Affinity Designer Changelog

What's new in Affinity Designer 2.4.2

Apr 8, 2024

Bug fixes which affected all platforms:
Export Preview does not correctly display results when using Rasterise = Nothing AF-2284
.CR2/CR3 images import with desaturated/washed out colours when switching between RAW engines
Bug fixes which affected Desktop (Windows and macOS):
Customer .docx file placed within a text frame in a new doc gives "Failed to Save" message. AF-2158
Tables: Update from Selection on Default format enables 'Delete' causing app to crash when deleting format. AF-2142
Bugs fixed which specifically affected Windows:
Pixel and Pixel Grid gridlines are thicker in v2.4. AF-2167
Attempt to fix RAW files having Artefacts when opened. AF-2178
Crash when changing between Light and Dark UI with stroke panel and unselected curve on page.
Crash - adding pages from files and specifying a section to add.
Layers panel: layer drop zones broken. AF-2394
Can't undo live filter or adjustment layer creation. AF-2265
CTRL modifier for boolean Add now makes compounds. AF-2432
Grids fail to instantly update on document when modified. AF-2224
Using a keyboard shortcut for Geometry > Add results in a compound shape as if ctrl + add was clicked. AF-2444
Builds on arm devices failing to render documents with OpenCL enabled. AF-2173

New in Affinity Designer 2.4.1 (Mar 26, 2024)

New in Affinity Designer 2.3.0 (Nov 30, 2023)

Features and improvements affecting all platforms:
Spiral Tool:
Choice of styles including Linear, Decaying, Fibonacci and Plotted
Optional straight-line edges
Spiral Tool tutorial: https://youtu.be/iz-Jc_ODpmo
Pixel grid options in all apps:
Automatic Grid returns to Photo
Pixel Grid tutorial: https://youtu.be/R457ABIv80U
Place and export password-protected PDFs, including the ability to individually allow:
Document printing
Content modification
Content copying
Password protected PDF tutorial: https://youtu.be/NP6dPxD6wuo
Export PDF files to PDF 2.0 (ISO 32000-2) standard
Change Asset Panel background colour
(Publisher) Image tagging for accessible PDFs
Tags Panel for Alternative Text: https://youtu.be/ARWDRB9Qyrs
(Publisher) Find and Replace panel uses inbuilt and custom fields in search terms and replacement text
(Designer) ‘Keep selected’ preference in Pencil Tool
(Publisher) Independent formatting of cross-reference field
In addition to those features on all platforms above, these are the Windows and macOS features and improvements:
Move Data Entry improvements:
Scale option to resize by a given percentage
Insertion Mode options to insert duplicates in front of or behind the original object
Edit object properties as you transform
Improved Number of copies slider behaviour
Brush names show by default on the Brushes panel
Create new documents from assets by dragging from panel to title bar
Create shapes of same type and properties from an existing shape selection
In addition to those features on all platforms above, these are the iPad features and improvements:
Optionally deselect shapes after creation
(Photo) Curves adjustment graph editor shows all coloured channel curve
Localised versions of the changes in 2.3 (and those in earlier releases) can be found here:
Affinity Designer Feature List
Affinity Photo Feature List
Affinity Publisher Feature List
As well as all those improvements above, listed below are the most important bugs that have been fixed
Bug fixes which affected all platforms:
Crash when deleting Notes from Master page, if pages are added after note creation [AF-1057]
DWG file model is not imported correctly [AF-955]
Cross references - allow anchors and index marks to be filtered by name [AF-2]
Presets can't be added for just the black and white adjustment [AF-520]
[User File] Curve objects do not export to PDF / print until node has been edited or object Flipped [AF-640]
PDF export fails when document is set to Euroscale Coated V2 [AF-370]
Fields Panel - 'Created' field fails to update when using 'Save as' on documents [AF-70]
DWG file stuck on loading
Word footnote imports with tiny font size
When a document is opened, the Index panel may show limited or no entries until Update is clicked
Edit placed pdf doesn't show any layers in the layers panel
Allow components of a cross-reference's text to be formatted individually
Help and Localisation fixes and improvements
(B) Bug fixes which affected Desktop (Windows and macOS):
DNG from Samsung phones opens up dark [AF-952]
Exporting to PDF RGB/8 with placed images always converts them to 'sRGB2014' regardless of export settings [AF-946]
Crash When Exporting PDF from a book which has anchor cross references across chapters [AF-744]
Bleed fails to print when range is set to Artboards [AF-739]
Move Data Entry Tool doesn't Duplicate consistently on other pages when using Previous Settings [AF-661]
Move Data Entry duplicates secondary instances of a symbol as a Group [AF-653]
Alt + Click / Alt + Shift + Click on a new brush to retain size no longer functions for Pixel tools [AF-463]
Frankentoon "Splat" macro pack crashes the apps (also needs new download from the Affinity store)
Live filters cause bleed to export blank [AF-465]
Adding a spread prior to Page 1 in a document is causing all text to disappear [AF-458]
Bleed fails to export when you have an adjustment layer on an artboard [AF-413]
Text doesn't re-flow when group size indirectly increased [AF-333]
Certain files have planar memory leaks when opening and rendering
Table of contents and Index Page numbers do not update on Book Output [AF-59]
Running Headers Settings- Inconsistent casing on dialog settings [AF-42]
Editing a linked document with multiple artboards, incorrectly auto-updates artboard selection to artboard 1 [AF-28]
Custom Variables are lost when using 'Add Pages from Files' [AF-18]
Bleed fails to export to raster formats when range is set to Artboards [AF-413]
Tooltip for Create Custom Field is incorrect after deleting Custom fields [AF-17]
Crash adding customer macro pack [AF-1142]
List numbering does not sync correctly across multiple files in a book [AF-1076]
Table rotated by 90, the resizing indicators are incorrect [AF-861]
Artboard's Layer Panel tooltip displays as 'Rectangle' [AF-831]
Lock icon on Glyph Browser uses the V1 style of Lock icon [AF-800]
View > View Mode >Hide effects inconsistency [AF-644]
It should not be possible to use 'Move Inside' to place a Symbol inside itself [AF-562]
User File - Select Same > Fill fails to detect other objects with the same HEX applied [AF-527]
Book Chapters fail to update the 'Restart Page numbering at' field in Section Manager [AF-386]
Copying a frame with an index in allows multiple indexes to be in the same document [AF-329]
Appearance Panel buttons look disabled in Light UI [AF-252]
Replacing Style Source Chapter in Book results in Book without a Style Source Chapter - app crashes when exporting/printing file [AF-223]
Editing Cross Reference Strings will always default to English (United Kingdom)
Relinking Missing Artboard document reverts all placed versions of the file to the first Artboard in the list
Hyperlink control value not set when choosing a preset
Too much play/acceleration in the Duplicate slider
Add Pages from File invalidates Page Hyperlinks
Text doesn't re-flow when group size indirectly decreased
Light UI: Show in Explorer button is too dark and looks out of place
Cross-references can be inserted on a Master Page but do not function as expected on Pages
Previously viewed page fails after text entry
(C) Bugs fixed which specifically affected Windows:
Dragging an Asset with a layer behind the Asset Studio UI will unexpectedly select the object behind as you drag [AF-1222]
Replacing a Linked & Missing PDF resets the Spread and Page Box options [AF-1088]
Text > Character Traits shows Strikeout. Other references in app shows as Strikethrough [AF-896]
Files in a Write Denied folder should open in a read-only state [AF-808]
Move/Duplicate gives different results when facing pages is used [AF-622]
Changing White Balance Temperature without enabling the White Balance section auto-collapses panel instantaneously [AF-316]
Develop Sliders are not auto enabled when expanding view or changing a value [AF-314]
Edit Table Format - Amending the Fill using RGB sliders on a CMYK doc will render an RGB table preview [AF-230]
Colour Picker Text is not centred [AF-105]
Index panel is missing Show Index/and References options in Preferences [AF-21]
Tooltip for Add Custom Field in Fields Panel missing [AF-15]
Node Right Click context menu is missing dividers on Windows [AF-14]
Move cmd+K (Find in Layers Panel) from Misc to Layer in Shortcuts
Active toast when closing document with colour picker active causes cursor to be invisible
File partially locks up app after exporting to SVG (all pages)
Changing an applied Text Style 'type' results in a blank Context Toolbar dialog
Unable to open/save to Documents with controlled folder access enabled
Tabbing out of the White Balance field collapses the group
Cross Reference keyboard shortcut entries are missing on Windows
On the Edit Table Format dialog, tooltips are the same for table and cell insets
Add Pages from File dialog allows for invalid values, causing crashing or failure to add document
Recent dialog: Grid/List view button doesn't update when changing UI style
Dragging an Asset onto canvas ignores layer selection and always inserts asset at top of layers stack
Hyperlink Properties' Character Style dropdown is out of view for Book Chapters.
New Batch Dialog tweaks

