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Thank you for your confirmation. The Colour profile is already set to sRGB and for CYMK it uses ISO Coated v2 (ECI). Nightshift and dark mode has been turned off. I am not happy with the current situation. This bug exists since months. Don't get me wrong. It is not a minor issue. This bug makes all apps unusable. How could you possible work with flashing documents all the time. I can’t believe I am the only user. Turning off and on the second display is no longer a solution.

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Hello, Since upgrading to v2.5 I am experiencing massive UI issues with 2 displays connected. Random black and white pixels flickering all over my documents when I move the mouse. It is impossible to work. It is happening in Affinity Photo, Designer and Publisher. I replaced all USB-C cables and it is a brand new Eizo display. As soon as I unplug the second display, flickering is gone. It is definitely a bug! I have disabled metal to no avail. I have reported this bug already in December. Will Serif fix this issue? Any workaround? Affinity Photo, Designer and Publisher Version 2.5.7 M2 Mac Studio Ultra, 2 displays connected macOS Sonoma 14.7.2 Affinity_serif25_flickeringbug.mp4

@MikeTO I really appreciate your quick response. Thanks for sharing the archive links. I reverted back to version 2.5.5. The issue is gone in Affinity Photo. However the flickering issue still occurs in Affinity Designer 2.5.5. The current workaround is to unplug the second display.

Yes, since upgrading to the latest Version 2.5.6 and 2.5.7, I am experiencing the same flickering issue using a M2 Mac Studio Ultra, macOS Sonoma 14.7.2 and 2 displays connected. It is happening in Affinity Photo, Designer and Publisher. Random black and white pixels flickering all over my documents when I move the mouse. It is impossible to work. UPDATE: As soon as you unplug the second display, flickering disappears. It is bug!

@KappiNor Thanks. I do not us any live filters. Flickering occurs with a image or basic elements e,.g. Text and Rectangle

@KappiNor Did you find solution? Since upgrading to the latest Version 2.5.6, I am experiencing the same flickering issue on a M2 Mac Studio Ultra in Affinity Photo, Designer and Publisher. Random black and white pixels flickering all over my documents. What can I do? How can download the previous version?

Serif decided to sell their soul to crappy Canva. A great product is dying.

Superb. Thanks a lot.

First off, AWESOME job on Version 2!! 👍 I can not wait to switch to V2. One thing I have noticed is the FAQ mentioned that V2 files are not backward compatible. V2 files can not to be open in V1. I guess it is recommended to completely uninstall V1 prior using V2? Does V2 import my existing preferences?

Quick update on this issue: It turned out this glitch effect was caused by a dying Radeon graphic card. I have replaced the AMD Radeon HD 7950 with the exact same model. Now, random glitches are gone! Hope this helps...

@Alex M Thanks. What hardware are you using? Glad I am not alone. Photoshops performance is terrible, though.

@Dan C Thanks, I am sorry to confirm the same issue with Affinity Photo Customer Beta (1.10.5.270). Metal acceleration is enabled. Glitches show up with and without "Preserve alpha" settings enabled.

Today, The glitch occurred when I applied a gaussian blur to pixel layer. It was impossible to guess the modification. Disabling metal acceleration will prevent those glitches, though. Anything else I can do? Is it a graphic card issue?

@Chris B The glitch is totally random. It's happening with Live Filters enabled. When I add a new curve layer and zoom in and out 10 times, everything looks good. However next time the glitch shows up again. Screenrecord-Glitch-withAffinityStore1.10.4 -WebMPEG4-2000kbps.mp4 testfile.afphoto.zip

@Patrick Connor Wow. That is an impressive bugfix speed! Thank you! I have upgraded to 1.10.4. I'm sorry to confirm that the glitch effect while zoom in/out still shows up. It is happening randomly on white background, type faces, embedded PNGs or rectangle color boxes. Update: It is occurring with Live Filter Layers. I have applied a Unsharp Mask filter to an image. When I disable the Live Filter, everything looks good. Are you able to reproduce this?

@Alex M Yes, It's happening in Affinity Photo 1.10.1 too.

@DEF13 Thanks for bringing this up. I have experiencing the same issue on macOS Mojave and Affinity Photo 1.10.3.

@MEB When I turn off Metal computer acceleration, the weird background distortion does not occur. I hope this helps. I do not want to disable acceleration. Specs

@pruus Thanks, Checking Preserve alpha resolves this issue. However the background distortion still looks weird to me. A white background does make more sense to me.

Affinity Photo 1.10.1 shows random black-white background distortion when I apply a Gaussian Blur to a PNG with alpha mask. I have attached a screen recording. It's happening on macOS 10.14.6, Affinity Photo 1.10.1 Steps to reproduce the behavior: Take a screenshot in macOS Open that screenshot.png in Affinity Photo Add Gaussian Blur and change the radius to more 50px

Yes, that is the expected behaviour 😉

Interesting, it looks like Catalina specific issue.

Yes, I am able to open the SVG file as well in Safari, Chrome and Firefox. Make sure to copy and paste the complete SVG code.

Which print settings are you using? Does Affinity Photo for Mac crash while opening the macOS print dialog? I am not able to reproduce it running Mojave 10.14.6