Hanu Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 This really surprise me. I've been trying Mirroring but instantly I heard all the power of my fans, was really weird cause when I'm using Blender is really silent. So, I launched the task manager and... look that! All the work is over my CPU, meanwhile my Quadro is just yawning! So I wonder, if this is a this a bug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Chris B Posted October 22, 2019 Staff Share Posted October 22, 2019 Hey Hanu, I'm not so sure this is a bug unless it is causing you any performance issues. Affinity will always, when possible, use 100% of your CPU. If I enable Symmetry mode, I can only get my CPU to about 75% when I aggressively squiggle on the canvas with the same settings you are using. Can you check to see if you are using WARP from Preferences > Performance? If I set my machine to use WARP I hit 100% usage instantly. PaulAffinity 1 Quote How to format a bug report | Learning Resources | List of V2 FAQs | YouTube Tutorials Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greyfox Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 @Hanu Whilst the CPU here does the bulk of the work, it certainly isn't being pushed that hard (also the video is being recorded at the same time). The attached video shows the CPU usage as the Mirror Filter is exercised. My PC has an aging i7-2600 Sandy Bridge CPU, 16GB of RAM and a GTX1050ti 4G graphics card. OS is Windows 10Pro, 64 bit v1093 build 18362.418 The image I've used is 4912px x 3264px. Mirror Filter.mp4 Quote Intel i7-10700 Gen10 CPU, 32GB RAM, Geforce GTX 1660 OC 6GB Windows 10 Pro 22H2, 1x 1TB M.2 NVMe, 1 x 2TB M.2 NVMe. Affinity APh, APu, ADe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 5 minutes ago, Greyfox said: My PC has an aging i7-2600 Sandy Bride CPU I’m guessing you meant to type ‘Sandy Bridge’! AiDon 1 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Chris B Posted October 22, 2019 Staff Share Posted October 22, 2019 @Greyfox it looks like the OP is using the Symmetry mode for the Paint Brush Tool, not the filter. Hanu 1 Quote How to format a bug report | Learning Resources | List of V2 FAQs | YouTube Tutorials Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greyfox Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 8 minutes ago, Alfred said: I’m guessing you meant to type ‘Sandy Bridge’! Oops, Thanks, I've corrected it. Alfred 1 Quote Intel i7-10700 Gen10 CPU, 32GB RAM, Geforce GTX 1660 OC 6GB Windows 10 Pro 22H2, 1x 1TB M.2 NVMe, 1 x 2TB M.2 NVMe. Affinity APh, APu, ADe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greyfox Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 9 minutes ago, Chris B said: it looks like the OP is using the Symmetry mode for the Paint Brush Tool, not the filter Yep, now I've looked more closely at his screen shot, I can see that. Never mind, it gave me a chance to play with the Mirror Filter Chris B 1 Quote Intel i7-10700 Gen10 CPU, 32GB RAM, Geforce GTX 1660 OC 6GB Windows 10 Pro 22H2, 1x 1TB M.2 NVMe, 1 x 2TB M.2 NVMe. Affinity APh, APu, ADe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanu Posted October 22, 2019 Author Share Posted October 22, 2019 Hi guys, In fact, I been using the symmetry mode for paint brush... And well, even using all the power of my core i7 (8 gen) and 32GB Ram... the experience was really disappoiting and laggy, all this at the expense of burn out practically my hardware. PaulAffinity 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanu Posted October 22, 2019 Author Share Posted October 22, 2019 symmetry mode on windows - overherming.mp4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanu Posted October 23, 2019 Author Share Posted October 23, 2019 ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanu Posted October 23, 2019 Author Share Posted October 23, 2019 @Chris B With WARP do you mean RAM? I don't found that option! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joachim_L Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 WARP is under Windows an option under pulldown Renderer. PaulAffinity and Chris B 2 Quote ------ Windows 10 | i5-8500 CPU | Intel UHD 630 Graphics | 32 GB RAM | Latest Retail and Beta versions of complete Affinity range installed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Chris B Posted October 23, 2019 Staff Share Posted October 23, 2019 Hey Hanu, The screenshot tells me you aren't using WARP which is located under Renderer as Joachim_L said. What size is the document you're drawing on? I've got one set to 8000 px x 4000 px @300dpi and it's a bit laggy but not impossible to work with. If I reduce the size it gets much better. We're also rendering twice the information in Symmetry mode and you're doing long, continuous lines which could start to slow the app down outside of Symmetry mode. I'm not worried that your CPU is 100% as we will push to use whatever is available. I am concerned that you are experiencing the lag though. Quote How to format a bug report | Learning Resources | List of V2 FAQs | YouTube Tutorials Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanu Posted October 23, 2019 Author Share Posted October 23, 2019 Hi @Chris B I don't like compare but with even 2 axis, Sketchbook use no more than 15% of CPU, with very little lag and only using intel graphic for render the viewport It is insane use 100% of the processor just to render a brush trace! Look this! SketchBook Mirroring.mp4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Chris B Posted October 24, 2019 Staff Share Posted October 24, 2019 Hey Hanu, On macOS, we see no such lag (at least I don't) and this is due to Metal. Unfortunately, Windows doesn't have anything like this at the moment but we will be looking at Hardware Acceleration in the future which would likely sort this out. Psych 1 Quote How to format a bug report | Learning Resources | List of V2 FAQs | YouTube Tutorials Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psych Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 55 minutes ago, Chris B said: Hey Hanu, On macOS, we see no such lag (at least I don't) and this is due to Metal. Unfortunately, Windows doesn't have anything like this at the moment but we will be looking at Hardware Acceleration in the future which would likely sort this out. That would be much appreciated. I also experience lag in 2048x2048 documents or larger even without mirroring. Especially when the brush size is more than 300 pixels. Although Metal is better than OpenGL it'd be good enough. Better than nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Chris B Posted October 24, 2019 Staff Share Posted October 24, 2019 You shouldn't really be struggling with that size document and brush. Can you make sure you don't have your Renderer set to WARP in Preferences? Psych 1 Quote How to format a bug report | Learning Resources | List of V2 FAQs | YouTube Tutorials Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psych Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 2 minutes ago, Chris B said: You shouldn't really be struggling with that size document and brush. Can you make sure you don't have your Renderer set to WARP in Preferences? Yes I just checked, it was set to WARP. I changed it to my graphics card and now it's much faster. Although it lags on 4K with some brushes but that's to be expected. Chris B 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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