Andrew Buckle

Would love to see a quick way to convert the stroke into a fill so you then get a proper filled spiral ? Workaround being a selection for the layer and just filling that (is there another way ? )

It is a pity that the move / duplicate is not active for the node tool as well as changing the properties. It would be great if you could use the move / duplicate with a shape etc and then use the node tool to manipulate the nodes with the move / duplicate still active Love the addition of the scale, that was something I thought was missing the first time I used the tool as well as the insert order Would be great to see a jitter feature for the settings, a randomization feature so the horizontal can be any value between 0 to entered (negative or positive) so with 10 entered, it would be 0.2 or 1.3 or 4.6 etc for each new layer. If -10 entered then -0.3 or -3.2 or -8.7 etc A colour randomization for the shapes / curves ?? it would be wonder if using a black path initially that any new shape or curve is filled with red or green or blue and perhaps extend it to colour randomize from the swatches panel group so if you currently have the a swatch category of red, green and blue then only those colours would be used as well as if it is filled with different gradients so you could have a red-green, blue-yellow etc gradient fill with the shapes etc Would be great if duplicate linked was applied directly though a workaround of first duplicate linking and then using that does create multiple duplicate links Still find that having to turn duplicate ON and then setting the number of minor issue, be great if you just set the copies to 0 (which means that there is no duplication or copies) and then increasing it to 1, 2, 3, etc does as before and then eliminating that extra step.

You can use the duplicate linked. You can create a curve and then duplicate link that and then use the move / duplicate panel and all the curves are duplicate linked ?? Or did I misunderstand the question.

Brilliant, a super useful addition to AP. Would love to see a jitter / randomization feature added to it so each node is slightly jittered from its defined position. And perhaps a separate segment feature so each segment is a curve which can then be moved independently ? (though this would end up lots of curves, they could then be quickly re-coloured as well adding different strokes and stroke settings to them as well as different effects etc to each

Be great if there was a randomization feature for the horizontal, vertical etc so if someone enters 4px then randomization on would result in 0.3px or 2.3px 3.2px etc all the way up to 4px. Same with rotation such as 10 degrees and going with 3 degrees for one and 4.6 for the next etc - so clicking the randomization button would result in a refresh of the distances or angles etc also be great if extended to include a colour randomization so we could then get red or green or shapes or text etc (obviously not going to be any use for pixel layers)

Definitely a thumbs up for a live blend tool, colour options, etc Used the Illustrator one a lot, miss it in AD

True, I do much the same but I just would love to see something like the procedural texture, a nice and handy presets feature as well as it remembering the last equation used. As well as adding it to the live filter effects.

The equations filter is useful but the panel cannot be resized like the procedural texture as well as parameters (very limited) 1) Resize the equations panel so the panel can be longer / more width as if you enter something like rx+ry*2-oscsin(rx*rx+ry*ry)/1000+mod(rx,10) etc then it gets cut off and you have to scroll through it. 2) Add more parameters - a, b, c are really not enough for many equations 3) Allow more access to similar functions that reside in the procedural textures filter 4) Add a presets feature, it is hopeless that you have to re-enter the equations each time 5) It should memorise the last equation used so you don't have to type it in again

will try the metal turned off ... see if that makes any difference.

Yes, that would be a better message ... unfortunately still has not resolved the main issue that Affinity Photo latest version is still pretty dire with the M1 Monterey on the mac. I can't work out the logic of why I get the spinning wheel of death with the application. Affinity Designer is fine, no issue, no spinning wheel. Affinity Photo can go a week or so and no spinning wheel of death. Then it suddenly appears and then it will happen all day, whether I turn off my machine or not and then just as sudden, I will not get the spinning wheel of death. Not sure if it is because I was using affinity designer this morning, Photo has now triggered its wheel of death. I haven't been using designer for quite a while and have had no issues, is there some odd quirk with that running before using Photo ?? I am struggling to see why it suddenly has this issue and it is frustrating when I am trying to create a tutorial or two and all I end up saying through the tutorial is sorry about the spinning wheel ... M1 monterey was supposed to make AD even faster and better, seems to have gone into reverse. Please fix this bug ....

