Mark Ingram Posted July 14, 2018 Share Posted July 14, 2018 Click here to download the latest beta Status: Customer BetaPurpose: StabilityRequirements: A valid product key (for Affinity Store purchases), or an installation of the full retail version from the Microsoft StoreAs 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 Fixed crash when dragging artboards Fixed floating window panels to remember their width as well as height Fixed Colour Picker shortcut not working with Surface Pen Improved performance of shutdown Fixed Leading Override (Character panel) and Paragraph Leading (Paragraph panel) key modifier inconsistencies Fixed empty gap at the bottom of the font size dropdown Fixed crash when we can't identify any font families in a font Fixed Pen point being placed when panning with spacebar Added missing "Scrubby Zoom" Fixes included in the 1.6.5.112 AD customer beta af-user, Ken Cope, Patrick Connor and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted July 14, 2018 Share Posted July 14, 2018 I've tried to install this beta, and after the installer says "Preparing" it next says "Setup Failed". I have made sure that Affinity Designer and Affinity Designer Beta are not running. I get the exact same failure trying to install the .119 beta of Affinity Photo. I have downloaded twice in case there was a problem of some sort with the download. Suggestions? [Edit: Sorry, forgot to say thanks for the new beta.] -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted July 14, 2018 Share Posted July 14, 2018 3 hours ago, walt.farrell said: I've tried to install this beta, and after the installer says "Preparing" it next says "Setup Failed". I have made sure that Affinity Designer and Affinity Designer Beta are not running. I get the exact same failure trying to install the .119 beta of Affinity Photo. I have downloaded twice in case there was a problem of some sort with the download. Suggestions? [Edit: Sorry, forgot to say thanks for the new beta.] Rebooting the PC seems to have allowed the successful installation of both applications. [Edit: That has not been necessary for prior betas, in my experience.] [Edit 2: when I finally found the log from the earlier installation attempt, it claimed there was an interruped installation of Adobe Acrobat Reader that needed to be resumed or canceled. Presumably the reboot took care of that.] -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick G Posted July 14, 2018 Share Posted July 14, 2018 Installed and running. Thank you 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...
StuartRc Posted July 14, 2018 Share Posted July 14, 2018 Thanks... Installed Ok! Affinity Version 1 (10.6) Affinity Version 2.4.2 All (Designer | Photo | Publisher) Beta; 2.4 2.2371 OS:Windows 10 Pro 22H2 OS Build 19045.4046+ Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.19053.1000.0 Rig:AMD FX 8350 and AMD Radeon (R9 380 Series) Settings Version 21.04.01 Radeon Settings Version 2020 20.1.03) + Wacom Intuous 4M with driver 6.3.41-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panchdara Posted July 14, 2018 Share Posted July 14, 2018 Yup, installed flawlessly here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Mez Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 13 hours ago, Mark Ingram said: Click here to download the latest beta Status: Customer BetaPurpose: StabilityRequirements: A valid product key (for Affinity Store purchases), or an installation of the full retail version from the Microsoft StoreAs 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 Fixed crash when dragging artboards Fixed floating window panels to remember their width as well as height Fixed Colour Picker shortcut not working with Surface Pen Improved performance of shutdown Fixed Leading Override (Character panel) and Paragraph Leading (Paragraph panel) key modifier inconsistencies Fixed empty gap at the bottom of the font size dropdown Fixed crash when we can't identify any font families in a font Fixed Pen point being placed when panning with spacebar Added missing "Scrubby Zoom" Hi @Mark Ingram just want to make sure, is there another beta version than 1.6.5.119? Just want to make sure I have the last beta and do more test work/projects with it. Also... Fonts loading is faster with beta 1.6.5.119 and it shut very fast too (impressive for a design software) , still I really request for improved font loading on finall/retail version. Blessings. cc7 1 Never be the Same Again ! ---Dell Optiplex 5090 SFFIntel Core i5-10500T @2.30GHz with 12GiB 2666MHz DDR4Intel UHD Graphics 630 for 10th Generation M.2 2280, 512 GB, PCIe NVMe Gen3 x4, Class 40 SSDWindows 11 Pro x64 22H2 + LibreOffice 7.5.3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Patrick Connor Posted July 15, 2018 Staff Share Posted July 15, 2018 4 hours ago, Arnaud Mez said: just want to make sure, is there another beta version than 1.6.5.119? Yes, this is the latest at the moment. Whichever thread is pinned at the top of the beta forum has a link to the latest beta build. Also we tend to overwrite the beta installer on our server, so even if a customer found an old thread in this forum the link would still be to the latest build. Uncle Mez and flobnoit 2 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...
