uninstalled 

[NickJ]

42 minutes ago, Patrick Connor said:

It's a patch that overwrites the necessary files to turn 2.5.5 into 2.5.6 so there are no files that need to be uninstalled 

But when I right-click on a file I can choose between two the same icons to open the file and one of the two is still the old version.

[MikeTO]

1 hour ago, NickJ said:

But when I right-click on a file I can choose between two the same icons to open the file and one of the two is still the old version.

Please see this post from Garry which may help you resolve the issue.

 

[NickJ]

This sounds as a plausible cause.

[NickJ]

I solved the problem by going to the windows uninstaller and uninstall the oldest version.

I didn't know there was such a thing in Windows, I'm not that familiar with Windows.