Mark Ingram Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 Status: Public Beta Purpose: Stability Requirements: None Download: Here As this is a beta release, it is considered to be not suitable for production use. This means that you should not attempt to use it for commercial purposes or for any other activity that you may be adversely affected by the application failing. In addition it is worth noting that files created in Affinity 1.5 cannot be opened in 1.4, which means files created with the Windows beta cannot be opened in the Mac AppStore version of Designer, instead you will need the latest macOS beta. We hope you enjoy the latest build, and as always, if you've got any problems, please don't hesitate to post here and we'll get back to you as soon as we can. Thanks once again for your continued feedback. If you have a general question about the software, please head over to the Questions Forum, or if you have any suggestions, please head over to the Feature Requests forum. Fixes Fixed sporadic crash when closing documents during a high quality render pass Fixed crash when an invalid gradient has been created Fixed crash after pressing Escape in the fill tool Fixed sporadic crash when opening lots of files via Explorer or the command line Fixed sporadic crash when dragging studio windows Fixed crash when attempting to insert a text file when the file has been locked in another application (or the file can't be opened) Fixed sporadic crash when dragging an item in the Layers panel Fixed sporadic crash when hovering over a floating window Fixed sporadic crash when closing a document Fixed sporadic crash when rotating objects Fixed crash when pasting files with no clipboard data (that we understand) Fixed crash when attempting to paste files which can't be opened Fixed crash on startup due to being unable to watch the clipboard for changes Fixed printing not using the correct settings (e.g. printing too large when using Ultra Premium Glossy Preset) Fixed Asset subcategories not appearing until you re-enter the category Fixed the Ctrl startup dialog not removing Assets Fixed Paste Style, Paste inside and Paste without format being greyed out for text Fixed Document Setup incorrectly interpreting aspect when resizing a document Fixed artboards to not allow auto re-parenting into other artboards (this was being circumvented by adding symbol instances) Fixed Slices so that they are now cloned with snapshots, and restored correctly Fixed Slice size information to be updated after document size change Improved startup speed and moved the display of the splash screen to the earliest position (checking for new versions is now asynchronous) Fixed Symbols so they can be nested inside containers and the containers can be added to Assets Added nudging with arrow keys to Slice tool Fixed document matte colour so it is exported if the document is not transparent and the correct matte colour is now shown in slice thumbnails Fixed menu highlight overlapping menu items below it Fixed panels not collapsing or expanding on double-click Fixed "Bake corners" in the Corner Tool Installer Enabled German, French, Spanish and US-English localisations Updated the .NET Framework version to 4.6.2 Crash Reporting Crashes reports are now always uploaded MattP and MaxHecks 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominik Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 Installer Enabled German, French, Spanish and US-English localisations Thanks for this latest version. Minor typo in the installer. In the language selection dropdown it should read "Deutsch" and not "Deutsche" :) Other than that the install went flawless and the splash screen is instantly visible. d. Mark Ingram 1 Affinity Designer 1 & 2 | Affinity Photo 1 & 2 | Affinity Publisher 1 & 2 Affinity Designer 2 for iPad | Affinity Photo 2 for iPad | Affinity Publisher 2 for iPad Windows 11 64-bit - Core i7 - 16GB - Intel HD Graphics 4600 & NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M iPad pro 9.7" + Apple Pencil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_K Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 Opps! Thanks Dominik I'll get the passed on to our installer guy! Serif Europe Ltd - Check the latest news at www.affinity.serif.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gray_Master Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 For Bug Repport: if Export from multipage document (130 pages edited pdf) crash again with next exception:"An Unhandled Exception has occurred. Code: 0xC0000005" © Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ingram Posted August 11, 2016 Author Share Posted August 11, 2016 For Bug Repport: if Export from multipage document (130 pages edited pdf) crash again with next exception: "An Unhandled Exception has occurred. Code: 0xC0000005" © Hi, can you attach the afdesign / PDF that is causing the problem? Also, when you re-start the app, what is the crash reference (there should be a dialog saying it recovered from an error). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Patrick Connor Posted August 11, 2016 Staff Share Posted August 11, 2016 If you would rather not share a file here for privacy reasons it can be uploaded to https://fx.serif.com/ for the attention of "pconnor at serif dot com". We will delete the file once we have investigated the problem. 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gray_Master Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 no, for my big sorry, but recovery from error dialog not showing on restart application. files there (lang - russian if important this)files big for attach to post & i save his on cloud Hexagon-Lessons.PdfHexagon-Lessons.afdesign Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martigny Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 Just downloaded this update. I've attached an image of my second screen (resolution 1920x1080 magnified 125%) ... this is a shot of the full screen. The image is okay on my laptop screen (resolution 3840x2160 magnified 250%) Prior to the update both worked perfectly. Any ideas please? Martigny iMac: iMac (Retina 4K, 21.5-inch, 2017) - 3.4 GHz Intel Core i5 - 8 GB 2400 MHz DDR4 - Radeon Pro 560 4096 MB Windows: Nvidia GTX 960m 4k UHD 2gb ram video (Windows 10 Pro) - Laptop screen (resolution 3840x2160 magnified 300%) 2nd Monitor: Phillips 226E9Q HD 1920 x 1080 (125%) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ingram Posted August 11, 2016 Author Share Posted August 11, 2016 Just downloaded this update. I've attached an image of my second screen (resolution 1920x1080 magnified 125%) ... this is a shot of the full screen. The image is okay on my laptop