fotomak

Thanks Walt, thx a lot
 

Hey fotomak,
They took me a while to get used to but now I cannot go back. There are currently no plans to change this or to implement a function to revert back to V1.

Here's another example of a GUI that's completely unfriendly to ppl with mild vision problems:

I have mild vision issues and absolutely deplore the current design trend towards "form over function" when it comes to GUI's and websites in general. There are a bunch of things in the new GUI that make it really hard for people with mild vision problems (which includes many otherwise healthy seniors) to use the product (V1 was bad enough). (In)ability to use the GUI is a make-or-break feature of a product like this. Hoping that some of the serious workflow issues had been addressed in Photo v2, I was considering a more serious trial of v2, but if other people are already complaining about the GUI, I am less inclined to slog thru the process of learning a new GUI and new program. It doesn't help that there's no option to export a document for use in v1. I'll be getting a new computer that will require a Photoshop subscription and sadly, looks like I will have to bite the bullet and pay Adobe.

I apologize for not knowing the correct terms for the symbols in the GUI, but I have fiddled enough with the preferences to do all I can (or at least all that's obvious that I can) to support my vision issues. My point is that in general, tiny symbols with low contrast that can't be picked out from the background or easily distinguished from one another are a real problem for folks with vision issues - and this is not just a matter of "getting used to" a new GUI. I think your designers need to have a hard look at the entire product line with this issue in mind.

@fotomak and @hm933 I agree. It often takes time to adjust to, and even appreciate, UI changes — I understand that, and I’m getting used to some of the changes — but there are a number of things that make V2 difficult for me to work with. Some UI elements are too small, contrast is poor, etc. The change to the Lock Aspect Ratio icon really surprised me — I could easily recognize it in V1… now I have to stare at it to determine if aspect ratio is locked or not. 

Any idea to make possibility to choose V1 Icon Style in v2 ??

Is it only mine impression that the Icon Style in Affinity Photo v2 are not very readable...
If they are also to be "new" then it would be useful to have an option in the Preferences, to be able to change to the set of Icons from version 1 (like existing option to choose monochrome/colour Icons).
Additional very useful quick first summary from Olivio Sarikas here:
 

Absolutely not, the new icons are rubbish (my opinion) and only knowing where they were in the v1 allows them to be used

Absolutely not, the new icons are rubbish (my opinion) and only knowing where they were in the v1 allows them to be used

Absolutely not, the new icons are rubbish (my opinion) and only knowing where they were in the v1 allows them to be used

Yes, i have this problem. Both in Mac and in Windows Liquify works well with hardware acceleration enabled and broken like this when acceleration is disabled.
Without acceleration it is also crashin AP from time to time (after 2-3 uses)
Sometime there is "grid explosions" - blue lines of liquify grid go crazy into different directions
 
 

I get the same results as IPv6. FWIW, I can not use hardware acceleration, my video card is too old.

Thanks. This was logged a week or two ago so I'll link your thread to the report.

Hi @fotomak, can you just confirm, if you disable Hardware Acceleration, does it draw OK then?

Hi,
does anybode meet such situation ?
Liquify Persona, moving pixels..
I'm getting such distortions as shown at the attached picture..

My mistake or this is a bug ??
same on the version 1.9.0.852

Rgds,
Marek
(fotomak)
PS. NO such situation with Affinity Photo customer beta 1.9.0.834
 
 

Hi,
does anybode meet such situation ?
Liquify Persona, moving pixels..
I'm getting such distortions as shown at the attached picture..

My mistake or this is a bug ??
same on the version 1.9.0.852

Rgds,
Marek
(fotomak)
PS. NO such situation with Affinity Photo customer beta 1.9.0.834
 
 

Hi,
does anybode meet such situation ?
Liquify Persona, moving pixels..
I'm getting such distortions as shown at the attached picture..

My mistake or this is a bug ??
same on the version 1.9.0.852

Rgds,
Marek
(fotomak)
PS. NO such situation with Affinity Photo customer beta 1.9.0.834
 
 

confirmend, hier the same, open a jpg, set the crop after apply Photo close it self.
 

Please restart the app and try again, there has been a web side fix rolled out that may address this

Thnx Patrick,
done, it's OK
Marek (fotomak)

Thank you both. I can reproduce it with the attached AppData  

Hi fotomak,
Can you attach your AppData folder for me please? It might give us some clues as to what's happening here.
It can be found here:
%AppData%\Affinity\Photo\1.0 (Beta) and you can access the AppData by pressing the Windows key + R on your keyboard and then just type %AppData% 
I need the 1.0 (Beta) folder please. If you can copy it to your desktop > right click it > Send to > Create Desktop Shortcut and attach it here, that would be fab!

Here you go @Chris B
1.0 (Beta).zip

Thnx Patrick,
done, it's OK
Marek (fotomak)