Affinity Designer Changelog

What's new in Affinity Designer 2.4.1

Mar 26, 2024
  • Compatibility and stability improvements.

New in Affinity Designer 2.4.0 (Feb 28, 2024)

  • Layer States – new States Panel allows you to capture the current layer visibility across your document and create queries based on various criteria to make a selection or toggle visibility of layers
  • DWG and DXF export – outlines created in Affinity can now be easily exported for use in various CAD applications as well as utilities for things such as vinyl cutters, plotters and CNC tools
  • Set selection box – choose default selection box from the ‘cycle selection box’ choices
  • Double-click an object while in Node Tool to switch to the Move Tool
  • Ability to lock ‘Behind’, ‘Inside’ and ‘On Top’ insertion targets
  • Spacebar modifier allows you to toggle ‘Lock Children’ behavior on/off while moving an object
  • Space Horizontal / Vertical now considers key object – using even space distribution on a multiple selection will now behave differently if you have a key object nominated
  • Size / Rotate objects to same – three new choices have been added in Alignment Options to make all items in your current selection adopt the same width, height or rotation
  • Filename available as variable in Export Persona
  • 32-bit HDR PNG support added
  • Many more improvements and bug fixes

New in Affinity Designer 2.3.1 (Jan 8, 2024)

  • Bug fixes and stability improvements.

New in Affinity Designer 2.3.0 (Dec 2, 2023)

  • Spiral Tool – embellish your designs with different types of spirals, including Linear, Decaying, Semi-circular, Fibonacci, and Plotted
  • Pixel grid – especially useful when designing icons and other UI work, you can choose to expose a pixel grid when zoomed in beyond a certain threshold
  • Create and place password-protected PDFs
  • Move Data Entry improvements
  • Ability to change Asset Panel background color
  • • 'Keep selected' preference now available in Pencil Tool
  • Many more improvements and bug fixes

New in Affinity Designer 2.2.1 (Oct 19, 2023)

  • Bug fixes and stability improvements.

New in Affinity Designer 2.2.0 (Sep 19, 2023)

  • ‘Hide effects’ and ‘greyscale’ view mode options – these are available under the View Mode options, and you can also customize your toolbar to include them as buttons for convenience
  • Option + click new layer now adds all items in your current selection to that new layer
  • Guides can now be changed to any color
  • Long press tool shortcuts – holding onto any tool shortcut will now just put you in that tool temporarily until you release, at which point you will return to your previous tool.
  • Create symbol now available with keyboard shortcut of Shift + Command + K
  • Object creation data entry – in shape tools, Command + click will bring up dialog to enter specific values for your shape properties
  • Move Tool data entry – hitting Enter in the Move Tool will bring up a new dialog to enter a specific distance, rotation, or angle to move your current selection by
  • ‘Delete Node’ added to Node Tool right-click menu
  • Grid presets and favorite fonts now sync between other Affinity apps on your device
  • New shortcut of Shift + Command + A added to Select All within your current layer or artboard
  • Additional keyboard shortcuts for pixel brush tools in Pixel Persona, including:
  • Shift + number key changes flow percentage
  • Shift + square brackets now changes hardness in 10% increments
  • Number key in Paint Mixer and Smudge Brush now adjusts strength percentage
  • Fill with Primary color now available with Option + Backspace
  • Fill with Secondary color now available with Command + Backspace

New in Affinity Designer 2.1.1 (Jun 21, 2023)

  • [Fixed] - PDF imports with unsupported characters for the 'Subject' field, then fails to export out to PDF.
  • [Fixed] - Non-breaking hyphens no longer draws, though does not affect ALL fonts.
  • [Fixed] - Crash after deleting a template file.

