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With the latest Z8 firmware, it is now possible to produced pixel shift and focus shift images at the same time. For instance, I can take 25 focus shifted images that each contain 32 pixel shifted images. Using NX studio, I can merge the pixel shifted images to create 25 merged images ready to be focus merged in Affinity Photo. Unfortunately, the files are created with the NEFX extension, which Affinity does not recognise. Can this file type be added to Affinity Photo, please! 😀

That seems to have worked - I will see if it stays true. But why would that be causing a problem? I will be upgrading to a 5080 at some point. Thank!!

Sorry if this is an old problem or something - I couldn't find a solution When I zoom in and out on Affinity Photo 2, I get large blocks appearing, either as missing areas or as a different part of the image overlaid. They change as I zoom in and out. They also save with the image, scarily! This is a new build machine so is the first time I have used Affinity Photo on it. I have openCL on and Retina Rendering Automatic. Erm... anything else needed?

I have found the problem. It is a problem with the i9 14900k processor that is causing all kinds of issues for people. I also had a completely unrelated issue with MS Word - in solving that, this problem was also solved. I am not that techy, but basically, there is an issue with the processor going overboard with some programmes and triggering the 6ghz boost. As someone else put it, it is like someone suddenly speeding up and tripping over their own feet! The solution is (in an asus MB) to go to BIOS, Advanced, AI Tweaker, set it to manual, sync all P cores, then adjust the core ratio from original ("auto") to around 55-58. I set it at 55. To be honest, I have noticed no slowing down in the system at all, but this and other problems have been solved. I had one issue - once I set it, it wouldn't start first time. So I held the power button down, then restarted. It went into the error screen, asking for you to press F1. I did, it went into BIOS, I exited, and it started perfectly. But I haven't seen anyone else have that issue, so that may be peculiar to me. I hope this helps anyone else who is having issues with the 14th gen i9. Note - some had this with 13th gen too, but that seems very rare.

Sorry - nearly missed this. It is happening with anything I try. EG: I open a jpg in photo, then press the tone mapping profile, and Affinity crashes. The one I tried was a photo 3885px x 2592px. I don't get a chance to try any tone mapping settings. I just disabled OpenCL and restarted, and the problem is still there. The crash report folder is empty. (Using the MSIX version)

Hi, Walt. It only did that the once. The other times it just crashes AP. I think it froze Windows as an afterthought!! I have checked all my drivers and they are up to date, so I think it is an AP problem

I am trying to tone map a large image. Three attempts. On two it crashed Photo. On the other it crashed Windows 11 - it froze. When it crashes Photo, it shows the progress bar for tone mapping for a few seconds, then closes Photo. I have just updated to the most recent version. I have tried on three other images - same problem. System: i9 14900, 128gb ram, 2070 graphics.

I know that Stage Manager support is not there yet, but when it comes, would it be possible to put a preview screen on an external monitor that is zoomable? For instance, I am drawing a character. While I am working on its face, the current preview is of the whole document, so the face is very small and of no help at all. An option to be able to zoom into a specific area on the preview on a large, external monitor, would be very powerful.

Well, you took the risk. At no point have I suggested that I wished to hack the software. I suggest you take your accusation back immediately. I do not hack, pirate or otherwise destroy other people’s work. Indeed, I have used and paid for Serif’s products for many years, long before their current offerings. I only wished to use the icons on a private remote that I use to help control the software at home. I have obtained them from their publicly available PDF. I expect an apology.

Found them! I just found an updated Keyboard Cheat Sheet for V2. Happy now! Edit - erm, how do I edit the OP title so I can add [Solved] to it?

Thanks, DWright. A pity. I was hoping to put them into my remote.

Thanks, @Michail What I am looking for are the icons for the tools like brushes, personas, pens, and so on. I suspect they are stored in a .dll sile in the affinity app folder.

I am using Touch Portal to control various bits on my PC from my iPad Pro. I want to create pages for the Affinity apps. Is there anywhere I can find the icons for the v2 apps? I had a look in Windows Apps folder, but I could only find the main application apps.

Just to add that I am not getting any other performance issues (that I am aware of).

And it gets worse. If I have used the Blemish Removal Tool for several blemishes, then it slows down all the other operations in the develop persona too.