Mark Ingram Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 Click here to download the latest beta Status: Customer BetaPurpose: StabilityRequirements: 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 Angle and Tilt for Wacom and Surface Pen Fixed Colour Panel switches back when trying to change non-Tint sliders on Global Colours Fixed Font Traits cause a Font Family to appear multiple times under Used Fonts Fixed Colour Chooser dialog missing 'selected colour node' in the Sliders waterfall Fixed Fonts are not organised by weight in font lists Fixed Layer > Hide and Show are missing from the Layer Menu Fixed Live lighting bump map opacity reverts to 0 Fixed Multiply blend in 32bit RGB Fixed artifacts appearing when Depth of Field Live filter placed above Curves Adjustment Fixed being unable to edit Brush Dynamic curve nodes Fixed Adjustment dialog staying open when an Adjustment is deleted Fixed Backspace does not delete node on curves adjustment Fixed being unable to edit swatch via double click Fixed invalid selections when document size or DPI are changed Fixed Save As on a Read Only file removing the Read Only flag Fixed Gradient Type being reset when changing node colour Fixed Brush Editor values appearing with loss of precision Fixed Edit text styles Baseline not correctly applying Fixed Brush Editor and Context Toolbar not properly linked Fixed Opening a file in conjunction with Reopen Last Document opens a Read Only file Fixed Blend Range channel list doesn't update after changing colour mode Fixed Align Left on Paragraph tab fails to work Fixed Baseline value can be set to -0% Fixed Leading Override Up/Down arrows fail when set to Auto Wiredframe, dcarvalho84, Patrick Connor and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick G Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 Burny and IvanDoganov 2 Affinity Designer 2.2.2075 & beta 2.3.1.2212 Affinity Photo 2.2.2075 beta 2.3.1.2212Affinity Publisher 2.2.2075 & beta 2.3.1.2212 Windows 11 Pro Version 22H2 OS build 22621.1928 Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10700 CPU @ 2.90GHz 2.90 GHz Installed RAM 16.0 GB (15.7 GB usable) System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristian Dragos Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 Bug or feature? Duplicating an artboard doesn't create a new slice for it automatically like it does in the 1.5 version. So you have to manually go to the Export Persona > Layers > select the duplicated artboard and click Create Slice. Also creating a new artboard from scratch gets a new slice automatically. By the way, nice job with the Font Styles! Finally they are ordered in a logical way from lightest to thickest. Check out my awesome Affinity Creations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlainP Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 The upper tools settings panel disappear after closing an image... The bottom part of the "Layers" panel to the right disappear also. But they come back when you open a file or create a new one. Exactly the same thing in Photo .85 (reported) -- 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...
Staff Sean P Posted October 12, 2017 Staff Share Posted October 12, 2017 28 minutes ago, dpcdpc11 said: Bug or feature? Duplicating an artboard doesn't create a new slice for it automatically like it does in the 1.5 version. So you have to manually go to the Export Persona > Layers > select the duplicated artboard and click Create Slice. This is already in and with Development Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Sean P Posted October 12, 2017 Staff Share Posted October 12, 2017 12 minutes ago, AlainP said: The upper tools settings panel disappear after closing an image... The bottom part of the "Layers" panel to the right disappear also. But they come back when you open a file or create a new one. Exactly the same thing in Photo .85 (reported) This has been reported and with development. It should have no negative impact on your processes however, just a visual annoyance. Rick G 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristian Dragos Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 58 minutes ago, Sean P said: This is already in and with Development Thanks for confirmation Sean! Cool avatar btw! Love it Sean P 1 Check out my awesome Affinity Creations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitehead Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 Hello Affinity, I still see bug 1.5.0.7 - Visual line miss calculation while dragging curve edges whilst in this beta and in current production version. The crosshair issue in the Pixel Persona brushes seems to have been solved, but brush preview continues to be always 'on'. