Tiled variation in opacity within brushed stamped fill layer

[KenWH]

I am an Affinity Photo 1.10.6.1665 novice user trying to create a brush stamped Fill Layer above an Embedded Image and am getting an unwanted tiled variation in opacity.  I get the same effect using a New Empty Mask Layer or any variation in source photo and brush.

 

Example specifics (see attached):

- New Photo – Page width:  4.5 in, Page height:  6 in, Default Settings

- New Fill Layer

- Basic Brush – 512 – Editing [Round Light Brush] – Default Settings

- Clone Brush Tool – Default Settings, Source:  Layers Beneath

 

I have not found any reports of a similar problem and have not been able to find a configuration setting that corrects the problem.  I have tried adjusting the DPI of the Embedded Image and have found that, with increased DPI, the resulting graininess and tile pattern scale reduces (ie. individual tiles become smaller).  I would be grateful for any suggestions.

Venice Canal - 300 DPI - Basic 512 Brush Stamp.afphoto

[Komatös]

I can confirm that. This behaviour is also evident in the current version 2.4.2 

[stokerg]

Hi @KenWHand Welcome to the Forums,

I've been able to reproduce this in V1 and V2 and have logged this with the Developers.  However, as V1 is no longer actively being developed, I doubt the fix will make it into V1 of Affinity.

 

[KenWH]

Thank you for the quick responses.  I had been following this "How to Create a Water Color Painting Effect in Affinity Photo on The iPad" YouTube video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihTBI-Xxv9I (refer to time 9:42), didn't see any evidence of a tiled opacity effect, and assumed that I must be missing a configuration setting.  I am using the Windows Desktop version of Affinity Photo.  Perhaps the problem doesn't manifest on the iPad version.