Paul Mudditt

If you take a snapshot first then you can return to that snapshot at anytime, might be a bit of a work around for what you want.

Yes just an annoyance on my 9.7”, maybe it doesn’t happen on larger displayiPads. IMG_8701.MP4

Yes, installing new fonts will crash all apps V1.8 and V1.9 beta so far on iPadOS 14.

I presume you have just upgraded to iPadOS14, if so then this is a known reported bug. It will likely be fixed soon I would expect.

Very worryingly it is still broken in todays full release of IOS14 too on all iPad AP & AD versions.

I have also seen these transparent canvas turn up using other tools as well, maybe this is something to do with the metal changes to try and support Windows better. Also I’ve had screen jumping around too.

Without a doubt it is an iPadOS 14 issue, just the full 14 release arrives very soon so then everyone would have these problems.

Just to let you know that trying to an install a font on iPadOS 14 beta 8 results in instant crash on new 1.9 beta. This also happens on 1.8 Photo and Designer on iPad Pro 9.7” too. Also the colour wheel started from the brush context toolbar is unusable as not only does it jump all over the screen it doesn’t remember the set colour either. Same behaviour is found in 1.8 under IPadOS14 beta too. IMG_8649.MP4

Yes me too on very latest iPadOS14 beta on ALL versions for iPad, current photo and designer and photo beta, instant crash when going to preferences->fonts.

Do you know which category you deleted? If not you may find it easier to save all your project files and close them from the Affinity Home Screen and delete then re-install the app.

As is usual, when an Apple device starts to misbehave try closing all apps then rebooting it or perform a forced restart.

Smart Selection works on the layer you have selected, if the item isn’t on that layer then the edge can’t be detected. One way is to use merge curves so that they are on the same layer. You could also use merge visible to create a flattened pixel layer to make the selection on. IMG_8600.MP4

You can alter the normal insertion point using these settings but don’t think this is what you are after.

Here you go, use the channels studio, select the high pass alpha mask then select invert. IMG_8522.MP4

You can upload files to any post but since I guess these are copyright so might be best to wait for Serif support Monday morning to give the latest Dropbox location. @Patrick Connor

In photo, counter intuitively, change the stroke width by selecting the pen tool. IMG_8519.MP4

Ok, managed to eventually freeze the frame to see what it was supposed to look like. Looks quite different so I guess there must be something extra in those files which Affinity is perhaps not compatible with. All I can suggest is you upload one of them for the developers to look at next week.

Sorry, I happened to look on a Windows 10 PC which I rarely use these days so didn't actually even notice the video. There is another PSD setting above, not so important though. Could you show what is in the layers studio as so far your video doesn't actually show any obvious PSD import problem, what did you expect to see?

You must always be aware of the type of layer you are working on, the most common mistake in my experience is to be working on an image layer or an adjustment layer. Generally you should rasterise an image layer before working on it. If you show a screen shot or a recording when your problem returns, always make sure you turn on show touches under preferences and pin the layer studio open so we can help you overcome your problems.

Under preferences, make sure you have enabled smart object import. https://affinity.help/photo/English.lproj/pages/Workspace/preferences.html

Hi Dave, sorry been out running a message, the untitled file doesn’t seem to exist, it was the black and white doggie file, using 16 bit colour profile which is extremely odd as I never knew there were 65’536 shades of grey.

File works fine on my ancient 2016 iPad Pro, I assume you have taken normal recovery steps of closing all apps and performing a forced restart on your iPad?

I would recommend setting the auto save interval to the minimum time 30 seconds to avoid losing so much work whilst waiting for a defect correction release.

See some of the older tutorials on 360 editing in this post

After over ten years with iPads, it’s the iPad itself that is vulnerable. Being a portable device it is subjected to lots of static electricity shocks and that can upset the hardware or even flip the state of flash memory bits. This is why turning off then on, or doing a forced restart now and again is worthwhile to re-initialise hardware and memory locations. At worst a full restore from backup may occasionally be required. Affinity uses the iPad hardware to its full so inevitably will be prone to occasional problems because of this.