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About Affinity Designer 2 for iPad

Affinity Designer 2 for iPad takes the power and precision of the Apple Design Award-winning desktop app and converts it into an incredible touch-focused creative experience. Packed with tons of new features and hundreds...

Affinity Designer 2 for iPad takes the power and precision of the Apple Design Award-winning desktop app and converts it into an incredible touch-focused creative experience. Packed with tons of new features and hundreds of enhancements to optimize your workflow, the graphic design app has everything you need to seamlessly create stunning illustrations, branding, logos, icons, UI/UX designs, print projects, typography, posters, labels, flyers, stickers, concept art, digital art, and much more - all completely free from the confines of your desk. OPTIMIZED FOR IPAD . Fully integrated and optimized iPad gesture controls to speed up your workflow . iOS16 ready, including optimization for virtual memory swap, dramatically increasing performance on large documents. . Sensitive to pressure, tilt, and angle, the app harnesses the full power and precision of Apple Pencil . Command controller hosting on-screen modifiers . Quick Menu for context-sensitive access to commands . Use as your very own digital sketchbook, canvas, logo maker, sticker maker, flyer maker, and more POWERFUL TOOLS & FUNCTIONALITY . Vector Warp . Shape Builder Tool . Knife Tool . DXF/DWF import . Measure & Area tools . Drawing scale - including ability for different scales set per artboard . X-ray, hide effects, and greyscale view modes . Multiple shadow, outline, and overlay layer effects per object . Powerful grids and guides . Transform Tool . Vector Flood Fill . Spiral Tool REAL-TIME PERFORMANCE . Pan and zoom at 120fps . Live gradients, transforms, effects, and adjustments . Optimized for documents of any complexity, zoom to over 1,000,000% for absolute precision . Live pixel, retina, wireframe, and x-ray views of vector artwork in and out of split screen mode . Live Pattern Preview . Seamless switching between tools and editing modes for frustration-free design . Incredibly accurate results with minimal nodes PRECISE VECTOR TOOLS . Rock solid vector tools that work just the way you want them to . The best Pen Tool, Node Tool, curve editing, and smart shape tools available . Powerful Contour Tool to create abstract objects or increase the width of single open curves . Pencil and brush stabilization for drawing super-smooth curves freehand . Non-destructive Boolean operations . Live effects, blend modes, and image adjustments . Incredibly smooth gradient and transparency controls RASTER OR VECTOR, YOU DECIDE . Switch between fully-featured vector and raster workspaces with a single tap - paint, draw, or sketch in raster and then create cool, custom vector art . High quality raster tools for painting, texturing, masking, finishing artwork, or even creating tattoo designs . Use raster brushes, edit single pixels on icons, mask and add grain to your crisp vectors, enclose and clip pixel layers - it’s true creative freedom not found in other software or drawing apps SOPHISTICATED TYPOGRAPHY . Flexible text handling including comprehensive support for OpenType . Artistic text and text frames . Full control over character and paragraph styles . Flow text and type along any drawn path . Extensive library of free fonts BUILT FOR YOUR WORKFLOW . Unlimited artboards . Savable history with alternate futures . Customizable shortcuts with attached keyboard or new quick menu . Adobe Illustrator (R) (Ai files), PSD, PDF, EPS, SVG, JPG, JPEG XL, TIFF, EXR, DXF, and DWG file support . Linked symbols and constraints . Save documents as template files to re-use time and time again . Quickly access royalty free images through the Stock Panel or import files from Affinity Photo or other photo editor . Select Same and Select Object functions PERFECT COLOR & OUTPUT . Professional CMYK, LAB, RGB, PANTONE(c) and Greyscale color models . Full 16-bit per channel editing . End-to-end ICC color management . Slice export for exporting multiple elements in a single tap . Live pixel preview to see exactly how your design will export

