AffinityRoger Posted October 21, 2024 Posted October 21, 2024 In Designer/Photo (maybe in Publisher too, I haven't tested that), having a shape on a layer above a group of other shapes, having that single shape's blend mode set to Darken/Multiply etc and trying to drag the single shape's layer onto the multiple shapes' group layer will always cause the program to crash I've included a .afd file demonstrating the problem with my post. To replicate the issue just go to the layers panel and try dragging the yellow rectangle layer on top of the group of shapes layer. crash test example.afdesign
AffinityRoger Posted October 21, 2024 Author Posted October 21, 2024 (edited) Oh I forgot to mention I'm using the latest version of Affinity Designer, I'm on Windows 10 with an Nvidia GPU and an AMD CPU. The crash happens regardless of whether hardware acceleration is on or off in the Performance setting. Edited October 21, 2024 by AffinityRoger
Hangman Posted October 21, 2024 Posted October 21, 2024 Hi @AffinityRoger and welcome to the forums, I've tested your file on both Windows and Mac in all three applications and I'm not experiencing any crashes on either OS so I think there must be something else going on here though I'm not entirely sure what. It may potentially be a driver-related issue so it's worth ensuring your Nvidea and AMD drivers are up to date. You could also try running a factory reset of Designer (first) to see if you still experience the same issue by doing the following... Hold the Ctrl key while launching Designer. When you see the Clear User Data screen, leave the first three options ticked, click the Clear button, let Designer finish launching, and see whether that fixes the problem… Note 1: A factory reset will reset any customisation you’ve made to the tools panel and context toolbar In this particular instance I'm not convinced the factory reset will be the answer but you have nothing to lose trying this... should it happen to fix the issue you could do the same with the other apps but either way, let us know the outcome after trying both the factory reset and updating your GPU and CPU drivers (if not already up to date)... AffinityRoger 1 Affinity by Canva 3.0.2 | Affinity Designer 2.6.5 | Affinity Photo 2.6.5 | Affinity Publisher 2.6.5 MacBook Pro M3 Max, 36 GB Unified Memory, macOS Tahoe 26.2, Magic Mouse HP ENVY x360, 8 GB RAM, AMD Ryzen 5 2500U, Windows 10 Home, Logitech Mouse
Ron P. Posted October 21, 2024 Posted October 21, 2024 I too do not get a crash. Hangman and AffinityRoger 2 Affinity Photo 2.6..; Affinity Designer 2.6..; Affinity Publisher 2.6..; Affinity2 Beta versions. Affinity Photo,Designer 1.10.6.1605 Win11 Home Version:24H2, Build: 26100.1742: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5820K CPU @ 3.30GHz, 3301 Mhz, 6 Core(s), 12 Logical Processor(s);32GB Ram, Nvidia GTX 3070, 3-Internal HDD (1 Crucial MX5000 1TB, 1-Crucial MX5000 500GB, 1-WD 1 TB), 4 External HDD; Wacom Intuos 3 PTZ-431W
AffinityRoger Posted October 21, 2024 Author Posted October 21, 2024 I tried resetting the userdata but that didn't help. However, I decided to update to the latest version of Nvidia's Studio driver and that fixed the issue. I should have done that earlier, sorry (I didn't expect the driver to be the issue because I'd been using the same Studio driver for months and the crashing issue has only been happening for the last few days, no idea why) Sorry for wasting people's time and thank you for helping and testing my file Ron P. and Hangman 2
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