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Affinity Photo Beta for iPad (1.6.7 - GM Seed) [Now Released]


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Status: Gold Master.

Purpose: Fixes.
Requirements: TestFlight Acceptance.
App Store: Submitted

 

Hi Guys,

The final build 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  :ph34r:

 

Changes this version.

 

- Further save-time improvements.
- Added "Erase" blend mode.
- Allow .afmacros files to be imported from the Files app.
- Improved a couple of icons.
- Final localisations.
- Final help.

 

Changes since last App Store release.

 

- Fix crashes loading certain RAW files.

- TIFF loading fixes and improvements.

- Live Filters redraw issue fix.

- Show artboards properly in the layers panel.

- Fix the delete button in the fill tool.

- Vector export improvements.

- Other small tweaks.

- Localisation improvements.

 

- Fix for numerous input issues when “Allow canvas rotation in all tools” is enabled.

- Further tweaks to the tool tip (?) button.

- Fixed issues encountered when trying to use the numeric keypad from a colour flyout.

- Improved healing brush performance.

- Improved Tone Mapping stability.

- Help improvements.

 

- 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.

 

- 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.

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Cheers Andy, thanks for adding the Erase Blend mode in !

 

My dad always told me, a bad workman always blames their tools….

Just waiting for Ronny Pickering…..

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1 hour ago, Paul Mudditt said:

Cheers Andy, thanks for adding the Erase Blend mode in !

 

Of course since I’d mentioned that it was missing, you’ve added it in but in parallel the help file had removed mention of it. No big deal really.

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My dad always told me, a bad workman always blames their tools….

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Not a bug but the list mode toggle for adjustments studio is a nice feature, maybe in next release it could also be an option for the filters studio too. I have someone asking for quicker access to their favourites without going for a long scroll through. List mode does make options a little easier for experts to use.

 

My dad always told me, a bad workman always blames their tools….

Just waiting for Ronny Pickering…..

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One little question, when I install the App Store Version and cancel the beta, will I have to sign up for a future one, or will the TestFlight profile just "paused"?

 

cheers,

Lutz

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9 hours ago, pixelcoder said:

One little question, when I install the App Store Version and cancel the beta, will I have to sign up for a future one, or will the TestFlight profile just "paused"?

 

cheers,

Lutz

You don’t have to cancel the beta, you can simply go to the App Store and install the current App Store version and return to a beta version later. I did this yesterday to double check behaviour before the beta and afterwards.

 

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I haven't been able to download yet due to limited data access while on the road. Has the inpainting tool and patch tool behaviour been fixed in this release? No mention in 'changes'.

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53 minutes ago, DM1 said:

I haven't been able to download yet due to limited data access while on the road. Has the inpainting tool and patch tool behaviour been fixed in this release? No mention in 'changes'.

 

I dont know exactly what the problem was. But I used the in-painting brush in one of my last edits very extensive and it worked flawless. No crash, no slow downs. :)

 

cheers,

Lutz

 

 

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On 21/02/2018 at 10:18 AM, DM1 said:

I haven't been able to download yet due to limited data access while on the road. Has the inpainting tool and patch tool behaviour been fixed in this release? No mention in 'changes'.

 

Seems ok, first is straightened, second is using inpaintcrop2 macro, last picture is using inpainting tool.

 

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Though I would be reporting a crash involving several iPhone photos I took at weekend, however I’ve just installed IOS 11.3 Beta 3 which just arrived today and AP no longer crashes, so looks like problem was an IOS issue rather than Affinity. So GM still looking good.

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Just waiting for Ronny Pickering…..

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I've downloaded the rel version 1.6.7.76 and the inpainting issue is still there. Take an image (pixel layer), use crop straighten tool to slightly rotate the picture and try inpainting the blank canvas. No good. Now try inpainting macro, voila, successfully filled.

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3 minutes ago, DM1 said:

I've downloaded the rel version 1.6.7.76

 

Is there any difference between the GM Seed version and the release version? I’m not offered an update when I go to the App Store.

