monkfood Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 I just updated to 1.8 version and when opening a file i edited befor the update without and issue, i now experience 12 Second wait time when duplicating a page in a 27 Page document and 52 second process time when moving a single page to a different position. Both took a maximum 2-3 seconds in earler version. Laptop is state of the art and ressource (CPU, memory) are more than sufficiently available. Cheers Robert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Jon P Posted February 27, 2020 Staff Share Posted February 27, 2020 Hi Robert, welcome to the forums. We have an issue logged relating to this, but if you can upload your file here I'll take a look and check it's in line with that issue. Thanks Quote Serif Europe Ltd. - www.serif.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CvV Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 I have a similar problem. I'm working on a book with 200 pages, only 15 photo's (linked) the rest is text (and just on the right page, no full page based connecting columns). Duplicating 2 text pages takes 3 to 4 minutes! CPU usage goes to 97%, memory goes from 40% to 95% (also 16GB RAM). Most of the times it doesn't hang, but to have to wait several minutes just by duplicating a spread is unworkable. After the duplication, CPU goes back to 0,1% and RAM to around 20% when I'm not using the computer (moving the mouse or scrolling the document). I have tried several things. And found that: A. Don't link Affinity Photo files in your Publisher document. I now export my Affinity Photo documents to TIFF files and import them into Publisher. The file size went from 120Mb to just 7MB. No more the advantage of editing your Photo files directly in Publisher B. Don't use images. Yes, this is bizarre, but upon testing I found that images are the main reason the whole process slows down. I now have a text only document, and duplicating a spread now takes 10 seconds. I'll be adding all the images at the end of the total process. It's absolutely not what I want, but otherwise there is no way you can work 'quickly' with a document. I was hopig a speed increase would make version 1.8 better than <1.7, but alas, it has gotten far worse actually. For a future update I am not interested in any new feature, I need a speed gain of 240%, so that adding 1 page takes 1 second. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Luidolt Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 On 2/27/2020 at 11:16 AM, Jon P said: We have an issue logged relating to this, but if you can upload your file here I'll take a look and check it's in line with that issue. Hi Jon, my "old" a4query-50.afpub publisher document (2,2GB, 216 pages, >200 images, about 40 master pages) has the same issue - moving a facing page takes more than 30 seconds - do you still have the document or should I upload it again? Thanks, Christian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Jon P Posted March 4, 2020 Staff Share Posted March 4, 2020 You can upload it to that link again and i'll make sure it's logged to re-test with Quote Serif Europe Ltd. - www.serif.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Luidolt Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 Affinity Publisher 1.8.0.584; Windows 10 I've uploaded the document a4query-50.afpub - it takes about 90 seconds to move a facing page to a new position 55 seconds to delete a facing page 35 seconds to add a facing page 60 seconds to duplicate a facing page during the whole time there is neither disc nor network access. Thanks, Christian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CvV Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 I have uploaded my .afpub file in this similar topic: /108569-moving-and-inserting-pages-takes-ages-or-locks-up-publisher/ I hope you can fix this problem. You need lots of patience while testing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerald Wall Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 Have the same problem. Brand new fast computer with 16 GB Ram and on a 150 page book it took over 5 minutes to move 5 pages up two places. Terrible, and I cant go get coffee because I don't drink coffee! Okay, tried it again! It took two minutes to move one page and redraw my screen but still everything was locked up. had to wait another 2 and a half minutes before I could do anything with publisher! Wow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Jon P Posted March 11, 2020 Staff Share Posted March 11, 2020 Can you try in the latest beta? We have some fixes in this are and another fix coming in a later beta Quote Serif Europe Ltd. - www.serif.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CvV Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 That would be interesting to test! Can I download the beta via the account I have with Affinity? Can I run it alongside my currently installed 1.8 version? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Luidolt Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 Affinity Publisher 1.8.2.602 Beta shows no improvement for my document ☹️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CvV Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 Downloaded the beta (1.8.2.603) and it's a bit better. Duplicating a spread now takes between 2:30 and 3 minutes. My NVidia GTX 1060 6Gb can handle realtime rendering in Blender, but duplicating 2 almost empty pages in 2D is the real challenge... 😞 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Patrick Connor Posted March 11, 2020 Staff Share Posted March 11, 2020 I understand we are trialing further fixes for adding/removing pages this into the next Publisher beta, so please try again when that is available Quote Patrick Connor Serif Europe Ltd Latest V2 releases on each platform Help make our apps better by joining our beta program! "There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man. True nobility lies in being superior to your previous self." W. L. Sheldon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Luidolt Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 Affinity Publisher 1.8.2.619 Beta solves this performance issue for my document - thanks for fixing 😀 moving, deleting, duplicating, adding pages is done almost immediately Patrick Connor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Patrick Connor Posted March 13, 2020 Staff Share Posted March 13, 2020 4 minutes ago, Christian Luidolt said: moving, deleting, duplicating, adding pages is done almost immediately That is very helpful. I hope that the time taken to do those operations has been improved by 1.8.2.619 for all other users too. Affinity Publisher 1.8.2.619 for Windows Affinity Publisher 1.8.2.619 for Mac Quote Patrick Connor Serif Europe Ltd Latest V2 releases on each platform Help make our apps better by joining our beta program! "There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man. True nobility lies in being superior to your previous self." W. L. Sheldon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CvV Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 This is much better! Now around 4 seconds, CPU peaks 1 sec. at 88%. Program still has difficulties when editing text on the page, and you then want to scroll the pages view on the left. There is a 1 to 2 seconds no respons on the scrollbar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CvV Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 Downloaded the latest version that's now available (1.8.2.620) and the speed is now much better when inserting or duplicating pages. Although the program is still not super responsive when you want to edit text, you can place the cursor and start typing but then have to wait to see your text appear. Patrick Connor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Jon P Posted March 20, 2020 Staff Share Posted March 20, 2020 There's some improvements in text entry speed on longer documents, so it hopefully shouldn't be too bad, but if you have a very large document with many flowing text frames and are entering text in an early frame it will take some time to reflow all the text Quote Serif Europe Ltd. - www.serif.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CvV Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 I have been working today on a Publisher file, and entering or adjusting text is still a bit slow. The document is 200 pages, with only on the right side text frames, which are not linked, so the text doesn't has to reflow. What I noticed, is that placing the cursor in the text frame is immediatly visible (the hyphen), but typing a few characters takes some moments to process. Also, when you then use the scrollbars to move the page, or use the scrollbar on the left of the pages panel, there is also a hickup/freeze. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Jon P Posted March 23, 2020 Staff Share Posted March 23, 2020 Can you upload the file here and i'll take a look Thanks Quote Serif Europe Ltd. - www.serif.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CvV Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 Hi Jon, I uploaded the file, it's called: Topic_107979_huge_delay_23032020_CvV.afpub Thanks. Patrick Connor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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