New in Affinity Designer 2.1.0 (May 18, 2023)

  • Vector Flood Fill Tool – automatically flood fill areas created by overlapping/ intersecting shapes and open curves
  • Vector warp nodes now obey snapping
  • Brush Panel improvements
  • Option to show brush names in panel
  • Option-drag now duplicates a brush
  • Panel always highlights current raster brush; if you have changed brush, highlight switches from blue to red
  • Option to auto-scroll panel to the category and brush currently associated with the selected tool
  • Raster perspective and mesh warp live filters added to Pixel Persona
  • Turn ‘auto-select’ on or off in Move Tool
  • Double click artboard label to rename
  • Show or hide special characters
  • Balance dashed lines for better results in corners
  • Control three dashes and gaps (rather than two) to allow for more complex dashed strokes (i.e., two dot chain)
  • New ‘Clear Arrowhead’ button added to Stroke Panel
  • Assign shortcuts to blend modes
  • Guides improvements
  • Delta (difference from current position) is now shown in readout when you drag to move guides
  • Holding Shift when dragging now snaps to ruler units
  • Shift-Option when dragging now snaps the delta based on ruler units
  • Option-drag to create a copy of a guide
  • Dragging a new guide from rulers automatically turns guide visibility on
  • Option-click guide to delete
  • Double-click guide to open guide settings
  • New search bar added to ‘My Add-ons’ in your account
  • ‘Rename layer’ available as shortcut (Cmd+Shift+R)
  • Square brackets now change stroke width in Shape and Node tools
  • Drag to duplicate in Layers Panel by holding Option
  • Click to expand/collapse all in the Layers Panel by using Option
  • ‘Close All’ added to File menu
  • Asset Panel re-ordering improvements – you can now drag to re-order subcategories and also collapse/expand all from burger menu
  • After renaming a layer in the Layers Panel, you can now use Tab to shift focus to rename the next layer or Shift-Tab for previous layer
  • ‘Mask to below’ added to Layer Shortcuts menu, allowing shortcut to be assigned if desired
  • Drag/Drop bitmap fill from assets, stock or files anywhere on Color Panel to create texture fill

New in Affinity Designer 2.0.4 (Jan 27, 2023)

  • Develop Persona: Enabling White Balance on non RAW files crashes Affinity Photo. [AFP-5803]
  • Fixed: "Register your licence" prompt appears on every run up when a Mac App Store user doesn't register the license on the Affinity Store.
  • App crash upon startup caused by a deleted "Recently Used" file on Catalina
  • Fix gradual slow down after changing tools many times.
  • ‘Help’->’Visit Support Forums’ menu item goes to the forums again
  • Fix for non-primary Persona menus having broken ‘Help’->’Tutorials’ links.
  • Some image resources are being replaced by others from the same document when copy/paste was originally used to insert them.[AFB-7053]
  • Fixed tint value in CR3 files
  • Fix New Document sometimes showing Letter* instead of A4
  • Improved timezone handling in Metadata panel
  • Colour space selection not correctly represented in curves adjustments.
  • Saving files may reduce file size in some circumstances (example was a 2gb file with no embedded data)
  • Editing an embedded PDF does not create a History step, meaning changes are lost when closing as no save prompt is shown
  • Assorted stability fixes
  • Help and Localisation updates.
  • Assorted other Licensing and Registration improvements

New in Affinity Designer 2.0.3 (Dec 20, 2022)

  • New Document: Custom Document Preset order is not retained between app sessions
  • Shape Builder Tool now has an additional option to delete open curves that were inside a newly created area, plus you can now hold Alt to delete areas while still in Add mode - more to come...
  • Warp Group editing now supports the Shift modifier to lock node edits to an 8-axis grid. Also can be used with off-curve nodes to maintain their angle while dragging them
  • DWG Import scaling improvements
  • Saving to External Drive gives "Failed to Save" error on macOS Ventura
  • Current DPI of selected layer does not show in V2
  • Using the Select object/ transparency object selects all objects
  • New clearer icons for stroke properties (cap, join, align)
  • Fixed spurious future version error under certain circumstances
  • Update for HEIF importer
  • Colour Panel now remembers user preference for CMYK documents
  • Export Panel UI fixes
  • Pen tool tweaks and fixes
  • Gradients on text strokes don't render unless the fill also has a gradient
  • Fixed hang that could occur composing vertical centre aligned text
  • OpenType handling does not respect lookup flags such as IgnoreMarks
  • Resource Manager updates
  • Fix for disappearing rulers
  • Fixed various issues involving handling of placed document files
  • Placed documents with bleed can fail to render the bleed correctly
  • Many and various Layers Panel updates and fixes
  • Ensure global colour edits update live
  • Select Same Name should only select objects with user supplied names
  • Help & localisation improvements.
  • Licensing and Registration improvements and new help links