Version History - Bug fixes and stability improvements. More info in the 'News and Information' section of the Support Forums, access forums via the Help menu. 2.6.4 09/23/2025 - Bug fixes and stability improvements. More info in the 'News and Information' section of the Support Forums, access forums via the Help menu. 2.6.3 05/14/2025 2.6 is here! Free for all V2 customers, the latest update to Affinity Designer brings new features and improvements, including: • Pencil Tool improvements – several new options have been added to the Pencil Tool’s context toolbar, including Auto close, Smoothness, and Use Line Style • Pen Tool improvements – the Pen Tool also benefits from the new ‘Use Line Style’ option • Node Tool improvements – you can now double-click a node to cycle between Sharp and Smooth node types, keeping you more focused on the curve; plus, either control handle on a Bézier curve’s node can be removed by double-clicking on its handle, making the associated node a sharp (cusp) corner • Color Picker improvements – when using the Color Picker on the Color Panel, your picked color will be automatically applied to the selected object, so you’re no longer required to select the color well • Many more improvements and bug fixes 2.6.2 04/02/2025 2.6 is here! Free for all V2 customers, the latest update to Affinity Designer brings new features and improvements, including: • Pencil Tool improvements – several new options have been added to the Pencil Tool’s context toolbar, including Auto close, Smoothness, and Use Line Style • Pen Tool improvements – the Pen Tool also benefits from the new ‘Use Line Style’ option • Node Tool improvements – you can now double-click a node to cycle between Sharp and Smooth node types, keeping you more focused on the curve; plus, either control handle on a Bézier curve’s node can be removed by double-clicking on its handle, making the associated node a sharp (cusp) corner • Color Picker improvements – when using the Color Picker on the Color Panel, your picked color will be automatically applied to the selected object, so you’re no longer required to select the color well • Many more improvements and bug fixes 2.6.1 02/27/2025 2.6 is here! Free for all V2 customers, the latest update to Affinity Designer brings new features and improvements, including: • Pencil Tool improvements – several new options have been added to the Pencil Tool’s context toolbar, including Auto close, Smoothness, and Use Line Style • Pen Tool improvements – the Pen Tool also benefits from the new ‘Use Line Style’ option • Node Tool improvements – you can now double-click a node to cycle between Sharp and Smooth node types, keeping you more focused on the curve; plus, either control handle on a Bézier curve’s node can be removed by double-clicking on its handle, making the associated node a sharp (cusp) corner • Color Picker improvements – when using the Color Picker on the Color Panel, your picked color will be automatically applied to the selected object, so you’re no longer required to select the color well • Many more improvements and bug fixes 2.6.0 02/19/2025 Bug fixes and stability improvements, including fixes for iPadOS 18. For more information, please see the announcement on the Affinity forum. 2.5.7 12/11/2024 Bug fixes and stability improvements, including fixes for iPadOS 18. For more information, please see the announcement on the Affinity forum. 2.5.6 11/27/2024 Bug fixes and stability improvements. 2.5.5 09/02/2024 Bug fixes and stability improvements. 2.5.4 07/16/2024 Bug fixes and stability improvements. 2.5.3 06/24/2024 Bug fixes and stability improvements to 2.5 Free for all V2 customers, the latest update to Affinity Designer brings some key new features and improvements, including: • Variable font support – allows you to work with fonts that provide fine-grained control of aspects of their appearance • QR Code Tool – makes it easy to add QR codes to documents, which can be scanned to perform actions such as visiting a web page of your choice • Stroke Width Tool – gives you an on-document way of editing the pressure profile of any curve • Pencil Tool improvements – new curve-smoothing algorithm and ‘Auto-close’ method • DWG polylines import improvements • Many more improvements and bug fixes 2.5.2 06/04/2024 2.5 is here! Free for all V2 customers, the latest update to Affinity Designer brings some key new features and improvements, including: • Variable font support – allows you to work with fonts that provide fine-grained control of aspects of their appearance • QR Code Tool – makes it easy to add QR codes to documents, which can be scanned to perform actions such as visiting a web page of your choice • Stroke Width Tool – gives you an on-document way of editing the pressure profile of any curve • Pencil Tool improvements – new curve-smoothing algorithm and ‘Auto-close’ method • DWG polylines import improvements • Many more improvements and bug fixes 2.5 05/23/2024 Bug fixes and stability improvements. 2.4.2 04/08/2024 Compatibility and stability improvements. 2.4.1 03/26/2024 2.4 is here! Free for all V2 customers, the latest update to Affinity Designer brings some key new features and improvements, including: • 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-tap 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 • 32-bit HDR PNG support added • Many more improvements and bug fixes 2.4 02/28/2024 Bug fixes and stability improvements. 