Staff Ian Sayers Posted June 27 Staff Posted June 27 Hey folks, Let me start by introducing myself... Hello, I am Ian Sayers and have recently just started with Affinity as Head of Enablement. - check this link i have literally just posted. I can assure you 100% that Affinity is not only still here but growing and thriving. I am only in a few weeks so give me a little more time to get my feet under the table and into the processes and working methods, then we can all have some proper fun! In the meantime, I am happy to connect and chat (as much as possible with the million things to learn and do while joining an amazing company). reach out and connect on my social media accounts or here on the forum. Most things are found under iwsayers or just my name. I greatly appreciate this forum and everyone that contributes in a helpful manner. Very best Ian Snapseed, myclay, U1F𐒱332 and 23 others 17 9 Quote
PaoloT Posted June 27 Posted June 27 9 minutes ago, Ian Sayers said: just started with Affinity as Head of Enablement Welcome Ian. I hope we will see Spotlight shine again! Paolo Snapseed and Ian Sayers 2 Quote
Staff Patrick Connor Posted June 27 Staff Posted June 27 We're also planning a 2.6.4 patch starting soon, to address a number of things reported by customers in earlier releases. ronnyb, chessboard, Komatös and 15 others 13 4 1 Quote Patrick Connor Serif Europe Ltd Latest V2 releases on each platform Help make our apps better by joining our beta program! "There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man. True nobility lies in being superior to your previous self." W. L. Sheldon
Petar Petrenko Posted June 27 Posted June 27 On 6/27/2025 at 6:15 PM, Patrick Connor said: We're also planning a 2.6.4 patch starting soon, to address a number of things reported by customers in earlier releases. We can't wait. Let's move things faster, for all of us to enjoy the stable version of the suite, and v. 3 with full of most wanted features, after that. chessboard, ronnyb, Ian Sayers and 2 others 5 Quote All the latest releases of Designer, Photo and Publisher (retail and beta) on MacOS and Windows. 13.3” MacBook Pro (2017) ● Ventura 13.6 ● Intel Core i7 (3.50 GHz Dual Core) ● 16 GB 2133 MHz LPDDR3 ● Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 1536 MB ● 500 GB SSD ● Retina Display (3360 x 2100) 15” Dell Inspiron 7559 i7 ● Windows 10 x64 Pro ● Intel Core i7-6700HQ (3.50 GHz, 6M) ● 16 GB Dual Channel DDR3L 1600 MHz (8GBx2) ● NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M 4 GB GDDR5 ● 500 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD ● UHD (3840 x 2160) Truelife LED - Backlit Touch Display 32” LG 32UN650-W display ● 3840 x 2160 UHD, IPS, HDR10 ● Color Gamut: DCI-P3 95%, Color Calibrated ● 2 x HDMI, 1 x DisplayPort
Bryan Rieger Posted June 27 Posted June 27 Welcome @Ian Sayers, and thank you for the introduction! Great to hear a 2.6.4 patch is underway @Patrick Connor. 🙏 Mithferion and Ian Sayers 2 Quote
kaffeeundsalz Posted June 28 Posted June 28 Hi @Ian Sayers, Just wanted to say I'm happy to see you join the team! I have a few quick questions as I've never heard Head of Enablement before: - Do you say things like "Let's leverage synergies to drive enablement outcomes"? - Do you print inspirational posters that say "ENABLE. EMPOWER. EXECUTE."? - Do you attend meetings to discuss other meetings? 😉 A warm welcome to you! All the best kaffeeundsalz Richs, jussi and Old Bruce 3 Quote
GRAFKOM Posted July 1 Posted July 1 Will the update to version 2.6.4 take place in early 2026? I'm asking because I want to hire an employee for my advertising company and I don't know whether to give up on Affinity and send the employee to use CorelDraw or Adobe software. I wouldn't want a new employee to get used to software that may not be developed. At the moment, there really is such silence that if it weren't for the fact that in this thread, for the first time in a long time, a moderator mentioned something about an update - I would have thought Affinity was dead. Ian R, PaulEC and Ali 1 2 Quote
Staff Patrick Connor Posted July 1 Staff Posted July 1 44 minutes ago, GRAFKOM said: Will the update to version 2.6.4 take place in early 2026? No I want the 2.6.4 beta to start early this month and to be released when we have confidence it has not introduced new regressions Ali, Hilltop, soloabner and 9 others 7 4 1 Quote Patrick Connor Serif Europe Ltd Latest V2 releases on each platform Help make our apps better by joining our beta program! "There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man. True nobility lies in being superior to your previous self." W. L. Sheldon
