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    Brush Resize & Pressure Broken When using Pen Tablet

    in [ARCHIVE] Photo beta on Windows threads

    Posted

    2 hours ago, AlainP said:

    I had the same problem a few days ago while I was fiddling with the Wacom Driver and Photo settings. All of a sudden I had the same problem you have. I uninstalled "completely" the Wacom app and drivers, restarted the computer and reinstalled the Wacom app (same version) and since then everything is back to normal.

    Try wacom drive version 6.3.40-2 (latest)
    https://www.wacom.com/en-us/support/product-support/drivers

    Brush Resize & Pressure Broken When using Pen Tablet

    in [ARCHIVE] Photo beta on Windows threads

    Posted

    34 minutes ago, Frozen Death Knight said:

    You mean the buttons on your pen? I use them a lot in fact. My standard for those buttons are R click and L click. L click I use to create brush strokes with 100% brush pressure, something which doesn't work in the Beta right now. Shift+L click is also very nice for creating perfectly straight lines with no line width variety. R click I also use a lot because of R click menus and stuff and luckily those seem to work right now.

    I hope that the issue of the L click button not working on the pen will be resolved. Really liking the improvements to the brush precision API, but I wish not to lose this nice feature in the process. : )

    You mean the buttons on your pen?
    Yes! (They are easily triggered by accident. Therefore, I have never used them.)

    Shift perfect straight line, I know this, this problem does need to be fixed.
    (As for other LR issues, fixing them must not affect Ctrl+Alt)

    Emphasize 2 points:
    1 Brush accuracy must not degrade.
    2 Ctrl+Alt must not reversing.

    Brush Resize & Pressure Broken When using Pen Tablet

    in [ARCHIVE] Photo beta on Windows threads

    Posted

    37 minutes ago, Subclavius said:

    @Mark Ingram In view of the (probable) forthcoming changes I am rejigging my use of the mouse buttons anyway (see below).  I like the use of <ctrl>+<alt>+pen tap giving first brush size/hardness, then shape/spacing, then angle (maybe this has been there for ages but I've only just discovered it!)

    @carl123 Thank you. I have renamed the Beta executable and I can now attach it as a separate application in the Application tab of the Wacom properties.

    I have discovered a very inconvenient/annoying feature of the new button arrangement in APhoto.  I have the 4 lower buttons on the tablet (am right handed so these are the lower left) set at the default settings of <shift>, <ctrl>, <alt>, <pan/scroll>.  I change brush size quite happily by pressing <ctrl>+<alt> with my left hand and changing the brush with the right hand. It's important here to press the buttons in the right order - I have to press first <ctrl> then <alt>. However, if I'm a little too hasty and press <alt> and then <ctrl> Windows itself get completely messed up and thinks that I'm holding down the <ctrl> key permanently - even outside the application.  The only way to remedy this is by disconnecting the tablet (USB connected) and reconnecting (or a reboot).  Have tried assigning (as modifiers) <ctrl>+<left alt> to the upper button on the pen but this simply doesn't work in APhoto.  The lower button on the pen is assigned to <right click> which I intend to leave as is.  Any comments would be much appreciated.

    Thank you

    What you need to be clear about is that it is currently the standard way to MacOS. 
    This is excellent.
    Pen side keys are annoying, so I don't use it.
    You should adapt to a new workflow.
    I'm firmly against reversing.

    Different file size? Filter -> Noise -> Denoise VS Live Filter Denoise

    in [ARCHIVE] Photo beta on Windows threads

    Posted

    5 minutes ago, Joachim_L said:

    On my own little research for minimising file size I noticed, that using the Live Filter Denoise produces smaller files than Filter -> Noise -> Denoise. For both ways I used the same values (everything at 100 %) and exported as TIFF without Affinity Layers.

    Original TIFF = 7.134.526 Bytes

    TIFF with Live Filter Denoise = 4.229.466 Bytes

    TIFF with "normal" Denoise Filter = 4.301.104 Bytes

    Is this because rasterising the Live Filter on export is more aggressive?

    My guess:
    Real-time filters perform some kind of performance optimization at the expense of quality in exchange for faster speeds.

    Affinity Photo Customer Beta (1.8.4.184)

    in [ARCHIVE] Photo beta on macOS threads

    Posted

    2 hours ago, Mark Ingram said:

    I use the Windows key all the time, Win+E to launch Explorer, Win+1/2/3 to launch apps from the taskbar, Win+R for Run dialog, Win+Shift+S for the Snip tool. etc etc. 

    People have an expectation for how the Windows key behaves, and applications shouldn't override that expectation. Perhaps there could be a preference to enable it, but it could never be the default.

    OK, obviously a significant number of people other than me use WinKey. 
    (I use CLaunch (mouse friendly), I don't use WinKey.) But people do use WinKey, and that's my negligence. )
    Finally, you are correct and WinKey should be retained.
    I believe you will solve the above problem. You have fixed the brush parameter shortcut key.
    Cheer! (Don't forget to rest properly.):D

    Affinity Photo Customer Beta (1.8.4.184)

    in [ARCHIVE] Photo beta on macOS threads

    Posted · Edited by Aftemplate
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    3 hours ago, Mark Ingram said:

    Because the Ctrl equivalent is right mouse button on Windows. So the shortcut would require holding RMB while you then click with RMB...

