| What's new in this version: Affinity Designer 1.8.4
- Various stability and performance improvements
Affinity Designer 1.8.3
- Various stability and performance improvements
Affinity Designer 1.8.2
- Template support: save documents as template files to re-use time and time again. Share templates across all Affinity apps
- New document dialog: it’s now simpler than ever to find, create and manage document presets with customised, saveable presets and thumbnail previews
- Unified toolbar: thanks to the integration of window controls and the app’s main toolbar, Mac users (Mojave and above) can now enjoy more usable document space
- 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), 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, letting you easily edit layers within any smart object and maintain a non-destructive workflow.
- Canon CR3 RAW support: open and edit your highest quality photographs in Affinity Photo
- Apple keyboard shortcuts for text editing: use Apple default keyboard shortcuts for text editing and entry for an even more streamlined workflow
- Many other improvements and fixes
Affinity Designer 1.8.1
- Template support: save documents as template files to re-use time and time again. Share templates across all Affinity apps
- New document dialog: it’s now simpler than ever to find, create and manage document presets with customised, saveable presets and thumbnail previews
- Unified toolbar: thanks to the integration of window controls and the app’s main toolbar, Mac users (Mojave and above) can now enjoy more usable document space
- 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), 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, letting you easily edit layers within any smart object and maintain a non-destructive workflow.
- Canon CR3 RAW support: open and edit your highest quality photographs in Affinity Photo
- Apple keyboard shortcuts for text editing: use Apple default keyboard shortcuts for text editing and entry for an even more streamlined workflow
- Many other improvements and fixes
Affinity Designer 1.7.3
- Optimised for Sidecar
- Various bug fixes and stability improvements
Affinity Designer 1.7.2
- Bug fixes and stability improvements
- Compatibility and stability improvements.
Affinity Designer 1.7.1
- Support for multi-page Affinity Publisher documents
- Various stability and performance improvements
- HDR / EDR monitor support
- Arrowheads!
- Node tool now has transform mode for more freeform editing of nodes
- Pen tool now has a rubber band mode giving an accurate preview of how your next curve will look
- Node tool now allows for lasso selection of nodes
- New sculpt mode added to pencil enabling the manipulation of existing curves in a more natural way
- Alignment widgets have been added for much faster alignment operations
- Whole new isometric panel - allowing you to create and edit directly in any isometric plane
- All shape tools now allow you to save presets
- Add multiple strokes and fills to a single shape with the new appearance panel
- New point transform tool, allowing you to scale and rotate objects from any node
- Many grid improvements, including a new cube grid and column guides
- Many PSD import / export improvements
- Layers Panel now includes options for transparent backgrounds, different thumbnail sizes and colour tagging.
- Pixel persona now supports Sub Brushes, symmetry (up to 32-way) and on-the-fly nozzle rotation
- Alternate futures for document history have been added
Affinity Designer 1.7.0
- HDR / EDR monitor support
- Arrowheads!
- Node tool now has transform mode for more freeform editing of nodes
- Pen tool now has a rubber band mode giving an accurate preview of how your next curve will look
- Node tool now allows for lasso selection of nodes
- New sculpt mode added to pencil enabling the manipulation of existing curves in a more natural way
- Alignment widgets have been added for much faster alignment operations
- Whole new isometric panel - allowing you to create and edit directly in any isometric plane
- All shape tools now allow you to save presets
- Add multiple strokes and fills to a single shape with the new appearance panel
- New point transform tool, allowing you to scale and rotate objects from any node
- Many grid improvements, including a new cube grid and column guides
- Many PSD import / export improvements
- Layers Panel now includes options for transparent backgrounds, different thumbnail sizes and colour tagging.
- Pixel persona now supports Sub Brushes, symmetry (up to 32-way) and on-the-fly nozzle rotation
- Alternate futures for document history have been added |
