Staff MattP Posted May 4, 2019 Staff Share Posted May 4, 2019 Status: Beta Purpose: Features, Improvements, Fixes Requirements: Purchased Affinity Designer Mac App Store: Not submitted Download: Here Hello, We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of the beta of Affinity Designer 1.7 for macOS. Designer 1.7 is a significant change to the currently shipping 1.6 version. Files edited in this version will not be backwards-compatible with the shipping 1.6 version. As such, we would not recommend using this 1.7 version for critical or production work at this stage. It is inevitable that there were will be a number of issues with 1.7 but we hope these will be minor and aim to resolve any issues very quickly, so please use it and explore the new features, but also do keep in mind that you may find snags and we would appreciate your help with finding and reporting these to us. If this is your first time using a customer beta of an Affinity app, it’s worth noting that the beta will install as a separate app - alongside your store version. They will not interfere with each other at all and you can continue to use the store version for critical work without worry. It’s also worth noting that we aren’t done yet - we are still working through reported bugs from previous releases and hope to fix as many as possible before the final release of 1.7. To be notified when there is a new beta please press follow on this announcment thread With all that said, we hope that you will enjoy the new capabilities introduced in this initial release and we look forward to any and all feedback you give to us. Many thanks, Matt Please refer to previous beta 1.7.0.4 post where there's a list of major changes since 1.6. This latest update builds on the 1.7.0.10 changes and also includes the following changes: Fix for issues saving after applying a 'none' arrowhead! Miscellaneous PDF import improvements. Artboard positions are now show relative to the whole spread, rather than showing as 0,0 at all times. Pen Tool now has an extra option to allow for the selection to be retained while adding new curves/extending existing ones. This is useful for allowing you to make use of snapping to other object geometry while creating/editing curves. It is on by default. 'Rotation centre' is now 'Transform origin' to better reflect what it does. Added a user-definable transform origin to the Node Tool's transform mode. Inserting a fill colour stop now correctly interpolates intensity (useful for 32bit documents). fde101, dcarvalho84, lepr and 11 others 7 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthias Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 Great, thanks Matt! One small suggestion: I think the Transform Origin crosshair should be visible by default, regardless whether you transform a bunch of nodes, an object or a group of objects. Wouldn’t distract from anything with the benefit of one less click. When you chose one of the nine origin points in the Transform Panel it could even jump to the chosen point as a visual aid right in place. Thus you could even save the Transform Origin icon in the context bar as it would be visible all the time. With several objects selected (which sometimes are hard to recognize as they don’t display their individual bounding boxes but just a faint blue line) an always-on-crosshair, indicating by default the centre of the selection, would have the added benefit of being an additional help to recognize which objects are actually selected. Cheers Matthias 000, Pariah73 and IsabelAracama 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Mez Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 (edited) Thank you @MattP Giving it a download right in few minutes and will also give it a serious try today. Download worked a charm. installation went smooth, no error ! First Launch was a bit slow (no other software was launched but AfDesigner only): should be checked by AfDesigner Team. 9 hours ago, MattP said: Pen Tool now has an extra option to allow for the selection to be retained while adding new curves/extending existing ones. This is useful for allowing you to make use of snapping to other object geometry while creating/editing curves. It is on by default. I like it when your team and you, take to make the pen tool so much friendly better. Blessings ! Edited May 4, 2019 by Uncle Mez Update 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...
