thatcomicsguy

Ditto on the CPU cycles.
Sitting still, doing exactly nothing, just existing in the background, AP is using between 7.8 - 8.5% of the CPU.  When I move the cursor around (literally, JUST the cursor), CPU usage jumps to around 25+%, sometimes even going over 30%.
And when I try to do any actual work.., ha ha!  What a joke.  My fans fire up and things start to grind.
It's time for some efficiency code-combing, I think.  (Or responsibility deflection; "It's supposed to do that. Overheating and Fan Noise are features, not bugs!"  Ha ha.)
Still.., AP is great for text layouts, (with enough internet research, I figured out how to flow text around objects, which it does very well, better than PS, -and yes, it's a valid ask of the program for my style of comics art), but due to these performance issues, it appears that I can't cancel my Adobe subscription just yet.  AP is not ready for prime time.
Whatever.  You can have my $69 and I'm happy to see the otherwise excellent progress.  I'll keep an eye on y'all while you grow.  ClipStudio Paint was a buggy POS for a long time as well.
Oh!  And Paint Tool Sai 2 is coming out soon with touch navigation.  That's going to be awesome!  Nobody does brush mechanics like Sai!

I've reported several times this issue in the past. Only a few layers are already able to take the CPU to the roof.
The problem is not simply that Affinity takes advantage of all the CPU available but also that, at least in my case, the fan start spinning like crazy and the amount of noise after a while is unbearable.
As I said in the past, this only happens with Affinity software. The rest of the programs I use rarely trigger similar situations. Most of the time, even when the CPU is under stress, fan are running at normal speed.
There's probably something else going on. 

Hello, it has been three months now and we Affinity Photo has now rolled onto stable version 1.6.5.123. Will this issue ever be addressed? Thank you.

Hello, I am wondering if there is any way to pan the canvas with my finger. I have a Microsoft Surface Pro 4, which has a touch screen. I am fluent in Phase One Capture One. Within Capture One you can pan the canvas with your finger. This is a quick and natural gesture, it does not matter what tool is selected and does not require any modification key presses. For clarification, the finger is for panning and the pen or mouse is used for brushing. Does Affinity Photo for Windows 10 offer this feature as I've explained? If not, is there any way I can set it up to do so, or any way I can offer this suggestion to the developers?
Thanks.