pixelated rendering while "mouse over"

[project_2501]

I noticed a change in Affinity Photo 1.10.4 Apple Store.

When drawing with brushes, the rendered curves are pixelated and are only clean when the pointer is out of range (of the window, or view or bounding box).

Moving the pointer back causes the view to be pixellated again.

This is problematic for two reasons:

• we can't see what we're working on as the view is not "final"
• when screen recording the drawing of diagrams/text/etc the pixellated view is incorrect

Attached are two images showing the "mouse over" pixellation and "mouse not over"

The effect isn't huge but is enough to ruin screen recordings I do for work. 

[project_2501]

I should add I'm using a Wacom tablet - but I doubt that is the cause.

[Lee D]

Not something I can replicate, but I'm not using a tablet, would you be able to test this without the use of yours, just in case.

Also open the apps Preference > Performance and check to see if Metal compute is enabled, if so disable and restart the app and try again as this has been causing a few odd issues.

[project_2501]

Thanks @Lee D

I ran some new tests to exclude factors:

• I used the normal pointer and didn't connect or use the Wacom tablet
• I used both full-screen and windowed mode
• I used both "default resolution" and the scaled display ("more space") that I normally use
• I tried with and without the Quicktime ScreenRecording
• With and without Metal acceleration (with restart in between)

In all cases I saw the problem.

I've attached a video recorded on my smartphone to show the pixellation - used a smartphone to avoid introducing factors into the laptop. You can see the pixellation as I simply move the pointer over and away from the shape. 

 

[Chris B]

Hey @tariq

Try going to Preferences > Performance and setting the Retina Rendering to High Qualty (Slowest). This looks like the two render passes that the Automatic setting does.

[project_2501]

9 hours ago, Chris B said:

Hey @tariq

Try going to Preferences > Performance and setting the Retina Rendering to High Qualty (Slowest). This looks like the two render passes that the Automatic setting does.

 

That seems to have stopped the pixellation. I'll see if it slows down performance when I next to a screen recording.