Uncle Mez Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 10 hours ago, Patrick Connor said: Yes, this is the latest at the moment. Whichever thread is pinned at the top of the beta forum has a link to the latest beta build. Also we tend to overwrite the beta installer on our server, so even if a customer found an old thread in this forum the link would still be to the latest build. thank you so much @Patrick Connor Never be the Same Again ! ---Dell Optiplex 5090 SFFIntel Core i5-10500T @2.30GHz with 12GiB 2666MHz DDR4Intel UHD Graphics 630 for 10th Generation M.2 2280, 512 GB, PCIe NVMe Gen3 x4, Class 40 SSDWindows 11 Pro x64 22H2 + LibreOffice 7.5.3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominik Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 On 7/16/2018 at 1:52 AM, mesbahworld said: Can't install . After double click nothing showing on the display !! Sometimes it helps to restart the computer and try again. But I did not have a problem to install with this beta version. You also could download a second time in case something went wrong. d. Affinity Designer 1 & 2 | Affinity Photo 1 & 2 | Affinity Publisher 1 & 2 Affinity Designer 2 for iPad | Affinity Photo 2 for iPad | Affinity Publisher 2 for iPad Windows 11 64-bit - Core i7 - 16GB - Intel HD Graphics 4600 & NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M iPad pro 9.7" + Apple Pencil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick G Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 Did my comments get moderated out again? Why? I was about to give him support information. I do not believe I violated any guidelind 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...
walt.farrell Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 7 minutes ago, Rick G said: Did my comments get moderated out again? Why? I was about to give him support information. I do not believe I violated any guidelind Perhaps you're thinking of your comment to this other thread -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick G Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 1 minute ago, walt.farrell said: Perhaps you're thinking of your comment to this other thread Perhaps. Thanks for the correction 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...
cc7 Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 On 7/15/2018 at 9:16 AM, Arnaud Mez said: Hi @Mark Ingram just want to make sure, is there another beta version than 1.6.5.119? Just want to make sure I have the last beta and do more test work/projects with it. Also... Fonts loading is faster with beta 1.6.5.119 and it shut very fast too (impressive for a design software) , still I really request for improved font loading on finall/retail version. Blessings. I try this beta version there are still not fix slow loading fonts on startup problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Mez Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 Hello, Personally, i test Affinity Beta on my MS Windows machine. That laptop is old and powered with an Intel 4 series Express Chipset as display adapter and i only have 246 fonts installed on it ... and ... loads quite well but faster than my Mac version of the software (with close to 4247 fonts installed) ... Well ! I know someone here will say it's too much fonts but ... to be honest, one of the thing that made me move from Ai is the fact that i wanted my work on fonts to be Non-Destructive and even portative from this env. to that other one (Mac-to-Win); i'm not really okay with fonts outline/curve for now so until i become okay ... i better keep as much fonts locally installed and ask for improvement on software. i believe this: A software that can load 4247 fonts very fast will be even faster in a PC/Laptop with less fonts (i know, this is strong words and fonts are not everything but at least it's a good beginning to consider). Affinity Products offers me the kind of Non-Destructive work i wanted ... Not everything i wanted but 1/4 of it, which is not bad but a good thing (i'm really demanding sometime so forgive here ... ) ... with ADesigner, no need for me to outline/curve the fonts while working but just remember to tweak the PDF output and make it raster/embed stuffs and wait patiently to see my project/work okay on the other side ... and that increases the pleasure. Never be the Same Again ! ---Dell Optiplex 5090 SFFIntel Core i5-10500T @2.30GHz with 12GiB 2666MHz DDR4Intel UHD Graphics 630 for 10th Generation M.2 2280, 512 GB, PCIe NVMe Gen3 x4, Class 40 SSDWindows 11 Pro x64 22H2 + LibreOffice 7.5.3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominik Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 2 hours ago, Arnaud Mez said: and i only have 246 fonts installed on it ... and ... loads quite well but faster than my Mac version of the software (with close to 4247 fonts installed) ... Hi @Arnaud Mez, I think one can never have too many fonts This is why I decided to use a font manager that allows me to keep a basic set of about 650 fonts always active and have access to more than 10000 fonts in the library. This doesn't slow down the computer or the start of software. I also find it more convenient to browse and search for fonts in the font manager software, which is much more sophisticated in displaying font lists than any of the graphic programs. I personally use Main Type but there is also a free font manager called Nexus Font. Cheers, d. Uncle Mez 1 Affinity Designer 1 & 2 | Affinity Photo 1 & 2 | Affinity Publisher 1 & 2 Affinity Designer 2 for iPad | Affinity Photo 2 for iPad | Affinity Publisher 2 for iPad Windows 11 64-bit - Core i7 - 16GB - Intel HD Graphics 4600 & NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M iPad pro 9.7" + Apple Pencil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Mez Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 18 minutes ago, dominik said: Hi @Arnaud Mez, I think one can never have too many fonts This is why I decided to use a font manager that allows me to keep a basic set of about 650 fonts always active and have access to more than 10000 fonts in the library. This doesn't slow down the computer or the