New in Affinity Designer 2.0.0 (Nov 10, 2022)

  • Vector Warp:
  • This hugely powerful and highly requested addition allows you to apply a non-destructive warp over any vector artwork or text. Choose between a fully customisable mesh, or use presets including arcs, perspective, fisheye and twists. Editing a warp gives a super-fast live preview, even on complex illustrations, and gives a true vector end result.
  • Shape Builder Tool:
  • Add and subtract shapes and segments in a much easier, more interactive way. Quickly create complex shapes by simply dragging between segments to combine or holding a modifier to subtract.
  • Knife Tool:
  • Slice any shape, curve or text into component parts faster than ever. A stabiliser provides even greater precision and scissor functionality allows you to click on any node or segment of a curve and split it.
  • Measure Tool and Area Tool:
  • Easily measure line lengths, segments, distances and areas of any objects to scale. The Measure Tool allows you to measure the distance between two points/objects, while the Area Tool allows you to determine the area, perimeter and any segment length of a closed shape.
  • DWG/DXF Import:
  • Import and edit AutoCAD and DXF files quickly and accurately, maintaining the layer structure and scale of the original file.
  • With functions like Multi Layer Import, Colour Override and Auto-scale, import quality is second to none.
  • X-Ray View:
  • A new view mode shows the makeup of your work, which is particularly useful for selecting a specific curve or object within a complex artwork.

New in Affinity Designer 1.10.5 (Mar 15, 2022)

  • Various stability and performance improvements

New in Affinity Designer 1.10.4 (Mar 15, 2022)

  • Fully optimized for macOS Monterey
  • Additional optimizations for new M1 Pro and M1 Max MacBook Pro with ProMotion display
  • Various stability and performance improvements

New in Affinity Designer 1.10.3 (Oct 25, 2021)

  • Fully optimized for macOS Monterey
  • Additional optimizations for new M1 Pro and M1 Max MacBook Pro with ProMotion display
  • Various stability and performance improvements

New in Affinity Designer 1.10.1 (Aug 26, 2021)

  • Improved performance with:
  • Heavily layered documents (faster rendering during panning and text reflow)
  • Placed images
  • Text
  • Embedded documents
  • Low-memory conditions.
  • New:
  • Selection options Parent, Top, & Bottom.
  • Improved:
  • IME text editing for Japanese and Simplified Chinese languages.
  • SVG import/export.
  • Added:
  • support for most emoji.
  • Resource Manager:
  • New "Relink" option for missing resources
  • Added "File Type" column
  • EPS files can be linked.
  • Assorted other small fixes.
  • Help & localisation improvements.

New in Affinity Designer 1.10.0 (Aug 6, 2021)

  • Improved performance with:
  • Heavily layered documents (faster rendering during panning and text reflow)
  • Placed images
  • Text
  • Embedded documents
  • Low-memory conditions.
  • New Selection options Parent, Top, & Bottom.
  • Improved IME text editing for Japanese and Simplified Chinese languages.
  • Improved SVG import/export.
  • Added support for most emoji.
  • Resource Manager:
  • New "Relink" option for missing resources
  • Added "File Type" column
  • EPS files can be linked.
  • Assorted other small fixes.
  • Help & localisation improvements.

New in Affinity Designer 1.9.3 (Apr 14, 2021)

  • Bug fixes and stability improvements.
  • Compatibility and stability improvements.