New in Affinity Designer 2.2.1 (Oct 19, 2023)

New in Affinity Designer 2.2.0 (Sep 19, 2023)

Features and improvements affecting all platforms:
OCIO v2 support added in Photo:
OpenColorIOSetup and usage tutorial: https://youtu.be/NMc5Syoz8MU
Custom text variables in Publisher
Additional keyboard shortcuts for pixel brush tools
Alt-click new layer automatically adds selection to that new layer
Cross-references added in Publisher
‘Hide effects’ and ‘greyscale’ view mode options in Publisher and Designer
Change guide colour
Long press tool shortcuts
Custom date formats available in Publisher
All supported image files now available from File -> Open in Publisher
‘Find and Replace’ now includes scope and result count in Publisher
Go to previously viewed spread in Publisher
‘Create symbol’ option added to Layer menu in Designer
Additional options when creating indexes in Publisher
Update table format from selection in Publisher
Improved resistance to data loss when network connectivity is lost.
Files are locked while they are being edited to avoid simultaneous edits by 2 users.
In addition to those features on all platforms above, these are the Windows and macOS features and improvements:
MacOS Sonoma Support
Object creation data entry
Move data entry
‘Delete Node’ added to right-click menu
‘Select All on Current Layer’ option now available
Grid presets and favourite fonts now sync between apps on device
Data merge in Publisher now allows fields to set URLs, file locations, emails and anchors
In addition to those features on all platforms above, these are the iPad features and improvements:
Decimal place accuracy preferences added
‘Prefer to keep selection’ preference added
(A) Bug fixes which affected all platforms:
Attached IDML crashes Publisher on open
Reset Visibility Options and Reset Snapping Options do not work
Fields are not being included in the word count
Between Items separator is missing the comma
Multi-word text selection is lost if you use Capitalisation options
With the Artistic Text Tool, status bar displays different text when point is over panel versus document view
Newly placed content is immediately selected in the document view but not in Resource Manager
Clicking master page text with the Move tool switches to the Text tool
It was possible to apply kerning before the first letter of a frame, which then applies it after the letter
Other minor fixes
Translation Improvements
Help file improvements
(B) Bug fixes which affected Desktop (Windows and macOS):
PDF Export isn't exporting the stroke on some curves/fonts correctly
Lens correction for Leica DG Nocticron 42.5 F1.2 not being applied automatically
User File - Nikon RAW Lens profile is applied, but does not correct as expected
Transform origin can randomly jump into a different location
Enable Transform Origin point doesn't reset to centre when creating new selections
Margin Colour is not being reflected across dialogs when used with Artboards
Pen/Node Tool's 'Show Orientation' checkbox is not remembered between app runs
Vector Flood Fill - transform handles
Boolean operations between (vector) masks & clipped objects and the parents they are nested to
User File - Preflight from book panel crashes app
Hang whilst attempting to save, if file hasn't fully loaded
Pasting Master Page into Photo / Designer > Edit Detached - crash
Crash when dragging the contents of duplicate symbols outside of a symbol.
Attached file crashes Affinity Publisher on open
Exchanging an .Afpub between devices which contains embedded PDF files set to passthrough will reset the policy to linked with the files missing
IDML file crashing V2 Publisher on opening
Using Swatches for Cell Border colour in Edit Table Format crashes app
Crash exporting to PDF when using a specific font
User File - Crash on load, possible corrupt pixel data?
Develop Persona - Last used preset shown but not applied, requires returning to default before you are then able to apply this preset
Layer order affects object selection
Develop Persona - Last used preset shown in list but not applied
Styles/Afphoto is display incorrect fill colours in 2.1
Multi Page PDFs with Bleed fail to display correctly when placed
Objects move unexpectedly when grouped
Bookmarks are created at the end of the selected text, rather than the start - causing unexpected positioning when selecting bookmark
User .afpackage - Importing file claims 0 missing, though 90+ images are marked as missing after opening
Find and Replace - Replace All with singular characters reduces multiple repeats to singular, different results with multiple Replace clicks
Placed source document dimensions are incorrectly updated after updating the placement policy in the destination document
App doesn't warn about Recursive document placement when dragging a file in or using Resource Manager
Copy a text selection with Index Marks fails to create the topic when pasted into a new document
PDF Passthrough Incorrectly Flags Text as Object of a Different Colourspace
Placed Passthrough PDFs with a Min/Max Content Page box add an unnecessary mask layer to remove crop marks on export
Setting Min/Max content Page boxes on placed Passthrough PDF files can incorrectly offset/crop the contents
Deleting note in attached file causes app to crash
Running header field - changing case causes crash
Data merge with Inline picture frames fails to generate with filled content
Page re-numbering using Books panel not working
Placing RAW file on Master A and opening in Develop crashes app, no crash on other Master pages
2 node Curve moves position when Transform >Length is changed on a multi-page document
Linked documents not rendering correctly
Changing the DPI of a document causes single pages to inherit size of selection in "Show Dimensions of:"
Crash inserting a page before Page 1
Users V1 file crashing on open
DOCX - numbering/bullets and list levels not matching word when placed
Show on startup checkbox is present on Account dialog on Windows but not Mac
New Document dialog: Category title inconsistencies
Switching accounts without linking can leave the app licensed to the wrong account
No licence-expired message shown when 90 day trial PKs expire
Alt/OPT + Modifier key no longer invokes when assigned to Increase/Decrease Brush size Shortcuts
Library Panel: Inconsistencies with Renaming, Deleting and Editing macros
LAB swatches in ASE do not import
Grouping one object doesn't add the layer to the group
Maximum/Minimum Content Page boxes on placed .AF files no longer display content outside of the canvas area
Select same / object hidden object toggle issue
Transform Origin with multiple Group selections cause the Origin to become offset after the first rotation, further transforms of the origin point do not work as expected
User file - sections of curve not recognised by Node Tool until new nodes are added to object
Inserting Endnotes in TOC deletes text.
Endnotes title not included in TOC
OK button remains greyed out after entering valid email address
User file - V1.4 PDF set to passthrough shows incorrectly in the export dialog, when exporting is converted to interpret (as expected?) but moves to the top of the page incorrectly
PDF bleed differs when exporting using the Books panel
Swedish double right quotation marks aren't kept on same line as enclosing word
Table Format Editor does not show Fill Tint, Border Stroke Colour / Width, Frame Fill & Frame Stroke Colour / Width
On Paragraph panel, text that explains when there are no tab stops is truncated (macOS) or not shown (Windows)
Adding footnote from cell of inline table does not correctly assign space for footnote within the text frame
When an anchor targeted by a cross-ref is renamed, the cross-ref's name on the Cross-References panel does not update
Filter by [No Style] currently filters by all styles
Impossible to move a layer above a picture frame if the frame is at the top of the stack
Hit areas when moving Picture Frames via the layers tab aren't correct
Space incorrectly gets added to text on clipboard if you double click a word to highlight
Font drop down does not use Dark UI version
In Develop Persona, the Develop Assistant's tooltip has been incorrectly named Assistant Settings (Mac) and Assistant Preferences (Win)
German UI - Stroke flyout - text overlapping icons
Other minor desktop fixes
(C) Bugs fixed which specifically affected Windows:
Copying of settings from Release to Beta isn't working on Windows
Crash double-clicking colour swatch with custom Windows scaling
