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Thanks for this! I think I will wait for this bug to be fixed, as doing this to several hundred layers across hundreds of projects will be too complex. Hopefully this bug is addressed soon!

Unfortunately this work around isn't very convenient, as when you want to apply multiple masks to the same layer, when stacking the levels adjustment above the mask, you have to apply the same levels adjustment to all of them, and cannot customise the levels adjustment to a particular mask. Can someone from Affinity let me know if they've seen this, as this has pretty much rendered all my past work non-functional.

Anyone have any ideas?

And here's a brief explanation video of the problem: Screen Recording 2023-02-18 at 13.55.20.mov

Thanks for your reply! Here's the file: Test.afdesign

Alpha Levels Adjustments, no longer apply correctly when nested below a mask in Affinity Designer V2. I'm opening documents in V2 and all my levels adjustments from V1 no longer work. This particular adjustment is designed to remove partial transparency, and remove anti-aliasing. The only way to get them to work is to put them above the layer I want to apply the adjustment to, but this is not possible for masks, as they cannot be grouped without losing the mask effect. Hope this makes sense? Can anyone help or offer a work around?

Tried turning off snapping and it works pretty well so that is the work around for now. Still would be great if this were fixed soonish. Snapping is an important feature. Thanks all for your help and input so far!

Hi Callum, here's a screenshot. Would deleting the app and doing a clean install perhaps be an idea?

Yeah I feel you, I love affinity but I am totally stuck when this happens. Can't work. Wish there was a way to revert back to the old version. Do they usually take long to fix bugs?

Opening documents which before ran perfectly smoothly, now moving a simple vector shape is enough to trigger either a 5 second processing pause, or sometimes a beach ball. At present it is totally unusable, even on very small uncomplicated documents. Can anyone possibly help? Is there a bug fix update on the way? I trained and now work full time with Affinity products and when they stop working, so do I.

Thanks, I'll give that a try.

Thanks for letting me know. I really hope this becomes a feature in future, as at the moment, the work around is a bit of a struggle.

Thanks for your reply. Does the coverage map need to be applied to each layer, or can it be applied at the top of the stack? And what would a good general setting for designs destined for print be?

Turning Anti-Aliasing Off. When will this frankly basic feature be introduced? I'm a big fan of Affinity Designer, and use it exclusively. Unfortunately, as a T-Shirt Designer, I'm really in need of a quick turn anti-aliasing off option, as anti-aliasing can lead to an unsightly white border around the edges of designs printed on black garments. I've heard that PhotoShop has this capability in the form of a simple check button. So far, all the suggestions have been to apply 'Coverage' adjustments to every single layer. Frankly this is a little tedious. I can't find anything online explaining how the coverage parameter works in Affinity. I've seen someone posting about this in 2015, and was wondering if we are any closer to a workaround that does not require a Guru level of technical knowledge to implement. If there isn't yet, perhaps it could be included in the next update of Affinity? Thanks in advance for your replies.

Thanks so much First Defence! That is the second time you've come to the rescue.