Joel Bodenmann Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 Hello folks, I am new to both Affinity Photo as well as photo editing in general. So in case of this is intended behavior, please forgive me :) Every time I want to use a selection tool (it really doesn't matter which one) I see the selection region on the photo for a brief moment and then the entire document area turns into a moving black-and-white striped diagonal lines pattern. Here's a short screencast: http://screencast.com/t/80pZwGhhK I'm using Affinity Photo Windows Beta 1.5.0.37 on Windows 10, 64-Bit. Just for completeness I'm going to mention that this is a Virtual machine. I am using VMware Workstation 12 Pro but I am pretty sure that this has no influences as every other software I am using for years now is working fine. Also, all other features in Affinity Photo I tried so far are working well.I also reinstalled Affinity Photo once to ensure that it's not some strange setting I once activated accidentally (I manually deleted the appdata folder and registry entries to ensure that no settings are left behind). Can somebody tell me whether this is a bug or whether I'm just doing something horribly wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff TonyB Posted November 20, 2016 Staff Share Posted November 20, 2016 Sorry but we don't support virtual machines. The main reason is we use hardware acceleration for drawing and the pixel selection display is one example of VMs not working well. We use a Direct X pixel shader to show the marching ants and find that VMs don't support the depth buffer we rely on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Bodenmann Posted November 20, 2016 Author Share Posted November 20, 2016 No need to apologize! I fully understand that. I can confirm that everything works as expected on a physical machine. I have to check the licensing of the Affinity Designer then (as I assume that Affinity Photo will use the same once released) as my main reason to run things in a virtual environment is so I can access it from any computer. I need that software at least on two computers (my main stationary work horse and my notebook). I never use both at the same time. I basically need a single user - multiple seats license. May I furthermore recommend showing a warning dialog during installation in case of a virtual environment has been detected? I guess a simple "Things might not work as expected" would be enough in this case so it's up to the user to decide whether he wants to continue the installation or not. Thank you very much for your quick reply. Much appreciated, Sir! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff TonyB Posted November 20, 2016 Staff Share Posted November 20, 2016 The license allows multiple machines when used by the same user so no worries there. The warning is a good idea, I will see if we can implement it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_K Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 Hi Joel This was a general issue with build 37, but it should be sorted now in build 38 :) Serif Europe Ltd - Check the latest news at www.affinity.serif.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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