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Tried 1.5.2.62 today hoping that the raw speed loading times might have improved but seems to have maybe knocked a second or two off so not there yet but going the right direction!. I tried the Affinity Designer trial and loaded the same Raw file in 4 secs as opposed to 11 secs with AP?? . Any chance the Designer guys could chat to the Photo guys please ☺?. Regards Steve

I agree with Rafal, I would suggest cutting Timo some slack and not to judge him too harshly. If I understand correctly he is coming at AP from a professional point of view which I imagine can be highly frustrating if your livelihood depends on the software working correctly. I am just a hobbyist and so can maybe afford to play around with apps and to be honest I bought AP back when it was released but the painfully slow raw loading times just make it impractical for an impatient person like me to use until the relevant update is released. Regards Steve

Any sign of that speedy Raw loading update yet Chris? ☺ Steve

Thanks for the welcome MEB, look forward to using AP more when the raw loading speed is sorted! ☺ Steve

Hi Ian On my HDD. The same raw`s load instantly in Paintshop pro x9 and also a few other apps I have,- Aftershot Pro 3 etc. Its just making AP a bit of a pain to use and I tend to use other quicker apps first, guess its the speedy times we live in ;) . Steve

Hi guys Been patiently waiting to see if any updates forthcoming to increase Raw load speeds.My copy of AP launches fine in less than 4 secs but Raw`s (NEF`s) still taking 12+ seconds to load on my i7 desktop :( . regards Steve

Hi Jan I have the XP-Star05 and very happy with it. Important to follow the driver install instructions to the letter ie remove ANY graphic tablet drivers and disable antivirus before installing new drivers. Steve

52 working fine, still slow at loading raws but otherwise no probs. Works great with my new XP-Pen star05 graphic tablet. Steve

Hi guys I`ve been looking for some time for a graphics tablet and had decided to get the Intuos pro medium but can`t seem to get hold of one in the UK, SO plan B I started looking on youtube for recommendations and came across the XP-Pen Star05 which I gather has not been out long, it has wireless, has an 8"x5" active area and so I thought I`d order one and if it didn`t work with any of my gear then the excellent Amazon returns would be used. Ordered yesterday and arrived today and have to say I`m delighted with it. Following the advice given I made sure yesterday any tablet drivers were uninstalled, my virus checker disabled and downloaded and installed the latest driver from the XP-Pen web site and waited for it to arrive. Plugged it in, instantly recognised and up and running in about 10 seconds and works perfectly with AP. It actually seems fine with all the software I have, I don`t think it has a tilt feature which I`m not bothered about but all in all I think not getting an Intuos has worked out ok for me as I now have an excellent graphics tablet for a quarter of the price of the Intuos and it works like a dream no lag at all. cheers Steve

Thanks again AJ, I've emailed them and see what they say!. Regards Steve

Hi AJ I`m across the pond here in the UK and the Intuos tablets seem a bit thin on the ground over here at the moment :( . Might make it a bit pricey shipping from the States?. Steve

Hi guys After asking for advice about a suitable graphics tablet for use with AP I had decided on a Intuos pro medium but can`t seem to get hold of one anywhere, they must be that good that everywhere seems to have sold out so plan B - which others tablet could be recommended please?. Wireless would be nice, medium size and the useable area less than the total area would also be good (if that makes sense?) as one I`ve borrowed (Intuos 3) the pen keeps getting stuck in a groove on the right hand side of the tablet surface when using the software sliders. thanks Steve

Hi folks Well borrowed a friends old Intuos 3 medium graphic tablet today and have to say I`m loving it. Its a lot easier to control than I thought it would be and it works fine with AP, its just getting your head around how the tablet maps to the screen so the Intuos pro medium is now on the New years must have list :) . cheers Steve

Thanks for that Mike. You find the small Intuos ok? I was told the tablet should be roughly the size of the screen and my monitor is 24"! Regards Steve

Thanks for the info guys and to SrPx for the in depth report. I have heard that the Huions can have bother with the drivers not sure if that is still the case?. Good luck with a Yiynova, can't quite justify one of those yet or if I could sneak one past SWMBO . Happy Christmas to all on the forum!.

Hi guys Not sure what's happening with the main beta post as it seems locked now?? Anyway installs and runs ok on my Win 10 64bit, maybe knocked a second off the startup time, not perfect yet but going in the right direction. Keep up the good work with the startup times. Thanks guys Steve

Win 10 64bit :) . cheers Steve

Yes that would be great thanks, was thinking of waiting until after Christmas to get one

If it works ok that's fine, I do have a few wireless bits & bobs mouse, keyboard,router,printer even my Nikon using its wi-fi transfer so quite a bit going on.How come you keep it wired if the wireless works ok?. Steve

Hi guys Been doing a lot of researching on tablets for use with my photography and I think I'm going for the Intuos pro medium. I see it comes with wireless connectivity and I'm wondering how effective it is as it's a feature you obviously pay for and if it's not that reliable then maybe the cheaper Intuos Pen & Touch models more useful?.I'd like to make full use of it's features with Affinity. Thanks Steve

Wondering how the 610 is doing with Affinity?. Thinking of a wacom intuos medium but I could be swayed

Not sure if it's a bug or not as I was following instructions for using Photoshop so unsure if the same steps would work with Affinity?. I did think it should stay that size after resizing with the perspective tool so maybe it is a bug?. Steve

That did it Alfred thanks ;) Steve

Hi guys Enjoying learning how to use Affinity but can`t seem to get this layers thing right. I`m just experimenting with a texture jpg which I want to overlay a scene and then use the `soft light` to make it transparent. The scene is a tiff and the texture is a jpg. When I open both seperately they are both the same size but when I overlay and paste the texture one it defaults to a much smaller size. Following the procedure in Digital Photo` magazine for a Photoshop setup I get similar to Affinity except when I click return the texture reduces to a smaller size My procedure is 1- open the image I want 2- open the texture image I want, hit ctrl+A, then ctrl+C to copy the texture image into clipboard. 3- click on the image and then ctrl+V to paste the texture image over the top which is smaller than the main image. 4- select the perspective tool and drag the texture image to the same size as the main image underneath 5-select `apply` to the small Perspective window it then defaults back to the smaller size again?? How can I keep the texture image the same size as the scenic image underneath please?. This is what I`m after but the whole of image using the `soft light` option thanks Steve

Nice one guys, loads a little faster now! Excellent stuff. Just a quick question do I need to save a backup of Affinity should I ever have disk problems or will it always be available for download?. thanks Steve