Mark Ingram Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Click here to download the latest beta Status: Customer BetaPurpose: New featuresRequirements: A valid product key, issued when Windows Affinity Designer version 1.5 was purchased.This is a beta of a substantial change to our codebase and as much as we have tried to ensure the quality of the code, 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 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.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 crash when access is denied to the ProgramData directory (diverts to user's AppData) Fixed objects not adding to symbols correctly Fixed crash pressing up arrow in opacity edit box Fixed SVG import not using units (was always at 72dpi) Fixed SVG loading of hidden attributes Fixed SVG loading of strokes with no line style but with width Added ability to break curves in multiple places at once Fixed export to allow forward slash Fixed Brush Dialog not updating after changes to context bar or via shortcuts Fixed being unable to rotate image past -0.7 when using increment Fixed Export Size not changing when using Selection with/without Background Fixed colour swatches dragging colours from the panel over objects Fixed Gradient Tool flyout disappearing when trying to adjust RGB Sliders Fixed SVG import of stroke-dasharray values when the array has an odd number of items Fixed SVG import of stroke-dasharray="0" (now parsed the same way as stroke-dasharray="none") Fixed SVG import to use case-insensitive colour names Fixed Asset panel expansion state not being remembered Fixed Preferences > Performance dialog entries shifted too far left Fixed missing warning icons in Export Persona Added PSB file extension to open dialog Fixed pixel-preview between 200% and 400% when the user chooses ‘Slowest’ retina rendering Fixed images copied from Microsoft paint appearing upside down Fixed not opening maximized after resetting the Preferences options Fixed Swatches panel 'Create palette from image' incorrectly needing document Fixed having a .(dot) before the file extension not populating the Save As dialog Fixed equations not flagged red if they are not complete and correct Fixed Export allows decimal point pixel sizes Fixed manually editing guides on second artboard give incorrect value Fixed starting or opening a document with no visible window area causes it to be inverted Known Issues (that did not affect earlier betas) Brush Editor dialog sliders are laggy (fixed in next beta) Burny, Wiredframe, cloudbusting and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
af-user Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Add to "Known Issues": - Rect Marquee Tool + cut & paste (Pixel) still doesn't insert at original position JohaWeber 1 System Notebook Lenovo P50 CPU: AMD Ryzen 3900x CPU: Intel i7-6700HQ RAM: 64 GB RAM: 32 GB GPU: RTX 3080 TI GPU: NVIDIA Quadro M2000M 4 GB SSD: Samsung 980 PRO 1 TB SSD: Samsung 850 Pro 500GB OS: Windows 11 Edu x64 OS: Windows 10 x64 TFT: 1 x Samsung C49RG94SSU TFT: 2 x Lenovo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Patrick Connor Posted September 25, 2017 Staff Share Posted September 25, 2017 Just now, af-user said: Add to "Known Issues": - Rect Marquee Tool + cut & paste still doesn't insert at original position "Known issues" in the context of this post are regression in this build over the earlier beta build. We could be here all day listing known issues. I will adjust the original post as this is an understandable interpretation. Aammppaa 1 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...
af-user Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 I thought so, because only to mention one "known issue" was forcing me to add this like I did, soory! System Notebook Lenovo P50 CPU: AMD Ryzen 3900x CPU: Intel i7-6700HQ RAM: 64 GB RAM: 32 GB GPU: RTX 3080 TI GPU: NVIDIA Quadro M2000M 4 GB SSD: Samsung 980 PRO 1 TB SSD: Samsung 850 Pro 500GB OS: Windows 11 Edu x64 OS: Windows 10 x64 TFT: 1 x Samsung C49RG94SSU TFT: 2 x Lenovo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VolkerMB Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 Great! The "manually editing guides on second artboard give incorrect value"-issue has been solved. That allone is worth installing the new beta version . Thanks a lot! Mark Ingram 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HagensWatch Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 Font family favorites are not remembered correctly. If I choose a font family by selecting the heart icon for favorite it shows up on the list for "favorites". But I'm seeing that after I select the font for favorites that the beta 1.6.0.83 "forgets" the choices I made for favorites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Sean P Posted September 27, 2017 Staff Share Posted September 27, 2017 5 hours ago, HagensWatch said: Font family favorites are not remembered correctly. If I choose a font family by selecting the heart icon for favorite it shows up on the list for "favorites". But I'm seeing that after I select the font for favorites that the beta 1.6.0.83 "forgets" the choices I made for favorites. Hi HagensWatch, I've tried this myself and found that after clicking the Heart icon they are appearing in the Favourites section of the dropdown and also on the Characters Panel as well. I've tried restarting the application and find the favourites are being retained. Are you able to record a video showing the issue? Or even a step by step of what you are doing to reproduce the issue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelteseth Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 Every time I change a color in the gradient tool it switches back to linear gradient as you can see here: affinitygradientbug.mp4 Recorded with WebMCam https://github.com/thetarkus/WebMCam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Sean P Posted September 27, 2017 Staff Share Posted September 27, 2017 8 minutes ago, Kelteseth said: Every time I change a color in the gradient tool it switches back to linear gradient as you can see here: affinitygradientbug.mp4 Recorded with WebMCam https://github.com/thetarkus/WebMCam Hi Kelteseth, Good spot! I've reproduced this and will get it passed over to development! Kelteseth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelteseth Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 Since the last preview I have constantly issues with my CPU load in idle with affinity. Anyone else experience this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Cope Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 2 hours ago, Kelteseth said: Since the last preview I have constantly issues with my CPU load in idle with affinity. Anyone else experience this? Sorry, not seeing this here. Windows 11 Pro 64bit ¤ AMD Threadripper 3990x ¤ Nvidia RTX 3090 ¤ 256GB DDR4 Ram ¤ ROG Zenith II Extreme Alpha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlainP Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 When I start AP I can hear the fan speeding