‘Alternate futures’ for document history have been added.A general tools overhaul has been performed-providing editing of grids, guides, page origin, across multiple tools (not just in the Move Tool).The Sponge Brush Tool now gives more correct / pleasant results.The Crop Tool has been rewritten-it now supports resolution changes, absolute pixel size and has a much improved pre-set mechanism.The Recolour Adjustment Layer has gained a lightness slider.The Vibrance Adjustment Layer has been rewritten.PSD import / export of adjustments has been improved.The Selective Colour Adjustment Layer has been rewritten.The White Balance Adjustment Layer has been rewritten.The Levels Adjustment Layer now supports output levels.
It now supports custom hue ranges, a new algorithm, new UI and picker controls. The HSL Adjustment Layer has been rewritten.Improved Polar to Rectangular and Rectangular to Polar filters.Live filters have been rewritten to improve performance-especially when multiple filters are used in a document.More filters are now available as Live Filters-including the new Procedural Texture filter.Denoise, Clarity and Shadows / Highlights filters have been rewritten (using technology from the Develop Persona).New Procedural Texture filter with advanced presets support.The histogram in the Develop Persona is now presented in the output colour space-as opposed to always being linear.Profiled lens correction are more stable, apply more quickly, and can be toggled in the Develop UI.Hot pixel removal is now automatically performed by the Serif Labs engine.The denoise algorithm has been rewritten.Reimplemented support for XTrans sensors.The RAW processing engine in Photo has been rewritten-producing better results and improved performance.All brush tools now support left and right arrow keys for on the fly nozzle rotation.In 1.7, the nozzle choice has a dynamic controller and ramp for greater control. Brushes with multiple nozzle textures have always chosen the nozzle at random.Wet edges and accumulation are now available on colour brushes and brushes with HSL variance.We have more symmetry features on the way-so stay tuned during the beta process.
You can control when the sub-brushes are drawn and how they blend with the main brush. Each sub-brush has a fully separate and customisable set of dynamics. This exciting feature allows any brush to have a list of other brushes attached which will draw at the same time.
AFFINITY PHOTO UPDATE 1.7 FOR MAC
The next update to Affinity Photo 1.7 for Mac and Windows isn’t too far away, and if you fancy taking part in the beta, and own Affinity Photo on desktop already, you can download it now. With version 1.7 of Affinity Photo in the pipeline, the beta for the next update is now available for you to take for a spin…