malayali Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 I'm having some issues with layer masking on the Photo Persona of Affinity Publisher 1.9.2.1035. I've an image clipped to a text layer and added a layer mask. Painting on the layer mask with a black brush works perfectly fine, but if I switch to white it won't work! I opened the AFPUB on AP and it works perfectly fine. I've attached the AFPUB and a screen-recording of the issue. I'm on Win 10 Home. afpub masking issue.mp4 test.afpub Quote Linktree | Freebies Affinity Photo, Affinity Designer, Affinity Publisher | 1.10.6Windows 10 Home (64 bit) Version 22H2 Intel i5-6200U CPU @ 2.30 GHz (4 CPUs) | NVIDIA GeForce 940M | Intel HD Graphics 520 | 16GB RAM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joachim_L Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 Works normal for me. Maybe turning off hardware acceleration in Preferences >> Perfomance can help in your case? malayali 1 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...
malayali Posted May 19, 2021 Author Share Posted May 19, 2021 14 minutes ago, Joachim_L said: Works normal for me. Maybe turning off hardware acceleration in Preferences >> Perfomance can help in your case? You're right! Seems like hardware acceleration was the culprit here. Quote Linktree | Freebies Affinity Photo, Affinity Designer, Affinity Publisher | 1.10.6Windows 10 Home (64 bit) Version 22H2 Intel i5-6200U CPU @ 2.30 GHz (4 CPUs) | NVIDIA GeForce 940M | Intel HD Graphics 520 | 16GB RAM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joachim_L Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 1 minute ago, malayali said: Seems like hardware acceleration was the culprit here. Glad to hear this. Just weird, that it works for me even with HWA on. What graphic card are you using and more important, are all drivers up-to-date? 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...
malayali Posted May 19, 2021 Author Share Posted May 19, 2021 Just now, Joachim_L said: What graphic card are you using and more important, are all drivers up-to-date? NVIDIA GeForce 940M and Intel HD Graphics 520. Drivers are up-to-date. But, HW was enabled on Intel Graphics. This might be a dumb question as I'm not experienced with graphics card and stuff; is it possible to enable HW on my NVIDIA card? Quote Linktree | Freebies Affinity Photo, Affinity Designer, Affinity Publisher | 1.10.6Windows 10 Home (64 bit) Version 22H2 Intel i5-6200U CPU @ 2.30 GHz (4 CPUs) | NVIDIA GeForce 940M | Intel HD Graphics 520 | 16GB RAM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Pauls Posted May 19, 2021 Staff Share Posted May 19, 2021 Would it be possible to get a copy of the log.txt file found here :- "%AppData%\Affinity\Publisher\1.0\Log.txt" if you could grab it just after doing the mask operations shown above please Patrick Connor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malayali Posted May 19, 2021 Author Share Posted May 19, 2021 43 minutes ago, Pauls said: Would it be possible to get a copy of the log.txt file found here :- "%AppData%\Affinity\Publisher\1.0\Log.txt" if you could grab it just after doing the mask operations shown above please @Pauls Here's the log as requested. Log.txt Pauls 1 Quote Linktree | Freebies Affinity Photo, Affinity Designer, Affinity Publisher | 1.10.6Windows 10 Home (64 bit) Version 22H2 Intel i5-6200U CPU @ 2.30 GHz (4 CPUs) | NVIDIA GeForce 940M | Intel HD Graphics 520 | 16GB RAM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Pauls Posted May 19, 2021 Staff Share Posted May 19, 2021 You could try udating the driver for the intel graphics or even disabling it in device manager and seeingif that cures the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malayali Posted May 19, 2021 Author Share Posted May 19, 2021 6 hours ago, Pauls said: You could try udating the driver for the intel graphics or even disabling it in device manager and seeingif that cures the problem. Driver is up-to-date. Disabling the Intel Graphics didn't solve the issue. I've attached the log. Log.txt Quote Linktree | Freebies Affinity Photo, Affinity Designer, Affinity Publisher | 1.10.6Windows 10 Home (64 bit) Version 22H2 Intel i5-6200U CPU @ 2.30 GHz (4 