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelteseth Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 23 hours ago, Mark Ingram said: Fixes Fixed Gradient Type being reset when changing node colour Nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubs Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 On 12/10/2017 at 7:57 AM, Mark Ingram said: Fixed Font Traits cause a Font Family to appear multiple times under Used Fonts Nice, thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Publoo Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 Hello, Polish users are waiting for Polish version I will help in translating if you want ... Regards, Maciej doondi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPC Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 The noise selection for solid colors seems to be missing now, or was it moved to some place else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molumen Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 There is a bug in 1.6.0.85 that doesn't appear in 1.5.3.69: Expanding a stroke, results in slight distortions of the resulting object. I've made two screenshots of both superimposed objects, the red one being the stroke, and the green one being the resulting expanded object. It looks like a regression, since to my knowledge, early betas of 1.5.xx had similar problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted October 14, 2017 Share Posted October 14, 2017 On 10/12/2017 at 5:11 AM, Rick G said: Neat retro/cartoon stock art thumbnail. Too bad one cannot make the vector halftone in AD... Rick G 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted October 14, 2017 Share Posted October 14, 2017 17 hours ago, RPC said: The noise selection for solid colors seems to be missing now, or was it moved to some place else? Rick G 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristian Dragos Posted October 14, 2017 Share Posted October 14, 2017 Not sure if it's a feature or a bug but it's the same in the stable 1.5 as well. I'm talking about the stroke alignment on an open shape. It makes not difference if you set it to exterior or interior as it's always aligned to Center. This makes it a problem especially when exporting to PSD as Photoshop handles stroke position the same way for closed and opened objects as well. What do you think guys? Rick G and rubs 2 Check out my awesome Affinity Creations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick G Posted October 14, 2017 Share Posted October 14, 2017 If it is then a fix is in order Affinity Designer 2.2.2075 & beta 2.3.1.2212 Affinity Photo 2.2.2075 beta 2.3.1.2212Affinity Publisher 2.2.2075 & beta 2.3.1.2212 Windows 11 Pro Version 22H2 OS build 22621.1928 Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10700 CPU @ 2.90GHz 2.90 GHz Installed RAM 16.0 GB (15.7 GB usable) System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 Personally, I don't see the point of stroke alignment on open paths. How would a design benefit from such a capability? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 Here ya go, Rick... Designed by someone else, used here for illustrative purposes... Rick G 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick G Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 3 minutes ago, MikeW said: Here ya go, Rick... Designed by someone else, used here for illustrative purposes... WOOHOO! Thanks! Affinity Designer 2.2.2075 & beta 2.3.1.2212 Affinity Photo 2.2.2075 beta 2.3.1.2212Affinity Publisher 2.2.2075 & beta 2.3.1.2212 Windows 11 Pro Version 22H2 OS build 22621.1928 Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10700 CPU @ 2.90GHz 2.90 GHz Installed RAM 16.0 GB (15.7 GB usable) System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kabiani Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 when Affinity designer 1.6 final version will come. Beta version is always keep udating its boring now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick G Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 10 minutes ago, kabiani said: when Affinity designer 1.6 final version will come. Beta version is always keep udating its boring now. Betas are supposed to keep updating as they work the bugs out. There are still a lot of bugs in this beta so I would be surprised if it was any time real soon rubs and kabiani 2 Affinity Designer 2.2.2075 & beta 2.3.1.2212 Affinity Photo 2.2.2075 beta 2.3.1.2212Affinity Publisher 2.2.2075 & beta 2.3.1.2212 Windows 11 Pro Version 22H2 OS build 22621.1928 Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10700 CPU @ 2.90GHz 2.90 GHz Installed RAM 16.0 GB (15.7 GB usable) System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kabiani Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 11 minutes ago, Rick G said: Betas are supposed to keep updating as they work the bugs out. There are still a lot of bugs in this beta so I would be surprised if it was any time real soon ok thank you sir. Can we continue working in this Beta version....There will be no problem later on...when the final version release... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristian Dragos Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 8 hours ago, MikeW said: Personally, I don't see the point of stroke alignment on open paths. How would a design benefit from such a capability? Try making an X from 2 lines with exterior stroke alignment and export that to Photoshop. You'll see the problem. Also why shouldn't the stroke behave the same way for opened shapes as it does for closed ones? Or at least disable the stroke alignment for opened shapes. See my point? Check out my awesome Affinity Creations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhruith Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 I think that a bug and it's my second report. It's all in Chinese world to says: 1. when justify left, insert space in article is very reluctantly. 2. Punctuation in the line start, It's not consider non-english world Placeholder or something... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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