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If you go to Preferences > General > Video Recording, you can change the video recording quality to 4K and then your timelapse exports shouldn’t be blurry anymore. c: Though if I remember correctly, it only works for newly created documents after you change it.

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Suggestions, Ideas, Bugs / Re: PLEASE fix the saving bug!
on: February 05, 2024, 05:48:14 PM
I still get it constantly. I store locally and my file sizes are usually between 1gb to 4gb, if that matters. I can try saving to iCloud if anybody can confirm that it works better there

So, I found the bigger the file size, the more often it happens. I also often work with large files, but don't get it anymore, thanks to these habits:

I store with iCloud again now, and I made it a habit to save manually from time to time, and also to switch to the gallery view for a few seconds until the "waiting..." symbol from uploading to iCloud disappears and the thumbnail updates. And that seems to do the trick... Also, I just duplicate the files every 30min or so, so if it were to happen, at least I wouldn't loose hours of work again.

It's not ideal :/ But at least it's manageable/avoidable like that

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Suggestions, Ideas, Bugs / Re: PLEASE fix the saving bug!
on: December 16, 2023, 04:21:34 AM
it was gone for a bit, but i suddenly started getting the "Document was not saved! Please close and reopen the document" popup every autosave or if i manually save

Since I tested the fix, I only got this same error message once, while saving with iCloud (it only happened after ~20h, of now 70 + hours of working), however, it did actually still continue saving normally after that (despite the error message) and no progress was lost.

So it's important to understand what exactly was happening to you? Did you actually lose any progress of your art, or did you just get the error message? And are you saving your documents on iCloud or local storage?

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Suggestions, Ideas, Bugs / Re: PLEASE fix the saving bug!
on: November 30, 2023, 11:28:20 PM
I'm testing the Beta with a new approach for a fix, it looks promising so far! The devs definitely working hard on a fix now.

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Suggestions, Ideas, Bugs / PLEASE fix the saving bug!
on: November 28, 2023, 09:00:12 AM
Hey there!

I'm wondering if recently something was changed regarding the saving bug?

Yesterday I was working on a painting, when I left my iPad for 10 mins. And when I came back, I was shocked to see that none of my progress was saved. I've lost around 2+ hours of work... this is the first time that this has happened to me while NOT using iCloud as storage location... and I also got no notification for a saving issue or anything.. needless to say, that this was really infuriating.

And I really don't believe that Apple will address this issue anytime soon. It's been happening since over half a year already! So, at this point, it's really up to you (Lucky Clan) to fix this somehow. Even if it means going back to a custom gallery (since you mentioned this is likely the root cause for it, that somethings wrong with Apples gallery view, which also explains why the same thing happens in Pages and Numbers). Or even if it means changing something bigger inside the app, so it's not so reliant on bugs from Apples side like this...

This is just such a gigantic setback in the overall app reliability and functionality it's actually driving me nuts at this point... none other drawing app has this issue. And it's a huge one, since you literally cannot rely on ASP saving the work you do, and it's been going on for months and now only seems to get even worse... I was able to circumvent this bug mostly by not using iCloud (I would still get saving issues, but could just restart/reopen the document and wouldn't lose hours of work) which was already inconvenient enough. But now loosing hours of work again, even though I'm NOT using iCloud, is just bad.

Idk how to say this more nicely at this point, since it's really just so freaking annoying, and I just cannot grasp how finding a way to fix such a HUGE bug, isn't the number 1 priority for you right now...

And I'm curious to know how many other people dealing with this bug? Which is why I'm posting it on the forum too, instead of via email only. I saw it mentioned a few separate times on here, but it always gets buried/forgotten again, as the forum isn't that active lately.

Please just make this a priority...

Off-topic:

There is another unrelated bug that reappeared, idk when. But exporting animations as HEVC doesn't work properly (colors are wrong and frames are not playing correctly). I think it's only when exporting with transparency. Also, when using "undo" after playing an animation, it undos every single playback, instead of undoing the strokes/adjustment/etc. made.

Also, somewhat recently, I experienced some seemingly random crashes of the app, something that hasn't really happened before like this. Just thought I should mention, even if I don't know the cause yet.

Thanks!

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+1 would be great c:

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Suggestions, Ideas, Bugs / Re: App instability
on: May 20, 2023, 07:43:54 AM
This is actually a system error on Apples side that was introduced with the 16.4 iPadOS update.

I've been trying for the past month to solve this issue together with the developer via hundreds of emails and differnt approaches, but unfortunately there is just no way to fix this. It happens only on bigger documents.

In the recent Beta (that propably will soon be on AppStore) there will be error messages that pop up whenever this occurs, so you now at least to immediately copy layers to a different document and to restart the app, to avoid losing progress. Also changing the default saving location from "iCloud Drive" to "On my iPad" in ipad Settings > Artstudio Pro and to save new Files in Files > On my iPad > Artstudio Pro , can minimize how often it happens, and how much work you lose. It will also get rid of lags, incase you experience those as well (But only new files will be saved there, for existing files you need to move them manually). You can still upload the files to iCloud manually after you finished painting. Saving manually instead of autosave won't make a difference unfortunately.