dsnaps12 Posted July 1 Posted July 1 1 hour ago, Patrick Connor said: No I want the 2.6.4 beta to start early this month and to be released when we have confidence it has not introduced new regressions @Patrick Connor you also mentioned 2.6.4 will address issues in earlier releases. Does this mean fixing issues in earlier versions of 2.6 only or does it include fixing issues going back to 2.5 and earlier? ronnyb 1 Quote
Staff Patrick Connor Posted July 1 Staff Posted July 1 1 hour ago, dsnaps12 said: Does this mean fixing issues in earlier versions of 2.6 only or does it include fixing issues going back to 2.5 and earlier? Any bugs and regressions introduced so yes, fixing some issues reported earlier than 2.6 Oufti, chessboard, SrPx and 2 others 3 1 1 Quote Patrick Connor Serif Europe Ltd Latest V2 releases on each platform Help make our apps better by joining our beta program! "There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man. True nobility lies in being superior to your previous self." W. L. Sheldon
blureogroup Posted July 1 Posted July 1 Yeah Affinity has basically moved to a yearly release cycle since the acquisition. Canva's clearly not reading the same dictionaries we do to write those pledges they make. ronnyb 1 Quote
bbrother Posted July 3 Posted July 3 On 6/27/2025 at 6:15 PM, Patrick Connor said: We're also planning a 2.6.4 patch starting soon, to address a number of things reported by customers in earlier releases. I'm glad that instead of pushing out another update with new features, the decision was made to release a patch to address ongoing issues. It's about time the regressions in the Contour and Expand Stroke tools—introduced back in the 2.5 update—finally got the attention they deserve. These bugs have been around for over a year now 😤😞 Dazmondo77 1 Quote
Designer_George Posted July 3 Posted July 3 On 6/27/2025 at 6:03 PM, Ian Sayers said: Hello, I am Ian Sayers and have recently just started with Affinity as Head of Enablement. - check this link i have literally just posted. Hello Ian, A wide range of people who want to use Affinity Suite professionally are eagerly awaiting moves in this direction. There are many comments on this forum from people who have an idea of how professional tools should work. Personally, I really hope that you will be able to add new or improve existing functions that are most needed by professionals. Also, users who use Affinity Suite programs for non-commercial purposes will benefit greatly from this as they start doing their work more efficiently and faster. For my part, I will gladly share my knowledge to support the development of our favorite programs. Best regard George Quote
Ian R Posted July 3 Posted July 3 A warm Greeting to you Ian, Its nice to hear from a few devs/staff members. I use Affinity professionally and have been doing my best to enjoy its benefits. I look forward to some of the basic drawing and painting functions improving. Whilst it may be niche for Affinity in terms of usage, but the whole suite's compatibility with itself is very strong ... if only the autosave was a real backup autosave (not just recovery) in a chosen location, freehand drawing didn't lag so much (just compare to Sketchbook Pro and you will immediately see a big difference), the pens could draw proper straight lines as if using a ruler, oh yes and the ruler could do with some serious rationalisation of unit division... Best of luck! Quote
Alfred Posted July 4 Posted July 4 13 hours ago, Ian R said: if only … the pens could draw proper straight lines as if using a ruler In Pen mode, click (without dragging) at the start point, and then click (again without dragging) at the end point. Alternatively, use Line mode or Polygon mode. 13 hours ago, Ian R said: the ruler could do with some serious rationalisation of unit division *fixing PaoloT 1 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.5.1 (iPad 7th gen)
carl123 Posted July 4 Posted July 4 14 hours ago, Ian R said: if only the autosave was a real backup autosave The only real backup is by doing real backups, preferably using a dedicated backup program. That does (at the very minimum) daily backups If autosave saves a corrupted copy of the document you are working on, it's not going to be much use to you. Ali and Alfred 2 Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time.
William Overington Posted July 4 Posted July 4 2 hours ago, Alfred said: In Pen mode, click (without dragging) at the start point, and then click (again without dragging) at the end point. Alternatively, use Line mode or Polygon mode. And then one can adjust the coordinates of each of the end points numerically using the Node Tool in conjunction with the Transform panel, using whichever of the available choice of measurement units one chooses. PaoloT 1 Quote Until December 2022, using a Lenovo laptop running Windows 10 in England. From January 2023, using an HP laptop running Windows 11 in England.
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