Publisher 2.2 crashing frequently while working in large document

[AlfredM]

 

I am working in Affinity Publisher on a large 500 page book with around 1500 pictures. As I am progressing, the application has started crashing once every few minutes, usually after placing a new image. 

 

As the deadline is approaching this is a real concern.

 

I am using Affinity Publisher 2.2, on a 2022 Mac Studio with 32Gb RAM, MacOS Ventura 13.2.1. All images are placed as linked resources.

 

Any suggestions are welcome.

[MikeTO]

Hi @AlfredM, what are your Performance settings? Choose Affinity Publisher 2 > Settings and then click Performance.

If Enable Hardware Acceleration > Enable Metal is selected, turn it off. If Display is set to Metal, change it to OpenGL. With these settings change I don't have any issues with hundreds of images in a long book. With Metal enabled I have frequent crashes like you're having.

Good luck.

 

[AlfredM]

Hi @MikeTO, thanks for your help, this solved the issue!