sb101 Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 had a look unter preferences>performance, but did not find any option. best, s Bit Disappointed 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michail Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 2 hours ago, sb101 said: had a look unter preferences>performance, but did not find any option. As far as I know, that is not possible. Just out of curiosity: why do you want to hide the export preview? Perhaps the export via the Export Persona is an alternative for you. NotMyFault and Bit Disappointed 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb101 Posted December 3, 2022 Author Share Posted December 3, 2022 I don't really need the cpu extra processing. so I thought there must be an option. eg exporting w=10800 px it takes too long anyway and cpu goes up to 100% loosing that for other bg rendering tasks. so an simple on/off switch would be welcome, eg. even remembering the export format (what is useful for eg gif isn't for large images). thx, s nmds 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michail Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 I would suggest making a post in the Feedback & Suggestions forum:https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/forum/52-feedback-suggestions/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 16 hours ago, sb101 said: how to disable export preview? Just ignore it. You don't need to wait for the preview to appear Just choose what settings you want and click the Export button 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...
sb101 Posted December 4, 2022 Author Share Posted December 4, 2022 thx, I know. but I search for an option to disable it - so cpu never goes to 100%. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 3 hours ago, sb101 said: but I search for an option to disable it There isn't one. You could make a Feature Request, but I don't think this would count as a bug (where you've posted this query). Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb101 Posted December 4, 2022 Author Share Posted December 4, 2022 thx, I'm aware of. for me (large images + much ram) it is more or less a bug going with all cores to 100%. for other it's a feature (eg. export to web with <= 1K resolution) best, s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham73 Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 Maybe not a bug but it does bug me as well ! so I'd also like an option to disable it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron P. Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 Unbelievable 😲😳, it took several years to get Serif to add a export preview, and now it's remove it or provide a toggle to disable it? Export Preview Petar Petrenko 1 Quote Affinity Photo 2.4..; Affinity Designer 2.4..; Affinity Publisher 2.4..; Affinity2 Beta versions. Affinity Photo,Designer 1.10.6.1605 Win10 Home Version:21H2, Build: 19044.1766: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5820K CPU @ 3.30GHz, 3301 Mhz, 6 Core(s), 12 Logical Processor(s);32GB Ram, Nvidia GTX 3070, 3-Internal HDD (1 Crucial MX5000 1TB, 1-Crucial MX5000 500GB, 1-WD 1 TB), 4 External HDD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb101 Posted December 5, 2022 Author Share Posted December 5, 2022 export preview IS very cool as an option, but the temporary memory allocation and the unnecessary cpu load would be prevented. The malloc() function allocates a block of uninitialized memory to a pointer. the swp file would benefit if low on mem with other tasks. s. Westerwälder 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb101 Posted December 5, 2022 Author Share Posted December 5, 2022 oT. worked long time ago on sgi/PS, so we could do an affinity_sgi version, probably irix gets open source, but unfortunately, it hasn't looked that good for years ,-)https://nixdoc.net/man-pages/IRIX/man1/photoshop_sgi.1.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Chris B Posted December 5, 2022 Staff Share Posted December 5, 2022 Our app, when possible will utilise any available resources. So taking the CPU to 100% to draw the canvas and then draw the export preview is fairly expected to be honest. Windows will give and take resources whenever an app asks for it. The only time I'd be concerned is if the app goes to a Not Responding state or crashes. Moving to feedback. Quote How to format a bug report | Learning Resources | List of V2 FAQs | YouTube Tutorials Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_B_C Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 Personally, I would also appreciate to have an option to disable export preview. For some jobs, export preview is essential, for others, it’s not. In the latter case, the presence of export preview creates needless friction to the workflow. We are all conditioned to perceive a spinning wheel (animated “busy” icon) as an indicator that we have to wait for a process to complete until we get the result we want. Though we do not really have to wait in the present case, it still “feels” not right to hit the Okay (“Write export file to disk”) button before the preview is rendered completely. There’s a psychological hurdle to do so, originating from our experience with “busy” icons elsewhere. Inexperienced users who don’t know about modern CPU management might not even know that they can press the Okay button before the preview is complete. For all of these reasons — and yes, they are “soft,” psychological reasons, in distinction to “hard,” technical ones, but nonetheless, they shape the user experience! —, I would suggest that you simply add a little checkbox to the export dialog allowing to disable export preview. Hope that makes sense. 🙂 velarde, Alfred, Graham73 and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michail Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 1 hour ago, A_B_C said: ... I would suggest that you simply add a little checkbox to the export dialog allowing to disable export preview. Hope that makes sense. If I had a wish, I would not wish for an on/off switch, but for the preview to be displayed more quickly . The usual formats take between less than 1 second (JPEG) and 6 seconds (PDF) for a 13 MP image. But GIF takes the cake. The preview lasts a whopping 42 seconds. A_B_C 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
