We are pleased to announce an update for the Windows release of Affinity Designer, version 1.9.0
New Features:
Powerful contour tool to create abstract objects or increase the width of single open curves (learn more)
Select Same to efficiently match attributes such as fill colour, stroke colour, stroke weight, transparency, blend mode or shape type (learn more)
Select Object to select all objects of a certain type within your document to make editing even easier (learn more)
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 (learn more)
PDF passthrough option added
Save As Package feature to collate your document alongside all used image and font resources into a folder (learn more)
Divide blend mode added
Placed scale for all placed files, which allows scaling to be reset to 100% (learn more)
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 (learn more)
Content sync of store purchases (requires registration).
This feature is explained in more detail here Sync your Affinity Store resources with your Affinity 1.9 apps
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