Jagged edges with Display Zoom set to More Space

[kporcaro]

Just downloaded Affinity 2.0 onto my 11” 2018 iPad Pro. Similar to the setting on the Retina Macs, iPadOS 16 allows iPad to change the screen Display Zoom. There are two settings: Default, and More Space—elements are a little smaller, and the screen acts like a higher resolution display.

In Affinity 2.0, if the iPad Display Zoom is set to “More Space”, edges of shapes and fonts are jagged instead of smooth. In other contexts I would say this looks like anti-aliasing isn’t working, but I don’t know enough about the technical pieces here to say that.

This bug doesn’t occur in Affinity Designer 1.x on iPad. I’ve also noticed this on Publisher

Steps to Reproduce:
In iPad Settings -> Display & Brightness -> Display Zoom. Change to “More Space”

 

Designer 2.x (More Space)

 

Designer 1.x (More Space)

 

Designer 2.x (Normal)

Edited November 9, 2022 by Keith Porcaro
Typo correction

[Hammond]

This issue also occurs in Larger Text mode, however it manifests as a miscalculation of the art board size as well as jagged lines.

[Hastam]

Got the same issue on iPad Air 5th 2022, iPadOS 16.1.1

[Schnak]

Same issue for me… (iPad Air 5th 2022, iPadOS 16.1.1)

The rendering is horrible in "More Space" mode

[liumingming]

I have the same problem

[Sean2019]

Same issue on my newly acquired 2022 iPad Pro 12.9” M2 

[Hastam]

Also it seems to be a general issue and not the one exclusive to Designer, as Photo behaves in exactly same way.

 

 

 

 

 

[Surgio']

Same, also scrolling around at board is not smooth.  12.9” M1.  Worked fine on version 1

[Skippy]

I thought I was going crazy, wondering why everything was all edgy when zoomed in. Having the same issue on a iPad 11" M1 with "More Space" turned on in the display settings.

[Mooxo]

This also applies to Publisher - exactly the same issue on m2 iPad pro.

[Dan C]

Hi all,

Thanks for your reports and my apologies for the delayed response as we are extremely busy following our V2 launch, many thanks for your continued patience and understanding here.

I can confirm this issue is logged with our development team and we hope to resolve this ASAP

[Serif Info Bot]

The issue "iPad Anti-aliasing is broken with iPad System Settings > Display > Display Zoom > 'More Space' enabled" (REF: AFD-6154) has been fixed by the developers in internal build "2.1.0.1728".
This fix should soon be available as a customer beta and is planned for inclusion in the next customer release.
Customer beta builds are announced here and you can participate by following these instructions.
If you still experience this problem once you are using that build version (or later) please reply to this thread including @Serif Info Bot to notify us.