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AD 1.6 does not have very good symbols within symbols support. 1.7 is quite good although there are still issues from time to time that are inexplicable such as layer positions shifting. But are symbols within symbols officially supported?

Still an issue in the latest betas. Opening an AD file with AP does not allow me to perform any edits without crashing.

Still an issue in the latest beta.

Where can I download the previous beta? All links seem to only point to the latest.

The beta does not seem to respect printing presets. Particularly in my case "Reverse Page Orientation". 1.6 respects it just fine. When looking up the preset values the beta says "off" while 1.6 says "on" which is correct. Same system-wide preset. Other values seem to be fine. Have only found the bug with Reverse Page Orientation but have not tried all.

Here is an updated crash report. Crash Report.txt

Ok please disregard the last post. The issue is still happening on AP and AD files alike. However, I think the keyword is "files". When I work on an unsaved file (which I did for several minutes) I do not think the issue occurs.

Ok, so I did some more testing. Without using an eGPU and having OpenGL set for all versions (1.6s and Betas), I can confirm it works fine connecting and disconnecting an external display. Using an eGPU (Blackmagic in this case) does not work, even with OpenGL. Sometimes it does work but by the second or third connect or disconnect the viewport just stops responding (the glitch in the video above I was not able to reproduce). Also, Affinity Photo Beta seems to have issues switching away from an eGPU and requires a force disconnect or just closes itself on disconnecting the eGPU. Maybe the eGPU function uses Metal in some way. Could also be unique to this eGPU. Not a dealbreaker issue for me but just wanted to share.

Hi Chris, I think I was able to pinpoint the issue. When using an Affinity Photo document I can use the blemish tool without issues no matter the size. The slowness and freezing is only present when opening an Affinity Designer document with Affinity Photo and using the blemish tool there. Refine selection is also terribly slow in that instance as well.

Almost seems bigger bush sizes crash less than smaller ones. Definitely longer load on the smaller ones. Refining selection is also terribly terribly slow on the beta.

I've tested this without an eGPU and just a regular external display with a MacBook. Opening Affinity on the MacBook and then attaching the screen creates the glitch in the video when scrolling/moving the artboard. Glitch.mov

Having Affinity Designer or Photo open and switching between an eGPU with external display or back to the MacBook causes a glitch. The artboard its displayed as usual but scrolling has no effect, it does not update. I can see the scroll bars reflect the input but the dartboard/affinity display itself does not update. Only closing and restarting the app fixes this. Is this the desired behavior? Maybe there is no eGPU support. I believe this also happens without an eGPU and a straight connection to an external display.

Crash report attached. Brush size was 14px. Definitely more loading on the smaller brush sizes. I also use an eGPU but this issue occurs with or without and this particular crash report is just straight on the MacBook.

Using the blemish removal tool causes Affinity Photo to hang indefinitely. The Blemish Removal progress indicator shows it is working but nothing is happening. This happens at random. Reopening the program and trying again works for a little bit until it hangs again. It seems to also happen frequently with the same spot.