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Hi @Dan C Ok, I got into the same situation and I saved the project file for you to have a look. What happen is I just opened Designer made a new project and tried Cmd+8, once saw the size is again incorrect I put some layer and saved the file. I tried switching between Software & Metal settings for Display as it work earlier... and apparently didn't work this time. This time I also tried opening the designer file in Photo, and when I did cmd+8 it gave me the same oversized display as in Designer. While that opened I tried to make a new project in photo with also A4 print size paper and it didn't show correctly.. it was also oversized. To add to it this time I also tried in Publisher and apparently it is having the same problem. Last night was incorrect only in Designer. Please advice. AD-ActualSize-Incorrect.zip

I will have to see in which particular project this appears because once I refresh it with switching from Metal to Software and back any heavy project I work on works fine again. I'm currently using 2012 macpro with dual monitors and 16Gb of RAM, with Radeon RX580 8Gb maybe my machine is a it too old... because I also have problem with pencil tool which lags just after undoing a stroke after many strokes... and keeps happening during projects... when intend to replicate, I can't... 😁 I'll have to record it once it happens again. btw, No I don't have display scaling enabled.

Hi, I tried with same file with same result, as for the attached files, it's just a blank new document (not even saved) size of A4 print paper. So, I restarted the designer and just created new document of A4 size,... zoomed in then pressed command + 8. Usually it goes to exact size as the real paper when I placed it on the screen. But this time it just goes bigger. After I switched the display settings in Preferences from Metal to Software, it became sooo laggy but the size was right, then I switch it back to Metal and it works fine. (Of course I restarted Designer). When Designer is working correctly, any project file I open, it works fine... it seems that this happens when I work with heavy curves and stroke effects for a longer period of time. And then it goes off... I don't know for how long will stay correctly this time though... usually I realised it when I need to see the real size of the layout... but it's kinda disturbing my work, I end up mis measuring the output layout size. As for Designer bleed, No, I don't have bleed enabled. Btw, I just noticed when I press "Command + 8" in Designer the zoom level goes to 100% and in Photo goes to 32.0% but both Actual Size views work correctly, and both new project files are in 300dpi.

Hi, I just noticed that lately my Designer is displaying Actual Size incorrectly. It doesn't display real size anymore. Either I click manually through Zoom/Actual Size or using shortcut Command + 8, it keeps displaying larger size by 13mm. I keep have to change display settings from Metal to Software and then back to Metal to get the Actual Size working correctly, but after a heavy load project the size goes off again by 13mm Please Help I've attached pictures of what I mean. One is current condition of my Affinity Designer and the correct size still works fine on Affinity Photo as show in the attachment.

Hi, I've been using Publisher for quite some time now and I really love it, it's smooth and light on the hardware. And now I came across to use hyperlinks and realised that it will be great if there can be few more simple features such as: Phone number hyperlink, since nowadays most of pdf files are looked digitally/on the phone. I'll be great if one can click on the phone number and go straight to dialling app, or any other chat app linked with the phone number. Form filling feature, it will be great to be able to export .pdf files in which one can digitally fill in forms designed with Publisher, by just typing in it and putting a signature. There are also some interface features that would be good but I don't want to fill this post with it now. Cheers

Strange in Mac version doesn't work like that, we have to rename it in layers panel. I wasn't expecting that there will be feature difference between Windows & Mac version... reminds me of Microsoft Office... Any updates on that @Affinity team?

+1 Warping vector objects is one of the most missing features in Affinity Designer that disturbs me. I totally moved on using AD for my vector use. I find it really light on older machines. But when needs to warp I need the object to stay in vector not bitmaps (using photo). This pushes me back to Illustrator. Please add this feature soon guys. @Affinity Designer

I just experienced this error again as well. Also "save as" produced 0 byte file, but apparently the original project file still had data and when I opened it, it had it's last changes. So I tried again and it's been working fine. But having this error puts me at risk on losing the whole project file. In my case, I had 15 Arboards in one project file, on each artboard I imported another 1 paged Affinity Designer project file. So when I need to modify I just double click it. It really loosens my workflow on my old machine running Mojave and helps me work faster and organized. All files are stored on external drive connected through USB port. This is really dangerous, I stopped using this technique in Affinity Designer because of this problem when I was running on High Sierra, now since I installed Mojave I decided to give it another go... but apparently the error still appears. Any chance on stability update on this problem?