2.3.1 01/08/2024 Affinity Designer 2.3 introduces some great new capabilities and improvements, including: • 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 • Ability to change Asset Panel background color • 'Keep selected' preference now available in Pencil Tool 2.3.0 11/30/2023 Bug fixes and stability improvements. 2.2.1 10/19/2023 Always evolving, always improving – Affinity Designer 2.2 includes many new features, fixes, and improvements. Here’s what’s new in the award-winning app’s latest free update: • 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 • Option + click new layer now adds all items in your current selection to that new layer • ‘Hide effects’ and ‘greyscale’ view mode options – you can toggle-on these new view modes using the buttons next to the View Mode options in the navigator • 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 • Decimal place accuracy preferences • ‘Prefer to keep selection’ preference 2.2.0 09/19/2023 [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] - Version number in iPad settings is full version number not just build. [Fixed] - Stroke width cannot exceed 100 in any unit in Stroke Panel. Help updates. 2.1.1 06/20/2023 • 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 • Turn ‘auto-select’ on or off in Move Tool • Double click artboard label to rename (Apple pencil required) • Show or hide special characters • Raster perspective and mesh warp live filters added to Pixel Persona • Balance dashed lines for better results in corners • 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 • Square brackets now change stroke width in Shape and Node tools • Control three dashes and gaps (rather than two) to allow for more complex dashed strokes (i.e., two dot chain) • ‘Rename layer’ available as shortcut (Cmd+Shift+R) • Drag to duplicate in Layers Panel by holding Option • Click to expand/collapse all in the Layers Panel by using Option • New left-swipe options on Layers Panel - Change compound type - Lock/Unlock - Added ‘rename…’ option • Blend mode and opacity now available at top of Layers Panel to avoid needing to dig into More menu • Redesigned Edit menu now includes icons for insertion targets and isometric options • ‘Add from Photos’ now uses iPadOS photo app browser • ‘Show in Files’ available from Live Document burger menu – this will take you to the location of the file in question • Style Picker Tool (nested within the Color Picker) – quickly copy style attributes from one object to another • Various new keyboard shortcut options added, including zoom options (e.g., Cmd+0 for zoom to fit), show guides and grids, select next, previous, top and bottom (you can edit shortcuts from within Settings) • Pencil double-tap can now be configured to open quick menu in Settings • Long press a geometry operation (add, subtract, divide, etc.) to create a live compound • Advanced PDF import options (e.g., to control text grouping, DPI, etc.) • Modifiers now available for Select Object: - Shift: add to current selection - Option: subtract from current selection - Shift+Option: select objects from within current selection • Main view rulers now available (from view menu – rulers) • Choose to hide layer type icon from Layer burger menu • Reset view rotation in navigator with double-tap • Tapping warp group thumbnail now selects Node Tool 2.1 05/18/2023 - Fix guides panel showing wrong position for guides on artboards - Fixed Register your licence prompt appearing on every run up - Fixed sliders allowing values over 100% when it doesn’t make sense (e.g. opacity) - Can reset stroke pressure easily again (using long press or tap). - Fixed non-ASCII characters not being accepted in license usernames - Fix New Document sometimes showing Letter* instead of A4 - Some image resources are being replaced by others from the same document when copy/paste was used to insert them. - Assorted stability fixes - Help and Localisation updates. - Assorted other Licensing and Registration improvements 2.0.4 01/27/2023 - Trash can added bottom left for quick delete (command controller toggle now moved to burger menu) - Shape Builder Tool now has an additional option to delete open curves that were inside a newly created area - 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 - Clearer drop zone indication for dropping layers inside - New document and open buttons on Home Screen now expand additional options by default (without needing to swipe down) to make them more easily discoverable - New clearer icons for stroke properties (cap, join, align) - Fixed spurious future version error under certain circumstances - Update for HEIF importer - Export Panel UI fixes - Pen tool tweaks and fixes - Split and Reverse missing from Node Tool - Gradients on text strokes don't render unless the fill also has a gradient - Tweaks to fix some spurious behaviour on interaction with Apple Autocorrect - Fixed hang that could occur composing vertical centre aligned text - OpenType handling does not respect lookup flags such as IgnoreMarks - Resource Manager updates - Fixed