'Add Pages from File' does not relinquish control of source file, even after closing new destination document
Pressing Enter to select Parent Index topic crashes app
Updating linked pdf placed multiple times can cause a hang
App freezes when shift+click twice in a blank space with Art text or frame selected.
Cannot Drag-drop a brush from Brush panel into Sub Brushes
Live Noise Reduction with AMD GPU, Hardware Acceleration and HDR enabled causes rendering issues.
Device Independent Bitmap paste is empty if copied from Affinity
Decrease shortcut fails in AZERTY layout
Placing an image and then undocking Layers panel and applying a Curve Adjustment will crash the app
Settings > Autocorrect auto selects the first character typed, meaning further characters overwrite and you cannot type a full word
Table Stroke via the Context toolbar doesn't work first time
Studiolink- MSI install - Non default folder
Index - Incorrect out of date message and doesnt refresh correctly
Scrolling Mouse Wheel in Hex Colour field does not set Fill colour for selected object
In Export window when Include bleed is enabled, the With Bleed sizing text is truncated
Shift modifier to synchronise colour sliders stops functioning when sliders reach '100%'
When the - key is assigned to a shortcut the shortcut does not work in v2.1
when trying to assign the numeric key pad + key a = is assigned instead
Selecting a Studio Panel name also selects an option within the studio behind it, when the studio swap causes a change in height
Colour input method from the Context Toolbar well is not retained after restarting the app
Size Limit dropdown is not being reflected between session instances
Brush Panel: Move/Copy to Category doesn't show leading _ in category names
Unable to resize Arrowheads with mousehweel
Resource Manager: There is very little space to display the image name
Using the Transparent Swatch as a Matte option causes the next Matte colour selection to fail to apply, but subsequent changes work
Layer identifiers get stuck when changing the UI Style
Unable to rename layer by clicking away
Unable to set Matte to white using sliders for formats that don't support transparency
Preserve Luminosity does not function with hardware acceleration turned off
Layers panel scrolls when dragging layer outside of panel.
Corner type not updated when starting with TL corner
Dragging a swatch using the Vector Flood Fill tool fails to preview on Windows
Insert Hyperlink dialog fails to show all text styles until you view the Text Styles Panel
Opacity cannot be changed using context toolbar fill selection if a PANTONE swatch is used
Drag and dropping image onto canvas places file on 'active' page, rather than 'visible' page
The image contains insufficient metadata
Export preview is zoomable using +/-
Large delay when editing a table formats stroke
Considerable delay when switching tabs
"OK" isn't disabled if no valid cross reference exists in the Insert Cross Reference dialog
Index panel Using separator results in several characters being inserted.
Switching between documents is very slow
Data merge - Esc closes the progress bar but not the process
Vector Formats are zoomable in Export Preview using +/- or CTRL + 1-4
Other minor Windows specific fixes
(D) Bugs fixed which specifically affected macOS:
Dragging RGB Hex label causes app hang with Lock Colourspace is disabled
Apps should offer Save As after simultaneous edit
App lock when closing file
App occasionally crashes when you press Return within Insert Cross-Reference dialog's Filter text field
Colour & Stroke options on the Context Toolbar has a hitbox which is too small
Application (running) doesn't maximize when we click the icon on the dock
Unable to Manually Enter a Width Value in the Stroke Panel
If you switch the index language to one we don't have translations for all the separators are empty
Text Selection when scrolling across multiple pages
An Above Below cross reference to a pinned object always says 'below'
Cross references displayed as paragraph numbers may unexpectedly display 0
Float to view loses Window
Attempting to re-arrange toolbar can lead to app's window frame moving
Vector Flood - "Add bitmap from file" button looks different
Unable to deactivate through CTRL-run up if another affinity app is running
Rename Layer/artboard dialogs not fully translated
CTRL run-up > Clear user data pop-up > Deactivate button > Text has low contrast
Localisation - Strokes Panel - Mac
On Text Frame panel, tooltips on various stroke-related controls are incorrect or inconsistent
Preflight panel may not display page number containing a placed PDF that has issues and inappropriately show Fix button
Large Font size UI issues:
Portuguese Stroke Panel & Preferences
Clipped in RAM/Disk usage fields
Multiple languages, Keyboard Shortcuts panel issues (overlapping buttons)
Export conflicts dialog in Export Persona is clipped
Layers Opacity % is clipped
Channel Mixer dialog labels are cut off
Buttons on Cross-References panel remain unexpectedly available after deselecting a cross-reference
Incorrect display of assets in list mode on OSX.
When inserting a cross-reference and filtering the targets list, the list may not fully refresh until clicked
After deselecting a cross-reference on the Cross-References panel, it's auto-selected next time the panel is opened
Cross-References panel and fields do not indicate a cross-reference is invalid if its target has been deleted
Acknowledging the duplicate style name warning dismisses the edit style menu
Add Master Menu - Entering a Name and then switching between spread/page clears the name field
Sort order icon on Hyperlinks panel is cropped
UI menu inconsistencies for Edit in AppName
Sub-brush editing very laggy
On the Edit Table Format dialog, the Escape key is bound to Reset rather than Cancel
Data Merge sources stored on a Cloud drive won't update if the cloud file isn't downloaded
Swatches panel: Cannot change selected bitmap fill to another bitmap fill in the same swatch (M1 specific)
Stroke join type renders randomly on M1 devices
Vector Brush tool resetting brush size back to default when tool swapping tools
Add-on file size isn't being hidden during download/install progress
Many other macOS specific fixes
(E) Bugs fixed which specifically affected iPad:
OCIO package file (.ocio) not selectable from Preferences, Colour, "Choose OCIO Package" dialog (file greyed out)
Arrange, Transform and Alignment buttons can all be lit at the same time leading to a crash
App crash when opening section manager for some files
Sample files can occasionally have Preferences button incorrectly and cause crashes
iPad doesn't deal with decimal accuracy properly
Backgrounding then restoring Affinity app while loading, shows sign-in prompt even if licensed
iPad Ruler Marks get incorrectly scaled with document zoom
On Transform panel's Alignment Options, pop-up menu for alignment scope is disabled
Gradient tool tip on iPad is incorrectly labelled "Fill"
Place panel cannot be re-invoked if dismissed
Spelling > Learn spelling learns the next word in the list and not the current selection
Tapping the question mark in the bottom right corner does not add labels / tooltips to items in the context toolbar
Filter Add-Ons by Text Search fails to reflect any downloads that are started/stopped
Group option not present on Edit menu in Photo
RAW file from a Panasonic DMC-GM5 shows wrong size in Metadata Studio 1920 x 1440 instead of 4608 x 3464
On Text panel's Bullets and Numbering section, 'Tab stop' option's label is overset in fr and pt-BR
Allignment options on ipad do not respect the document measurement units and always show px as default.
Rulers can be re-enabled with preview mode still enabled
Guide marks are much harder to see on iPad ruler
When applying a master to specified pages, the on-screen keyboard obscures the field in which you're typing page numbers
Styles dropdown is offset slightly
Selecting Preview Mode from menu doesn’t update toolbar button’s state
Document > Guides > Margins > Values don't change until we release the drag with Uniform ON
Show Anchors icon does not change when tapped
Add the ability to tap through top menus
Vector Brush tool resetting brush size back to default when tool swapping tools
Swatches panel: Cannot change selected bitmap fill to another bitmap fill in the same swatch (M1 specific)
Stroke join type renders randomly on M1 devices
Add-on file size isn't being hidden during download/install progress
Many other iPadOS specific fixes

New in Affinity Designer 2.0.0.1640 (Nov 14, 2022)

