Posted December 4, 2017 Click here to download the latest beta Status: Customer BetaPurpose: StabilityRequirements: A valid product key, issued when Affinity Photo was purchased.As this is a beta 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, including the total loss of any documents. 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 [Partial] Fixed failure to close down due to incremented load count from (failed) abandoned documents (still needs 1 further fix for corrupt abandoned files) Improved Clarity algorithm Improved Shadows & Highlights algorithm Fixed Text Styles panel to show the document defaults when no text is selected Changed Layers panel to add more distinction between clipped and nested layers Fixed document DPI showing a decimal place in some situations Fixed reset of user workspace when new panels have been added Fixed newly created Text Styles being applied twice to a text frame on creation Fixed vector export (including PDF) taking a long time due to large clip areas Fixed Fit/Shrink to printable does not fit to printer margins Fixed 2nd Print has a zero size document in printer dialog Fixed being unable to move the Greyness node in Layer Effects > Colour Overlay Fixed colour node appearing on the Colour panel Fixed Spacebar not changing cursor to hand when in Develop Fixed hit testing on floating window edges to make it easier to resize windows Fixed closing a floating window through the taskbar closing the application (a side-effect of this change is that Alt+F4 on a floating window will now just close that window, not the app) Stuart_R, Manofjesus, Patrick Connor and 12 others like this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 4, 2017 Thanks Mark, the waiting is over, the list of improvements reads well. PaulAffinity likes this Affinity Photo 1.6.4.104 : Affinity Designer 1.6.4.104 : Windows 10 Pro ( version 1709) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 4, 2017 Great new this Beta with a real list of improvements. I wish the color bug between Nik collection and AP had been fiwed demin jest likes this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 4, 2017 Now Develop works like a charm - AP getting a further step closer to perfect. PaulAffinity, Hofnaar and demin jest like this Windows 7 Pro, i7 3770, 16 GB RAM, HD4000, HUION NEW 1060 PLUS(8192) tablet with pen Affinity Photo and Affinity Designer Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 4, 2017 2 hours ago, Mark Ingram said: Fixes Fixed Spacebar not changing cursor to hand when in Develop Except the Zoom-Tool Mark, wouldn't it be great to add the left double-click function "zoom to fit" of the Hand Tool while pressing the Spacebar, like in the Photo Persona? See my request below... https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/47800-left-double-click-for-zoom-to-fit/#comment-239355 demin jest likes this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 4, 2017 Good news! Testing.... demin jest likes this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 4, 2017 I'm testing the shadow / light. I'm happy Hofnaar, demin jest and Mark Ingram like this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 4, 2017 That seems like a great new beta. Can't wait to test it out tonight! demin jest likes this Andrew --- Windows 7 Professional 64-bit SP1 Dual Intel Xeon E5 v2 @ 2.10GHz Ivy Bridge-EP/EX 22nm Technology RAM 32.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 799MHz Motherboard ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. Z9PA-D8 Series (Socket-R 2011) 3071MB NVIDIA Quadro K4000 (NVIDIA) Samsung SSD 840 EVO 250GB ATA Device (SSD) 2794GB Hitachi HGST HDN724030ALE640 ATA Device (SATA) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 4, 2017 Thanks Mark. Shadows and Highlights/Clarity will be tested soon! demin jest likes this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 4, 2017 And here are the latest bugs. I played three times in a row. pixelcoder and demin jest like this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 4, 2017 Developteam, very good work. I am happy. Gruß Dieter PaulAffinity and demin jest like this Germany, Affinity WIN 1.6 , LR6, WIN7-64 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 4, 2017 Guys, could you check my issue with new beta, is it gone? Win10 x64 1907, 16G RAM, Core i7 + Wacom Cintiq 12WX Interactive Pen Display Win10 - Affinity Photo 1.6.2.97 + beta 1.6.3.98, Adobe Photosop