Staff MattP Posted May 18, 2017 Staff Posted May 18, 2017 Status: Beta Release Purpose: New features, fixes Requirements: Purchased Affinity Designer Mac App Store: Not Submitted Download: Here This is the first beta of a substantial change to our codebase and as much as we have tried to ensure the quality of the code, it should be 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 may be adversely affected by the application failing. In addition it is definitely worth noting that files created in Affinity 1.6 may not open in 1.5 so always make a copy of your important documents before opening them in 1.6 to ensure you do not accidentally overwrite them and are unable to open them in your 1.5 version. To use this beta, simply download the file from the link given above and double-click on the file to open the installer. Follow the instructions to install the beta version. The beta sits alongside the Mac App Store version and will not interfere with it. Fixes/Improvements: First and foremost, the 1.6 version is mainly about: Light UI! (go to Preferences->User Interface) Improved view pan/zoom performance and new pixel-differencing pixel shader Improved performance with large documents New font chooser dropdown with recents, used fonts and favourites New Glyph browser Stroke stabiliser for all pencil and brush tools Align to key items (first/last selected) Text frame vertical alignment options Fit frame to text (double-click on bottom centre handle). Transform panel uses the rotation centre Scale/shear can now be performed about rotation centre Double-click now resets shape handles and rotate/shear handles Many PDF export improvements including vector export of multi-stop gradients Numerous bug fixes and stability improvements vonBusing, Scotthit, G.M.1986 and 25 others 28
Aammppaa Posted May 18, 2017 Posted May 18, 2017 Congratulations on this first step towards the 1.6 release. Yay! Excite to try it out Argh! I just noticed this is the Mac release. Assume Windows ins't too far behind? Wiredframe, MattP and Mithferion 3 Win10 Home x64 | AMD Ryzen 7 2700X @ 3.7GHz | 48 GB RAM | 1TB SSD | nVidia GTX 1660 | Wacom Intuos Pro
VIPStephan Posted May 18, 2017 Posted May 18, 2017 Oooooooh! Yaaaayyyyyy! Finally! :D I haven’t even tried it; just saw the new thread and felt like jumping out of joy. InfinitePhotos and MattP 2
Staff MattP Posted May 18, 2017 Author Staff Posted May 18, 2017 Congratulations on this first step towards the 1.6 release. Yay! Excite to try it out Argh! I just noticed this is the Mac release. Assume Windows ins't too far behind? I think the Windows version is building still... shouldn't be long ;) Aammppaa and Wiredframe 2
ronnyb Posted May 18, 2017 Posted May 18, 2017 Congrats Matt! Looking fwd to using the new goodies! MattP 1 2021 16” Macbook Pro w/ M1 Max 10c cpu /24c gpu, 32 GB RAM, 1TB SSD, macOS Sequoia 15.1 2018 11" iPad Pro w/ A12X cpu/gpu, 256 GB, iPadOS 18.1
A_B_C Posted May 18, 2017 Posted May 18, 2017 Highly anticipated, and what a (de)light! Thank you so much! Congratulations, Matt and the entire team! :D LilleG and Besli 2
CartoonMike Posted May 18, 2017 Posted May 18, 2017 Thanks! Looks like there's a lot of neat things to play around with. :) Mac OS X Catinlina, 2014 iMac, 3.5 Ghz Intel Core i7, Huion Kamvas Pro 22 Graphic Tablet, 16GB RAM, MacOS10.12 || Magic keyboard w/numeric keypad, wireless trackpad, Kengsington Edge Trackball || Flux Capacitor in a secure location --- I encourage kids to go ahead and play on my lawn. I mean, how else can I make sure the death-traps work?