Yes, having the same problem - purchased on the mac app store and have no product key therefore cannot enter a validation. Great. !! If only my Affinity Photo would actually work on M1 Monterey, still get the spinning wheel of death, though not that the beta was much better. Andrew

Yes, panning does seem to trigger it, I can be working happily and then the slightest pan (which is easy when using the mac mouse) and suddenly it appears. Will have to look out for it when I zoom

Is it fine with 16GB and M1 Monterey ?? Perhaps it is an issue with8GB or perhaps as I have an external SSD ?

I can't work it out. I assumed it was some interface issue with some of the panels but that makes little sense as my M1 Monterey Designer basically 'looks' the same as Photo with layers etc and yet I have had no issues with Designer. Photo can go three or four days without any issues and then suddenly it will go 'spinning' wheel for an entire day and then stop o=doing it again for another random period. All very strange Andrew

Bought the mac store one when it first came out. The beta though is from your website. Nothing to do with actions, no actions or macros running. Perhaps it one of those assistants ? Anyway, just testing that but I have had only one briefest of wheels today when closing the grid manager. Perhaps should have gone for the 16GB model, could be that as well ? Andrew. p.s as mentioned, can go days without it and then I can't get rid of it with even a reboot / shutdown. It will trigger on startup and continue whilst in use. As mentioned, others have also mentioned it as well to me so I am certain I am not the only one getting this odd glitch. Andrew

yes, using 12.2.1 as well. Perhaps it is just something with this M1, only got 8GB so perhaps that is causing it but before going to Monterey, it was quite fine and ever since, been a fun rid with Affinity Photo Andrew

That is stated in the title (Affinity Photo and Beta) ... err, yes, the beta is just as problematic as the actual. It is hard to work out what triggers it. It can work for a few days and you won't see it and then suddenly you just get it over and over. and then all of a sudden it stops again for a week or so. Mentioned in my video community page and I am clearly not the only one getting the spinning wheel. I was hopefully that the beta would have fixed it Andrew

Been downloading the latest versions and living in hope that this will be fixed. I can go a week without the spinning wheel of death and then suddenly I get it for a solid day and it basically makes the app unusable. Doesn't matter if I have any panels open or not, it just suddenly pops up on any task. Go to the layer menu, spinning wheel etc ... from a super fast application to one of the hardest apps to use around. I like to do tutorials on Affinity Photo, it has been hard to do any of late and I am just back doing Photoshop and Illustrator ones as I can't go more than two seconds without the machine stalling on me. Is there any chance this will ever be fixed or should I just abandon the M1 (which is a fast enough machine with all the other apps) but with Affinity, it does become a nightmare Andrew

Sadly the latest beta (1.10.5.270) is just as poor with the spinning wheel of death. It pops up all the time, it makes AP totally unusable on the M1 / Monterey. It works for a while and then suddenly it pops back all the time. I must admit, I wish I had never gone for the m1 and monterey, used to enjoy using AP but it is now. bit of a nightmare

thank you

Just in the process of starting a reference / tutorial / how to book on Affinity Photo, can I call it 'How to use the xyz etc in Affinity Photo' and also what registered trademarks / trademarks etc do I have to include in the back of the book ?? Or trademarks on the name in the title etc This book will be available via Amazon etc

My RAM Usage etc My M1 is only 8GB as well, should have gone for the 16GB model but that was a mistake !!

Sadly, Affinity Photo Beta as well as Affinity Photo are really hard to use on M1 Monterey, now seem to get the spinning wheel intermittently. Some days I don't see the spinning wheel and then other days when I am using the beta or the standard app, it appears all the time doing minor actions such as changing a stroke dash line style etc making the app virtually impossible to use. Not totally unusable but it will be great to see this fixed as it does cause a lot of drag in using the application

You can see the sort of imagery added to the bug, it is just a pixel image turned into a pattern layer with the mirror option set to ON and in the example they are just duplicates of the same layer (also they duplicate linked ... noticed that has occasional issues with crashes in other places) Andrew

No, this happens just at random. I create lots of video tutorials and sometimes I am doing it and then it crashes with the patterns layers and merge. Other times it is fine and works. Just makes me always hesitant to use the merge selected as it has crashed recently and also over the last few years a lot and on different machines. They are not complex layers, perhaps a shape that has been rasterised and turned into a pattern layer as well as the same pattern layer duplicated and then changed such as scale or rotate and then it crashes with the merge Yes, Monterey and M1 and latest Affinity Photo Beta but this has been an issue for me for a while. I normally just shrug my shoulders and restart or avoid using the menu command because at the back of my mind I know it will probably crash.