The same kind of issue is also occurring in the Pages and Numbers app from apple. The only thing we can do is trying to make Apple aware of this bug... The ASP developer has opened a thread on Apple discussion, you can reply to and you could use the Apple feedback assistant to report this. https://discussions.apple.com/thread/254870123

I know this is very annoying, I've also lost hours of work due to this becaue my documents are alway pretty big. But for now all we can do is to hope for Apple to fix it soon...

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thanks for sharing! is the buttons on the joystick configurable for iPad if I may ask?

Well yes and no 😅 You have to the start the controller in "keyboard mode" and then all of it's buttons get a random letter assigned (you can't choose). But then you can assign those letters to specific shortcuts within the Artstudio Pro preferences

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Now I wouldn't stop them, but looking at the results in CSP I am totally underwhelmed by their feature. The inferred geometry and thus shading just doesn't look good to me. Maybe it's the particular example of the girl's head. But the last image (interior) looks even worse, or rather wrong, with gradients all over the place that just don't belong there. I guess to make this work better the app could make use of ai models that better predict the actual geometry, and so can apply shading that is ... realistic, or rather convincing. This would, of course, defy the purpose of a drawing app and take away the fun of painting, illustrating and creating stylized images  ;)

Having exactly the same thoughts about this 😅

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Thanks Sylwester!
I love gesture control of the size of the brush, but it would be amazing to keep joycon in my spare hand and switch between tools quicker!

You can give the "8bitdo zero 2" controller a try. It has a "keyboard mode" and thus it's currently the only controller that can work for drawing shortcuts on iPad (as far as I'm aware). It's also small enough to hold in one hand.

Been using it for over an year like that and love it. Really helps to speed up the overall process.😄

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Please test new beta, it is now possible to just pick "Pigment" blending mode in Layers panel or in Tool panel.
But the most simple way is still just tapping "Pigment" button in Layers panel which turns on Pigment blending mode for both tool and layer.

Yes, thank you! It’s great now, for all different situations! 😊

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Pigment is one of the layer blendings, so you cannot use it together with other layer blendings.

I think you meant to allow to use pigment tool blending with for example Color Dodge layer blending. Indeed, it is not possible now. We will consider to bring back Pigment blending to the list of tool blending modes…


Wait, I just realized that with the update, the option to add pigment blending to specific brushes was removed entirely?

That means now with the way it is set up, it’s not even possible to use the pigment option together with other layer blending modes, like color dodge/multiply/etc. and you have to turn it on for each layer individually… that makes no sense imo.

I agree that having just one button to turn it on is a good idea, but it should still be possible to then use other layer blending modes, multiple layers etc., together with the pigment option. Is there no way to make it globally that colors just behave like this, while keeping all other functionalities the same? Like Bob said, that it just “does it” when turning it on. I think a “global button” should then also be within the settings and not inside the layers panel.

Yes, that’s what I meant, that was one of the things I was most excited by, as it allows for very nice color variations while using benefits of other layer blending modes too. So it would make sense to bring it back as a tool blending mode, also so one could just use it with specific brushes/smudges only

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Wait, I just realized that with the update, the option to add pigment blending to specific brushes was removed entirely?

That means now with the way it is set up, it’s not even possible to use the pigment option together with other layer blending modes, like color dodge/multiply/etc. and you have to turn it on for each layer individually… that makes no sense imo.

I agree that having just one button to turn it on is a good idea, but it should still be possible to then use other layer blending modes, multiple layers etc., together with the pigment option. Is there no way to make it globally that colors just behave like this, while keeping all other functionalities the same? Like Bob said, that it just “does it” when turning it on. I think a “global button” should then also be within the settings and not inside the layers panel.

Having to turn it on it for each individual layer, and not being able to use other layer blending modes with it, is very restrictive now

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an easy and helpful way would be having a similar to current color panel open to pick the colors, so you can use your own swatches for the accents or the layers, but yeah, im super excited for this, hope its added, can see myself using it in every project :)

Yes agree, that would be amazing!😊

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It's ready in new beta! Now you have to only tap "Pigment" button in Layers panel to start using pigment blending.

Hmm I just tested it, don’t think it’s the best way to got about it… It’d make more sense to keep it in the “layer blending” drop down than to dedicate a new button to it, or to keep it in the menu that opens when clicking on the layer.

Also, while it works on a single layer now, it’s still not really behaving like a layer blending mode. When turning the pigment option off again, it doesn’t change the painted strokes back to the “normal blending” only new strokes will then blend “normal”. It would be like using the color dodge layer blending mode, and then even when turning it off, it wouldn’t change back to “normal”. And when using a whole group, it also only affects new layers that are added and not the ones already in it. It’s all very confusing right now.

Maybe the easiest solution would be to remove it completely as a layer blending option, and only leave it as an option for the brushes? At least if it’s not possible to make it behave like all the other layer blending options right now.

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