mike21 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 What governs the time taken to load a file. It currently takes 12 seconds to load a 27Mb RAW file. The files are on an SSD, I have a 3.2 MHz processor, 4Gb of RAM and a 2Gb video card. Is 12 seconds normal for this set-up, if not, what can I do to speed it up - If I try to load several at once it takes an age. It did take 20 seconds to load the program but it is now down to 11 after deleting a lot of fonts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Hard to tell without having a look at the apps sourcecode implementation and then execution profiling certain stages of the startup and RAW file code loading operations, in order to see if some of the code can be speed optimized accordingly in some way. Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike21 Posted March 21, 2018 Author Share Posted March 21, 2018 What is a typical time to load and also to develop a raw file? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Not sure if you mean generally here, aka no matter with which RAW dealing software at all or just APh specific? - As indicated above such things are software implementation dependent and of course also to some degree hardware dependent (faster processors, enough RAM and fast SSDs should offer faster I/O here). Some RAW converters etc. do perform a faster RAW file loading, some others are slower. So it always depends. For APh and Nikon NEFs (those I deal with) it's more on the slower side, even for the loading of smaller NEFs (for example ~24 MB) it takes some longer time. Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike21 Posted March 21, 2018 Author Share Posted March 21, 2018 Specifically Affinity loading times Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Dan C Posted March 22, 2018 Staff Share Posted March 22, 2018 Hi mike21, 17 hours ago, mike21 said: Is 12 seconds normal for this set-up, if not, what can I do to speed it up I would say this is a relatively normal load time for RAW images in Affinity, testing on my machine with Canon 700D CR2 files (~22 MB), they open between 8 - 12 seconds each time. Our developers are always looking to improve the app and work with a variety of machines to ensure Affinity runs at the best possible speeds across all manner of computer systems. Quote Please note - I am currently out of the office for a short while whilst recovering from surgery (nothing serious!), therefore will not be available on the Forums during this time. Should you require a response from the team in a thread I have previously replied in - please Create a New Thread and our team will be sure to reply as soon as possible. Many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike21 Posted March 22, 2018 Author Share Posted March 22, 2018 Thanks. 8-12 seconds for your 21Mb RAW file corresponds with my 12 seconds for a 27Mb file, so this is obviously a "normal" load time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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