Gregory-CJ Posted September 23, 2023 Posted September 23, 2023 After installing AP V2.2, my paint brushes and smudge brushes are not working properly. There is a noticeable delay before the paint brush or smudge brush begins its work. And furthermore, as I apply each stroke ( either paint or smudge-blending) the stroke comes out choppy and is not laid down in a smooth manner. This was not an issue with the previous version that I was running... AP V2.1 ..... In an attempt to correct this poor response with the painting/smudge/blending tools, I did the following but no luck. Closed down AP several times, rebooted the iMac several times, made a smaller file size by deleting several layers of the project, re-installed the most recent Wacom drivers, Deleted the latest Wacom drivers and installed a previous version, which worked fine before the installation of AP V2.2. But still no success, the paint brushes and smudge tool still preform poorly, with lots of hesitation........ Which caused me to remember when sometime ago, I upgraded to a then most recent version of AP with the same result.... I had to wait until Serif came out with a .1 version to correct the hesitation issues.... It's kind of frustrating, as I depend on AP to work properly especially now with a major project on the go. Question, Is there a way of uninstalling AP V2.2 and reinstalling AP V2.1? Quote
walt.farrell Posted September 23, 2023 Posted September 23, 2023 7 hours ago, Gregory-CJ said: Is there a way of uninstalling AP V2.2 and reinstalling AP V2.1? What OS do you use? Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.3, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1
Gregory-CJ Posted September 23, 2023 Author Posted September 23, 2023 Hi Walt, Mac OS with the latest Ventura 13.5.2 Quote
Gregory-CJ Posted September 23, 2023 Author Posted September 23, 2023 I did some experimenting and here is what I found out using AP V2.2 1.The paint brushes and smudge tool perform just as expected on a new canvas with two layers... the first layer a solid color with brush activity on the second layer... there is no hesitation with either the paint or smudge tools. ....afphoto size = 5.6 MB Megapixels=28.8.. Document size 16"x20" @300 DPI 2. Hesitation and choppy application of color and blending with the paint and smudge tools on the file in question with 17 layers which include gradient maps and grouped layers. I didn't have any issues with this same file when I was running AP V2.1.? ( whatever the last version before the upgrade to V2.2.) The afphoto file size is 119.6 MB and 34.56MP. Document size 18"x21" @ 300 DPI Actually, I had a few more layers with this file while using V2.1 without any difficulty.... but deleted these layers to the existing total of 17 layers. 3. Copied the one layer containing a main character along with two background layers for a total of three layers to a new file and the brush and smudge tool performance is better but still has some hesitation but not as bad as the larger file which is having the issues. Afphoto file size is 44.2MB and 28.8 MP. Document size 16"x20" @300 DPI Just a non-professional guess, but it looks to me as a AP memory issue, how AP is allocating its resources. Again another non-professional guess, could it be that AP is holding on to some file memory , even when layers are being deleted and AP is closed out ( to erase all history) and then reopened? I am running the latest Mac os, Ventura 13.5.2, with a quad core intel i7, with graphics Radeon Pro 580 8 GB, and 64 GB of 2400 MHz DDR4 ram. I have AP V2.2 performance Ram usage limit set to 60416 MB Your thoughts are appreciated. Quote
walt.farrell Posted September 23, 2023 Posted September 23, 2023 2 hours ago, Gregory-CJ said: Mac OS with the latest Ventura 13.5.2 You should be able to find older V2releases at https://affinity.store/update/macos/photo/2 You would need to delete your current release then install the one you download. Also, there may be incompatibilities in internal file formats that could cause some loss of Asset, Brushes, etc. so after downgrading you may need to recover some of those files from backups. This probably won't happen, but it is always possible, so have a good backup first. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.3, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1
Gregory-CJ Posted September 23, 2023 Author Posted September 23, 2023 Thanks Walt! walt.farrell 1 Quote
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