user_0815 Posted January 2, 2023 Share Posted January 2, 2023 The preview is a useful feature but can get in the way. I searched for an on/off toggle when exporting several large prints in Designer with different ardboards. On export, the dropdown to select the artboard does not respond for a few seconds due to beachballing for the preview. (MBP M1 Max 64GB) A_B_C 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapher Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 in books, there is export also with preview. Sadly, it does not remember area settings (stupid idiotic setting that is always set to default and all the time i have to change it) and after switching, it takes 20-30s to unfreeze the .... preview. So yea. After exporting 20 books, yes, this setting is a must have. This is driving me mad. Very mad. combined with that books are constantly freezing, not updating, not possible to save until next restart of application. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_B_C Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 Well, of course, you can zoom in on the export preview to inspect your fine details. So that’s not an argument in favor of the request that there should be a button to turn export preview off. I think the main argument remains that (a) export preview is not necessary for all jobs, and in such cases (b) creates needless UI friction by imposing a psychological hurdle to the user against quickly pressing the Export button. It is a simply a psychological fact that we are all trained to wait and expect something when we see a spinning wheel icon on a screen, even if we know that, in a particular instance, this spinning wheel icon does not tell us anything and does not want to make us wait with respect to our next action. Good UI/UX design should understand the importance of such psychological facts. A toggle switch, two lines of code to hide the left panel of the export dialog – this should be done in a moment. Would it be so difficult to add this? velarde, debraspicher and imagodespira 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terentyev Publisher Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 +1 for on/off option. it is annoying when regularly exporting big files. Westerwälder 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbrother Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 +1 to toggle export preview. Generating time is too long. It would be best if it was turned off by default (especially in Publisher) because it is the user who should decide whether he needs to use it in a given situation. Bit Disappointed 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prophet Posted December 22, 2023 Share Posted December 22, 2023 I support a toggle as well. My use case involves needing to input document dimensions at export time, e.g. I'm exporting a thumbnail/small version of a larger file. As it is now, I have to wait for the preview to render before being able to type dimensions into those fields. Terentyev Publisher 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loukash Posted December 22, 2023 Share Posted December 22, 2023 +1 for toggle on/off. I already had complex files to completely lock Affinity with a beachball of death for a minute or so while the M2 CPU was going full red zone… Terentyev Publisher 1 Quote MacBookAir 15": MacOS Ventura > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // MacBookPro 15" mid-2012: MacOS El Capitan > Affinity v1 / MacOS Catalina > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // iPad 8th: iPadOS 16 > Affinity v2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigitalVisuals Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 +1 for my to, for some images yes, but mostlye not needed. Terentyev Publisher 1 Quote Windows 11 (Home)-build: 23H2- build 22631.2715 - 64 bits. 11e generatie Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-11700K @ 32,60GHz. Ram: 80 GB DDR4 -3200 Mhz- 34" breedbeeld Gpu: Geforce 3060 -12GB OC-studiodriver: 537-58 - XP-Pen star03 - mastodon.nl /@digitalvisuals - website: digitalvisuals.nl Affinity Photo2 - Designer 1.10- Publisher 1.10 - ArtRage 6 - Lumina Aurora - ArtRage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirloi Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 Just came here to pitch in... And yes would be greatly appreciated to have an on/off. Im giving you my use case: Im working on designer, doing an expo front and back cards of people with irl measures. So 180cm x 90cm more or less. Dont @ me its a requirement from the photographer of the expo. Im doing 30 of them. I have to save and convert and export from .psd, to tiff doing my own layout in designer. I have a M2 with 24gb of ram. The export preview just stalls the machine (I do full high res renders(3D) in it, its a beast of a machine), i have to wait so i can change my settings (cus i want tiff not png). So for ones working in printing format this isnt really a niche thing, its why people buy the software. Ok most of people arguing do digital work, but some of us also do irl work and why we have the software. So a simple toggle (cus i also use this feature in my web work) would suffice because right now its more than a paper cut, it hinders productivity. Terentyev Publisher, loukash and Bit Disappointed 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotMyFault Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 On 12/3/2022 at 1:35 PM, Michail said: As far as I know, that is not possible. Just out of curiosity: why do you want to hide the export preview? Perhaps the export via the Export Persona is an alternative for you. The workaround might get overlooked easily: export Persona does not have preview and probably solves the (performance) issue in many cases. Never the less, I support this feature request. loukash 1 Quote Mac mini M1 A2348 | Windows 10 - AMD Ryzen 9 5900x - 32 GB RAM - Nvidia GTX 1080 LG34WK950U-W, calibrated to DCI-P3 with LG Calibration Studio / Spider 5 iPad Air Gen 5 (2022) A2589 Special interest into procedural texture filter, edit alpha channel, RGB/16 and RGB/32 color formats, stacking, finding root causes for misbehaving files, finding creative solutions for unsolvable tasks, finding bugs in Apps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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