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Suggest a "refresh" option for the Layers Panel


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I have just been working at the very initial stages with a pixel layer and duplicate.  I have found often both at home and at

our tutoring sessions (where we can have up to eight desktops and two laptops working) that Affinity Photo frequently shows the 

layers, in the Layers Panel, completely black or completely transparent, when they patently are not!  Sometimes this comes right

later ...................  and sometimes not.  Attached is an example from today.  My suggestion is to have a refresh option for the layers panel

to prompt Affinity to do the job again and fix.

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Jafa - Just Another Fantastic Aucklander

(Jim)

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Affinity Photo 2.4

Lightroom 6

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Out of curiosity, does it work more reliably for you if you turn off the "Checkerboard Background" option in the Layers panel options (hamburger menu)? Or perhaps if you decrease the thumbnail size?

I seem to recall at least one bug report related to those options.

Edit: Also, have you tried the 1.7.2 beta to see if it behaves the same way?

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I get that all the time here but just thought it was a redraw issue as I'm on an much older computer here - Mac Pro (2011).

It's worse when I use a Depth Of Field blur adjustment too though that I'm guessing is pretty power hungry anyway.

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