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Hovering over a document with the Brush Tool selected results in strange display issues (darkening) in sections when simply moving the mouse over different areas. It doesn't happen with other tools. See video.

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Hi @DarkClown,

The Affinity apps use the display technology (MipMaps) to achieve good performance.

I think (but could be wrong) what you're seeing is 'screen redraw', rather than the area getting darker. It looks as though the section beneath the brush is momentarily blurring before the full-resolution image is redrawn beneath the brush position as you move the brush around the screen...

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Does this happen for you in 2.4.2, too, @DarkClown? If so, it's not a beta-related issue. If not, are your performance settings the same for both 2.4.2 and 2.5.0 beta?

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5 minutes ago, Hangman said:

Hi @DarkClown,

The Affinity apps use the display technology (MipMaps) to achieve good performance.

I think (but could be wrong) what you're seeing is 'screen redraw', rather than the area getting darker. It looks as though the section beneath the brush is momentarily blurring before the full-resolution image is redrawn beneath the brush position as you move the brush around the screen...

I wasn't trying to properly analyse the effect - so you might be right. Still, if it's blurring before the the final image is redrawn, the redraw should happen at one point in time. And certainly this only happens in the beta - and only with the brush tool. So I would assume if it's a technology issue it should happen with all tools?!

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6 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

Does this happen for you in 2.4.2, too, @DarkClown? If so, it's not a beta-related issue. If not, are your performance settings the same for both 2.4.2 and 2.5.0 beta?

OK, I did some more indepth investigation on this.

1) it only seems to be visible with certain "Moiree" (in this case the jacket garment)

2) Using the same picture in the same area ist does happen with 2.4.1 as well.

3) Performance settings are the same in both versions

4) And it seems to be a redraw issue. Hovering on the same spot for a little longer makes this effect disappear again

Therefor I assume it's not an Beta issue - I just got aware of this under the given "unlucky" circumstances ...

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@Chris B The setting was on "Automatic (Best)" - but changing retina quality to "High Quality" solves the problem.
Frankly I assumed that "Automatic (Best)" equals "High Quality" .... apparently I was wrong ;-)

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57 minutes ago, DarkClown said:

I assumed that "Automatic (Best)" equals "High Quality"

I think "(Best)" is being used here as the best balance between speed and quality (so "best performance"), although I can see that you might well assume (Best) meant "Best Quality"

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