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Hi Callum Thanks for reply. Well the screen grabs above are for the histogram problem, not the crashing. Screen grabs are pretty pointless as all you see is a 'whited out' Affinity screen. I have found with the latest version the (193) app constantly crashes / freezes mid-process; it seemed almost random, happening on pretty much any operation. I could not find a pattern apart from 100% crashing at some point within 10 minutes , and I had no option but to close and start over whilst remembering to save every operation just in case, which was laborious. So I searched all over for advice on this one and Affinity seem to blame Intel video drivers (I have a Dell AOI and everything is up to date). I tried disabling the acceleration like other advice given, and that made no difference either. So in the end I had to roll back to v192.

Thanks Walt, at least there is an explanation. Thanks on the tip also

Well that was helpful!

Hi, I am having to use v 1.9.2 due to still unresolved 1.9.3 crash issues (disabling acceleration did not improve and I have all the latest drivers). I am finding I problem when I adjust curves on my astro images after integrating them. Once integrated, I apply and start to adjust the image (pic 1). I start by bringing down the black and bringing up the gamma whilst using the histogram as a guide (Pic 2). But now when I 'merge', the actual result is almost pitch black as the black end of the histogram has gone WAY over, even though it was nowhere near that on the histogram when I was adjusting it (pic 3). I attach some pictures as reference. Also... Whilst I am here, a while ago when i selected 'curves' (for example but its the same for all tools) the tools dialogue box used to appear.... now I get the 'drop down' options (pic 1)and select (for example) 'Default' and THEN the dialogue box now appears (pic 2). Why has that changed? Also... Why are the colours never balanced for my astro image imports, even though i select the right debayer method (have also tried inferred and actually every option there is). You can see this from the same images I posted here for the question above (pics 1 & 2). It would be good to be able to use the latest version but I can't due to the unresolved long term stability issues of 1.9.3. Thank you in advance

Hi Not really a fix is it. Here is a users experience... Open. Crash. Open a file. Crash. Open, open a stack. Crash. Run a stack, Crash. Run stack, adjust curves. Crash. Open file again, adjust balance, crash. Adjust sharpness, crash. ... Use DSS - ok. Use APP - ok. Use anything else - ok. The fix? - disable things that MIGHT make it work (not guaranteed) and will slow it down. Maybe we'll take a look some time. Remind me what i paid for? Oh yes, an editing app that works!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rubbish, total rubbish. Affinity, get your bloody act together, this is absolute dog $#!£. Test your releases for pitys sake. Get it done, its been weeks and nothing. Sort it out and stop making excuses.

Since updating to this version I get a crash every 5 to 10 minutes. Not sure what you changed but the stability of this is just awful now. Bordering on unusable. The crashes I get are so random, but always during standard image manipulation like curves, colour balancing etc. So frustrating, especially considering one of the big points of this update was removing bugs!