Affinity Photo Preview vs Original Document (Resolution)

[Derek C.]

In the attached photo, the image on the right is the original and the image on the left is exactly as it appears by default once opened in Affinity Photo.  I understand that the program reduces the preview quality in order to make things runs smoother, faster, more efficient overall, etc.  However, I have a decently fast and powerful graphics card and other hardware on my laptop and I prefer to have 100% quality (i.e. full resolution) previews as I'm editing a photo, so I can understand exactly how it will look prior to exporting and/or rendering it.  I thought that this would be a relatively easy thing to find online, but I have been unsuccessful finding a solution.

Thank you!

 

 

Edited January 15, 2022 by Derek C.

[John Rostron]

Hello @Derek C.and welcome to the forums.

You can set the display to 100% at any time by using Ctrl/Cmnd-1. However, there is no way to get Affinity to always display at 100%. 

John

[R C-R]

3 hours ago, Derek C. said:

However, I have a decently fast and powerful graphics card and other hardware on my laptop and I prefer to have 100% quality (i.e. full resolution) previews as I'm editing a photo, so I can understand exactly how it will look prior to exporting and/or rendering it.

Note that 'full resolution' can mean several different things. One is 100%; another is Actual size; & the third is Pixel size. Any of these can be chosen from the View>Zoom menu, or you can use the keyboard shortcuts for them, but as @John Rostron mentioned there is no way to force Affinity to always use any of them.

[carl123]

14 hours ago, Derek C. said:

and I prefer to have 100% quality (i.e. full resolution) previews as I'm editing a photo

First check that in Edit > Preferences > Performance

View Quality: is set to Bilinear (Best Quality)