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Alfred, if you are on the beta when you go to the App Store you should see a cloud symbol next to the Affinity Photo app. Tap that and the latest release version will download. It is 1.6.7.76 (so same as the GM seed.)

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Inpainting issue still evident.  :( Yet the inpainting macro works well. :D

 

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Hi DM1,

 

Ahh now I get what you want to archive, I think the im painting brush is not really meant to do that. Try something like this:

 

 

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14 hours ago, DM1 said:

Alfred, if you are on the beta when you go to the App Store you should see a cloud symbol next to the Affinity Photo app.

 

Thanks, but that's exactly what I meant when I said

 

14 hours ago, Alfred said:

I’m not offered an update when I go to the App Store.

 

I expected to see a cloud symbol, but I only saw an 'Open' button. I tried logging out, closing and reopening the App Store app and logging back in again, but that didn't change anything.

 

Edit: I seem to have solved the problem by telling TestFlight to reinstall an earlier build. When I went back to the App Store after that, I saw the cloud symbol and tapped it to start a fresh download. I've no idea, of course, whether the whole exercise has been pointless, given that I already had the 'GM Seed' version of 1.6.7.76 installed.

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Problem resolved.please ignore.

Edited by Paul Mudditt
Problem resolved.

 

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10 hours ago, DM1 said:

Inpainting issue still evident.  :( Yet the inpainting macro works well. :D

 

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DM1 you missed the rasterise step out after the straighten operation, the inpaint tool cannot work on the transparent edges until layer is rasterised first. 

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Just waiting for Ronny Pickering…..

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11 hours ago, DM1 said:

Inpainting issue still evident.  :( Yet the inpainting macro works well. :D

 

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Shorter repeat of your problem and it’s solution.

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Great new features. I had expected this to be able to open photos from the iPad in place also, not just from the cloud? Can that be added? Or at least can Affinity be registered as a target app for photos? It’s still not really usable on a larger scale. Say I take 500 pictures and put them in my photos app and want to work with them in Photo I still have to import all of them one by one? And then tediously delete them again when I am done with the project?

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3 hours ago, Paul Mudditt said:

Shorter repeat of your problem and it’s solution.

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Thanks Paul. So it is necessary to rasterise the canvas to get inpainting to infill on a blank canvas. That makes sense as the pixel layer has been moved / cropped exposing the canvas.

 

I am intrigued how the macro inpaint is able to fill all edges. Does it inpaint the whole image layer? If not how (in 2 steps) does it fill all edges.

I assume the first step in macro is to 'rasterise'.xD

Dave

 

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3 hours ago, Mzak said:

Great new features. I had expected this to be able to open photos from the iPad in place also, not just from the cloud? Can that be added? Or at least can Affinity be registered as a target app for photos? It’s still not really usable on a larger scale. Say I take 500 pictures and put them in my photos app and want to work with them in Photo I still have to import all of them one by one? And then tediously delete them again when I am done with the project?

I agree it would be nice to have direct access. As a workaround you could try Documents by Readdle (free iOS app). It can access photos so you can load off your camera and move to a directory you create in Documents. AP can access all folders created in Documents and has the benefit of retaining correct file naming. When you use Open from Cloud to access Documents it will Save directly back to the source Documents folder. 

You can access all you PCs, macs, wireless storage etc from Documents too and view files in Documents.

 

You don't have to import one by one.

You can currently open AP to project screen, create a new empty Project folder.  Open the folder in AP then drag Photos up from bottom of screen to open at the side. Navigates to photos tap and hold one, tap other to select multiple images then drag across and drop in AP's open folder. The selected images will then be imported into the project folder. I haven't tested the numerical limit but it’s probably just limited by available memory.

Creating an empty Project folder is not really necessary as the photos will import to the project screen anyway. I just find it easier to create a folder to load them straight into rather than have to drag them afterwards.

 

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11 hours ago, Alfred said:

I've no idea, of course, whether the whole exercise has been pointless, given that I already had the 'GM Seed' version of 1.6.7.76 installed.

Yep, pointless. xD They both have the same version number as I found after doing the same thing and a bug evident in the GM seed is evident in this release too.

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