up. That last only while "Usermode Driver Font Driver Host" is running in the first few seconds the application is started. It then dissapear from the running tasks and CPU load is back to normal. It's been like that since the Fonts list has been updated. -- Window 11 - 32 gb - Intel I7 - 8700 - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 -- iPad Pro 2020 - 12,9 - 256 gb - Apple Pencil 2 -- iPad 9th gen 256 gb - Apple Pencil 1 -- Macbook Air 15" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HagensWatch Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 15 hours ago, Sean P said: Hi HagensWatch, I've tried this myself and found that after clicking the Heart icon they are appearing in the Favourites section of the dropdown and also on the Characters Panel as well. I've tried restarting the application and find the favourites are being retained. Are you able to record a video showing the issue? Or even a step by step of what you are doing to reproduce the issue? Script fonts seem to be the issue. I'm noticing that it might be related to the previews of the script fonts since sans serif fonts are the ones I'm not having problems with. But this issue is a definite. I'm seeing this constantly. I select fonts for favorites and when I search for them after making them favorites....the beta "loses" that font and I have to use "All" to find that font. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Sean P Posted September 28, 2017 Staff Share Posted September 28, 2017 12 hours ago, Kelteseth said: Since the last preview I have constantly issues with my CPU load in idle with affinity. Anyone else experience this? Do you have many files open at all? Do you see the same kind of load without any files open? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Sean P Posted September 28, 2017 Staff Share Posted September 28, 2017 9 hours ago, HagensWatch said: Script fonts seem to be the issue. I'm noticing that it might be related to the previews of the script fonts since sans serif fonts are the ones I'm not having problems with. But this issue is a definite. I'm seeing this constantly. I select fonts for favorites and when I search for them after making them favorites....the beta "loses" that font and I have to use "All" to find that font. Are you able to give me a list of fonts you are finding this with please? I'm still unable to reproduce this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelteseth Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 1 hour ago, Sean P said: Do you have many files open at all? Do you see the same kind of load without any files open? Idle cpu load is fine but if I open more than ~4 affinity files at once my cpu usage increases to while not doing anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Sean P Posted September 28, 2017 Staff Share Posted September 28, 2017 7 minutes ago, Kelteseth said: Idle cpu load is fine but if I open more than ~4 affinity files at once my cpu usage increases to while not doing anything I believe Mark has said this is to be expected with files open. Kelteseth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ingram Posted September 28, 2017 Author Share Posted September 28, 2017 1 hour ago, Sean P said: I believe Mark has said this is to be expected with files open. This is fixed in build 84. Wiredframe and Sean P 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcarvalho84 Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 Please @Mark Ingram fix the leading override increase/decrease (arrow button) on the character panel. It does nothing clicking them at least since version 1.5.I've reported it before... Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 5 hours ago, dcarvalho84 said: Please @Mark Ingram fix the leading override increase/decrease (arrow button) on the character panel. It does nothing clicking them at least since version 1.5.I've reported it before... Thanks Ya sure? Type in a value, or pick one from the dropdown list. then use the arrows. If it is on Auto, they don't work. It could be argued that the up/down arrows ought to begin with the Auto value and increment up/down from there. And I think I would agree. But they do work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Sean P Posted September 29, 2017 Staff Share Posted September 29, 2017 1 hour ago, MikeW said: Ya sure? Type in a value, or pick one from the dropdown list. then use the arrows. If it is on Auto, they don't work. It could be argued that the up/down arrows ought to begin with the Auto value and increment up/down from there. And I think I would agree. But they do work. The issue regarding them not working on Auto and has been reported and fixed by development. It should be made available in the beta soon, but may have missed the cut off for the next build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcarvalho84 Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 3 hours ago, MikeW said: Ya sure? Type in a value, or pick one from the dropdown list. then use the arrows. If it is on Auto, they don't work. It could be argued that the up/down arrows ought to begin with the Auto value and increment up/down from there. And I think I would agree. But they do work. I think it should work from auto too, at least in the mac version works from auto, and if you switch from Mac and Windows as i do, and this is something i use a lot to fit better some text boxes, sometimes just a click on the increase will do the job, i just don't want to type it manually, because i do it "visually". I really miss that from Mac version. But that's only my opinion. @Sean P Thanks. Waiting for the next beta! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristian Dragos Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 Also fonts related, the style order of fonts on Windows is just random, but on Mac they are fine! I've complained about this on the 1.5 version as well and it hasn't been addressed to this day. This is what I'm talking about: What's the logic of this order? I mean Regular, Bold, Bold Italic, then Italic, then Black etc... I mean, why!? Can you please do something about it? Check out my awesome Affinity Creations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelteseth Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 I love the Assets browser but every time I switch the library I takes a few seconds to load the icons on a Ryzen 1700,32GB DDR4, 500GB NVMe Samsung SSD. The other thing that bothers me, is that every time I switch assets libraries I have to reenter my search query. This is painfully slow if I want to search for a spesific icon in different assets libraries. rubs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristian Dragos Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 Double clicking a color swatch in the Swatches panel doesn't do anything. It should edit the clicked color by default, at least this is the behaviour in 1.5. Check out my awesome Affinity Creations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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