Staff MattP Posted July 28, 2017 Staff Share Posted July 28, 2017 Status: Beta Release Purpose: New features, fixes Requirements: Purchased Affinity Designer Mac App Store: Not Submitted Download: Here This beta version represents 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: Further Light UI improvements Added 'Lock'/'Unlock'/'Unlock All' and 'Hide'/'Show'/'Show All' menu items with shortcuts Fixed many symbol bugs and crashes Fix for PDF/EPS export of large rasterised areas causing visible gaps on occasions Fix for Gray8 format documents failing to draw as intended Fix for crash when copying artboards that contained symbols with text inside Fix for crash when moving compound objects inside constrained containers Fix for slices and guides not drawing correctly sometimes after a pan/zoom Custom pixel brush wet edges Fixed inability to hold shift and click in brush tools to create a straight line Fixed inability to load Procreate PSD files Localisation improvements * Please note that macOS Sierra has a bug in Metal with AMD graphics cards which means colour correction will not function perfectly, hence why it is disabled by default. If you have an Intel or Nvidia card then feel free to try it. This bug was fixed in High Sierra so all cards should work as expected :) A_B_C, Jens Krebs, retrograde and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RNKLN Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 Hi, i've noticed, in both AD and AP, that the right hand side studio panels make the apps crash if you want to re-arange them. When dragging out an individual studio panel it's all fine, but as soon as i want to drag out the last remaining studio panel, (or if you drag out the full panel set, i.e. Layers, Effects, Styles in one go) there's crash. This happens consistently. abarkalo and MattP 2 Affinity Photo - Affinity Designer - Affinity Publisher | macOS Sonoma (14.2) on 16GB MBP14 2021 with 2.4 versions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrograde Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 Cheers Matt and team! Really looking forward to getting used to point number 2. Commence tire kicking... ;-) Hokusai and MattP 2 http://www.kevincreative.com https://www.behance.net/kevincreative https://dribbble.com/kevincreative https://www.instagram.com/kevincreative/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrograde Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 Further to my above comment... it's already making a huge difference! Thanks again. :-) MattP 1 http://www.kevincreative.com https://www.behance.net/kevincreative https://dribbble.com/kevincreative https://www.instagram.com/kevincreative/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hokusai Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 9 hours ago, MattP said: Added 'Lock'/'Unlock'/'Unlock All' and 'Hide'/'Show'/'Show All' menu items with shortcut Matt, Thanks for all the hard work! I love the "Unlock All" and the "Show/Show All" but for some reason I can't find the "Hide"? Was that a mistype or am I looking in the wrong place? Hokusai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hokusai Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 Matt, I think I understand now. You have two "Show All" options but one of them is actually "Hide"! Thanks a million for adding that! I'm so happy to be able to hide things and show all with a shortcut! Hokusai retrograde 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrograde Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 Hey Hokusai, I assigned a few shortcuts to these and its working well. Now we just need Matt to implement that "lock all but selected" and "hide all but selected" or "isolate" and we'll be in business ;-) Sorry Matt, ... at least I didn't bring it up in your post. ;-) MattP and Hokusai 2 http://www.kevincreative.com https://www.behance.net/kevincreative https://dribbble.com/kevincreative https://www.instagram.com/kevincreative/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianrobertdouglas Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 Matt. The Reset Fonts button in Preferences seems still not to work. If I activate a new font and go to reset, that font remains unavailable within AD. Resetting fonts in AD used to make any newly activated fonts available without the need to restart the app. malyKeri 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clem Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 Hello, I would like to know if you plan to add in this version (1.6) : selection by type. I ask because you feature like : Added 'Lock'/'Unlock'/'Unlock All' and 'Hide'/'Show'/'Show All' menu items with shortcuts Thanks Clém ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcarvalho84 Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 Not exactly on topic but what should i use? OpenGL or Metal? What's the difference? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 2 hours ago, ianrobertdouglas said: Matt. The Reset Fonts button in Preferences seems still not to work. If I activate a new font and go to reset, that font remains unavailable within AD. Resetting fonts in AD used to make any newly activated fonts available without the need to restart the app. I'm not sure about the resetting thing, but in AD on Windows I've never needed to restart the app to make it 'see' newly activated fonts. I do, however, need to close and reopen any affected documents. 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...
