Download Affinity Suite 2.1

Serif has released version 2.1 of the Affinity Suite. The Affinity Suite consists of the Photo, Designer and Publisher programs, and can be regarded as the counterpart of, for example, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. The software is available for Windows, macOS and iOS, and is regularly offered at a discount. Serif also does not do subscriptions. Extensive information about Affinity version 2 can be found here are being found; these are the most important changes and improvements:

Features and improvements affecting all platforms

• Balanced dashed lines and other stroke improvements
• Running headers in Publisher
  • Running Headers tutorial: https://youtu.be/Amb1dIIU2ig
• Show Special Characters added to Designer and Photo
• Adjusted Mask Behavior
• Auto select options in move tool
• Square bracket stroke width adjustment expanded functionality
• Blend mode keyboard shortcuts
• Alt / Option – drag to duplicate in Layers panel
• Alt / Option click to expand / collapse all in Layers panel
• Crop tool improvements
  • Cropping in Photo tutorial: https://youtu.be/Az4rTIBSjrE)
• Car clean added to paint mixer brush
• Double-click artboard label to rename
• Ability to create more complex dashed lines
• Paste inside picture frame
• Vector Flood Fill in Designer
  • Vector Flood Fill tutorial https://youtu.be/JSxLzJjaG_4
  • Vector Flood Fill with Bitmap Fills in Designer tutorial: https://youtu.be/ekMotILwS70
  • for button to appear, requires Resetting Toolbar using
    “View” > “Customize Tools” > “Reset”
• Guides improvements
• Vector warp nodes now obey snapping
• Brush panel improvements
• Raster perspective and mesh warp live filters added to Designer
• Search bar added to your add-ons
• Spanish Hyphenation Dictionary provided with the apps updated

Windows and macOS features and improvements

• WebP and JPEG XL now available batch export
• “Close All” added to File menu
• Asset panel reordering improvements
• Rename… added to Layer menu & tab behavior
• Mask to below… added to Layer menu
• Measure tool now available in Photo and Publisher
• Place tool now available in Photo
• Zoom tool context options in Develop persona
• Drag/Drop bitmap fill to color and swatch panel

iPad features and improvements

• New left swipe options on iPad layers panel
• Redesigned edit menu
• Blend mode and opacity now available in main Layers Panel
• iPadOS Photos app integration
• “Show in Files” option from Live Document burger menu
• Style Picker tool added to iPad apps
• New keyboard shortcut options added
• Reset rotation in navigator with double tap
• Pencil double tap option to open quick menu
• Long press geometry operation to create compound
• Tapping warp group thumbnail now selects node tool
• Advanced PDF options when opening now exposed
• Modifiers now available for SelectObject
• Hide Layer type icon now available
• Main view rulers added
  • Rulers and Column Guides tutorial https://youtu.be/D-wYDh8xR5s