daibhidh Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 I click 'View/Show Grid', but no grid appears. In 'Grid and Snapping Axis' the mode is 'Automatic', but there is no grid until a 'Basic' grid is selected manually. The mode reverts to 'Automatic' (no grid) when the app is restarted. This is true for all 3 V2 apps. It was not true in V1 apps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 It should be true for Photo 2, but not Designer 2 and Publisher 2, as far as I know. But really, there is a default grid in Photo 2 when set to Automatic, but it's a Pixel grid. So unless you're zoomed-in enough that a 1px x 1px grid is visible, you won't see it. You can switch from Automatic to Basic in View > Grid and Axis... to get a visible grid. 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...
R C-R Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 18 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: It should be true for Photo 2, but not Designer 2 and Publisher 2, as far as I know. For me, the default grid in AD 2 is the same Automatic 1x1 px one as in AP 2. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.2 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 1 minute ago, R C-R said: For me, the default grid in AD 2 is the same Automatic 1x1 px one as in AP 2. Thanks. I thought the problem was only with Photo. 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...
daibhidh Posted December 23, 2022 Author Share Posted December 23, 2022 31 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: It should be true for Photo 2, but not Designer 2 and Publisher 2, as far as I know. But really, there is a default grid in Photo 2 when set to Automatic, but it's a Pixel grid. So unless you're zoomed-in enough that a 1px x 1px grid is visible, you won't see it. You can switch from Automatic to Basic in View > Grid and Axis... to get a visible grid. Thanks, but a pixel grid spacing is not useful. I want a visible default grid and have that grid show when I click 'Show Grid'. I don't want to go through a multi-step process every time I restart the program. It makes no sense to have the grid 'on' setting survive a restart while the grid spacing does not. RichardMH 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardMH Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 40 minutes ago, daibhidh said: Thanks, but a pixel grid spacing is not useful. I want a visible default grid and have that grid show when I click 'Show Grid'. I don't want to go through a multi-step process every time I restart the program. It makes no sense to have the grid 'on' setting survive a restart while the grid spacing does not. This isn't the first complaint about this but Serif seem to have dug in. Can't set up a macro to fix it either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 58 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: Thanks. I thought the problem was only with Photo. I think the problem is the automatic grid in V2 isn't really automatic -- unlike in V1 it's always 'stuck' at a 1x1 px grid so it is just about impossible to see unless your document is very small or you zoom way in to see it. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.2 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 4 hours ago, R C-R said: For me, the default grid in AD 2 is the same Automatic 1x1 px one as in AP 2. I only get the pixel grid in AP 2 not AD 2 or APUB 2 (Windows 11) Maybe, it's different on Macs? 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...
R C-R Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 3 minutes ago, carl123 said: I only get the pixel grid in AP 2 not AD 2 or APUB 2 (Windows 11) Maybe, it's different on Macs? I'm not sure what you mean by pixel grid -- I am talking about the View menu item Show Grid that the Grid & Axis Manager controls -- but for me, the default grid in all of them is "Automatic." Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.2 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 5 minutes ago, R C-R said: I'm not sure what you mean by pixel grid As far as I am aware that's a special 1x1px grid that is the default, automatic grid in AP2 (only) and will only show up when zoomed in to a certain high value The help file for AP2 (search, pixel grid) may explain it better 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...
R C-R Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 2 minutes ago, carl123 said: As far as I am aware that's a special 1x1px grid that is the default, automatic grid in AP2 (only) and will only show up when zoomed in to a certain high value Well, as I said, I get that grid as the default for all 3 Affinity 2 apps, not just in AP 2. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.2 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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