krbo Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Since maybe 2-3 last versions export to jpg becomes more and more slowly. Now latest beta goes to something very, very slow, up to a 10 minutes to do a step. From a picture with a task manager you can see I'm not on an old, slow hardware (Win drive is SSD) but AP makes it crawl during an export. Also you can see only 4 filters used (pixel layer is a tone mapped HDR made from 3 exp. bracketed shots) First stage - calculating an export size lasts 8 minutes topping a 4 core CPU to 100% and after that actual export took another 10 minutes. During that PC is almost dead hardly responding to anything (but response to "Cancel" button of export dialog was OK) "96" was slow, "98" looks even slower - first impression with new beta. just to inform you, nothing dramatic as this is beta in the end Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HVDB Photography Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 I did the test. HDR merge + tonemapped image >> RGB 32bit HDR it took +/- 35 sec to export !! PaulAffinity 1 Affinity Photo 2.3.1 Laptop MSI Prestige PS42 Windows 11 Home 23H2 (Build 22631.3007) - Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8565U CPU @ 1.80GHz 2.00 GHz - RAM 16,0 GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnobelix Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Hello krbo, that's not normal and annoying, if it takes so long until a simple JPG file is saved. I've opened a 137 MB TIF file, and following steps carried out. Duplicate the Layer Live Filter: Shadows / Highlights Filter Clarity Filter Unsharp Mask Filter Vignette Filter for the calculating an export size and save, needed my PC scarce 30 sec. So similar values as HVDB has determined. Try resetting all settings maybe it helps. PaulAffinity 1 Affinity Photo 2.4: Affinity Photo 1.10.6: Affinity Designer 2.4: Affinity Designer 1.10.6: Affinity Publisher 2.4: Affinity Publisher 1.10.6: Windows 11 Pro (Version 23H2 Build (22631.3296) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Sean P Posted January 10, 2018 Staff Share Posted January 10, 2018 Hi krbo, Does this happen for all documents or is it just specific ones? If you remove the filters in the image how do you find the export time then? Would you be able to attach the document shown at all please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asser82 Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Hope this is not the result of meltdown/spectre mitigation updates... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krbo Posted January 10, 2018 Author Share Posted January 10, 2018 For now couldn't point a problem - started beta with CTRL - reset everything, loaded my aphoto with 4 filters and tried to measure a time before calculated export size is shown as by included picture. Times were: - no filter activated - 2-3sec - first Defringe 7sec - second Defringe 21sec - Clarity 66sec - High Pass 370sec (over 6 minutes) after that tested production version 1.6.1.93 with full filters - arround 7 minutes and results are consistent between two PCS with different GPU and win versions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crlogic Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Have you tried to "merge visible" on the top layer prior to exporting? I suspect the times you indicated to export are directly correlated to merging those same adjustment layers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnobelix Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Hello krbo, I have used the same filters as you, and i can confirm that the high pass filter is extremely slowing down the system. I have not noticed this until now. My idea was to rastering the picture, and then export, the raster also slows down the system, thus no speed advantage. I think for the Affinity team has there is still a need for action in the performance of the filters, especially for the high-pass filter. A request to the Affinity team, please look at it and a short report please. see attached file meer-5.afphoto Affinity Photo 2.4: Affinity Photo 1.10.6: Affinity Designer 2.4: Affinity Designer 1.10.6: Affinity Publisher 2.4: Affinity Publisher 1.10.6: Windows 11 Pro (Version 23H2 Build (22631.3296) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Sean P Posted January 11, 2018 Staff Share Posted January 11, 2018 Krbo, Could you attach the file you are using please? Gnobelix, Using your file I found that it took about a minute to calculate and then an additional 1.5 minutes to do the export. However I also didn't have to wait for it to finish calculating before exporting. How long is it taking for you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krbo Posted January 11, 2018 Author Share Posted January 11, 2018 29 minutes ago, Sean P said: Krbo, Could you attach the file you are using please? Of course, here you are: Wrapped.afphoto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krbo Posted January 11, 2018 Author Share Posted January 11, 2018 18 hours ago, Gnobelix said: Hello krbo, I have used the same filters as you, and i can confirm that the high pass filter is extremely slowing down the system. I have not noticed this until now. My idea was to rastering the picture, and then export, the raster also slows down the system, thus no speed advantage. Hi, just tested your file - arround 2 minutes to export here and yes, I also didn't realise high-pass is a choking until this thread. High-pass is my favored sharpen filter, almost in every of my post processing so that's why I noticed general slowness in work path And I'm sure it was not like that before, but in what version can't pinpoint. btw what lens you used for a photo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnobelix Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 25 minutes ago, krbo said: btw what lens you used for a photo? Hi, I take pictures with a Pentax system. This image is made with the objective DA 18-135 mm, focal length 18 mm and aperture 7.1 Affinity Photo 2.4: Affinity Photo 1.10.6: Affinity Designer 2.4: Affinity Designer 1.10.6: Affinity Publisher 2.4: Affinity Publisher 1.10.6: Windows 11 Pro (Version 23H2 Build (22631.3296) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krbo Posted January 11, 2018 Author Share Posted January 11, 2018 27 minutes ago, Gnobelix said: Hi, I take pictures with a Pentax system. This image is made with the objective DA 18-135 mm, focal length 18 mm and aperture 7.1 thanks - I asked because it was written in your sample photo "M-42 or no lens" so I thought maybe some vintage lens with nice picture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iam1of2 Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 (edited) sounds like an intriguing issue, so I loaded a Pentax image and tried the high pass filter (because I have never used it before). I used the option under the menu item filters. First try, the screen went gray and stayed that way, until I clicked on the pixel layer in the layers box. Within a couple of seconds, I had the full color image on the screen, and the control dialog for the filter. Choosing a setting, I clicked on apply and the screen colors faded and became transparent to a great degree. After 4 minutes, and several attempts to modify the faded image, nothing worked and I closed the image. I messed around with it in various ways, but was unable to alter the result. I also tried the high pass filter under the Live Filter layer access with the same results. Could this be a problem with procedure or with software? Edited February 1, 2018 by Iam1of2 Watched James' video on sharpening and had good results with no excessive time problem. Very pleased with result if properly implemented. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnobelix Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 On 11.1.2018 at 11:19 AM, Sean P said: Using your file I found that it took about a minute to calculate and then an additional 1.5 minutes to do the export. However I also didn't have to wait for it to finish calculating before exporting. How long is it taking for you? Sorry for the late answer I have on a freshly installed system, the above attached file open. The rastering the picture lasts 1,45 minuts, no further actions are possible. The export as JPG file, takes about 1.5 minutes Affinity Photo 2.4: Affinity Photo 1.10.6: Affinity Designer 2.4: Affinity Designer 1.10.6: Affinity Publisher 2.4: Affinity Publisher 1.10.6: Windows 11 Pro (Version 23H2 Build (22631.3296) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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