New in Affinity Designer 1.9.2 (Mar 31, 2021)

  • Powerful contour tool to create abstract objects or increase the width of single open curves
  • Select Same to efficiently match attributes such as fill color, stroke color, 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
  • Studio presets for the UI layout to save your favourite workspace setups for different tasks
  • Linked images and resource manager
  • Divide blend mode
  • PDF passthrough to ensure perfect representation of original PDF when exporting, without the need to have embedded fonts installed
  • Package feature to collate your document alongside all used image and font resources into a folder
  • Path text improvements
  • Configurable margin guide colors
  • Placed scale for all placed files, which allows scaling to be reset to 100%
  • Curves numeric field controls
  • Snap to pixel selection bounds
  • Blend modes for mask layers
  • Create brushes from current pixel selection
  • Elliptical marquee automatically creates from center
  • Content sync of store purchases
  • Hierarchical control of antialiasing
  • Many other improvements and fixes

New in Affinity Designer 1.9.1 (Feb 26, 2021)

  • Powerful contour tool to create abstract objects or increase the width of single open curves
  • Select Same to efficiently match attributes such as fill color, stroke color, 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
  • Studio presets for the UI layout to save your favourite workspace setups for different tasks
  • Linked images and resource manager
  • Divide blend mode
  • PDF passthrough to ensure perfect representation of original PDF when exporting, without the need to have embedded fonts installed
  • Package feature to collate your document alongside all used image and font resources into a folder
  • Path text improvements
  • Configurable margin guide colors
  • Placed scale for all placed files, which allows scaling to be reset to 100%
  • Curves numeric field controls
  • Snap to pixel selection bounds
  • Blend modes for mask layers
  • Create brushes from current pixel selection
  • Elliptical marquee automatically creates from center
  • Content sync of store purchases
  • Hierarchical control of antialiasing
  • Many other improvements and fixes

New in Affinity Designer 1.9.0 (Feb 5, 2021)

  • Powerful contour tool to create abstract objects or increase the width of single open curves
  • Select Same to efficiently match attributes such as fill color, stroke color, 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
  • Studio presets for the UI layout to save your favourite workspace setups for different tasks
  • Linked images and resource manager
  • Divide blend mode
  • PDF passthrough to ensure perfect representation of original PDF when exporting, without the need to have embedded fonts installed
  • Package feature to collate your document alongside all used image and font resources into a folder
  • Path text improvements
  • Configurable margin guide colors
  • Placed scale for all placed files, which allows scaling to be reset to 100%
  • Curves numeric field controls
  • Snap to pixel selection bounds
  • Blend modes for mask layers
  • Create brushes from current pixel selection
  • Elliptical marquee automatically creates from center
  • Content sync of store purchases
  • Hierarchical control of antialiasing
  • Many other improvements and fixes

New in Affinity Designer 1.8.6 (Nov 13, 2020)

  • Fully compatible with Big Sur and fully optimised for Apple M1

New in Affinity Designer 1.8.4 (Aug 4, 2020)

  • Various stability and performance improvements

New in Affinity Designer 1.8.3 (Apr 3, 2020)

  • Various stability and performance improvements

New in Affinity Designer 1.8.2 (Mar 17, 2020)

  • 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
  • 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
  • Boolean operation improvements – add, subtract and combine shapes to create custom designs better than ever before
  • 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)
  • Massive expand stroke improvements –get incredibly accurate results with far fewer nodes than before
  • New Stock panel – quickly access royalty free images through the app’s brand-new Stock panel
  • 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

New in Affinity Designer 1.8.1 (Feb 27, 2020)

  • 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
  • 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
  • Boolean operation improvements – add, subtract and combine shapes to create custom designs better than ever before
  • 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)
  • Massive expand stroke improvements –get incredibly accurate results with far fewer nodes than before
  • New Stock panel – quickly access royalty free images through the app’s brand-new Stock panel
  • 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

New in Affinity Designer 1.8.0 (Feb 27, 2020)

  • 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
  • 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
  • Boolean operation improvements – add, subtract and combine shapes to create custom designs better than ever before
  • 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)
  • Massive expand stroke improvements –get incredibly accurate results with far fewer nodes than before
  • New Stock panel – quickly access royalty free images through the app’s brand-new Stock panel
  • 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

New in Affinity Designer 1.7.3 (Feb 27, 2020)

  • Optimised for Sidecar
  • Various bug fixes and stability improvements

New in Affinity Designer 1.7.2 (Feb 27, 2020)

  • Bug fixes and stability improvements.
  • Compatibility and stability improvements.