New in Affinity Designer 1.10.5.1282 Beta (Oct 8, 2022)

New in Affinity Designer 1.10.5.1342 (Mar 8, 2022)

New in Affinity Designer 1.10.5.1282 Beta (Jan 25, 2022)

New in Affinity Designer 1.10.5.1127 Beta (Dec 8, 2021)

New in Affinity Designer 1.10.4.1198 (Oct 30, 2021)

New in Affinity Designer 1.10.3.1191 (Oct 25, 2021)

New in Affinity Designer 1.10.3.1188 Beta (Oct 22, 2021)

New in Affinity Designer 1.10.1.1142 (Aug 25, 2021)

New in Affinity Designer 1.10.0.1127 (Aug 5, 2021)

New in Affinity Designer 1.10.0.1127 Beta (Jul 31, 2021)

New in Affinity Designer 1.10.0.1115 Beta (Jul 20, 2021)

New in Affinity Designer 1.10.0.1112 Beta (Jul 19, 2021)

New in Affinity Designer 1.10.0.1104 Beta (Jul 7, 2021)

New in Affinity Designer 1.10.0.1085 Beta (Jun 14, 2021)

New in Affinity Designer 1.9.4.1065 Beta (May 10, 2021)

New in Affinity Designer 1.9.4.1048 Beta (Apr 15, 2021)

New in Affinity Designer 1.9.2.1005 Beta (Mar 12, 2021)

New in Affinity Designer 1.9.2.997 Beta (Mar 6, 2021)

New in Affinity Designer 1.9.1.979 (Feb 25, 2021)

Fixes & Improvements:
Fixed Crashes and errors when using the My Account option
Fixed crash at start-up due to broken OpenCL drivers ( potential start-up crashes are detected, and hardware acceleration is prevented.)
Disabled hardware acceleration for AMD Radeon RX 5000 series and later cards (awaiting response to bug filed with AMD)
Fixed crash attempting to print a single artboard, which isn't the first artboard in the document
Fixed some documents failing to load (hanging)
Fixed JPEG and TIFF filter descriptions (was "Affinity Files")
Fixed performance problems when Paragraph Panel was visible
Fixed the inability to save some files originally opened as read only
Improved content syncing
Fixed scaled text frame increasing text size when grouped
Fixed Affinity registration showing in English for some supported locales
Fixed EMFs not rendering on non-RGBA documents
Fixed mirroring objects to transform individually based on tool settings
Improved performance of snapping by restricting inner bound snapping to objects with no more than two curves (i.e. single holes)
Fixed PDF passthrough failing to work on multi-page documents
Fixed TGA import to allow loading of large files
Fixed crash when loading specific CR3 file.
Fixed Studio Preset shortcuts not being restored after a subsequent launch
Fixed potential crash when a updating the layer editability
Fixed potential crash showing Product Key dialog
Fixed Copy As SVG preventing Affinity data being added to the clipboard
Fixed New from Clipboard of raster data from external applications, as it was always preferring EMF/WMF over raster data (ignoring the 'Prefer metafile over raster ...') general setting
Fixed asset dragging performance for some assets
Fixed being unable to apply styles with a single click in list mode
Fixed crash on shutdown while "My Account" content is still downloading
Improved PDF Import of text lists and numbers lists
Fixed PDF Import incorrectly identifying clips as redundant and removing them
Fixed copying of objects not copying their tag colour
Fixed Export Preview scaling issues.
Help and Localisation improvements
Performance improvements

New in Affinity Designer 1.9.1.971 Beta (Feb 22, 2021)

New in Affinity Designer 1.9.1.963 Beta (Feb 19, 2021)

New in Affinity Designer 1.9.1.952 Beta (Feb 13, 2021)

New in Affinity Designer 1.9.1.944 Beta (Feb 10, 2021)

New in Affinity Designer 1.9.1.943 Beta (Feb 8, 2021)

New in Affinity Designer 1.9.0.932 (Feb 4, 2021)

New Features:
Powerful contour tool to create abstract objects or increase the width of single open curves
Select Same to efficiently match attributes such as fill colour, stroke colour, stroke weight, transparency, blend mode or shape type
Select Object to select all objects of a certain type within your document to make editing even easier
Windows hardware (GPU) acceleration (for users running Windows 10 (April 2020 update or later) with a Direct3D feature level 12.0 capable card)
Studio presets for the UI layout to save your favourite workspace setups for different tasks, explained here Studio panel combinations (also learn more)
Linked images and Resource Manager
PDF passthrough option added
Save As Package feature to collate your document alongside all used image and font resources into a folder
Divide blend mode added
Placed scale for all placed files, which allows scaling to be reset to 100%
Added hierarchical antialiasing control - accessed from the Blend Ranges dialog in the Layers Panel
Curves numeric field controls
Blend modes for mask layers
Added export preview to export dialog (for raster types)
Create brushes from current pixel selection
Content sync of store purchases (requires registration)
Fixes & Improvements:
Elliptical marquee automatically creates from centre
Added option for Designer to be able to show/hide overflow text - particularly useful for text on a path
Snap to pixel selection bounds
Configurable bleed and margin guide colours
When creating a global colour from an object also apply it
Filter effects now work properly with global colours
Original file name no longer saved as "Title" in PDF, after renaming the file
Fixed inability to change document dimensions while aspect ratio was unlocked
When items copied as SVG they could not be pasted as text
Fixed Tools getting stuck in the hand tool cursor after using spacebar + alt and click to zoom out
Added Canvas Rotation option to Preferences
New Samples
Various stability improvements
Help and Localisation improvements
Performance improvements

New in Affinity Designer 1.9.0.932 Beta RC 6 (Feb 3, 2021)

New in Affinity Designer 1.9.0.927 Beta (Feb 1, 2021)

New in Affinity Designer 1.9.0.923 Beta (Jan 28, 2021)

New in Affinity Designer 1.9.0.911 Beta (Jan 26, 2021)

New in Affinity Designer 1.9.0.903 Beta (Jan 21, 2021)

New in Affinity Designer 1.9.0.900 Beta (Jan 20, 2021)

New in Affinity Designer 1.9.0.885 Beta (Jan 8, 2021)

New in Affinity Designer 1.9.0.876 Beta (Dec 15, 2020)

New in Affinity Designer 1.9.0.864 Beta (Nov 30, 2020)

New in Affinity Designer 1.9.0.852 Beta (Nov 17, 2020)

New in Affinity Designer 1.9.0.834 Beta (Nov 6, 2020)

New in Affinity Designer 1.9.0.815 Beta (Oct 22, 2020)

New in Affinity Designer 1.9.0.791 Beta (Oct 15, 2020)

New in Affinity Designer 1.9.0.780 Beta (Oct 4, 2020)

New in Affinity Designer 1.9.0.767 Beta (Sep 29, 2020)

New in Affinity Designer 1.9.0.734 Beta (Sep 17, 2020)

New in Affinity Designer 1.9.0.733 Beta (Sep 16, 2020)

New in Affinity Designer 1.8.5.703 (Aug 24, 2020)

New in Affinity Designer 1.8.5.703 Beta (Aug 13, 2020)

New in Affinity Designer 1.8.4.693 (Aug 3, 2020)

