SaulGoodman Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 What Application are you using? Designer Are you using the latest release version? 2.3.1 Issue Many icons are blurred, really bad looking on my 2k monitor (2560x1440). On MacBook Pro 16" M1 screen it looks great with no issue, this is on external (main) screen (BenQ PD2500Q) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 Have you setup the external monitor accordingly for your macOS version? Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaulGoodman Posted January 21 Author Share Posted January 21 Yes, I have no similar issues with any other software. Only Affinity software and not all icons as you can see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 There are some known issues when it comes to Affinity software in conjunction with using external monitors. Though I don't know (can't tell) if UI icon sharpness is also affected from that, since when running external monitors in a lower than the default/native device res under macOS, it has always a tendency to more blurry screens. But if it is only for the Affinity apps here, it might be related to what I initially said about some known issues with external monitors. Which macOS version do you have in use? Other than that you can also look through similar general net reports, in order to see what other people recommend to do ... macos affinity external screen resolution blurry macos external screen resolution blurry External monitor - fonts and icons fuzzy / blurry Why your external monitor looks awful on Arm-based Macs, the open source fix – and the guy who wrote it ... and so on ... Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaulGoodman Posted January 21 Author Share Posted January 21 Ok thanks for sending me those issues, this is already then reported and it is not new issue how can I see, so I don't understand how this could be seen by Affinity developers. They want we post issues on forum, but why then they don't fix this. This is a serious thing for me. I can only say that this is only issue with Affinity software and not related to monitor settings. And yes labels are also blurry. This is serious UI bug. I am using latest Mac OS version Sonoma 14.2.1 Bit Disappointed 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbrother Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 5 hours ago, v_kyr said: There are some known issues when it comes to Affinity software in conjunction with using external monitors. I don't think this is a problem with external monitors. I'm on Windows, I don't use an external or additional monitor, and I also see that some icons are sharp (pixel perfect) and others are blurry. I think this should also be taken into account: poorly designed icons (not pixel perfect) problem with the position of icon in the app (X,Y coordinates not on whole pixels) problem with anti-aliasing of icons in the app Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bit Disappointed Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 You are here: While I am here: ronnyb and v_kyr 2 Quote I simply no longer believe that there are any professional graphic designers here. Everything follows suit. Just everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 3 hours ago, bbrother said: I don't think this is a problem with external monitors. I'm on Windows Windows is not MacOS and there are quite some differences between these OS in terms of external monitor handling, system resolutions, possible OS version bugs etc.! 4 hours ago, SaulGoodman said: I am using latest Mac OS version Sonoma 14.2.1 If I find the spare time tomorrow, I will take a look in the company how things look there then for some M1/M2 MacBooks running under macOS Sonoma 14.2.1, which are connected to external 4K + 5K LG monitors. Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbrother Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 11 minutes ago, v_kyr said: Windows is not MacOS and there are quite some differences between these OS in terms of external monitor handling, system resolutions, possible OS version bugs etc.! Just because I use Windows doesn't mean I've never had to deal with MacOS and external monitors connected to a MacBook. First, you need to rule out the simplest causes of the problem before moving on to problems with resolution, support for external monitors, or bugs in the OS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 35 minutes ago, bbrother said: Just because I use Windows doesn't mean I've never had to deal with MacOS and external monitors connected to a MacBook. Then you could have told from the beginning so, instead of just writing ... Quote I'm on Windows, I don't use an external or additional monitor, and I also see that some icons are sharp (pixel perfect) and others are blurry. ... which leads to misunderstandings then as it is not quite the same here in this possible macOS bugs context (like apples & oranges). Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Callum Posted January 22 Staff Share Posted January 22 Hi All, just to confirm this is a known issue that is currently being investigated by our dev team. Thanks C ronnyb 1 Quote Please tag me using @ in your reply so I can be sure to respond ASAP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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