New in Affinity Designer 1.7.1 (Feb 27, 2020)

  • 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.

New in Affinity Designer 1.7.0 (Feb 27, 2020)

  • 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.

New in Affinity Designer 1.6.1 (Feb 27, 2020)

  • Improved brush smoothing. Any painting tools should now have better smoothing by default.
  • Transparent TGA import support.
  • Fix for failures when using compound objects inside groups with Constraints set on them.
  • Fix for deleting a node of a bitmap fill causing crash.
  • Fix for combo boxes causing crashes for certain users on High Sierra.
  • Fix for exporting JPEG automatically choosing to export clips as paths which is a poor default and causes confusion.
  • Fix for text objects being created outside the hierarchy of the artboard they were supposed to be created in.
  • Fix for rotated text bounding boxes being incorrect and for disappearing text following Power-Duplicate.
  • Fixed sporadic hanging when opening many image files at once.
  • Fixed crashing bug when exporting certain large PSDs.
  • Fixed a number of UI memory leaks.
  • Added special case PSD import code for “SketchClub” PSD files (they should fix this!).
  • Fixed PSD export of Fill layers.
  • Fixed UI labels on macOS versions prior to Mavericks.
  • Assorted PDF export improvements.
  • Paste and file-drop of PDF format files will now honour the DPI, as per File->Place.
  • Fix for marching ants not showing on a rotated canvas.
  • Numerous other fixes and stability improvements.

New in Affinity Designer 1.6 (Nov 2, 2017)

  • New light user interface option
  • New stroke stabiliser for all pencil and brush tools
  • Metal 2 accelerated view optimised for macOS High Sierra
  • New font chooser dropdown with recents, used fonts and favourites
  • New Glyph browser
  • Improved view pan/zoom performance
  • Improved performance with large documents
  • Align to key items
  • Text frame vertical alignment options
  • Fit frame to text
  • Many PDF export improvements including vector export of multi-stop gradients
  • Added 'Unlock All' and 'Show All' commands
  • Numerous bug fixes and other improvements

New in Affinity Designer 1.5.5 (Mar 22, 2017)

  • Stability and bug fixes.

New in Affinity Designer 1.5.4 (Nov 24, 2016)

  • Added support for the new MacBook Pro's Touch Bar
  • Introduced 32bit document format and OCIO support
  • Miscellaneous improvements and fixes

New in Affinity Designer 1.5.3 (Nov 15, 2016)

  • Added support for the new MacBook Pro's Touch Bar
  • Introduced 32bit document format and OCIO support
  • Miscellaneous improvements and fixes

New in Affinity Designer 1.5.1 (Oct 7, 2016)

  • Symbols. Create multiple instances of an object and edit any of them in realtime with changes reflected in all instances
  • Text Styles
  • Assets Panel. Store commonly used design elements and drag them onto your documents
  • Constraints. Specify how your design elements should interact and construct mockups which change size dynamically
  • Color Picker Tool
  • Improved Export Persona
  • Improved Snapping with automatic gap & span snapping and geometry snapping
  • Measurement tool
  • Improved PSD/PDF/SVG compatibility
  • Automatically generate a palette from an image
  • Numerous other fixes and improvements

New in Affinity Designer 1.4.3 (Sep 20, 2016)

  • Optimized for macOS Sierra.

New in Affinity Designer 1.4.2 (Jun 13, 2016)

  • Stability and bug fixes.

