Affinity Photo Beta for iPad (1.6.7 - Beta 5)

[Andy Somerfield]

Status: Beta Release.

Purpose: Features, fixes, improvements.
Requirements: TestFlight Acceptance.
App Store: Not Submitted

 

Hi Guys,

The fifth beta of 1.6.7 has been deployed on TestFlight. The changes are detailed below.

You can download the App Store version at any time to stop using the beta - and download the TestFlight build at any time to go back to the beta.

 

Thanks,

 

Affinity Photo Team  

 

Changes this version.

 

- Further pencil input tweaks.

- Added the “Median Brush” tool.

- All colour flyouts now have a built in colour picker.

- Fixed inability to export liquify meshes.

- The “New from Camera” view now rotates correctly when device orientation changes.

- RAW camera support is disabled for iPads which cannot shoot RAW.

- Fixed crash when removing curve adjustment curve nodes.

- Increased the maximum undo stack size.

- Improved various aspects of “associated tool” brush features.

- Assorted other small tweaks.

 

Changes since last App Store release.

 

- Fixed multiple touch / pencil issues.

- OpenType improvements.

- Fixed inability to save / load certain things from the Affinity Photo folder.

- Fix for ? (Tooltip) button not working properly.

- Fixed associated-tool issues with brush presets.

- Added “Undo” to the two-finger-tap context menu.

- Fixed perspective tool bugs.

- Fixed failure to load files developed from RAW after closing.

- Small performance improvements.

- Create the Affinity Photo folder on iPad storage if it does not already exist.

- Assorted small tweaks and improvements.

 

- Develop shadows / highlights improvements.
- Develop clarity improvements.
- Correctly discard cancelled RAW develops / panoramas etc.
- Improved input smoothing for all tools.
- Improved behaviour when trying to move small layers (ie. avoid inadvertent resizes).
- Improved filesystem integration (again).
- Improved text tool UI.
- Moved spelling suggestions to context menu.
- Removed superfluous OK / Cancel buttons from develop crop tool.
- Creating stacks from RAW files now works more correctly.
- Improved Perlin Noise filter.
- Transparent TGA import support.
- Numerous touch / pencil interaction improvements.
- Fixed colour picker appearing too easily in paint brush tool.
- Fixed long press being too short in some tools.
- Fixed HEIF import from Photos app.
- Fixed issue where stray colour picker loupe could remain after switching tools.
- Fixed incorrect DPI limit in resize tool.
- Numerous other small fixes.
- PSD, PDF import / export tweaks.
- Help improvements.

 

- Now fully supports open-in-place - including saving back directly to the original location.
- New “Import from Camera” - supporting RAW and automatic HDR bracketed merge. Has fancy histograms and scopes.
- New ability to install custom fonts in preferences (these will be shared with Designer iPad once it is released).
- New “Average Blur” filter.
- Added ability to export brushes.
- Added ability to both import and export styles.
- Added option in preferences to cache screen updates - you will see much less pixelation when painting etc. - but it uses more memory.
- Adjustments panel now has an option to show a simple list (by popular request).
- Overhaul of pencil / touch input mechanism - this enabled much needed functionality such as long pressing with Apple Pencil to pick colours in brush tools, etc.
- Fixed marching ants disappearing when canvas is rotated.
- Apple Pencil can now dismiss flyouts without passing a tap through.
- Fixed transform studio aspect ratio lock.
- Improved long-press behaviour in Liquify tool.
- Made the “Protect Alpha” mode of the paint brush tool more obvious.
- Further develop Clarity improvements - including negative clarity.
- Further develop shadows / highlights improvements.
- Improved software keyboard toolbar.
- Ask a better question when leaving a feature persona without committing changes.
- Further performance improvements in develop persona.
- Preferences option to choose default storage location.
- Improved support for the dropping of files into an open document.
- Bitmap fills are now available on vector objects.
- Numerous other small fixes and improvements.

