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Will Affinity Designer be optimized for the IPad M2?


Vivilama

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Not sure if this is the right forum channel for this question.

 

although designer runs much faster on my iPad M2, I still feel that it’s not optimized. Also, with the new pencil however feature I can’t add nodes with the pen anymore. I need to use my finger. 

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Hi @Vivilama, why do you feel that it's not optimized for the M2? Serif has stated that they have optimized their software for Apple Silicon and Apple obviously believes this to be true since they've featured Affinity in their advertising. The M2 is just a faster version of the M1 with more cores and bandwidth so there's nothing Serif needs to do to further optimize for it.

Cheers

Download a free manual for Publisher 2.4 from this forum - expanded 300-page PDF

My system: Affinity 2.4.0 for macOS Sonoma 14.4, MacBook Pro 14" (M1 Pro)

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11 hours ago, MikeTO said:

Hi @Vivilama, why do you feel that it's not optimized for the M2? Serif has stated that they have optimized their software for Apple Silicon and Apple obviously believes this to be true since they've featured Affinity in their advertising. The M2 is just a faster version of the M1 with more cores and bandwidth so there's nothing Serif needs to do to further optimize for it.

Cheers

Hey Mike,

Thanks for taking the time.

I actually upgraded from a 3rd generation iPad Pro. But to be honest it feels more like an upgrade from or to the M1 ( I can’t really say cause I don’t own one) 

Admittedly, it’s hard to discuss this without having insight into my file.

I probably have somewhere around 150 layers ( is there no info/statistic?) ** Would be nice to have a debug mode where we can see which layers have the greatest impact on performance. **

That being said, many layers use multiple FX. I assume FX are expensive  but unfortunately there is no way around them. Rasterizing them also is out of the question because the resolution is not high enough. Is there a way to change that? Read somewhere it depends on the documents DPI? 
FX, like bevel and 3D could be avoided with additional vector features like extrude. I can’t believe that the o my software that has an extrude tool is Adobe’s and Inkscape. If I wished for a feature during my current project, it would be extrude hands down. 
Speaking of 3D FX,  this effect needs to be updated so it can be used I  isomeric workspace. 
 

Sorry for drifting. 

To get back to my document, I also use Symbols (  instances) , which btw, I have no idea why it’s called symbols. 
 

The really annoying issue is that when I try to move points ( nodes) , the action is delayed  a whooping 1-3 seconds. With my previous iPad it was like double the time. So that I said that this feels more like an upgrade from or to an M1. It also takes a while to render the layer thumbnails/ previews.  

I need to point out that I am not using AD version 2 since I am uncertain if it’s justified to pay for basically the same software. What’s your take on that Mike?

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I need to point out that I am not using AD version 2

think it is version 2 that is optimised for M1/M2, IIRC.

Win 10 Pro, i7 6700K, 32Gb RAM, NVidia GTX1660 Ti and Intel HD530 Graphics

Long-time user of Serif products, chiefly PagePlus and PhotoPlus, but also WebPlus, CraftArtistProfessional and DrawPlus.  Delighted to be using Affinity Designer, Photo, and now Publisher, version 1 and now version 2.

iPad Pro (12.9") (iOS 17.4) running Affinity Photo and Designer version 1 and all three version 2 apps.

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13 minutes ago, emmrecs01 said:

think it is version 2 that is optimised for M1/M2, IIRC.

I just used the trial of V2… although it seems a tiny bit better, still not a smooth experience.


Also, I kinda dislike the new UI. Don’t understand why they changed it so much when the user experience is not gaining much.  Are those changes based on user wishes?

I would gladly pay for a good upgrade,

but for V2 I have to pass. The knife tool is probably the only thing I am interested in.

Guess I’ll have to continue in Inkscape. 

 

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4 hours ago, emmrecs01 said:

think it is version 2 that is optimised for M1/M2, IIRC.

v1 was optimized for Apple Silicon. 1.10 included additional optimizations for the M1 Pro/Max. I don't know if there are further optimizations in v2.

4 hours ago, Vivilama said:

Also, I kinda dislike the new UI. Don’t understand why they changed it so much when the user experience is not gaining much.  Are those changes based on user wishes?

I would gladly pay for a good upgrade,

but for V2 I have to pass. The knife tool is probably the only thing I am interested in.

There are a lot of new features and there are more in the 2.1 beta. Also there's the new universal license which is a big deal, use all three apps on all three platforms. But it's up to you.

Cheers

Download a free manual for Publisher 2.4 from this forum - expanded 300-page PDF

My system: Affinity 2.4.0 for macOS Sonoma 14.4, MacBook Pro 14" (M1 Pro)

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Well, your reply makes this post worthwhile 😀 so it’s not just filling up the internet. Porn and fake news is! Lol

I agree with you. 
i am curious what kind of complex work you are doing. Mind showing something?

i wonder if there is a way to reduce the quality of layers we are not working on. Sort of like a proxy mode. 
i come from the composting sector where tasks are much more power hungry than vector graphics. In Order to handles crazy expensive projects there is a auto proxy mode. It greatly reduces the quality of the image for purposes of checking animation or timing. I could see something like that working in a vector drawing app. 
 

or perhaps a temporary “bake layers” while working on a specific one. 
 

in music production they call it “bouncing a track”. When using a dozen of CPU hungry software instruments,  they temporarily bounce them to disk as waveforms. 

Which forum is best for this discussion? 

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