screen (resolution 3840x2160 magnified 250%) Prior to the update both worked perfectly. Any ideas please? Martigny Try dragging the window onto your primary monitor and back onto the second monitor. What is your primary monitor set to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martigny Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 Thanks Mark I've done that few times to no avail. The problem persists. My primary monitor is the laptop (resolution 3840x2160 magnified 250%). As I drag the window from my primary screen the image enlarges significantly (image attached). Martigny iMac: iMac (Retina 4K, 21.5-inch, 2017) - 3.4 GHz Intel Core i5 - 8 GB 2400 MHz DDR4 - Radeon Pro 560 4096 MB Windows: Nvidia GTX 960m 4k UHD 2gb ram video (Windows 10 Pro) - Laptop screen (resolution 3840x2160 magnified 300%) 2nd Monitor: Phillips 226E9Q HD 1920 x 1080 (125%) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ingram Posted August 11, 2016 Author Share Posted August 11, 2016 Wowsers. Have you definitely got the 1.5.0.11 version installed? I only ask because previously we weren't "per-monitor DPI aware", but in the last couple of builds we have been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martigny Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 Yes, definitely the new version Mark iMac: iMac (Retina 4K, 21.5-inch, 2017) - 3.4 GHz Intel Core i5 - 8 GB 2400 MHz DDR4 - Radeon Pro 560 4096 MB Windows: Nvidia GTX 960m 4k UHD 2gb ram video (Windows 10 Pro) - Laptop screen (resolution 3840x2160 magnified 300%) 2nd Monitor: Phillips 226E9Q HD 1920 x 1080 (125%) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joxe Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 Hi, you can not edit global colors with the right mouse button :( Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andre luiz Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 You already have a date for the commercial version ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ingram Posted August 11, 2016 Author Share Posted August 11, 2016 You already have a date for the commercial version ?? Not yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aderkach Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 It seems that "Move by Whole Pixels" function doesn't work or work improperly (please check attached gif). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aderkach Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 Manual entering color in HEX format doesn't work and reset color settings to "black". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HerrLindner Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 You rock guys and gals. Keep the versions coming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 Improved startup speed and moved the display of the splash screen to the earliest position (checking for new versions is now asynchronous) The build number on the splash screen gets smaller just before the application window appears, but startup is so much faster now that you don't get much time to notice it! 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...
waitepb Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 Is the text clipping at the bottom of help windows a known problem?It's in no way a critical bug but it doesn't look too good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Patrick Connor Posted August 12, 2016 Staff Share Posted August 12, 2016 It seems that "Move by Whole Pixels" function doesn't work or work improperly (please check attached gif). aderkach, Thank you I found this myself yesterday when dragging side handles anything other than perfectly vertically or perfectly horizontally. It affects the Mac version too. Good find, and thanks for the clear gif . As a work around, turn "move Whole pixels" off, and the side handles will snap back to a whole pixel at all times. The corner handles seem correct for me. Manual entering color in HEX format doesn't work and reset color settings to "black". Can't replicate...your value in the screen shot (ad42e75) is one hex character too long. If I type ad42e7 and enter to tab it works fine. What manually entered value does not work for you? 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 (edited) Can't replicate...your value in the screen shot (ad42e75) is one hex character too long. If I type ad42e7 and enter to tab it works fine. What manually entered value does not work for you? If I switch to the Pixel Persona and try to set the colour to #ad42e75 in the Colour Chooser dialog, it gets changed to #FF2E75. [Edited to correct example colour values] Edited August 12, 2016 by Alfred 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...
Ramon0 Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 Hi and, first of all, thank you for the new update. I've a doubt, tho... In the previous version's announcement thread, I reported the following bug related to booleans and symbols: https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/23375-affinity-designer-public-beta-15010-windows/&p=10155 But it turns out it's still happening here in v1.5.0.11, so I'm not sure if it's been taken into account or passed unnoticed... Are you aware of it? Or would have been better if I'd reported it in any other way? Of course, I still could do it if necessary... Well, that's all for now. Thanks in advance for any attention and greetings! System: CPU: Intel® Core2 Duo T7700 @ 2.40GHz || RAM: 4 GB (DDR2-SDRAM) || GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT (512 MB) || HDD: TOSHIBA (500 GB, 8 MB) || OS: Windows 10 Pro (x64) || OTHER: MSI Laptop - 17" (1920 x 1200 px) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Patrick Connor Posted August 12, 2016 Staff Share Posted August 12, 2016 If I switch to the Pixel Persona and try to set the colour to #ad42e7 in the Colour Chooser dialog, it gets changed to #FF42E7. er, not seeing that. Is that the whole recipe? New RGB/8 document + "Colour Chooser" dialog brought up how? When does it change, on Tab or click away? 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ericks89 Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 I have a question as I'm sure we're close to Photo's beta and the commercial version of designer for windows. I own both a Mac and PC but want to know if the licenses are cross platform? Something similar to what Adobe's doing when it comes to licenses "don't go the subscription route though!", basically if you bought a license you can use it on your mac or pc. If not, I'd buy both versions anyway well actually I have licenses on the mac side :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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