CPUs) | NVIDIA GeForce 940M | Intel HD Graphics 520 | 16GB RAM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Komatös Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 There are more entries in the options bar after the lock. In your case, Protect Transparency is probably ticked Quote AMD Ryzen 7 5700X | INTEL Arc A770 LE 16 GB | 32 GB DDR4 3200MHz | Windows 11 Pro (22621.2283)Affinity Suite V 2.2.0 & Beta 2.2.0.2005 Better translations with: https://www.deepl.com/translator Need a system wide color picker? Try Microsoft's (New) Power Toys When life offers you only lemons, make limoncello out of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malayali Posted May 20, 2021 Author Share Posted May 20, 2021 1 minute ago, Komatös said: There are more entries in the options bar after the lock. In your case, Protect Transparency is probably ticked Sorry, I didn't get what you mean. Quote Linktree | Freebies Affinity Photo, Affinity Designer, Affinity Publisher | 1.10.6Windows 10 Home (64 bit) Version 22H2 Intel i5-6200U CPU @ 2.30 GHz (4 CPUs) | NVIDIA GeForce 940M | Intel HD Graphics 520 | 16GB RAM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Komatös Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 malayali 1 Quote AMD Ryzen 7 5700X | INTEL Arc A770 LE 16 GB | 32 GB DDR4 3200MHz | Windows 11 Pro (22621.2283)Affinity Suite V 2.2.0 & Beta 2.2.0.2005 Better translations with: https://www.deepl.com/translator Need a system wide color picker? Try Microsoft's (New) Power Toys When life offers you only lemons, make limoncello out of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joachim_L Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 malayali 1 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...
malayali Posted May 20, 2021 Author Share Posted May 20, 2021 @KomatösI just checked and it's already unchecked for me. Quote Linktree | Freebies Affinity Photo, Affinity Designer, Affinity Publisher | 1.10.6Windows 10 Home (64 bit) Version 22H2 Intel i5-6200U CPU @ 2.30 GHz (4 CPUs) | NVIDIA GeForce 940M | Intel HD Graphics 520 | 16GB RAM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joachim_L Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 Set your Blend Mode to Normal instead of Multiply. Pauls and malayali 1 1 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...
malayali Posted May 20, 2021 Author Share Posted May 20, 2021 You're great! That was it. Thank you @Joachim_L @Komatös Actually, it's the first time I'm seeing these options as they were hidden behind that little symbol » 😀 Meanwhile, is there anyway to get it moved to the front of the context toolbar? Joachim_L and Komatös 2 Quote Linktree | Freebies Affinity Photo, Affinity Designer, Affinity Publisher | 1.10.6Windows 10 Home (64 bit) Version 22H2 Intel i5-6200U CPU @ 2.30 GHz (4 CPUs) | NVIDIA GeForce 940M | Intel HD Graphics 520 | 16GB RAM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joachim_L Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 1 minute ago, malayali said: Meanwhile, is there anyway to get it moved to the front of the context toolbar? No, depends on the size of the window. I am using 24" monitors, means I have no problem. I am not sure if increasing Windows screen resolution might help. malayali 1 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...
Komatös Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 The screen size is not the decisive factor, but mainly the screen resolution. It does not matter whether a content is displayed on 10 inches at e. g. 1920x1080 or on 32 inches. On a 10 inch screen you might have to use a magnifying glass and on a 32 inch screen you might have to sit further away. But the image information that is displayed is always the same. And yes, the window size matter ... a little bit too. Quote AMD Ryzen 7 5700X | INTEL Arc A770 LE 16 GB | 32 GB DDR4 3200MHz | Windows 11 Pro (22621.2283)Affinity Suite V 2.2.0 & Beta 2.2.0.2005 Better translations with: https://www.deepl.com/translator Need a system wide color picker? Try Microsoft's (New) Power Toys When life offers you only lemons, make limoncello out of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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