Mithferion Posted May 18, 2017 Posted May 18, 2017 I think the Windows version is building still... shouldn't be long ;) Yeeeei. :) Windows 10 and Windows 11 :: http://mithferion.deviantart.com/ Oxygen Icons :: GCP Icons :: iOS 11 Design Resources :: iOS App Icon Template :: Free Quality Fonts (Commercial Use) :: Public Domain Images How to do High Quality Art :: Mesh Warp / Distort Tool Considerations :: Select Same / Object - Suggestions :: Live Glassmorphism Effect
Busenitz Posted May 18, 2017 Posted May 18, 2017 Excited to try features, still *trying* to be patient for offset/contour. :-) mak, C.A.Pelton and Matthias 3
Heinrich Posted May 18, 2017 Posted May 18, 2017 Great stuff! Really like the new text/font functionality. Keep up the great work! Besli 1
gdenby Posted May 18, 2017 Posted May 18, 2017 Bless my old eyes, the light UI is clearer by far. Brush stabilization, nice! Rotate/shear based on rotation center very welcomed. LilleG 1 iMac 27" Retina, c. 2015: OS X 10.11.5: 3.3 GHz I c-5: 32 Gb, AMD Radeon R9 M290 2048 Mb iPad 12.9" Retina, iOS 10, 512 Gb, Apple pencil Huion WH1409 tablet
000 Posted May 18, 2017 Posted May 18, 2017 Looking forward to the glyph browser … not sure yet what it is, but if it is what I think it is, my day is made.
Jonas14 Posted May 18, 2017 Posted May 18, 2017 Was ist das für ein merkwürdiges Verhalten des Medienbrowsers: (s. screenshot), unter AP 1.6 beta funktioniert er einwandfrei?! www.donath-photographie.eu
bagmetv Posted May 18, 2017 Posted May 18, 2017 Hi Matt, Many thanks for new beta! Great performance and speed, I'm so impressed!!! The very first request is please make (or fix) 'copy/paste in place' feature) from artboard to artboard. It really slows down workflow when you have to copy one element (logo, for example) from one artboard then to paste it in other (with same size) artboard and... after that to correct element position. Here's a link about this issue earlier: https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/14983-copy-paste-between-two-artboards/ Cheers Vitaliy ROB002, Clara Montseny, jemhuntr and 3 others 6
retrograde Posted May 18, 2017 Posted May 18, 2017 Cheers team for the new beta! Glyph panel looks pretty extensive and will be a very welcomed addition. Couple issues straight off though... - I'm getting an instant crash upon selecting the light UI button in the interface preference panel... - spacebar panning the document for me isn't working and sometimes moves and copies objects around on the artboard.... any thoughts? I noticed this beta opens up will all of my previous settings intact, panel locations, installed brushes etc... is there a way to open up a clean default UI. Maybe something from my previous setup is affecting the new beta?? http://www.kevincreative.com https://www.behance.net/kevincreative https://dribbble.com/kevincreative https://www.instagram.com/kevincreative/
Staff MEB Posted May 18, 2017 Staff Posted May 18, 2017 Hi retrograde, Press and hold ⌃(ctrl) while launching the app from Launchpad, tick all checkboxes then press the Clear button from the dialog that will open to reset the app. A Guide to Learning Affinity Software
retrograde Posted May 18, 2017 Posted May 18, 2017 Hi retrograde, Press and hold ⌃(ctrl) while launching the app from Launchpad, tick all checkboxes then press the Clear button from the dialog that will open to reset the app. Cheers MEB, I'll give that a try. :-) http://www.kevincreative.com https://www.behance.net/kevincreative https://dribbble.com/kevincreative https://www.instagram.com/kevincreative/
JackofDiamonds Posted May 18, 2017 Posted May 18, 2017 The new features for the font list are super sexy, but a bit blurry. anon1 1
Bauke Posted May 18, 2017 Posted May 18, 2017 The new beta looks great! The vertical aligning of text didn't work correctly at first try, because it seemed the text had a negative offset equal to its leading. When I changed the leading to zero the text jumped into the right place. After that I encountered no more problems with it, even when setting the leading to a different value. Unfortunately I can't seem to recreate the issue. A question: is there a button in the UI for the vertical text alignment or am I missing it?
Staff MEB Posted May 18, 2017 Staff Posted May 18, 2017 Hi Bauke, As far as i know, no, there's no UI button but you can set shortcuts for all vertical alignment options in the Preferences, Keyboard Shortcuts section. A Guide to Learning Affinity Software
JackofDiamonds Posted May 18, 2017 Posted May 18, 2017 There seems to be no way to turn off text vertical align baseline snap without turning off snapping altogether.
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