start of software. I also find it more convenient to browse and search for fonts in the font manager software, which is much more sophisticated in displaying font lists than any of the graphic programs. I personally use Main Type but there is also a free font manager called Nexus Font. Cheers, d. thanks @dominik but it runs on windows only when most of my task are made on my MacBook. But thanks i will install on my windows box, who knows when it will help. Never be the Same Again ! ---Dell Optiplex 5090 SFFIntel Core i5-10500T @2.30GHz with 12GiB 2666MHz DDR4Intel UHD Graphics 630 for 10th Generation M.2 2280, 512 GB, PCIe NVMe Gen3 x4, Class 40 SSDWindows 11 Pro x64 22H2 + LibreOffice 7.5.3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominik Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 Just now, Arnaud Mez said: thanks @dominik but it runs on windows only when most of my task are made on my MacBook. But thanks i will install on my windows box, who knows when it will help. Hi @Arnaud Mez, there are of course font managers for the Mac. I'm just not familiar with them since I am on Windows only (apart from the iPad). Cheers, d. Affinity Designer 1 & 2 | Affinity Photo 1 & 2 | Affinity Publisher 1 & 2 Affinity Designer 2 for iPad | Affinity Photo 2 for iPad | Affinity Publisher 2 for iPad Windows 11 64-bit - Core i7 - 16GB - Intel HD Graphics 4600 & NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M iPad pro 9.7" + Apple Pencil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick G Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 31 minutes ago, dominik said: Hi @Arnaud Mez, I think one can never have too many fonts This is why I decided to use a font manager that allows me to keep a basic set of about 650 fonts always active and have access to more than 10000 fonts in the library. This doesn't slow down the computer or the start of software. I also find it more convenient to browse and search for fonts in the font manager software, which is much more sophisticated in displaying font lists than any of the graphic programs. I personally use Main Type but there is also a free font manager called Nexus Font. Cheers, d. Amen and a +1 for Nexus Font. Want to work on Christmas cards right now? Load Nexus, then load the Christmas fonts and thee they are in any windows program 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...
Uncle Mez Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 29 minutes ago, dominik said: Hi @Arnaud Mez, there are of course font managers for the Mac. I'm just not familiar with them since I am on Windows only (apart from the iPad). Cheers, d. i've found Fontbase, it's free and cross platform. giving it a try now. Never be the Same Again ! ---Dell Optiplex 5090 SFFIntel Core i5-10500T @2.30GHz with 12GiB 2666MHz DDR4Intel UHD Graphics 630 for 10th Generation M.2 2280, 512 GB, PCIe NVMe Gen3 x4, Class 40 SSDWindows 11 Pro x64 22H2 + LibreOffice 7.5.3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominik Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 10 hours ago, Arnaud Mez said: i've found Fontbase, it's free and cross platform. I didn't know this one. Interesting find Thanks for the tip. d. Affinity Designer 1 & 2 | Affinity Photo 1 & 2 | Affinity Publisher 1 & 2 Affinity Designer 2 for iPad | Affinity Photo 2 for iPad | Affinity Publisher 2 for iPad Windows 11 64-bit - Core i7 - 16GB - Intel HD Graphics 4600 & NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M iPad pro 9.7" + Apple Pencil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willabong Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 Cfont Pro was formally a paid for font manager, and has been FREE now for a few years, I have never seen a better font manger...You can download it from the link below: https://cfont-pro.en.uptodown.com/windows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Mez Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 On 7/14/2018 at 1:24 PM, Mark Ingram said: Click here to download the latest beta Status: Customer BetaPurpose: StabilityRequirements: A valid product key (for Affinity Store purchases), or an installation of the full retail version from the Microsoft StoreAs 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 Fixed crash when dragging artboards Fixed floating window panels to remember their width as well as height Fixed Colour Picker shortcut not working with Surface Pen Improved performance of shutdown Fixed Leading Override (Character panel) and Paragraph Leading (Paragraph panel) key modifier inconsistencies Fixed empty gap at the bottom of the font size dropdown Fixed crash when we can't identify any font families in a font Fixed Pen point being placed when panning with spacebar Added missing "Scrubby Zoom" My first impression to the last Beta. Loads faster than previous 1.6.5.112 version. interface is more reactive. Snapping is even better than previous version. Bleeds cannot be seen yet (maybe there is a way to do this and i just don't know how to do it). For now it seems to work very well, i will give it a try with coming project and revert back here to tell what i've seen. Blessings. Mark Ingram and Chris J 2 Never be the Same Again ! ---Dell Optiplex 5090 SFFIntel Core i5-10500T @2.30GHz with 12GiB 2666MHz DDR4Intel UHD Graphics 630 for 10th Generation M.2 2280, 512 GB, PCIe NVMe Gen3 x4, Class 40 SSDWindows 11 Pro x64 22H2 + LibreOffice 7.5.3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panchdara Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 On 7/19/2018 at 7:43 AM, Willabong said: Cfont Pro was formally a paid for font manager, and has been FREE now for a few years, I have never seen a better font manger...You can download it from the link below: https://cfont-pro.en.uptodown.com/windows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaenes Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 In latest beta version I can't export properly artboards with embedded affinity documents. When I'm trying to export my artboard i get only empty (white) *.jpg or *.png file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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