RNKLN Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 It looks like, in .11 the Create artboard flag is On by default. Even if you deselect it, it will be On again the next time you create a new document. For me it means that doing a Cmd+N + Enter is no longer enough to create a new document (I now often have to close the new document and try again). I've tried by creating a new Preset, but this doesn't solve anything (you have to first select Type = Presets and than the actual preset you just created). I don't see this as in improvement. It would be if AD remembered the things you had checked/unchecked. Or, am I missing something? Lex and IsabelAracama 1 1 Affinity Photo - Affinity Designer - Affinity Publisher | macOS Sonoma (14.2) on 16GB MBP14 2021 with 2.4 versions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcarvalho84 Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 On 5/4/2019 at 7:24 PM, RNKLN said: It looks like, in .11 the Create artboard flag is On by default. Even if you deselect it, it will be On again the next time you create a new document. For me it means that doing a Cmd+N + Enter is no longer enough to create a new document (I now often have to close the new document and try again). I've tried by creating a new Preset, but this doesn't solve anything (you have to first select Type = Presets and than the actual preset you just created). I don't see this as in improvement. It would be if AD remembered the things you had checked/unchecked. Or, am I missing something? I've noticed that too. If you open and choose a preset document the Create artboard is checked off, but if you want to make exactly the same document and go to create new, the create artboard is on... IsabelAracama and Lex 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clamnuts Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 Thanks for this! The new node transformation tools are amazing. Lex, adirusf and MattP 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bri-Toon Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 I like this update. I see that the new functionalities are kind of like collaborating with each other. The selection of additional curves for the Pen Tool works in the benefit of the Node Tool's Transform mode. I see what you did there. MattP and Uncle Mez 2 The website is still a work in progress. The "Comics" and "Shop" sections are not yet ready. Feel free to connect with me and let me know what you like or what can be improved. You can contact me here, on my contact page, YouTube channel, or Twitter account. Thanks and have a great day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
postmadesign Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 On 5/4/2019 at 12:04 PM, MattP said: Pen Tool now has an extra option to allow for the selection to be retained while adding new curves/extending existing ones. This is useful for allowing you to make use of snapping to other object geometry while creating/editing curves. It is on by default. This is a typical example of not knowing you needed something, and now you know you really do. Great work! MattP 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pruus Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 It’s getting better and better! Great work guys! Thanks MattP and bagmetv 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonev Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 The issue with overusing the GPU persists when Metal is used. That does not happen with OpenGL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Sean P Posted May 8, 2019 Staff Share Posted May 8, 2019 On 5/4/2019 at 7:24 PM, RNKLN said: It looks like, in .11 the Create artboard flag is On by default. Even if you deselect it, it will be On again the next time you create a new document. For me it means that doing a Cmd+N + Enter is no longer enough to create a new document (I now often have to close the new document and try again). I've tried by creating a new Preset, but this doesn't solve anything (you have to first select Type = Presets and than the actual preset you just created). I don't see this as in improvement. It would be if AD remembered the things you had checked/unchecked. Or, am I missing something? Thanks for that - I've passed it on to development. IsabelAracama 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 On 5/4/2019 at 1:24 PM, RNKLN said: It looks like, in .11 the Create artboard flag is On by default. Even if you deselect it, it will be On again the next time you create a new document. For me it means that doing a Cmd+N + Enter is no longer enough to create a new document (I now often have to close the new document and try again). I've tried by creating a new Preset, but this doesn't solve anything (you have to first select Type = Presets and than the actual preset you just created). I have noticed that the settings of the last used custom preset are 'sticky' for new documents, even after quitting & restarting the beta, but while the "Type:" popup says "Preset" as expected, the "Page Preset:" below it just says "<Custom>" instead of the name of the preset, so there is no indication that this is a custom preset (or at least identical to it). I think that if the settings are 'sticky,' the preset name should be as well. Does that make sense? Also possibly related somehow to this, if I am in the new document window while a custom preset is selected, if I then change the page width or height (or possibly other fields) but don't move the text cursor to some other field before creating a new preset, the results are erratic. Sometimes the height value from the selected preset replaces the value I have just entered when I create the preset. Other times, no new preset is created. I haven't worked out all the possibilities, but the key step to see this behavior is to leave the text cursor in a field that has just been edited. 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...
RNKLN Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 4 hours ago, R C-R said: I have noticed that the settings of the last used custom preset are 'sticky' for new documents, even after quitting & restarting the beta, but while the "Type:" popup says "Preset" as expected, the "Page Preset:" below it just says "<Custom>" instead of the name of the preset, so there is no indication that this is a custom preset (or at least identical to it). I think that if the settings are 'sticky,' the preset name should be as well. Does that make sense? I see the same happening indeed. The only thing is that, even in that situation, the Create artboard flag choice is not sticky. Affinity Photo - Affinity Designer - Affinity Publisher | macOS Sonoma (14.2) on 16GB MBP14 2021 with 2.4 versions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 4 hours ago, RNKLN said: I see the same happening indeed. The only thing is that, even in that situation, the Create artboard flag choice is not sticky. For me, at least for my custom presets, the Create Artboard flag is sticky, even when Page Preset just says "Custom" & the settings are identical to my last used custom preset. 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...
Zaxonov Posted May 9, 2019 Share Posted May 9, 2019 Hello, I think the icons for Curved and Barbed arrows has been switched with the last two Triangle arrows options. I think it was also the case in beta 1.7.0.10, but I'm not sure I don't have a retina display so sorry for the « low » resolution screenshot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Sean P Posted May 10, 2019 Staff Share Posted May 10, 2019 Hi Zaxonov, Thanks for letting us know - I'll get this passed on to development! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helmar Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 (edited) REMOVED. Edited May 15, 2019 by Helmar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HYR Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 I just switched to another tab and then came back and the screen was black. When i scrolled up and down the black went away. Not sure what's going on. (1.7.0.11) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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