various issues involving handling of placed document files - Fixed crash on Replace Image - Fixes for Drag Drop of Stock images - Placed documents with bleed can fail to render the bleed correctly - Command Controller positioning improvements - Fixes for Display Scale Zoomed - Many and various Layers Panel updates and fixes - Status bar layout / clipping fixes - Document grid fixes - Context menu fixes - Fixed assigning shortcuts from a keyboard cover - Select Same Name should only select objects with user supplied names - Unable to open Guide or Grid settings after dismissing by tapping the canvas - Localisation updates 2.0.3 12/19/2022 • Refined and redesigned UI • Knife Tool – slice any shape, curve, or text into component parts faster than ever • Shape Builder Tool – add and subtract shapes and segments in a much easier, more interactive way • Vector Warp – apply a non-destructive vector warp over any vector artwork or text • Measure & Area tools – measure line lengths, segments, distances, and areas of any objects to scale • DXF / DWG import – import and edit AutoCAD and DXF files quickly and accurately, maintaining the layer structure and scale of the original file • X-Ray view – a new view mode to show the makeup of your work, particularly useful for targeted selection of a specific curve/object within complex artwork • Content link – all major content types, including assets, brushes, swatches, and styles can now be linked across all the apps you own on one device • Multiple layer effects – add multiple shadow, outline, and overlay layer effects per layer • Pencil Tool improvements – new straight-line mode and auto-close options available • Nominate key object – gain control over exactly what you want to align to, subtract from and other functions • Force scale everything – override any individual scale settings to force all strokes, effects and fills to scale with whatever your currently selected object is set to • Quick Menu – gain instant access to clipboard options and nine customizable shortcut operations with a simple three-finger swipe • Command Controller – this new radial menu gives quick access to common modifiers in all tools • Compact mode – new mode available for the Layers Panel allows you to keep the panel open while maximizing document real estate • All-new context bar for all tools, making many more options easily accessible • New sliders for attributes like brush width and opacity, stroke width, filter effect settings and more • Zoom to fit/zoom to previous, snapping and preview mode options now available in the top toolbar 2.0.2 11/18/2022 • Refined and redesigned UI • Knife Tool – slice any shape, curve, or text into component parts faster than ever • Shape Builder Tool – add and subtract shapes and segments in a much easier, more interactive way • Vector Warp – apply a non-destructive vector warp over any vector artwork or text • Measure & Area tools – measure line lengths, segments, distances, and areas of any objects to scale • DXF / DWG import – import and edit AutoCAD and DXF files quickly and accurately, maintaining the layer structure and scale of the original file • X-Ray view – a new view mode to show the makeup of your work, particularly useful for targeted selection of a specific curve/object within complex artwork • Content link – all major content types, including assets, brushes, swatches, and styles can now be linked across all the apps you own on one device • Multiple layer effects – add multiple shadow, outline, and overlay layer effects per layer • Pencil Tool improvements – new straight-line mode and auto-close options available • Nominate key object – gain control over exactly what you want to align to, subtract from and other functions • Force scale everything – override any individual scale settings to force all strokes, effects and fills to scale with whatever your currently selected object is set to • Quick Menu – gain instant access to clipboard options and nine customizable shortcut operations with a simple three-finger swipe • Command Controller – this new radial menu gives quick access to common modifiers in all tools • Compact mode – new mode available for the Layers Panel allows you to keep the panel open while maximizing document real estate • All-new context bar for all tools, making many more options easily accessible • New sliders for attributes like brush width and opacity, stroke width, filter effect settings and more • Zoom to fit/zoom to previous, snapping and preview mode options now available in the top toolbar 2.0.1 11/09/2022

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Previous Versions

Here you can find the changelog of Affinity Designer 2 for iPad since it was posted on our website on 2023-06-21 23:47:45. The latest version is 2.6.4 and it was updated on 2026-07-07 20:00:39. See below the changes in each version.

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