Rich B Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 Running Big Sur on a 2017 27" iMac 3.4GHz with 24GB memory. Have been using Affinity Photo for over a year and updated to v. 1.9.0 from the App Store. Previously, everything worked fine for me on Mojave and Catalina. When I bring up a photo for processing and try to use adjustment layers, the sliders don't pop-up. Only way I can get them is to click multiple pre-sets, hope it pops up, then reset and go on may way. In some cases, the sliders never show. Have looked through the Preferences but found nothing that would apply. Any thoughts to solve this PITA would be much appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 https://affinity.help/photo/en-US.lproj/pages/Adjustments/adjustment_applying.html And many others. Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 Some Mac users are reporting problems in this area. For example: Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich B Posted February 23, 2021 Author Share Posted February 23, 2021 Walt and Psenda Your replies are much appreciated. You're obviously a better searchers than I as I couldn't find references to this topic. I can't believe that Serif changed this functionality on purpose to make it more cumbersome to use and hopefully it will get fixed SOON! Seems like it's a system enhancement in the same vein that Apple's more recent ventures have taken, going from, "it just works" to "well, it kinda works". Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 6 hours ago, Rich B said: I can't believe that Serif changed this functionality on purpose to make it more cumbersome to use and hopefully it will get fixed SOON! I think this change was the result of users complaining that it was annoying for the first ("Default') adjustment to be applied automatically whenever an adjustment category was opened. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.2 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Patrick Connor Posted February 23, 2021 Staff Share Posted February 23, 2021 31 minutes ago, R C-R said: I think this change was the result of users complaining that it was annoying for the first ("Default') adjustment to be applied automatically whenever an adjustment category was opened. correct, deliberate and unlikely to change SOON 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...
Rich B Posted February 23, 2021 Author Share Posted February 23, 2021 Never noticed ANY adjustment applied. Just opened the Adjustment Layer and it greeted me with sliders set at the neutral point so I could make whatever settings I wanted. Now, I have to click multiple times on one or more presets, hope the slider opens, reset, THEN go on from there to make my adjustments. Makes no sense! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 6 minutes ago, Rich B said: Never noticed ANY adjustment applied. Just opened the Adjustment Layer and it greeted me with sliders set at the neutral point so I could make whatever settings I wanted. And (whether you noticed it or not) it created the new adjustment layer automatically when it displayed that dialog and if you happened to have the same kind of adjustment layer selected in the Layers panel it overwrote the settings with the default settings, losing whatever you had already done in that adjustment. The first might not have been a problem, but the second was a definite issue for some users. 12 minutes ago, Rich B said: Now, I have to click multiple times on one or more presets, hope the slider opens, reset, THEN go on from there to make my adjustments. Having to click multiple times on the presets is a bug, which will be fixed at some point. When it is fixed, you will have exactly 1 additional click. Alternatively, you can still use the Adjustments icon at the bottom of the Layers panel, which works without needing to click on a Preset. Patrick Connor 1 Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 52 minutes ago, Rich B said: Just opened the Adjustment Layer and it greeted me with sliders set at the neutral point ... Some Adjustment categories do not have a 'neutral' default setting, for example the Recolor, Posterize, & Threshold ones. Patrick Connor 1 Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.2 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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