Fixes & Improvements:
Fixed import of PSD files with extended blend modes
Fixed crash when making some selections
Changed mask thumbnails to use black, not transparent
Fixed OCIO transform being removed when the window is moved or minimised
Fixed Character Panel's Decorations colour box displaying in RGB
Fixed Layer Effects Gradient Overlay sliders not working correctly
Fixed flickering brush preview with tablet input
Fixed spurious lines being drawn with tablet input
Fixed Alt+Drag colour picker getting stuck when using tablet input
Added user preference for whether to try to keep selections after deleting
Fixed expand stroke failure on strokes that use velocity as a controller
Fixed gradients not changing when Global Colour is modified
[Installer] Prevent installation into non-empty directory
Fixed setting artboard/spread origin from panel not accounting for artboard spread position
Fixed various issues with guide positions and artboard origins
Allow closing of curves for special case selection
Removed "Windows Ink" option, and replaced with high precision WinTab support
Fixed AI import incorrectly identifying as EPS when it was actually a PDF with extra data at the front
Fixed PDF import for documents with extra data at the front
Fixed PDF export for some Asian fonts that support many glyphs
Fixed Layers panel dropping of items of right of thumbnail in expanded parents
Fixed right-click context menu to disable Merge Down when attempting to merge a Pixel Layer into a shape
Fixed PDF import crash due to infinitely searching for fonts
Fixed HSL ring displaying incorrectly when returning to the adjustment
Fixed being unable to drag afassets into the app
Changed PDFs to open as restricted if we don't have permission to edit, copy or print them
Fixed PDF export accidentally outputting all RGB images at 16-bit
Fixed Guide positions to be displayed relative to current Artboard
Fixed layer blend modes not scrolling with arrow keys
Improved performance of font loading (and tried to improve behaviour with font managers)
Improved PDF export support for 16-bit and 32-bit images
Fixed SVG import of elements with closepath not followed by move
Fixed SVG export of curves with large bounds
Fixed incorrect sheet colour in PSD export (following import)
Fixed incorrectly enabled control on Text Style decorations
Fixed click to select items with group crops
Fixed locked layers being selectable via Marquee selection
Fixed PDF import of certain unicode characters producing the wrong character
Fixed SVG import to ignore spurious quote marks in "url('#identifier')" references
Fixed SVG import to treat gradients with one stop as solid fills
Fixed SVG import having wrong default for gradientUnits
Fixed crash when importing an invalid SVG due to negative heights or widths
Fixed hand cursor getting stuck after panning
Fixed crash when pressing V with Alignment flyout open
Fixed font names always displaying their English names
Fixed PDF export with embedded ICC profiles
Fixed SVG import of booleans
Fixed SVG import of documents with multiple <svg> elements
Fixed fill aspect ratio for Radial and Conical to be maintained unless the correction handle is visible
Fixed text edit handles to allow auto pan ability
Fixed changing tool while the Align Panel is open (if the next tool supports the alignment options, it will remain open, else it will close)
Fixed crash when dragging items in the Layers control
Improved performance of PDF import
Improved performance of text when rendering text
Fixed vector export of text occasionally filling characters
Fixed crash when closing floating document
Fixed New Document dialog previous document selection highlight not being remembered
Fixed Ctrl+M with nodes selected to not bring up the curves dialog
Fixed crash when docking a panel with the Brushes panel
Fixed crash with Appearance panel after using Ctrl+Z on vector brush input
Fixed PNG export not displaying the size warning if the export dialog was previously closed with a different preset
Help and Localisation improvements.

New in Affinity Designer 1.8.4.693 Beta (Jul 30, 2020)

New in Affinity Designer 1.8.4.681 Beta (Jul 16, 2020)

New in Affinity Designer 1.8.4.676 Beta (Jul 13, 2020)

New in Affinity Designer 1.8.4.674 Beta (Jul 8, 2020)

New in Affinity Designer 1.8.4.665 Beta (Jun 26, 2020)

New in Affinity Designer 1.8.4.650 Beta (May 4, 2020)

New in Affinity Designer 1.8.4.647 Beta (Apr 6, 2020)

New in Affinity Designer 1.8.3.641 (Apr 3, 2020)

New in Affinity Designer 1.8.3.641 Beta (Apr 1, 2020)

New in Affinity Designer 1.8.3.628 Beta (Mar 27, 2020)

New in Affinity Designer 1.8.3.623 Beta (Mar 25, 2020)

New in Affinity Designer 1.8.1.611 Beta (Mar 13, 2020)

New in Affinity Designer 1.8.1.610 Beta (Mar 11, 2020)

New in Affinity Designer 1.8.1.604 Beta (Mar 6, 2020)

New in Affinity Designer 1.8.0.595 Beta (Mar 2, 2020)

New in Affinity Designer 1.8.0.585 (Feb 26, 2020)

New Features & Improvements:
Template support – save documents as template files to re-use time and time again, share templates across all apps and even access files on multiple devices through cloud storage.
New document dialog – it’s now simpler than ever to find, create and manage document presets with customised, saveable presets and thumbnail previews.
Updated PANTONE© library – work with a seemingly endless range of colours, including updated PANTONE© Color Bridge and PANTONE© Formula Guide solid palettes (coated and uncoated).
Lens correction improvements – benefit from manual lens correction override in the Develop Persona, take advantage of the newly added ‘recently used’ and ‘favourites’ lists, and enjoy improved lens correction of RAW files coming from fixed focal length lenses.
Big plugin support improvements – experience the power of a range of plugins in the app, including Nik collection by DxO.
Better metadata handling – new support for user-editable fields in image metadata, including the IPTC standard for copyright and other information, plus, save and import metadata files (XMP)[enable in preferences], batch whole folders of images and tag with appropriate ownership info, and more.
PSD smart object support – any smart objects included in PSD files can now be imported into Affinity Photo as embedded documents [enable in preferences], letting you easily edit layers within any smart object and maintain a non-destructive workflow into Affinity.
Canon CR3 RAW support – open and edit your highest quality photographs in Affinity Photo.
Many other improvements and fixes.
Fixes
Develop stability improvements.
Fixed issues when printing/exporting live filters.
Fixed crash loading certain JPEG files.
Double click to edit embedded docs from layers panel.
CMYK TIFF import improvements.
Filter effects now support high intensity colours in 32-bit mode.
Text field expression improvements.
Added a new lens profile selector to Develop.
Reimplemented the HSL filter's HSV option.
Improved quality & file size of results when exporting JPEG.
Switching to a mask node will now automatically switch to the grey colour slider.
Improved lens correction of RAW files coming from lenses with fixed focal length.
Improved unsharp mask “threshold” slider.
Improved selection refinement performance & quality.
Improved the noise reduction filter result when applied to JPEGs.
Improved precision of Gaussian algorithm (to reduce banding).
Improved reporting of file load errors (could previously report file corruption incorrectly).
Improved performance of operations with large selections.
Improved memory use with alternate futures and when replacing image layers.
Fixed Styles to show styles that would normally be invisible.
Fixed crash when loading some corrupt JPEGs (valid image data, but corrupt following data).
Fixed PSD export of hidden layers.
Fixed “Create Palette” from CMYK images resulting in RGB colours.
Fixed Pixel Selection appears incorrectly when started near page edge.
Fixed rasterising a fill layer goes wrong after changing document size.
Fixed Marquee Selection not constraining to a square if you drag across the right diagonal.
Fixed mis-identification of some Tamron lenses mounted to Canon bodies.
Fixed crash importing PSD files containing embedded colour profiles with unicode characters in their names.
Assorted other small fixes and improvements.
Localisation improvements.