 

- Brand new shadows / highlights algorithm in Develop.
- Brand new clarity algorithm in Develop.
- Can now open / edit files in place - directly from the Files app.
- New “Solo” layer option in layer properties panel.
- New preferences option to show touches - good for screen recording.
- Improved iOS11 drag & drop support.
- Can now rotate image in Develop.
- Pasting now keeps things in the right place.
- Maximum / minimum filters now obey the current channels properly.
- Brush scatter works properly when controller is “random”.
- Improved angle / tilt support for Apple Pencil.
- Handle vertical panoramas better.
- Fixed some HDR merge crashes.
- Fixed multiply blend mode in 32bit documents.
- Improved crop tool behaviour when using ratios.
- Improved retouching tools in 32bit mode.
- Fixed issues with “Direction” brush controller.
- Improvements to selection refinement.
- Improved TIFF support.
- PSD export improvements.
- Channels page improvements / fixes.
- “Save a copy” stability improvements.
- Ability to clear history (hopefully will help some people who encounter crashes when trying to return to the home screen).
- New “Constrain” modifier button for Depth of Field tool.
- Snapping candidates can now be selected by hovering over them whilst in a drag.
- All other relevant fixes from 1.6.6 desktop version.
- Help improvements.
- Localisation improvements.

[jaromvogel]

Still having an issue where I am unable to draw with the Apple Pencil when "Touch for gestures only" is turned on. It does work much better now if I turn that switch off though (pressure etc seems to be working great). 

[Andy Somerfield]

Hi,

 

We aren't seeing that problem here - as far as we can tell, when "Touch for Gestures Only" is enabled, the pencil still works fine.

 

Are you certain you are using 1.6.7.73? The version number is shown in preferences (bottom right corner).

 

Thanks,

 

Andy.

[jaromvogel]

23 minutes ago, Andy Somerfield said:

Hi,

 

We aren't seeing that problem here - as far as we can tell, when "Touch for Gestures Only" is enabled, the pencil still works fine.

 

Are you certain you are using 1.6.7.73? The version number is shown in preferences (bottom right corner).

 

Thanks,

 

Andy.

 

Yes, I just double checked and I am running 1.6.7.73. After playing around with things a bit more I think the problem may occur when I have "Allow canvas rotation in all tools" and "Touch for gestures only" enabled at the same time. If I disable one of them it appears to work as expected. Would be nice to have both enabled though. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[Andy Somerfield]

Ahh ok - thanks - we will look into that.

 

Andy.

[Paul Mudditt]

The initial dot being created by brush tool reported on last version by another tester is still there, but only using Apple Pencil, no extra dot when rope stabiliser selected. IOS 11.3. AP 1.6.7.73.

8381D2A9-F35A-435C-BE23-C9AA1F71DB95.MP4

 

 

Just read other post, I also can confirm problem is something to do with these settings as suggested, defect occurs with settings as shown. I also found a second bug based on these 2 settings, where the paint brush draws straight lines even though I draw a curve.!

 

 

 

 

[DM1]

Selection problems identified in 1.67.72 also evident in 1.67.73 (beta 5).

As the screen recording shows, selection with selection brush works correctly with canvas rotation off and does not work properly with rotate canvas on. The rotate canvas seems to introduce a 'delay' into the brush setting similar to colour picker. If you touch and hold for a few secs the selection wil actually begin to work.

 

6D2E62ED-1F06-4738-B13A-7B013FA5449F.MP4

[Andy Somerfield]

Thanks guys - we've identified the issues relating to rotate canvas etc. and have a fix - we will drop another build later today

 

Andy.

[Voxen]

What is the "Touch for gestures only" function?

 

I found out

[jaromvogel]

8 hours ago, Andy Somerfield said:

Thanks guys - we've identified the issues relating to rotate canvas etc. and have a fix - we will drop another build later today

 

Andy.

Appears to be all better in the latest beta as far as I can tell. Thanks guys!

[GregParris]

I'm encountering all kinds of issues related to exporting files.

 

Basically after the file has 'Generated for export' and I hit 'Ok', it gets stuck at a white screen. This has happened with TFF, and JPEG exports.

 

It seems somewhat random too. Sometimes it goes to the expected 'Choose where to export screen', and sometimes it just freezes on a blank white screen (requiring a hard close and restart). The good news is that the files retain all changes, so I just try again, but it is frustrating.

 

This behaviour is also present in Release Candidate 1