Space Martin Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 I get the feeling that the layer thumbnails disappear quite often, I can reproduce it by moving around layers in a heirarchy and then do undo. However most of the time when I reproduce it, they come back quickly, so perhaps it just takes a very long time to generate them sometimes? However this makes it hard to work sometimes as I cannot see which layer is which. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Callum Posted May 12, 2022 Staff Share Posted May 12, 2022 Hi Space martin please could you provide a screen recording demonstrating this behaviour? Thanks C Quote Please tag me using @ in your reply so I can be sure to respond ASAP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Martin Posted May 12, 2022 Author Share Posted May 12, 2022 @Callum Sure: Ok here is the behaviour after I open the file: Half a minute later or maybe even more: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 HW Acceleration in Preferences is on or off? Try off. Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Martin Posted May 12, 2022 Author Share Posted May 12, 2022 This happens regardless if HW acceleration if on or off. (both show without thumbnails for more than 30s) (Main difference is that with HW acceleration on, it seems it takes a lot longer to load the file before the hierarchy is even displayed) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 Can you upload a screenshot of your Edit > Preferences > Performance dialogue? Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markw Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 This is a known and longstanding bug going back at least to 2020: https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/124433-layer-thumbnails-often-dont-render/#comment-681124 Quote macOS 10.15.7 | 15" Macbook Pro, 2017 | 4 Core i7 3.1GHz CPU | Radeon Pro 555 2GB GPU + Integrated Intel HD Graphics 630 1.536GB | 16GB RAM | Wacom Intuos4 M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Martin Posted May 12, 2022 Author Share Posted May 12, 2022 So, using hw acceleration or intel or nvidia (rtx 2070 super) renderer don't seem to make much difference. Behaviour generally is a bit random, once they appeared after around 10s, but mostly >30.However, it seems I found a workaround, using the WARP renderer, most of the time the thumbnails are rendered within 5 seconds! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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