New in Affinity Designer 1.8.0.555 Beta (Feb 16, 2020)

New in Affinity Designer 1.8.0.532 Beta (Jan 23, 2020)

New in Affinity Designer 1.8.0.526 Beta (Dec 19, 2019)

New in Affinity Designer 1.8.0.514 Beta (Dec 5, 2019)

Disabled WinTab by default (tablet users must now check Windows Ink is enabled in their tablet settings)
Improved points delivered from Windows Ink (process point history)
Fixed 32-bit Colour Chooser dialog
Improved embedded document bounding boxes
Improved error messages when running out of disk space
Fixed Expression Parser incorrect optimisation of subtract op sequence
Fixed deletion of brushes / styles / etc to actually remove the raster data (to reduce file size)
Fixed PSD export to include checks for empty rasterised layers
Fixed PSD export of hidden layers
Fixed angle cursors when the view has been rotated
Fixed Layer Effects not handling changes to document DPI when the dialog is open (using Points as a unit would continue to use the old DPI)
Fixed crash on vector export for specific arrangement of composites and clips
Fixed renaming a colour on the swatches panel not updating correctly
Fixed inconsistencies between font family ordering on macOS and Windows
Changed copied Global Colour names to have a "copy" suffix to prevent accidental editing of the original
Added Remove Columns button on the context toolbar for Designer and Photo for text frames with columns for documents created in Publisher
Fixed crash dragging fill layer to bottom of layer stack
Improvemented memory use with branching undo history and with replacing image nodes
Fixed crash editing colour via double click in swatches tab
Fixed failure to open older documents in 1.8 beta
Fixed failure to apply "Touch for gestures only" to open documents
Fixed "Make a copy" and "Continue" buttons when opening a non-beta project file being reversed
Fixed Print dialog not removing the red overlay on a scaled image
Updated PANTONE Solid and Bridge Palettes
Fixed Create Palette from CMYK images results in RGB colours
Fixed inconsistent document tabbing order
Improved performance of operations with large selections
Fixed sporadic crash when drawing text
Fixed crash after closing document with artistic text tool active
Added Stock Page to Studio menu
Fixed inconsistencies in aspect ratio when dragging assets via different methods
Fixed selection problems with multiple objects of varying line weights
Fixed Artboards becoming out of sync if added/removed in linked afdesign document
Fixed changing DPI using Anchor to Page resizes document

New in Affinity Designer 1.8.0.486 Beta (Oct 25, 2019)

Fixed reordering two similar items on Appearance panel mixing incorrect state
Fixed text frames with arrow head strokes being permanently applied
Added ability to snap along curves in Node tool
Fixed break curve
Fixed Assets getting stuck on drag out preventing other assets from being dragged
Added Stock Panel
Added option to use bleed of embedded Affinity document
Improved performance of selections with huge numbers of objects
Improved PDF import support for DeviceN bitmaps based on LAB colour space
Improved PDF export of clashes between bitmaps with/without k-only
Fixed PDF export "Rasterise nothing" allowing through bitmaps with alpha channels
Switching to a mask node will now automatically switch to the grey colour slider
Fixed spell checker identifying numbers with other characters as incorrectly spelt
Fixed crash importing PSD files containing embedded colour profiles with unicode characters in their name
Fixed Open Folder in Explorer to be disabled for documents with no path
Fixed crash entering Export persona under specific circumstances
Fixed Path text crashing / hanging with certain fonts
Improved performance of PDF import with groups containing more than 5,000 children
Fixed OpenType that could fail to apply 'liga' near end of line
Fixed Text Justification to split ligatures correctly
Changed PDF export Web preset to embed all fonts (many browsers don't support ligatures unless the font is embeded)
Improved PDF import matching of unknown fonts
Fixed misaligned text editor in Export items
Improved performance of subsequent view changes after opening the Export persona
Fixed crash loading customer's file
Fixed export properties not getting saved
Fixed tools disabled when starting the app with hidden UI
Fixed unable to alter Mask's visiblity options in Export Persona
Reimplemented the HSL filter's HSV option
Added ability to drag and drop layers from one document to another
Added resize gripper to status bar
Improved reporting of file load errors (could previously report file corruption incorrectly)
Fixed failure to import customer's WMF file

New in Affinity Designer 1.7.3.486 Beta (Oct 2, 2019)

Fixed reordering two similar items on Appearance panel mixing incorrect state
Fixed text frames with arrow head strokes being permanently applied
Added ability to snap along curves in Node tool
Fixed break curve
Fixed Assets getting stuck on drag out preventing other assets from being dragged
Added Stock page
Added option to use bleed of embedded Affinity document
Improved performance of selections with huge numbers of objects
Improved PDF import support for DeviceN bitmaps based on LAB colour space
Improved PDF export of clashes between bitmaps with/without k-only
Fixed PDF export "Rasterise nothing" allowing through bitmaps with alpha channels
Switching to a mask node will now automatically switch to the grey colour slider
Fixed spell checker identifying numbers with other characters as incorrectly spelt
Fixed crash importing PSD files containing embedded colour profiles with unicode characters in their name
Fixed Open Folder in Explorer to be disabled for documents with no path
Fixed crash entering Export persona under specific circumstances
Fixed Path text crashing / hanging with certain fonts
Improved performance of PDF import with groups containing more than 5,000 children
Fixed OpenType that could fail to apply 'liga' near end of line
Fixed Text Justification to split ligatures correctly
Changed PDF export Web preset to embed all fonts (many browsers don't support ligatures unless the font is embeded)
Improved PDF import matching of unknown fonts
Fixed misaligned text editor in Export items
Improved performance of subsequent view changes after opening the Export persona
Fixed crash loading customer's file
Fixed export properties not getting saved
Fixed tools disabled when starting the app with hidden UI
Fixed unable to alter Mask's visiblity options in Export Persona
Reimplemented the HSL filter's HSV option
Added ability to drag and drop layers from one document to another
Added resize gripper to status bar
Improved reporting of file load errors (could previously report file corruption incorrectly)
Fixed failure to import customer's WMF file

New in Affinity Designer 1.7.3.481 Beta (Sep 26, 2019)

New in Affinity Designer 1.7.3.476 Beta (Sep 17, 2019)

New in Affinity Designer 1.7.2.471 (Aug 19, 2019)

New Features and Improvements:
Added TGA export support
Improved font matching of unknown fonts when importing PDF
Re-enabled gutters
Changed "Edit all layers" to control whether we re-parent objects when dragging across artboards
Improved WMF import
Added missing Select menu to Export Persona.
Allow .icm profiles, as well as *.icc
Improvements to hyphenation rules
Fixes:
Fixed path text handles loading incorrectly
Fixed hang when breaking the curve of path text
Fixed crash copy and pasting text styles
Fixed import of ABR brush files to skip any corrupt brushes
Fixed text in shapes ignoring bounds when exporting selection
Fixed incorrect rendering of text when exporting a PDF with embedded PSD
Fixed PDF export of non-breaking hyphens
Changed selection of first letter in bulleted list to not include the bullet
Fixed failure to apply 'liga' near end of line
Fixed text justification failing to split ligatures
Fixed PDF export of text with ligatures to embed the font (as many browsers don't support ligatures unless the font is embedded)
Fixed bullet and number lists not allowing single characters
Fixed sporadic crash on user's file
Fixed export settings not getting saved
Fixed occasional crash when printing
Fixed soft hyphen in a word prevents it from being added to the spelling dictionary
Fixed crash when installing a new font.
Fixed new fonts failing to appear when several thousand fonts have been installed.
Fixed hang when pressing ESC to cancel Navigator panel Movement.
Fixed clipped Asset names in list view.
Fixed Styles missing labels when using grid view.
Fixed inability to assign Backspace key as a shortcut.
Fixed Studio panel group gets disconnected after switching Personas.
Fixed certain CMYK JPEG opening at 72 DPI
Fixed Drag and Drop of a file twice causing the file to remain locked
Restored TIFF 'fff' support
Fixed crashes when attempting to load truncated files
Fixed crash due to failure to load some colours in SVG
Fixed performance degradation when transforming objects with Lock Children enabled
Fixed crash when duplicating symbol with Appearance Panel visible
Fixed EXIF Color Space property not matching new ICC Profile when exporting
Fixed 32-bit images appearing darker for people with HDR monitors
Fixed Appearance panel negatively affecting performance
Fixed crash after escaping right-click menu in Crop Tool presets
Fixed changing DPI using Anchor to Page resizes document
Fixed pressing ESC during a colour pick operation hides the cursor over menu items
Fixed pressing ESC whilst dragging an asset out will stop any further assets from being added
Fixed Effects panel negatively affecting performance
Fixed wrong document dimensions when switching document units
Fixed crash importing PDF with empty paths

New in Affinity Designer 1.7.1.404 (Aug 19, 2019)

New in Affinity Designer 1.7.2.464 Beta (Aug 14, 2019)

New in Affinity Designer 1.7.2.445 Beta (Aug 12, 2019)

New in Affinity Designer 1.7.2.434 Beta (Jul 29, 2019)

