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                  Affinity Designer, Photo, and Publisher 2.4

   Agen Schmitz

   Serif has updated [1]Affinity Designer, [2]Affinity Photo, and
   [3]Affinity Publisher to version 2.4 with additions and improvements
   for all three apps. Affinity Designer and Affinity Publisher receive
   the Layer States feature (already in Affinity Photo) for controlling
   design variations, enabling you to capture the current layer visibility
   across your document and create queries to make a selection or toggle
   the visibility of layers. Affinity Designer gains DWG and DXF export
   support for various CAD apps and utilities that work with vinyl
   cutters, plotters, and CNC tools.

   All three apps enable you to set the selection box for rotated multiple
   selections, allow you to double-click an object to switch from the Node
   Tool to the Move Tool, let you specify a key object in a selection with
   the Space Horizontal / Vertical feature, add support for importing
   32-bit HDR PNGs, and add the Spacebar as a keyboard modifier for Lock
   Children. (Affinity Designer, $69.99 new; Affinity Photo, $69.99;
   Affinity Publisher, $69.99; [4]all three are available separately or
   together for $164.99 from Serif and are also available individually
   from the [5]Mac App Store; free updates, various sizes, [6]release
   notes, macOS 10.15+)

References

   1. https://affinity.serif.com/designer/
   2. https://affinity.serif.com/photo/
   3. https://affinity.serif.com/publisher/
   4. https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/affinity-pricing/
   5. https://apps.apple.com/us/developer/serif-labs/id536107177
   6. https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/199345-faq-24-release-notes-improvements-and-major-fixes/

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