New in Affinity Designer 1.4.1 (Jan 20, 2016)

  • Added the ability to show the design canvas unclipped
  • Improved Artboards
  • Stability and bug fixes

New in Affinity Designer 1.4 (Dec 9, 2015)

  • Artboards
  • Canvas rotation
  • Full support for expanded gamut DCI-P3 displays in new retina iMacs
  • PDF/X pro printing including Spot Colors and overprint control
  • Trim, bleed and crop marks for print and PDF export
  • Pantone and Global color support
  • Customizable keyboard shortcuts
  • Snapshots – named states of your design you can return to later
  • Adjustable center of rotation
  • Move tool option allows parent objects to move without their child layers
  • New ‘Split Toning’ adjustment and adjustment layer
  • New ‘Contrast Negate’ blend mode
  • Character and Paragraph panels; advanced on-screen text controls
  • Live OpenType feature previews in the Typography panel
  • Added a Recent Fonts list
  • PSD export now better supports third party apps including Motion and Final Cut Pro X
  • Italian, Portuguese (Brazilian) and Japanese languages added
  • Numerous other fixes and improvements

New in Affinity Designer 1.3.5 (Aug 19, 2015)

  • Zoom Tool usability improvements
  • Numerous vector import/export improvements
  • Export Persona now previews exportability of items
  • Fixed the file association problems encountered when users have both Affinity Photo and Affinity Designer
  • Numerous other fixes and improvements

New in Affinity Designer 1.3 (Jul 9, 2015)

  • Seamlessly exchange documents and editing history between Affinity Designer and Affinity Photo (if installed)
  • Customisable 2-axis and 3-axis grids (e.g. Isometric) with snapping
  • Added polygon creation mode to the Pen Tool
  • Support for per-channel blend ranges and per-object blend gamma with customisable ramp
  • Media Browser now supports Apple’s Photos library
  • Improved PSD handling and also added import of PSB files (very large Photoshop documents)
  • Improved SVG export and many other vector format compatibility enhancements
  • Pixel Tool uses a new algorithm so you can more reliably paint beautiful, narrow pixel lines
  • Text composition improvements
  • More blend modes supported in LAB colour mode
  • Printing improvements
  • Improved translations for all languages
  • Numerous other improvements, usability tweaks and fixes

New in Affinity Designer 1.2.1 (May 21, 2015)

  • Use the new Force Touch trackpad on MacBook and MacBook Pro to paint with pressure sensitivity
  • Fix for incomplete German localisation
  • Improved document saving
  • Miscellaneous bug fixes

New in Affinity Designer 1.2 (Apr 2, 2015)

  • Path Text, Dashed Lines, Corner Tool, Vector slice export
  • Translated to German, Spanish, French and US English
  • New Pixel Alignment Mode for UI and Web design
  • Undo History can be saved with your document
  • Typography and OpenType improvements
  • Improved performance
  • Refreshed Yosemite look and feel
  • Improved import and export of all major formats (PSD, PDF, AI, EPS, SVG, Freehand)
  • Greater customization, including resizable UI font
  • More accurate color picking and colour management
  • Improved stability, reliability and many other fixes
  • New cat shape 'easter egg'

New in Affinity Designer 1.1.2 (Nov 5, 2014)

  • Fully optimized for OS X Yosemite and iMac with Retina 5K display.
  • iCloud Drive Support.
  • Added Stroke alignment options for Inside and Outside strokes.
  • Improved performance for Pencil and Brush Tools, also improved the shapes they create.
  • Introduced ‘Continuous Export’ feature to Export Persona.
  • Added automatic @3x export support.
  • Clipboard now supports vector copy and paste between other applications.
  • Images can now be replaced in-place.
  • Improved SVG and PDF export. Also improved JPEG export quality.
  • Many printing improvements.
  • Improvements to boolean operations and Expand Stroke function.
  • “Gamut check” option for Soft Proof adjustments.
  • Many OpenType improvements.
  • Users with integrated and discrete graphics cards can now opt to only use the integrated card for power saving.
  • Pen tablet users can now automatically change to the eraser tool by using the eraser tip of their pen.
  • Numerous other performance improvements and bug fixes.