New in Affinity Designer 17.2.424 Beta (Jul 16, 2019)

New in Affinity Designer 17.2.414 Beta (Jul 2, 2019)

New in Affinity Designer 1.7.1.390 Beta (Jun 14, 2019)

New in Affinity Designer 1.7.1.385 Beta (Jun 14, 2019)

New in Affinity Designer 1.7.0.380 Beta (Jun 7, 2019)

New in Affinity Designer 1.7.0.367 (Jun 6, 2019)

CHANGES SINCE LAST VERSION:
EDR:
Added support for EDR displays to Photo. When editing a 32bit document.
Brushes:
Photo 1.7 introduces a new “sub-brush” mechanism, developed in conjunction with Paolo Limoncelli (DAUB® Brushes). This exciting feature allows any brush to have a list of other brushes attached which will draw at the same time. Each sub-brush has a fully separate and customisable set of dynamics. You can control when the sub-brushes are drawn and how they blend with the main brush.
The brush engine in Photo has been improved.
Symmetry (up to 32-way) is now supported - including on-canvas controls and optional mirroring.
Wet edges and accumulation are now available on colour brushes and brushes with HSL variance.
Brushes with multiple nozzle textures have always chosen the nozzle at random. In 1.7, the nozzle choice has a dynamic controller and ramp for greater control.
All brush tools now support left and right arrow keys for rotation - a common feature request.
Fixed ABR brush import (would ignore "random" controllers).
RAW:
The RAW processing engine in Photo has been rewritten - producing better results and improved performance.
RAW files now load much more quickly.
Reimplemented support for XTrans sensors.
The denoise algorithm has been rewritten. It produces better results and takes advantage of the new GPU architecture.
Hot pixel removal is now automatically performed by the Serif Labs engine.
Profiled lens correction are more stable, apply more quickly, and can be toggled in the Develop UI.
The histogram in the Develop persona is now presented in the output colour space - as opposed to always being linear.
Develop now respects the output profile when previewing.
Show which autofocus rectangles were in focus and which were selected by the camera (yellow, green respectively).
A large number of new cameras are supported for RAW development (we will provide a list of the new supported cameras as soon as possible!).
Filters:
New “Procedural Texture” filter with advanced presets support.
New “Voronoi” filter.
Denoise, Clarity and Shadows / Highlights filters have been rewritten (using technology from the Develop Persona).
More filters are now available as Live Filters - including the new Procedural Texture filter.
Live filters have been rewritten to improve performance - especially when multiple filters are used in a document.
Improved Polar to Rectangular and Rectangular to Polar filters.
Added round dot type to the halftone filter.
New “Lens Correction” filter - apply lens correction from the built-in lens database.
Bilateral blur accuracy improvements.
Adjustments:
The HSL adjustment layer has been rewritten. It now supports custom hue ranges, a new algorithm, new UI and picker controls.
The Levels adjustment layer now supports output levels - a common feature request.
The White Balance adjustment layer has been rewritten.
The Selective Colour adjustment layer has been rewritten.
PSD import / export of adjustments has been improved.
The Vibrance adjustment layer has been rewritten.
The Recolour adjustment layer has gained a lightness slider.
Layers:
Layers Panel - added option for transparent background for thumbnails.
Layers Panel - added multiple thumbnail size options.
Layers Panel- added ability to tag layers with a colour - including PSD round-trip.
Allow adding an empty group from the Layer menu.
New “Duplicate Selection” item in Layer menu (old behaviour). Duplicate now duplicate the whole layer ignoring pixel selection.
Alt / Option is now used to make a pixel selection from layer luminance. You can now also hold shift to add the result to the current selection.
Hide / Show / Show All Layers options in layers menu.
Ability to either rasterise or rasterise and trim a layer. Previously recorded macros will trim.
Selections:
Significant improvements to selection refinement.
When using selection tools with no pixel selection, default to New / Add as appropriate.
Added “Alpha Similarity” to Select Sampled Colour tool.
Tools:
Grouped tool shortcuts now default to needing the shift key held to cycle (option in preferences).
The Crop tool has been rewritten - it now supports resolution changes, absolute pixel size and has a much improved preset mechanism.
The Sponge Brush tool now gives more correct / pleasant results.
Allow brush rotate / size key changes while dragging.
Added a “Reveal Canvas” checkbox to the crop tool - defaults to off.
Added new “Transform object separately” mode into Move tool.
A general tools overhaul has been performed - providing editing of grids, guides, page origin, across multiple tools (not just in the Move tool)
Patch tool now supports arrow keys for rotate / scale.
All brush tools can now be axis constrained once brush has started - not just the pixel tool.
History:
“Alternate futures” for document history have been added. Traditionally, if you roll back the undo history then do something else all your changes after that point are lost. Photo will now display a small branch icon in the history tab when you do this. Pressing that button will cycle between all the different “futures” after that history entry - meaning you will never lose work you have done.
The History page now has an “advanced” mode - which shows thumbnails and time info.
I/O:
HEIF images can now be loaded directly into Photo. If they contain a depth map, this will also be loaded as a second layer. Because depth maps are typically lower resolution than the main image, optional “smart” upsampling will be performed.
TIFF export now has user selectable compression method.
Added support for 12bit TIFF files.
Introduced new metadata mining - completely rewritten to improve performance, flexibility and correctness.
Metadata is now dynamically synchronised with your document - so if you resize then export, the values will be correct.
Added Focal Length to metadata summary view.
Added a button in general preferences to open a folder from which Photo will read LensFun-style XML files - if users wish to add / experiment with their own lens profiles.
Support 16bit CMYK TIFF import.
General:
New ability to control how macros are scaled / aligned when playing back.
Added an “Assets” panel to Photo.
New cube setup mode for grids.
Add “Fill with Primary / Secondary” to the Edit menu for fast access.
The batch process dialog now fully supports expressions for height and width - available constants are “w”, “h” and “dpi”.
“Lock guides” added to menus.
Support for drag dropping .afstyles into Photo.
Support for drag dropping .afpalette into Photo.
Photo now supports custom document presets - a popular feature request.
A new blend mode - Linear Burn - has been added.
New “Move inside / outside” commands have been added - useful for quick operations on clipping masks etc.
The Hard Mix blend mode has been improved.
New provider options have been added to the stock panel - support for Unsplash, Pexels and Pixabay. All of these providers offer full-resolution stock imagery which is free to use.
Numerous text improvements have been made - including new features.
Significant stability improvements when working on non-local files (network shares, USB drives, etc.).
Significant PDF import / export improvements and fixes.
Huge macro and batch processing improvements.
New welcome screen layout and all new samples.
Numerous other bug fixes - too many to list!?

New in Affinity Designer 1.7.0.367 RC 2 (May 31, 2019)

New in Affinity Designer 1.7.0.350 RC 1 (May 28, 2019)

New in Affinity Designer 1.7.0.333 Beta (May 22, 2019)

New in Affinity Designer 1.7.0.331 Beta (May 19, 2019)

