Export time on new 2018 iPads about the same?

[Denny]

One of the few times I ever see lag using an iPad is when exporting Affinity documents out to pdf or similar. Certainly not the end of the world but I was hoping this time would be reduced a bit with the new hardware but seems to be about the same. Will there be any kind of optimization to take better advantage of the new hardware?

[Gabe]

Hi @Denny,

We have done several tests in the office and in our tests ( exports of ~30mb pure vector files, to PDF ), we noticed a 50% increase in the export speed. (Both iPad Pro)

So, the answer to your question, in short terms, would be Yes. The optimisation is already there, and the app is taking advantage of the new hardware, because of the way metal is implemented within the app. 

Thanks,

Gabe. 

[Denny]

Thanks Gabe. The file I was using was a 200mb promotional postcard with lots of layers and images rendered to a print quality pdf of about 7mb. Unfortunately I no longer have my previous iPad so it’s not actually timed. But it’s a repeating job I’ve done many times and just based on past experience it seemed about the same. I know, that’s not the way to compare with any real accuracy but my impression was that it seemed about the same. Oh well, I’ll file that in my box of first world problems.