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chloea32358534
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May 14, 2020
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Fresco suddenly very slow

  • May 14, 2020
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I was part way through drawing using vector pen and suddenly it is super slow.
The lag is crazy. I have to lay down one stroke and wait a second for it to appear before laying another.

It's a portrait of a long haired cat so you can imagine how freaking long this is taking. 
I also noticed the 'fill' function is taking longer and longer, now to the point that I just don't use it and spend the painstaking time drawing it in because it's quicker (thought I'd give fill another go on a small patch and it's been at least 30 minutes) 

I thought maybe the dimensions were too big (a3) and considering it's vector I changed it to a4 and no change. 
I'm not sure what year my iPad is but it's a pro 9.7" running whatever the current update is. Bought my Apple Pencil at the same time so not sure that year either 

 

I'm also not running any other programs and only have the reference image so 2 layers all up. (not a huge file, at a4 it's a little pixelated, just use it for the shape etc) 

 

ive even deleted a bunch of useless stuff in case is was a memory thing 

 

not sure what else to do and haven't found much help via google 

 

ive attached a quick vid of the lag. If I don't wait long enough it thinks that the seperate strokes are one and I get a squiggle instead of seperate lines. 

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    Correct answer Domstad_Rudie

    I found your answer after having similar serious slowness, but it did not help. My issue was completely solved by lowering "smoothing" ("Vloeiend" in my Dutch version). I still don't understand how "smoothing" increased.

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    DomstadRudie
    Participating Frequently
    February 21, 2024

    Have you seen my suggestion: lower smoothness. At 20% my slowness is gone.

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    Domstad_RudieCorrect answer
    New Participant
    November 29, 2022

    I found your answer after having similar serious slowness, but it did not help. My issue was completely solved by lowering "smoothing" ("Vloeiend" in my Dutch version). I still don't understand how "smoothing" increased.

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      Telse5DE7
      New Participant
      November 22, 2023

      Yeesss! That was the problem! You saved my life. 😅

       Thank you!

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      DomstadRudie
      Participating Frequently
      November 22, 2023

      You are quite welcome, Telse5DE7.

       

      Regards, Ruud van den Berg (vector art nickname Domstad Rudie)

      May I invite you to have a look at my (Adobe Portfolio) website www.domstad-rudie.nl?

      brettclements
      brettclements
      Participating Frequently
      February 28, 2022

      Adobe needs to give us offline work flow. ATM we're harnessed to our Internet connection. I switched to Fresco from ProCreate for vector. But having to work online/always kills the process.

      Michael J. Hoffman
      Michael J. Hoffman
      Community Expert
      March 1, 2022

      Fresco seems to work just fine offline for me. In airplane mode, I can use it just fine, and it syncs again once I have a connection.

       

      Obviously, in offline mode, you couldn't open a document from the cloud, but there is nothing preventing you from offline work with existing documents and new ones.

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      Ky98BC
      New Participant
      March 2, 2022
      I've actually stopped using Fresco altogether, moved on to the ipad and procreate. it suits my needs alot better.

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      bardiaelmi
      New Participant
      October 31, 2021

      I think, if you have to try Make Offline Option, every thing will be perfect.
      I had this problem with PC version and with offline option it solved.
      sorry for my bad English.

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        chloea32358534Author
        Known Participant
        April 5, 2021

        Ok. So found a slight workaround! 
        it seems it lags when the LAYER is stroke-heavy. 
        if I make a new layer. Do a patch. Then merge down it's MUCH improved.

        Still a little slow at times and does the dot instead of stroke thing. 

         

        but it's something at least! 

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        chloea32358534Author
        Known Participant
        April 3, 2021

        Just jumping back in here as I stopped getting notifications and didn't realise there were more replies. 
        I'm  doing another vector brush portrait. 

        and having the same problems. 
        never rectified with the earlier portrait. Just painstakingly long. 

        this image is 1410x2000 px

        using iPad Pro 9'7" 

        both iPad and fresco are whatever the latest update is. 
        I'll get sporadic moments where I'll get a good dozen strokes in before it seizes up again. I also have to watch out for random dots that appear after a lag. 

        I tried the simplify option but it looked awful 

         

        I've got the 2020 12'9" on its way so fingers crossed the upgrade in tech will help 

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          Ky98BC
          New Participant
          April 4, 2021

          i just ordered Huion so really hope this helps also. I don't think it will as its probably the program itself jamming itself up. grr

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          jodietrick17768644
          Participating Frequently
          January 12, 2021

          Hi, I'm having the same problem. I'm drawing with vector tools and trying to fill, something I've done quickly for every day in 2021, but it suddenly is going incredibly slow. To answer Sue's questions: 

           

          Is this happening in every drawing? Or is it just one?

          - Just this one

          Are you using the vector drawing tools?

          - Yes, vector, then fill. If I prefer vector, but I even tried converting to a pixel layer, and it left that thin gap between stroke and fill that others have complained about.

          Are you using the most recent version of  Fresco (v2.0.4)?

          - Using Fresco 2.1.0 on a iPad Pro 12.9 in 2nd generation

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          jodietrick17768644
          Participating Frequently
          January 12, 2021

          FYI also restarted iPad and Fresco. File is 11 x 14 in at 300 dpi. Not happening on other files of that size.

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          DaveJCummings
          Community Expert
          January 12, 2021

          is there anything you're doing differently with this file?

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          Yakup5E91
          New Participant
          November 1, 2020

          Same problem i think guess maybe iPadOS 14 because i update 14 and fresco be slow its too bad i hope some fix for the issue

           

          Sue Garibaldi
          Community Manager
          Sue GaribaldiCommunity Manager
          Community Manager
          November 2, 2020

          Hi Yakup

           

          I'm reposting what I posted above to make sure you see it: 

           

          Sorry you're experiencing such serious lag. This type of lag is rarely related to storage space (either on the device or in Creative Cloud)  but I  have a couple of quick questions:

           

          Is this happening in every drawing? Or is it just one?

          Are you using the vector drawing tools?

          Are you using the most recent version of  Fresco (v2.0.4)?

           

          Please let me know.

           

          Sue.

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          Yakup5E91
          New Participant
          November 2, 2020

          Hi, i have a enough free space (64/50 go free) and I use watercolor brush and too much lag, but all brush's have a lag little bit, yes I use new version. I hope fixing really soon, good works 

          Sjaani
          Sjaani
          Community Expert
          May 15, 2020

          Wow, that video does show a bad lag. I'm not experiencing that on my system, but it feels like it could be associated with space on your system. I'd also consider the internet connection, if you're working online and you have a poor connection this may have a lagging effect.

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          chloea32358534Author
          Known Participant
          May 17, 2020

          The internet here is fine, and I'm usually the only one online at the time. 

          I'll try deleting more stuff to make space. The first part worked fine and then just got worse and worse. 

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