Fixes:
Added support for HDR monitors (new HDR options in 32-bit Preview panel, now visible by default in Photo)
Fixed stroke phase failing to work when adjusting dashed line
Fixed creating palette from CMYK images imports as RGB
Fixed brush body option not reflecting the correct value
Fixed Flip/Rotate toolbar icons not correctly reflecting the state they're in
Updated Welcome Screen
Fixed 'Open folder in Explorer' not working with special characters
Fixed Expression trig functions to use degrees by default (same as 1.6) - in previous 1.7 patches, angles had become radians
Fixed failure to report errors when exporting single items
Improved handling of non-displayable characters (control and formatting characters could be presented due to copy+paste from web pages, etc.)
Fixed drag and drop not honouring the insertion target
Added support for TIFFs with old-style JPEG compression
Fixed colour picker clamping values in 32-bit documents
Fixed crash when converting documents to 32-bit
Select tool will share common options with related tools
Added option for continuing the selection when adding new curves in Pen tool
Renamed "Show Rotation Centre" => "Enable Transform Origin"
Added User Rotation Centre to Node tool transform mode
Changed "Add to Curves" mode, to clear other selected objects when closing a curve
Fixed Colour panel's Lab opponent sliders to go from 0 to 32768 rather than 32896
Fixed inability to create unbounded colour values on advanced colour dialog
Fixed Character Variants failing to show up in Typography panel
Changed default shortcuts for Precise Increase/Decrease Leading (to avoid conflicting with Windows default text editing shortcuts)
Fixed ability to switch to a tool in a different Persona by cycling tool shortcuts
Fixed poor quality app logo in menu bar
Use cornered curves for snapping bounds calculations
Point Transform tool now ignores logical groups for snapping purposes
Added support for 16-bit CMYK TIFF
Improved handling of document save failure during close (previously a failure to save during close would be ignored)
Removed Delete key from list of available keys for shortcuts (Delete is always delete)
Fixed Grid colours not being saved correctly
Fixed thumbnail viewer (thumbnail previews should now work again in Windows Explorer)
Fixed grid system failing to work in anything other than pixels
Fixed Add swatch from Fill as Global only works once
Renamed "Create Colour Chord" => "Add Chord to Swatch"
Fixed crash if paragraph panel undocked in non English and DPI is scaled
Fixed crash on Reset Studio with no document open
Fixed Layers panel drag indicator when not using small thumbnail sizes
Fixed crash converting colours of embedded document
Fixed crash opening a RAW file
Fixed Erase, Blur and Sharpen Brushes are missing Symmetry, Mirror and Lock options
Changed Lock Colourspace on the Colour Panel to be on by default
Fixed Shape preset thumbnails being clipped in Light UI
Improved Transform handle hit testing
Fixed errors caused by attempting to save a file to a destination with no available space
Fixed Develop Basic panel Output Profiles listing 16-bit profiles when developing to 32-bit
Removed Twirl radius limit when using textbox
Fixed Filters don't render until you move any of the sliders
Added Rasterise & Trim to Layers panel context menu
Fixed some inconsistencies in the Procedural Texture dialog
Updated image metadata support
Fixed Load LUT button can be pressed again while the Load LUT File Dialog is still open
Fixed error when renaming a Macro category to an existing name
Updated LUT Adjustment to support additional file types
Fixed context toolbar shuffling when dragging Crop area in Crop tool
Improved the Bilateral filter (should help to preserve edges and reduce colour distortion)
Improved noise reduction of 32-bit images (should avoid bleeding across very high contrast edges)
Fixed Export Persona to render vectors as raster
Fixed Remove Lens Vignette crash with specific DNG
Fixed Panasonic GH5S loading as pink
Updated Stock panel
Fixed crash creating a panorama
Fixed Crop Tool Absolute Size Units are reset when entering a value
Fixed ORF files opening in black and white
Added progress to Merge Visible

New in Affinity Designer 1.7.0.293 Beta (Apr 11, 2019)

Fixes
Added colour flyout button on the context toolbar for gradient nodes
Fixed crash when embedding documents (or placing images)
Fixed colour picker showing object bounding box
Fixed Cycle Grid Planes not immediately updating the view
Fixed HSL Layer adjustment crash
Fixed Channel Mixer double clicking the red channel slider resets the value to 0% instead of 100%
Fixed clicking Reset in most Adjustment dialogs changes Opacity to 0%
Fixed Brightness / Contrast Adjustment, double clicking Contrast slider resets to 1% instead of 0%
Fixed crash when doing File | Open when the last path is no longer valid (e.g. pulling out a USB stick or network drop)
Fixed create in plane now works with create-along-axis
Fixed create in plane with create-about-centre
Fixed Keyboard Shortcuts Decrease/Increase Brush Size shortcuts only affecting the selected tool
Fixed Customise Tools fails to drop tools in certain areas
Fixed Imported Styles don't appear until you restart or add a new category
Fixed temporary files not being cleared properly on shutdown (causing prompts to save or discard on subsequent app runs)
Fixed duplicate history items when nudging objects
Fixed raster brushes not resetting in brush edit window
Fixed clipping in the Print dialog when set to Italian
Added slight padding on right of Layers panel checkbox
Changed file recovery dialog to let you quit the app, and added a 'No' option
Fixed translation failures when strings contain line breaks
Fixed TIFF compression option
Fixed Clear all shortcuts clears the Backspace button and prevents it being re-assigned
Fixed colour picker for Pencil, VectorBrush, Fill and Shape tools (now also correctly applies the colour to the selection fill)
Fixed Assets panel new category when empty causing sub-category duplication issues
Fixed Assets panel creating a new category with existing categories does not show the sub-category until it is reselected
Fixed Assets panel sub-categories are not removed if final remaining parent category is removed
Added crosshair and ability to constraint in X (using SHIFT modifier) in Curves Adjustment
Fixed Group thumbnails to stay small size regardless of Small, Medium, Large settings
Renamed Blend mode "Pass Through" to "Passthrough" (to match macOS)
Fixed Live filter blend modes don't clear previews on mouse exit
Fixed tabbing to the BlendMode combo with they keyboard on the Unsharp Mask filter and then using the down arrow key selects an invalid separator blend mode entry
Fixed Adjustments/Filter dialogs tab to next input box loses focus

New in Affinity Designer 1.7.0.284 Beta (Mar 29, 2019)

New in Affinity Designer 1.7.0.256 Beta (Mar 8, 2019)

New in Affinity Designer 1.7.0.251 Beta (Mar 2, 2019)

New in Affinity Designer 1.7.0.243 Beta (Feb 16, 2019)

New in Affinity Designer 1.7.0.231 Beta (Feb 6, 2019)

New in Affinity Designer 1.7.0.209 Beta (Dec 17, 2018)

Fixed drag drop from Explorer to floating Document Windows
Fixed Combine Identical remaining enabled for text styles
Fixed Punctuation stops Capitalise first word of sentence from working
Fixed Tools toolbar leaving monitor viewport when undocking
Fixed failure to save if HEIC file is used in document
Fixed drag/drop text from Explorer
Fixed snapping to guides and page edges
Fixed importing of user items in correct order
Fixed Drop Caps misaligned when using Baseline grid
Fixed incorrect curve printing
Fixed incorrect codepage mapping for code page 950
Fixed crash loading corrupt BMP files
Allow right mouse button to be pressed when capturing numeric input for tools (currently for use with Flow in brush tools)
Fixed Pen Tool not snapping to grid unless you zoom in/out first
Fixed scrolling history with mouse wheel removes highlight
Fixed print copies limited to 99
Changed TIFF export to use Adobe deflate instead, as it's more common
Fixed sporadic PSD export crash
Fixed Brush preview not updating immediately when adding/modifying sub-brushes
Fixed Basic Grid failing to show 'Spacing' and 'Divisions' entry boxes on Grid and Axis Manager
Fixed being unable to select a crop preset
Fixed sub-brush 'Sync' checkboxes not remembering state correctly
Added missing Duplicate Brush from Brush panel context menu
Fixed creation of CMYK tint colour chord creating RGB swatches
Fixed changing of document DPI to no longer resize the document
Allow linear profiles for all RGB formats on import (but still try to dissuade incorrect use by not offering them in the convert dialog)
Prevent dragging of locked layers
Fixed Edit in Photo/Designer preventing the application from closing
Fixed Greek uppercase to not have tonas
Fixed hang after exporting to external drive then removing drive
Fixed letterspacing to apply to spaces as well as other characters
Fixed embedded documents not exporting masks to PDF correctly
Fixed PDF export of documents containing palettised PNG
Fixed Document Zoom Level changing to 'Fit' when a Symbol is dragged out
Fixed textured vector brushes failing to show correctly in Brush Editor
Fixed crash when adding to a symbol after deleting all the children in one detached instance
Fixed Asset sub-category order not remembered after closing app
Remember Create Artboard checkbox state

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