Bug: Paste pixels does not always align with pixel grid

[AngelHeart]

Despite having 'Force pixle alignment' activated, normal paste does not always align with the pixel grid. Same for Special Paste
 'Portable Document Format' and 'Serif Persona Node'

Special paste 'PNG and 'Device Independent Bitmap' seems to always align.

To reproduce:
- Create a document
- Check that 'Force pixel aligment' is active
- Draw a sharp figure in a new pixel layer.
- Press CTRL-C to copy.
- Zoom into a small region of the canvas
- Press CTRL-V to paste
The resulting figure now appears blurry for me, but can be alligned correctly if I move it with 'Move by whole pixels' is deactivated.

Please see the attached clip.

When 'Force pixle alignment' is activated I expect the result of pasting to always be aligned. I believe this is why some users in the
forums complain about image deteriation while copying and pasting. It is quite hard to fygure out why your image deteriating because of this and how to avoid it.

I am using Affinity Photo 1.10.4.1198, win10 and this happens regardless if I use hardware acceleration or not.

Thanks!

bugBlurryPaste.mkv

[Alfred]

33 minutes ago, AngelHeart said:

The resulting figure now appears blurry for me, but can be alligned correctly if I move it with 'Move by whole pixels' is deactivated.

‘Move by whole pixels’ always takes precedence. I don’t think it should do, especially since the option is nested under ‘Force pixel alignment’ in the Preferences settings, but it does! So you just have to get used to deactivating ‘Move by whole pixels’ if you want the behaviour that you and I expect.

[AngelHeart]

It doesn't matter if I have 'Move by whole pixels' selected or not. I get the same behaviour when pasting.

bugBlurryPaste2.mkv

[MEB]

Hi @AngelHeart,
Thank you for your report. We already have this logged. I've bumped it to bring it up to dev's attention again.

[NotMyFault]

Friendly bump.

Users still fail into this trap in 2024

 

[Affinity Info Bot]

The issue "Pasting pixel selection is not on whole pixels" (REF: AF-4886) has been fixed by the developers in the latest beta build (2.6.0.3058). The fix is planned for inclusion in the next customer release.
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If you still experience this problem once you are using that build version (or later) please reply to this thread including @Affinity Info Bot to notify us.