Workspace flashing while editing file

[Synonymium]

1. Latest version (2.0.0)
2. Yes. Open sample file or other TIFF generated by "Edit With" in Apple Photos (and possibly other files).
3. Sample attached.
4.  
   • MacOS Ventura
   • Only occurs when "Display" is set to "Metal".
   • Workspace flashes randomly, changing appearance of image and background.
   • Open sample file and attempt any action (clicking, etc.).
   • Video of issue attached. Issue doesn't occur while using OS screen capture.

IMG_2146.MOV

IMG_1874.tiff

Edited November 10, 2022 by Synonymium
Update repro conditions

[Chris B]

Hey Synonymium, welcome to the forums.

I'm struggling to reproduce this on my M1 Ventura MacBook Air - what spec is your machine? We'll try and get a similarly specced one and see if we can reproduce it on there.

[Synonymium]

Hey Chris, thanks for looking into it! I am using an M2 MacBook Air, base model except with 16 GB of RAM. I had one 1440p external monitor attached through a USB-C HDMI adapter.

 

[Chris B]

Can you try changing the colour profile from Apple Wide Colour Sharing Profile to sRGB and see if that makes a difference? I don't have that profile so I can test it to see if that's the culprit.

Does it happen if the monitor is disconnected? If so, we can look at getting a similar setup to diagnose the issue.

[sloppyjoe]

Hi all,
same issue on my M2 Mac Book Air Ventura. No external Display connected.
The workaround is to use OpenGL

[abcdefg]

Same problem here. Also an M2 MacBook Air with no external display, running Monterey still. Unchecking the Metal checkbox under Performance stops it. It seems to have something to do with mouse hovers and/or clicks, and it makes editing totally impossible as the brightness gets dramatically increased.

[Chris B]

The issue is now logged - thank you.

[JackGreen]

I am experiencing the same issue on MacBook Pro M2 (2022) with 16 gb Ram running Ventura 13.0 on Affinity Photo 2 2.0.4.

Switching from Metal to OpenGL worked for me

[Affinity Info Bot]

The issue "M2 Mac flashing workspace - when using Apple Wide Colour Gamut" (REF: AF-473) has been fixed by the developers in internal build "2.3.0.2150".
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.