Gear maker Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 Matt, I may be a little slow this morning but I am having trouble figuring out the: "Added 'Lock'/'Unlock'/'Unlock All' and 'Hide'/'Show'/'Show All' menu items with shortcuts". The Lock and Unlock works as expected, any selected layers are locked or unlocked with this command. Unlock All I thought would unlock all layers in the drawing. But it seems to be only to unlock the selected layers. What is the difference between Unlock and Unlock All? The first Show All seems to shut off the visibility of the selected layer. So I would guess this is really a Hide command. The Show acts as expected with turning on the visibility of only all selected layers. The (second) Show All turns on the visibility of only the selected layers. What is the difference between Show and Show All? Isn't the idea of the "All" that it will affect layers selected and not selected? If not what is the effect of All? Thanks. Mike iMac (27-inch, Late 2009) with macOS Sierra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MattP Posted July 29, 2017 Author Staff Share Posted July 29, 2017 11 minutes ago, Gear maker said: Matt, I may be a little slow this morning but I am having trouble figuring out the: "Added 'Lock'/'Unlock'/'Unlock All' and 'Hide'/'Show'/'Show All' menu items with shortcuts". The Lock and Unlock works as expected, any selected layers are locked or unlocked with this command. Unlock All I thought would unlock all layers in the drawing. But it seems to be only to unlock the selected layers. What is the difference between Unlock and Unlock All? The first Show All seems to shut off the visibility of the selected layer. So I would guess this is really a Hide command. The Show acts as expected with turning on the visibility of only all selected layers. The (second) Show All turns on the visibility of only the selected layers. What is the difference between Show and Show All? Isn't the idea of the "All" that it will affect layers selected and not selected? If not what is the effect of All? Thanks. Mike Take a look at the Beta 3 thread where I describe how they work in detail :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gear maker Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 2 hours ago, MattP said: Take a look at the Beta 3 thread where I describe how they work in detail :) Ah I see. Thanks for leading me to the instructions. iMac (27-inch, Late 2009) with macOS Sierra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarkalo Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 Hey guys since you don't have Publisher out yet, and honestly InDesign is not up to the job - rendering issues with vector files and buggy GPU issues in screen rendering - you're it. I'm working on a design project using multiple artboards. I was a little afraid of this at first but Designer is fast, smooth and there is no lag even when I have hundreds of layers in embedded (and directly editable!) objects and dozens of these objects. Wow. And I can create text styles just like image styles. Only thing that is really hurting and missing is that I have no way of using guides throughout the artboards, and "paste in place" (InDesign feature) is sorely missing. This means I am sure to make some alignment errors but I'm developing some workarounds. Any temporary fixes or tips to help out in the meanwhile, or future developments in this category. Yes, I know, wait for Publisher, but I can't... Lastly, is Beta 4 more stable now or keep with 1.5 for my project? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bri-Toon Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 I too am interested in the option to hide/show and lock/unlock all, so I took another look at the post Matt mentioned. It works very well, but I noticed that there are two "Show All" options in the Layer menu. I think the first one is meant to be "Hide All" since that is the option it performs. The second does as it should. The website is still a work in progress. The "Comics" and "Shop" sections are not yet ready. Feel free to connect with me and let me know what you like or what can be improved. You can contact me here, on my contact page, YouTube channel, or Twitter account. Thanks and have a great day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MattP Posted July 30, 2017 Author Staff Share Posted July 30, 2017 12 minutes ago, Bri-Toon said: I too am interested in the option to hide/show and lock/unlock all, so I took another look at the post Matt mentioned. It works very well, but I noticed that there are two "Show All" options in the Layer menu. I think the first one is meant to be "Hide All" since that is the option it performs. The second does as it should. I must've messed something up - here's what I'm seeing: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bri-Toon Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 Hmm... that's strange. Here is what I'm getting. (Don't mind my dog barking in the background.) 20170730100331.mov MattP 1 The website is still a work in progress. The "Comics" and "Shop" sections are not yet ready. Feel free to connect with me and let me know what you like or what can be improved. You can contact me here, on my contact page, YouTube channel, or Twitter account. Thanks and have a great day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_B_C Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 That’s a localisation error in the U.S. English version … “Rasteri-z-e” was the key to determine the root of the problem, by the way … ;-) MattP and ronnyb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_B_C Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 Oh, I found a nasty little bug in the Beta (as well as in the App Store version) today, though I am not sure if it is apready reported. I believe my video is quite self-explaining. Create some objects and clip them to a parent shape. Nest an adjustment layer to the parent and toggle “Lock Children,” such that the children are finally locked. Then move the parent shape around. Have a look at the result. Lock-Children-Adjustment-Layers-Bug.mov MattP 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bri-Toon Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 7 hours ago, A_B_C said: That’s a localisation error in the U.S. English version … That is a really good catch and I never would've guessed, but it looks like my language was set to Default while English (United States) is a separate option, but I'm not entirely sure what the difference is. The website is still a work in progress. The "Comics" and "Shop" sections are not yet ready. Feel free to connect with me and let me know what you like or what can be improved. You can contact me here, on my contact page, YouTube channel, or Twitter account. Thanks and have a great day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_B_C Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 If your macOS (system) language is U.S. English, “Default” will default to U.S. English … MattP 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tekikou Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 I get systematic crashes when I try to export 2 artboards at the same time. I attached the crashlog. CrashLog.rtf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MattP Posted July 31, 2017 Author Staff Share Posted July 31, 2017 Hi Tekikou, I'm guessing you're just falling foul of an export bug that was accidentally added in this Beta 4. I'll try to build again tomorrow and upload a new version that doesn't have this error. Sorry... :( Tekikou 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bri-Toon Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 Hello again, I may have caught something else. There seems to be a problem when pasting inside of objects which have a compound path. I Alt clicked on the subtract boolean button, and that part worked. But now, I cannot paste objects inside it for a shading effect. Please see the attachment. 20170731123525.mov The website is still a work in progress. The "Comics" and "Shop" sections are not yet ready. Feel free to connect with me and let me know what you like or what can be improved. You can contact me here, on my contact page, YouTube channel, or Twitter account. Thanks and have a great day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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