Staff AdamW Posted November 16, 2018 Staff Share Posted November 16, 2018 Status: Public Beta Purpose: Stability and General Testing Requirements: Mac OS 10.9 or above Hi, Publisher build 174 is now available, either on auto-update or as a manual download from the link above. 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 where you may be adversely affected by the application failing, including the total loss of any documents. We hope you enjoy the product, and as always, if you've got any problems installing or running up, please don't hesitate to post in this thread. Any problems actually using this version please make a new topic in this forum and we'll get back to you as soon as we can. Please feel free to leave general suggestions and comments in the Discussion Forum. Many thanks for your continued feedback. --- Updates This build is the first Publisher Beta build containing the updated Artwork for the 1.7 Releases. Fixes This build fixes a critical bug in PDF Export and Printing where rasterised elements could be omitted or corrupted. --- Thank you for helping us track down this and other issues and for your continued support. Earlier Release Notes Beta 167 Ecifircas, HYR, icreate and 5 others 4 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ecifircas Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 Thanks, the file that gave me problems now works fine again! Patrick Connor and icreate 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Mez Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 Things are goin really fast here since few days. it's simply appreciated and well received. Blessings ! 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...
jmwellborn Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 Downloaded perfectly! Miss the previous colors. Like the rest of the logo. 24" iMAC Apple M1 chip, 8-core CPU, 8-core GPU, 16 GB unified memory, 1 TB SSD storage, Ventura 13.6. Photo, Publisher, Designer 1.10.5, and 2.3. MacBook Pro 13" 2020, Apple M1 chip, 16GB unified memory, 256GB SSD storage, Ventura 13.6. Publisher, Photo, Designer 1.10.5, and 2.1.1. iPad Pro 12.9 2020 (4th Gen. IOS 16.6.1); Apple pencil. Wired and bluetooth mice and keyboards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pruus Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 Just for the weekend. Thanks for giving us a great supportfeeling! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HugoIII Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 I really like the new Artwork! Professional, simple and convenient. KipV 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KipV Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 The toggle preview button is now showing up for me in this build. Is the new shortcut so that windows users won't confuse it with the close shortcut? It seems like the new fnF10 one should probably work fine. Patrick Connor 1 New Internet Book Project | Another New Website Project Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ONSO Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 Just updated, so far things are nice, not so sure about the new icon, kinda looks out place. As always thanks for the hard work! 15"-inch MacBook Pro, 2017, 2.9GHz Intel Core i7 | 16Gb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scapa Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 May I mention that the new Logo pretty much reminds me of a German property market? https://www.hornbach.de Feels like having their App sitting in my dock :-) icreate 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myclay Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 plenty of differences imo. Sketchbook (with Affinity Suite usage) | timurariman.com | artstation store Windows 11 Pro - 23H2 | Ryzen 5800X3D | RTX 3090 - 24GB | 128GB | Main SSD with 1TB | SSD 4TB | PCIe SSD 256GB (configured as Scratch disk) | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scapa Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 Differences as well as similarities. We are living in those times where Apple sued a coffeehouse for using this Logo: https://www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/computerkonzern-verklagt-bonner-cafe-wehe-sie-veraeppeln-apples-apfel-1.1173840 Also plenty differences in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_B_C Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 Great! Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_B_C Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 Hmm … let me add a personal opinion to the new artwork. First off, I really love the direction of the new design. The splash screen is looking really professional now! And I also like the idea for the new app icon. However, there are two aspects of the design that bother me a little: First off, the new app icon looks a bit misaligned in the dock. Compared to other icons, it seems to be a bit too high. Secondly, I don’t know if you can see this too, but I cannot see the equilateral triangle anymore that used to be the iconic design element of your application suite. The new triangle looks like an isosceles triangle (the base being different from the other sides) rather than an equilateral one. It is too tall, optically. Compare (A) to (B) in my screenshot below. Can you still feel that (A) is an equilateral triangle? I cannot. It feels to tall. It is subtle, yes, and there might be different opinions, but I cannot help to see this difference. When I trim your new icon to the height of your old icon, everything seems to fall into place a little better (C). Of course, you cannot do this, because you need a square icon. So I think you will have to make optical adjustments to your design, rather than simply copying the