    I wasn't aware of that feature until now, so we'll have to look at implementing a new shortcut on Windows.

    Just a suggestion (perhaps a panacea):
    WinKey is almost useless and rarely used by users.
    AutoHotKey is open source and only 1MB in size.
    AHK is able to take over WinKey so that the Start menu does not pop up when WinKey is pressed.
    Integrate AHK (dll) to affinity, This seems to be a permanent solution.

    Grid artifacts using live Gaussian Blur

    in V1 Bugs found on Windows

    Posted

    On 4/7/2020 at 7:20 PM, Chris B said:

    Thanks Tinus, I've reproduced and logged this.

    Welcome to the forums! 

     

    14 minutes ago, Tinus said:

    Beta 1.8.4.676 is out, but, unfortunately, this bug is still not fixed,. I fear it won't even be fixed in the production release 1.8.4. which would mean that I have to wait for another 3-4 months.

    Apparently the severity of this bug got got wrongly judged by the developers.
    It happens in the process of "edge sharpening", which is a common technique, particularly useful in sharpening night scenes, to avoid increasing the noise by only sharpening the edges. The Gaussian Blur is needed to smooth the edges of the mask previously created by the "Edge Detect" filter to avoid nasty artifacts.

    The grid lines,caused by the Gaussian Blur, even if they are not clelarly visible, prevent that sharpening takes place under those lines, Of course this is unacceptable.

    Because there is no workaraound for this bug, I can't use this sharpening technique anymore. Even worse, I can't import a few images I've already processed into Affinty Publisher, because they are not correctly sharpened.

    So I really would be very grateful if the bug could be fixed as soon as possible.

    Which brings me to another point:
    reinstalling release 1.8.1 over 1.8.3 crashes. Of course I can inistall 1.8.3 and the install 1.8.1. I just fear, that I might loose my customizations and macros during this process.
    Is it safe to reinstall 1.8.1 in this way or are there othe possibilities ? 

     

    This error is critical. should be fixed.:)

    Adobe illustrator 2020 redefines vector coloring.

    in Feedback for Affinity Designer V1 on Desktop

    Posted

    2 hours ago, sfriedberg said:

    I certainly don't object to having the feature, but I've had that capability in CorelDRAW for close (plus/minus) to a decade, and I don't think I've ever actually used it in a finished piece!  So, not something I would make a high priority for Affinity development.

    Oh, and the Adobe marketing?  "Revolutionary"?  "Unparalleled"?  Sorry, Adobe, you are late to the game and need to show that you've reached parity, much less being first and foremost.

    I am not a vector professional user, I am a bitmap professional user. So it's really my ignorance.
    I will use it often to supplement my bitmap. And it does upend the way the past is gradient, That's why I call it revolutionary.
    It's not marketing. It's a strong stimulus. But it seems that the unexpected motivated you. (It's not my intention)
    You don't use it, you can't represent everyone.
    I use it, I can't represent everyone.
    The minority obeys the majority.:)

    Brush Resize & Pressure Broken When using Pen Tablet

    in [ARCHIVE] Photo beta on Windows threads

    Posted

    1 hour ago, Mark Ingram said:

    @PaulAffinity, you probably want to untick "Use Windows Ink". Then you'll get high precision input, and pressure data. 

    • Changed brush parameter shortcut from Alt+RightMouseButton to Ctrl+Alt (same as macOS)
    • Added --legacy-wintab command line parameter, which will use low-precision mouse input and tablet pressure data (the same as previous Affinity versions). This is only for users of old tablets that don't report valid high precision input (e.g. Wacom Graphire).

    :DThis is the best news for today! Thank you very much for your efforts on it!
    You are undoubtedly the leader of freedom. Affinity is excellent because of you!

    Affinity photo high CPU usage

    in Pre-V2 Archive of Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)

    Posted

    On 2/20/2020 at 9:56 PM, controlZ said:

    Thanks for pointing out a setting that I was up to now unaware of, Greyfox. On checking with my installed Affinity Photo it appears that the settings on mine are identical, or at default levels. In this particular setting I don't however see any setting for CPU usage, which was the main reason for my post. It's the surge of CPU when using Denoise Live Filter Layer that sets the fans in my desktop to run louder and more noticeably. Is performance like this merely to be endured while using Denoise Live Filter, or is there a more hidden setting that can be tweaked to mitigate the higher CPU usage?

     

    On 2/21/2020 at 3:08 AM, verysame said:

    I've reported several times this issue in the past. Only a few layers are already able to take the CPU to the roof.

    The problem is not simply that Affinity takes advantage of all the CPU available but also that, at least in my case, the fan start spinning like crazy and the amount of noise after a while is unbearable.

    As I said in the past, this only happens with Affinity software. The rest of the programs I use rarely trigger similar situations. Most of the time, even when the CPU is under stress, fan are running at normal speed.

    There's probably something else going on. 

    You will be interested in this.:D

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