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Thanks for passing that on, N.

Hi, when I use Place to layer a number of images ontop of each other, AP crashes. This is a reasonably new thing and I'm not sure why. There haven't been any updates recently so I'm not sure what's happening. Any ideas would be appreciated thanks, N

Wow, I turned off Hardware acceleration and followed the steps in your link Dan C - and AP is back to normal!!! I can't thank you enough! N

Hi, I've been using AP with Win10 for a few years and have noticed a progressive slowing in the performance of the program, which has got so bad that I might have to move back to PS. I mainly use it for compositing 3D renders which are 32bit exr's, there are usually 5 to 10 layers. I would open the main RGB layer then use Place to add the remaining layers - this is also a slow process. Simple blending and opacity and not much else is done but it lags so bad when I do anything. Turning Layers on and off (including other commands) has sufficient lag that it's becoming a hinderance to my workflow. I've attached the Performance Tab settings. There are 4 GPU's, 128 Gb Ram so, it must be something else that causing it. I love this program and don't want to have to change it, can someone shed some light on this? Thanks, N

This seems to be an almost perfect method; https://tolas.wordpress.com/2009/05/26/tutorial-how-to-equalize-textures-in-photoshop/

Hi I'm trying to equalize textures so that they are tileable. The texture I'm trying to fix is on the left of the attached - the texture on the right has been processed with Substance, the result is bottom right. Is it possible to do this with AP? Thanks, N

Hi, Two things which are from the photoshop days; 1. The ability to select a few layers and CTRL+E to merge those layers 2. The ability to right click a layer and have the option to create a selection of that layer. These are two commands in PS which I used regularly and would help speed up the workflow dramatically. Thanks, N

Hi I've been photographing and processing textures for 3d rendering. Affinity Photo does a great job in making them tilable however, there is one particular issue which I encountered and had to use the Equalize tool in Substance Alchemist to fix it. The attached images show the texture before and after using Equalizer - is this something that can be done with AF? I appreciate it can be done with selections and adjustment layers however, I'm doing 20 or 30 at a time so, I'm hopeful for a more automatic solution. Thanks, N

Thanks Walt!

Hi I usually work in RGB but have to change to CMYK for print - this has been changed in File, Documents Setup. In Photoshop, it's possible to see the document name, colour space, bit depth and viewing colour space - is this possible in A-Designer? When I changed from RGB to CMYK, nothing changed visually - it's possible to colours didn't change but I just want to be sure I am viewing the CMYK colours. Thanks for your help, N

Hi Is it possible to make the procedural texture tilable? Thanks, N

Hi Is it possible to link files to AP similar to smart objects in PS? When I render multiple passes for an arch vis image, they are loaded into AP to comp however, there are usually a number of updates to the renders. So, instead of recreating the AP file from scratch each time, it would be good if I could link the files so they update. If anyone knows if this is possible, it would be appreciated. Thanks N