angles from your old icon to the new one. It is subtle, but I fear you will lose the basic idea of your branding (visualising three tightly integrated apps) if you don’t make these adjustments. I’d be interested in your thoughts and opinions. Alex [Icon Placement in the dock] [Isosceles vs. equilateral] MEB, Pebowski, Rich313 and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricoho Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 I get an error if I want to export my document as an PDF. The Document is attached. Also the PDF settings. Ausstellungen 2019.afpub Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martigny Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 Thanks for the new update guys. LOVING the new opening logo - I didn't like the old one with the Mickey Mouse ears I just noticed the new icon on the dock - not liking that at all. The old one was much nicer. iMac: iMac (Retina 4K, 21.5-inch, 2017) - 3.4 GHz Intel Core i5 - 8 GB 2400 MHz DDR4 - Radeon Pro 560 4096 MB Windows: Nvidia GTX 960m 4k UHD 2gb ram video (Windows 10 Pro) - Laptop screen (resolution 3840x2160 magnified 300%) 2nd Monitor: Phillips 226E9Q HD 1920 x 1080 (125%) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adriandw Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 4 hours ago, Martigny said: Thanks for the new update guys. LOVING the new opening logo - I didn't like the old one with the Mickey Mouse ears I just noticed the new icon on the dock - not liking that at all. The old one was much nicer. Agree - the old icon was much nicer fde101 and Martigny 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 On 11/19/2018 at 4:09 AM, A_B_C said: First off, the new app icon looks a bit misaligned in the dock. Compared to other icons, it seems to be a bit too high. For me, it appears to have the same size & placement as the Photo & Designer beta Dock icons. All three are larger than for example the Finder Dock icon, but I have at least one other (non-square) app icon in the Dock with the same height & vertical alignment. I perhaps like the current retail icons slightly more than these new beta ones, but not enough that the change in any way bothers me or affects my productivity, which is all I really care about. All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jethro Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 I much prefer the old icon for the dock - it's more distinctive. The exciting thing about the Mac dock is that things don't have to be square (unlike iOS where uniformity makes everything look great - love your iOS icons btw). so opting for a square on the Mac feels boring (I'm looking at you Adobe CC). However, the square icons within the App (ie. in the top left of the window) works alright. I feel your triangle app icons look more professional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(I:U) Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 Please have a look here too:https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/72597-new-app-icon/&tab=comments#comment-379466 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Mez Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 Hi @AdamW Now only Publisher is missing to the call. Both Photo and Designer have made some happy guys out there ... Please don't rush at all was just awakening you and the team. BTW, Beta 174 is even okay then what we think we have seen, just hope next one will upper the game and the pleasure. Blessings ! 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...
Rico54 Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 Hi AdamW, the danger is my job ... with the previous version, I've made a desk calendar for a friend of mine (a small martial arts school) and printed some copies in a professional way (pdf, 300p, CYMK Fogra 39) and all was perfect. I can't wait to buy the "third" brother (Photo and Designer are awesome). Photographer & Guitarist equipped with Affinity Photo, Designer & Publisher on Mac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenskin Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 It will take me a bit of time to get use to the new icon, but my first reaction was that it seems washed out and not as vibrant as the last icon. But what I don't see myself getting use to is the lack lustre splash screen that doesn't talk "creativity" to me, sorry!... I'm hopping it is something temporary! Still keeping my fingers-crossed for a colour separation panel (allowing us to check our work before we move it to the printhouse) before launch. Other then that keep up the really great work! A_B_C 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DmitriZigany Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 Really don't like the new dock icon!!! It's not hip to be square! leeeoooooo and fde101 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 50 minutes ago, DmitriZigany said: It's not hip to be square! That's "News" to me. vonBusing 1 All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazmondo77 Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 17 hours ago, greenskin said: Still keeping my fingers-crossed for a colour separation panel (allowing us to check our work before we move it to the printhouse) before launch. +1 fde101 and A_B_C 2 Mac Pro Cheese-grater (Early 2009) 2.93 GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon 48 GB 1333 MHz DDR3 ECC Ram, Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8GB GDDR5, Ugee 19" Graphics Tablet Monitor Triple boot via OCLP 1.2.1 - Mac OS Monterey 12.7.1, Sonoma 14.1.1 and Mojave 10.14.6 Affinity Publisher, Designer and Photo 1.10.5 - 2.2.1 www.bingercreative.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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