Staff TonyB Posted March 1, 2018 Staff Share Posted March 1, 2018 Hi, We are pleased to announce the App Store release of Affinity Photo, version 1.6.7 (and also 1.6.11 PK [& 1.6.9 PK] from the Affinity store) The change-list is as follows: - All new shadows / highlights algorithm for Develop. - Develop clarity improvements. - Improved input smoothing for all tools. - Improved Perlin Noise filter. - Transparent TGA import support. - Many improvements to batch processing. - PSD, PDF import / export improvements. - Significant Photoshop plugin support improvements. - Fixed inability to export transparent PNG, TIFF, etc. - Fixed slow Lens Blur, Depth of Field blur issues. - Fixed Depth of Field blur progress / slowness issues. - Fixed sporadic hanging when opening many image files at once. - Restored ability of marquee tools to snap. - Fixed crashing bug when exporting certain large PSDs. - Fixed a number of UI memory leaks. - Added special case PSD import code for “SketchClub” PSD files (they should fix this!). - Fixed UI labels on macOS versions prior to Mavericks. - Numerous other fixes and stability improvements. Please do not post bugs or problems that you find when using this version of the software in this thread, instead make a new thread in the Bugs on Mac section Milos Micatek, dogcow, Maxxxworld and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jens Krebs Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 Hurray! Thanks, Tony. :o) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwhh Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 Thanks and congrats to the update! I'm really looking forward to testing the new highlights and shadows results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankynov Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 Awesome news Can't wait to try the highlight and shadows as well during the weekend. Do you have some good "commercial" Before/After comparisons of the algorithms ? Thanks Serif team !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark_A Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 A perlin noise filter that is able to randomise what it generates each time - is that something for the future? Thanks for the update though. Mark Peregrin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tokai Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 I just made a quick test and the plugins from the NIK collection works much smoother now. This is really nice! Just need to import all my custom presets now. One thing I noticed that in Affinity Photo no new layer is automatically generated (in PS the result of the NIK plugins ends up in a new layer... which can be useful when one want to tone down the result and/ or change the blending mode). I probably need to configure something. 3D and 2D hobby(art)ist. You can follow me on Twitter: @binaryriot or Instagram: binaryriot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AEH Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 Great, getting on well with much help from tutorials. Any prospect of Print Studio Pro plugin support? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lex Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Awesome！ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peregrin Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 I'm just wondering how the Perlin Noise has been improved. It does look better, but I'm not entirely sure what's different to make it so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixelcoder Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 On 2.3.2018 at 7:28 PM, tokai said: I just made a quick test and the plugins from the NIK collection works much smoother now. This is really nice! Just need to import all my custom presets now. One thing I noticed that in Affinity Photo no new layer is automatically generated (in PS the result of the NIK plugins ends up in a new layer... which can be useful when one want to tone down the result and/ or change the blending mode). I probably need to configure something. Same here, what I do before using Nik is to duplicate the layer. It has the same effect like in Photoshop, just that you have to think to do it before until it becomes a habit cheers, Lutz | https://www.instagram.com/lutz.heidbrink | https://500px.com/lutzheidbrink | https://www.eyeem.com/u/pixelcoder | https://society6.com/pixelcoder iPad Pro 10.5 - iOS 11.4.1 - Affinity Photo 1.6.7 - Affinity Designer 1.6.0.35 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonOptics Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 So...why hasn't my copy been updated. It seems to be stuck at 1.6.6. Using El Capitan 10.11.6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted March 5, 2018 Staff Share Posted March 5, 2018 Hi DonOptics, Welcome to Affinity Forums Open/run the Mac App Store app, go to the Updates section (on top) and click the Update button in front of the app's name to update it. If the update isn't listed there sign-out from the Mac App Store then sign in again (make sure you are signing-in with the same Apple ID used to but the app). Let me know if you are still having trouble. A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference | Call for Camera Images Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMuehl Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 Hi, I've tried to update via the Affinity download page, but the installation does not work. Program will start, but stop after the initial logo. Could not be endet normally. MacBook Pro, TouchBar, High Sierra 10.13.3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwe Posted March 7, 2018 Share Posted March 7, 2018 Hi, what's the different between version 1.6.7 from the Mac store and 1.6.8 PK from the Affinity store? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff TonyB Posted March 7, 2018 Author Staff Share Posted March 7, 2018 6 minutes ago, Erwe said: Hi, what's the different between version 1.6.7 from the Mac store and 1.6.8 PK from the Affinity store? Just translations for the Product Key dialog. We will also release a 1.6.9 with more translations later in the week. Erwe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conrad2k Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 Thanks for the improvements to shadow/highlight recovery. I tried it on a shot of Half Dome in Yosemite. Not a great shot, but the most underexposed shot in a bracketed set. In full disclosure after being successful with shadows/highlights, I gave it a touch of tone mapping. Silvia 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conrad2k Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 As impressed as I am with the improvements to the highlights and shadows recovery in the Develop Persona, it seems that those improvements did not make it into the Photo persona. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff James Ritson Posted March 15, 2018 Staff Share Posted March 15, 2018 12 hours ago, conrad2k said: As impressed as I am with the improvements to the highlights and shadows recovery in the Develop Persona, it seems that those improvements did not make it into the Photo persona. Hi Conrad, you're referring to the Shadows/Highlights adjustment? This is just for tonal compression - instead, try the Filter version which is under the Filters menu (no subcategory). It behaves very similarly to the implementation in the Develop Persona. Product Expert (Affinity Photo) & Product Expert Team Leader @JamesR_Affinity for tutorial sneak peeks and more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conrad2k Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 (edited) Thanks, James! In this case, suggest that they be labelled differently since they perform different functions! UPDATE In my experiments, in addition to the Develop Persona, there are three ways to adjust highlights and shadows (Adjustment in the Studio, Layer->Adjustment, and Layer->Live Filter. They all seem to function differently. When trying to recover shadows in a severely underexposed image, only the tool in the develop persona works well. The Live Filter layer has more options seems to desaturate the image; and the adjustment layer in both the Layer menu and the Adjustment tab in the Studio go to +/- 200% but performs as the previous version of AP performed (muddy shadow recovery). Honestly, it seems that the new shadow/highlight algorithms were only applied to the Develop module. I find both the Live filter and the adjustments to be useless. If they are not for shadow/highlight recovery are you say, @James Ritson, they need to be relabeled and there unique purpose explained clearly. Edited March 18, 2018 by conrad2k update Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobame Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 I am running 1.6.6. I started downloading 1.6.7 and it disappeared before it finished. How do I get it now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Patrick Connor Posted July 23, 2018 Staff Share Posted July 23, 2018 On 7/22/2018 at 12:19 AM, cobame said: I am running 1.6.6. I started downloading 1.6.7 and it disappeared before it finished. How do I get it now? Go back to the Mac App Store and look again in the Updates area 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...
DougDolde Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 Does it support scripts and actions designed for Photoshop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seneca Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 3 hours ago, DougDolde said: Does it support scripts and actions designed for Photoshop? Do you know of any other program that does? 2017 27” iMac 4.2 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7 • Radeon Pr 580 8GB • 64GB • Ventura 13.3. iPad Pro (10.5-inch) • 256GB • Version 16.4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red-forest Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 On 3/3/2018 at 10:38 AM, Lex said: Awesome！ wow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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