CS6, Corel Draw X7, ArtCAM 2015 R2 iOS 11.2.1, iPad Pro 10.5, 64GB + Apple Pencil iOS 11.2.1 - Procreate 4.0.8, Affinity Photo beta 1.6.7.74 RC1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 4, 2017 Hi All loaded and updated perfectly and Shadows a vast improvement. Thanks to the team. Small feed back "Fixed Spacebar not changing cursor to hand when in Develop" not fixed. Click on Zoom tool then press Spacebar no hand and no movement. Sorry. All others work. Asus Laptop i5-3337u | 8gb | SSD | Win 10 Pro 64 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 5, 2017 Great job! Thank you, the new shadows/highlights is great!! I have posted a quick test in the feedback section Andrew --- Windows 7 Professional 64-bit SP1 Dual Intel Xeon E5 v2 @ 2.10GHz Ivy Bridge-EP/EX 22nm Technology RAM 32.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 799MHz Motherboard ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. Z9PA-D8 Series (Socket-R 2011) 3071MB NVIDIA Quadro K4000 (NVIDIA) Samsung SSD 840 EVO 250GB ATA Device (SSD) 2794GB Hitachi HGST HDN724030ALE640 ATA Device (SATA) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 5, 2017 11 hours ago, Max N said: And here are the latest bugs. I played three times in a row. I can confirm this even for the iPad Version, when I change brushes it crashes and restarts. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 5, 2017 18 hours ago, worf2 said: Now Develop works like a charm - AP getting a further step closer to perfect. Hi, The develop persona will work as a charm when the choice of camera profiles will be integrated. By the way, what news about the color bug with Nik Collection ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 5, 2017 I hope you'll address this soon: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 5, 2017 Neat Image Noise Reduction plugin still causing crash. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 5, 2017 Some nice improvements, but still crashes with Neat Image plugin. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 5, 2017 I tested the Beta now and the new Clarity and Shadow algorithm works very much better than in 1.6.1.93. Thanks a lot for this development. But the Lights doesn´t work. It doesn´t matter if i set it up to +100% or down to -100%... there is no reaction detectable. In the older Version (1.6.1.93) it is working. My OS is WIN 10 64, newest Updates. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 5, 2017 9 minutes ago, Uwe367 said: I tested the Beta now and the new Clarity and Shadow algorithm works very much better than in 1.6.1.93. Thanks a lot for this development. But the highlights doesn´t work. It doesn´t matter if i set it up to +100% or down to -100%... there is no reaction detectable. In the older Version (1.6.1.93) it was working. My OS is WIN 10 64, newest Updates. Try with a pic which has strong highlights. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 5, 2017 4 minutes ago, Tschens said: Try with a pic which has strong highlights. I tried a RAW (NEF) File with strong highlights and one with "normal" lights but there is no Reaction. But if i open a .jpg in Develope Persona it works.... crazy.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 5, 2017 1 hour ago, Uwe367 said: I tested the Beta now and the new Clarity and Shadow algorithm works very much better than in 1.6.1.93. Thanks a lot for this development. But the Lights doesn´t work. It doesn´t matter if i set it up to +100% or down to -100%... there is no reaction detectable. In the older Version (1.6.1.93) it is working. My OS is WIN 10 64, newest Updates. The tool draws only strong overshoots, while not affecting neighboring tones. For this, the tool sometimes works imperceptibly. This tool is so lacking in other editors who, following the overexposures, reduce the brightness of those colors that are inappropriate to lower. As a matter of fact, the dynamic range of the image is greatly expanded, without loss of contrast. I did not see the influence of the instrument at first, but finding the right shots surprised his work. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 5, 2017 1 hour ago, Uwe367 said: I tried a RAW (NEF) File with strong highlights and one with "normal" lights but there is no Reaction. But if i open a .jpg in Develope Persona it works.... crazy.... if interested I can throw the file in PM. PaulAffinity likes this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites