Brushstroke disappearing

[danyan]

Hi, I am experiencing a serious issue with Affinity designer.

I have a vector shape in Affinity designer, in a group with another shape. I add some texture to both shapes by using gouache brushes in the pixel persona. 

Then I come back to the designer persona and duplicate the group with ctrl+J. The pixel layers then disappear (or better they are still there, but won't display). I thought it may be just a visualization issue, but if I try to export the file to PNG they won't display. Even closing and reopening the file doesn't help.

It doesn't happen sistematically, sometimes I have to duplicate it multiple times, or rotate/transform the copies. The original file I was working with where it first happened had several copies of the group, but then I created a new file with just one shape and it still happens so it seems a bug. I attached this new file in case it may help, and some screenshots of the issue.

It's honestly the first time I try to do this so not sure if it might be a bug with the latest update or what, but it's seriously frustrating and disappointing as this kind of operations working with vector and raster layers are supposed to be one of the main benefits of using Affinity...

Is there any way to fix this?

 

Thank you very much.

 

 

test.afdesign

[lepr]

The Pixel objects have become located far from the Artboard. That's likely to be the result of a known bug which is supposed to be fixed in the current beta for AD 1.9.

"Changes Since 1.8.x
[...] 
- Fix for pixel layers inside symbols occasionally acting incorrectly (painting may not apply to all symbol instances, items may transform oddly, for example)"

[danyan]

2 hours ago, anon2 said:

The Pixel objects have become located far from the Artboard. That's likely to be the result of a known bug which is supposed to be fixed in the current beta for AD 1.9.

"Changes Since 1.8.x
[...] 
- Fix for pixel layers inside symbols occasionally acting incorrectly (painting may not apply to all symbol instances, items may transform oddly, for example)"

Thank you for your reply. I see...hope the new version will be released soon, I managed to find a (pretty tedious) workaround yesterday, but won't likely repeat the experience XD