jAffinitySerif Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 Randomly when I deselect items in Affinity Photo, pink/purple/magenta lines suddenly flash bright everywhere and then slowly fade away. I don’t know what this is supposed to communicate. It distracts my thinking. I would like to disable it. I’m told in the bugs forum that it’s a feature, and I can reduce its frequency by unticking “Show snapping candidates”, which I have done. Though I would like still sometimes to have that feature. And disabling it doesn’t completely kill the pink flash, it only mostly does (I don’t know what the pattern is, or if it’s random). Please let users disable this flash and fade upon deselection of layers. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 It happens when you have Snapping enabled, and the Snapping Option to Show Snapping Candidates enabled. Just turn off either, and you won't get those indicators. 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 17.3, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jAffinitySerif Posted October 9, 2021 Author Share Posted October 9, 2021 > It happens when you have Snapping enabled, and the Snapping Option to Show Snapping Candidates enabled. Just turn off either, and you won't get those indicators. As I said in my original post, this is not the case, and it is therefore not a solution. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 That is the only thing that magenta lines represent in the Affinity applications. If Show Snapping Candidates is off and you're still getting them, I think you should try to capture that in a video, and report it in the appropriate bugs forum. Please also include a screenshot showing the Snapping settings. 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 17.3, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 2 hours ago, walt.farrell said: It happens when you have Snapping enabled, and the Snapping Option to Show Snapping Candidates enabled. Just turn off either, and you won't get those indicators. As has been discussed at length in another recent topic, it is the fade out when "Show Snapping Candidates" is not enabled that is the issue here. When it is enabled, the purple candidate indicators remain visible; but the OP wants to disable the fade out behavior so it never shows. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V23.0 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...
jAffinitySerif Posted October 10, 2021 Author Share Posted October 10, 2021 Here is a video. Is it a feature or a bug? I can’t discern why it ever flashes and fades the magenta lines. It seems random. It’s always a distraction. Thank you. 1.mov Old Bruce 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 This is bizarre. I duplicated as best I could your AP document, set all the snapping options just like you did ... & when I selected any of the top rectangles I usually do not get a brief fading magenta outline, & when I do, it only happens once, after which selecting & deselection the same rectangle never shows the magenta again. jAffinitySerif 1 Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V23.0 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...
jAffinitySerif Posted October 10, 2021 Author Share Posted October 10, 2021 I have created a bug report. https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/150688-magenta-lines-randomly-flash-and-fade-following-layer-deselection/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted October 11, 2021 Staff Share Posted October 11, 2021 @jofearth Please see my reply to your other post here. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference | Call for Camera Images Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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