I totally agree, being able to copy/duplicate layer in layer panel by using cmd + drag is really useful and can speed up our workflow. As well that way we'll be able to duplicate the layer to our choosing layer position above or below without having to use too many steps. Please consider.

Agree, this is really simple feature request but somehow it would be really useful and will speed up the workflow..

Thank you @Dan C This is what I like from Affinity team, it is actively paying attention on their users reports. 👍🏼😁 Cheers

Sure, I'm running on Mac Pro Mid 2010 MacOS High Sierra Processor 2.8Ghz Quad-Core Intel Xeon Memory RAM 28Gb 1066 Mhz DDR3 Graphics Radeon RX-580 8192 Mb Cheers

Hi @Dan C, I'm sorry for this one Dan, I can't provide results on Publisher, I only have this problem in Adobe Designer, I haven't got Publisher yet and my trial has expired already 😁

Hi @Dan C, Unfortunately I can't send over the current project file because of its design confidentiality, but I'm able to replicate the issue with the file I uploaded on the dropbox link. Please check it out. Cheers

Maybe it's the compatibility problem with Mac Pro Early 2010 running High Sierra?

Hi Dan, I just did as you instructed above and have the same result. The stroke still lags after deleting the last stroke. Just to remind, this happens when the project has many layers of objects.. it doesn't appear when the artboard is still clean. Cheers

Hi Dan, Here I've attached the screen recording of the problem I it shows the lag when the stroke is deleted and then start drawing new stroke. Also attached performance preference screenshot. Cheers StrokeLag.mp4

Hi Sean, Thanks for the reply, glad to hear that it's been notified, looking forward for the update . Cheers

Hi, I'm experiencing brush crosshair disappearing each time I resize the brush. I had the same problem with previous Affinity Designer 1.9.3 as well.I've attached the screen recorded video to show the problem. I also noticed that when the cursor is missing it's even missing from the desktop when I mouse over into other applications or desktop without clicking. Until I click then the cursor reapears. Are there any settings to solve that problem or is it a bug that needs fixing? Cheers ps: Running AD 1.10 on High Sierra on MacPro 2010 crosshair cursor disappear.mov

Hi all, Does anyone experience the lag with brush stroke after deleting a previous stroke? What I'm experiencing is the stroke becomes really laggy after I delete latest stroke I make. But if I leave the stroke which lagged on (not deleting it) the stroke becomes normal again. Now I noticed the lag happen after I have many many strokes (under 100 strokes) on the artboard and the bigger the brush size the heavier the lag. I noticed this lag in previous AD 1.9.3 version as well. Any solutions on that? ps: running High Sierra Mac OS on MacPro 2010 machine.

Hi Sean, Thank you for the reply, hopefully there will be solution or improvement on this matter. 🙂 Cheers

Hi, I don't know if this is a bug or display settings, but I tried setting the display but still with the same result. I tried searching the forum but couldn't find anything about it. Every time I use Arboard and make a shape exact size as the arboard I get white line at the edges and it moves depending on the zoom percentage. But when I zoom really close the shape is right at the edge as it was made with snap enabled. And it doesn't show the white line. Mainly shows when I display the full artboard or fit. Even if I made the shape larger then artboard I still get those white lines. Is there any solution or workaround to fix this?

Thank you Chris Hopefully the macros bug gets fixed, as for batch processing for the time being I will stick with Parallel Processing disabled, hope that gets resolved soon as well. Cheers

Hi Chris, Thank you for the reply, I don't know, maybe it has something to do with my hardware then because it's kinda old Mac Pro 2010. I'm sorry I forgot, did I include the exported macro I used for the process? I've attached it bellow in case I haven't so you can try it out. For the time being I tend to use it without parallel processing enabled because it's more consistent. Since I posted here the skip file haven't happen again. Hopefully with parallel processing enabled could be fixed in the next update. It drastically speeds up the process. Affinity Photo really has an amazing batch processing speed. SkipFileMacros.afmacros.zip

Thank you for the respond, hopefully there will be some changes in the next update. Cheers