HerrBill Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 To streamline and speed up my workflow I decided to give Batch Processing a try. The batch comprised 36 Images {374MB) not large by any means but it only processed 6 of the images on the initial run. To complete the batch, I had to reset it four more times which was time consuming and not what I expected. This prompts me to ask the question whether there is a limit to what the app can handle at any one time. I doubt this and I wonder whether there is a flaw in the latest version 1.10.1.1142 or is the problem on my side? All comments welcome. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 If you have enabled Parallel Processing in the Batch Job dialog (lower left of the dialog panel) you might disable it and see if that helps. Also, if you're on Windows, and have Hardware Acceleration (OpenCL) enabled in your Photo Preferences, Performance, you might try disabling that. 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...
HerrBill Posted August 30, 2021 Author Share Posted August 30, 2021 I will switch off both and run it again and let you know how i get on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telemax Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 You can also try increasing these limit: Quote Non-destructive Mask https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/150439-non-destructive-mask/Image layer & Pixel layer https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/146720-image-layer-and-pixel-layer/Brushes | Stars https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/135202-brushes-stars/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HerrBill Posted August 30, 2021 Author Share Posted August 30, 2021 Walt, I switched off both and the app ran smootly. I noticed that when I reopen batch process a second time, paralell processing was ticked on again. Thanks for putting me right.You restored my faith in Affinity Photo Cheers Bill E.V. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 You're welcome, Bill. 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...
HerrBill Posted August 30, 2021 Author Share Posted August 30, 2021 Walt, One final question, I use FastStone Image Viewer quite a lot. Unfortunately, it does not support Affinity Photo and neither does adobe bridge. Do you know of any viewer, which will display Affinity Photo images and preferably a free one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenmcd Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 1 hour ago, HerrBill said: Do you know of any viewer, which will display Affinity Photo images and preferably a free one? XnView MP displays the preview image. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HerrBill Posted August 31, 2021 Author Share Posted August 31, 2021 Thanks for heads up on XnView MP. At first view it appears to meet my requirement but it will need a more in depth study from me. Thanks to all who have responded to my call for help. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 8 hours ago, HerrBill said: Thanks for heads up on XnView MP. At first view it appears to meet my requirement but it will need a more in depth study from me. For best results with XnViewMP, in that app set Preferences > General to show all graphics formats. If that is not set, then selected AP files will not show in the app's Preview window. (They will still show thumbnails in the browser view.) kenmcd 1 Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 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...
HerrBill Posted September 1, 2021 Author Share Posted September 1, 2021 I succeeded in switching on Affinity Photo formats.I went as follows:>Settings>General and ticked the box for 'Show all graphic formats'At this stage, I can only open one image at a time but its a start.Do you know whether there is a user manual available? Or a good instructional U-tube video you can point me to?Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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