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I have experienced the same issue with v2 and the v2 beta. Macro firing is very hit or miss.

One thing you could try is to disable "reopen document(s) on startup" under "settings".

I am not experiencing this behavior on my 2018 Mac Mini. What hardware are you running this on?

Here is a sample TIFF image that exhibits the bug. All of my images are created with PixInsight. I am running Ventura 13.0.1 on a 2018 Intel Mac Mini. Sharpless 71.tif

As I wrote above...there is only one layer in the document when I go to save it. Version 1.10.5 of AP does not exhibit this bug.

I open a TIFF image and apply the "Remove Background" filter. Now when I try to save the document, I get prompted with the "Save with Layers/Save As" options even though this image only has a single layer. The previous version of AP did not do this. Selecting "Save with Layers" results in a document I cannot pass to Topaz Denoise AI. Previously, I would merge visible layers, delete the non-merged layers, close the image and reopen in AP. After that, Topaz would work. Now, closing the document and reopening gives me a grayed out Topaz.

One thing you can try is to start Photo while holding down the control key. A dialog will pop up, deselect all and just select the "Don't Restore Window and Documents" checkbox followed by the "Clear" button.

No issues here stitching them on my Mac.

Sorry, I missed that. Are you running the latest version of MacOS (12.2.1)? I had issues with Photo prior to using 12.2.

Have tried using the beta version of Photo?

And you should upgrade Montery to the latest version (12.1). This update corrected the slow startups and general lag I was seeing with AP on my Intel Mac Mini.

Make sure you are running the latest update to whichever version of macos you use. After upgrading from 12.0.1 to 12.1, AP loads quickly on my Intel Mac Mini (2018).

Speaking of Monterey, the 12.1 update has dramatically improved the loading time for 1.10.4 and the 1.10.5.270 beta of AP. I should mention, this is on a 2018 Intel Mac Mini.

The beta version definitely fixes the document open slowness. And I think it has reduce the startup time slightly. It is still not pre-Monterey. - Jim

You are not alone...my 2018 Mac Mini is showing similar issues. AP is taking significantly longer to start up. As a test, I started AP and once it was running, quit out of it and immediately restarted AP. What use to take 2-3 seconds now takes over 15 to complete. I see beachballs when trying to open existing documents--these are delays in viewing the file selector dialog box. - Jim

The idea that VPN provides security for browsing is false--the only thing it does is to hide your IP address from your destination and provide an encrypted channel for sites that do not use HTTPS. That's it. In a work environment VPN allows access to an internal LAN. If the Affinity updates are failing when connected with VPN, it is something your VPN provider is doing to block the traffic. I would ask them.

Why are you using VPN? For work access or something else?

Hi Chris, I just tried this to capture a video for you and, of course, I failed to duplicate the problem. As I have encountered this issue before, I will be sure to grab a video the next time it happens. Btw, my system is a 2018 Mac Mini running Big Sur. It has an AMD Radeon RX 5700 GT eGPU.

When stacking subs in Photo, I noticed that marking bad pixels is off to the left. I have to move one pixel to the right to tag the correct bad pixel. This issue exists in 1.9.3 and the 1.10.0.244 beta.

Have you tried re-downloading the upgrade?

Thanks, Chris!

I just tried the 1.9.1.RC1 beta, but it exhibits the same problems.

I ran into a problem stacking a pair of subs today. I load the files and press "Stack" but nothing happens. The subs in question are Ha subs...the SII and OIII subs stack correctly. I have attached the two subs. If I try to use the Bad Pixel Tool with any subs and press "Reset", Affinity Photo crashes to the desktop. 2021-02-20T05-28-28_Pencil_Nebula_Halpha_T-25_300s_cal.fits 2021-02-20T05-34-24_Pencil_Nebula_Halpha_T-25_300s_cal.fits