Affinity-Inspiration
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10 minutes ago, Pšenda said:
Hi @Patrick Connor (I didn't know who exactly to direct the Help comment to).
The current description about Crop tool in Help is not clear - it is not clear if it is an image as a whole document or an image placed on a layer.
https://affinity.help/photo2/English.lproj/pages/Tools/tools_crop.htmlIt is only described in the note in the chapter about "cropping".
https://affinity.help/photo2/English.lproj/pages/SizeTransform/cropping.htmlThus, a proper understanding of the crop tool's functionality requires a detailed reading of several Help articles, which is probably not optimal.
It is a bit odd. Designer seems to have the ability to crop a layer image, with its Vector Crop tool, but Photo doesn’t. It’s crop tool only has the ability to crop the entire document.
I can live with that but if you don’t have both apps it needs a bit of a work around.
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22 minutes ago, GarryP said:
What do you mean by “crop just a layer”, and which application are you using?
The Crop Tool in Designer and Publisher works differently to the tool with the same name in Photo.
(You might also be able to use clipping but that would depend on what you have and what you want to do with it.)
Ok, I mean if I have an image on a layer, can I just crop that image? Because selecting the Crop tool (Photo) selects the whole document.
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3 minutes ago, Paul Mudditt said:
That is worrying, sounds like your file system may have some corruptions, you do have plenty of iPad space still left?
Assuming that is ok then I would ensure you are backed up to iCloud AND your desktop then try one or more of these:-
1. Closing ALL OPEN apps, wait a about a minute then doing a Forced Restart. You will not lose any settings or data. https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/ipad/ipad9955c007/ipados
2. If that does not solve it, try Settings -> General -> Transfer or Reset iPad -> Reset -> Reset All Settings. You will lose Wifi passwords and have to re-enter any customisations you have done eg widgets etc.
3. If that does not solve it then you will need to consider erasing your iPad and restore it from backup.Yes, that's what I thought. Or I could just wait until the new iPad Mini 7 comes out later. this year 🙂
I did a full reset about a week ago, and it was fine for a few days. The next step is a complete reinstall. A pain, but not as bad as having to do it on a desktop
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The cropping tool is marvellous, but I don't seem to be able to crop just a layer. Is there something I'm missing?
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16 minutes ago, Paul Mudditt said:
I use the files app all the time and never encountered a bug, are you using it with some external device ?
No. I’ve been using it for years now. No problem until after the last update of iOS I think.
Now it locks up. Won’t display folders. In Affinity and other apps go to save and it won’t display folders. The only way to get it working again is a restart of the iPad. It’s a proper nuisance.
Dosent matter what I’m trying to access. Sometimes it’s fine. Sometimes it’s not.
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The Apple iOS Files app is super buggy. Can I substitute it for another Files app from the App Store and use it as the default.
All the Affinity apps appear to use the Apple Files app by default, and as a result Affinity won’t work because the Files app won’t work.
I thought I had it fixed. But nope.
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6 hours ago, Affinity Rat said:
Great you found a solution for you, I might try same, thank you.
Great. That’s why I put my solution up.. in case others could use it.
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A solution has been found. Amazing.
I went into the iPad Settings, and selected Reset. The one just before the one that cleans it off ready for resale.
Gritting my teeth I hit ‘do it’Well after a time the iPad was restarted and it’s like a different iPad. !
Everything works- I had to reset a few options like permissions, wallet and so on, but. Not as much as I thought.
However. Affinity apps are now working perfectly, along with Files. everything is working better than it has done for years.
I’ve been using this daily for years now, and I guess it was just so full of junk files it couldn’t continue.So thanks for the ideas above folks. I appreciate it. I can report that a Reset is a good fix if it’s not been done before on a busy system. It fixes lots of things, and gives the iPad a new lease of life..
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1 hour ago, Jon P said:
I've actually been able to reproduce a couple of crashes here, but am struggling to find a consistent recipe. I'll keep investigating.
@Intuos5 If you do similar behavior on 2.4.1 did you ever get a crash?
@Affinity-Inspiration To double check, have you been testing on Windows?
Yes, Windows 11.
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2 hours ago, Intuos5 said:
Did you test syncing and desyncing the gears, copy-pasting styles and using the node tool to change the gear (with the on-canvas handles)?
Yes, but I can't make it crash. Not that I want to mind... but let me put it this way. It's working fine here. Tested everything you mention and then some.
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Not having any problems so far with it. There are a few non curve elements, that convert to curves ok.
saving, exporting. No issues yet. I’ll have a closer look.
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If the design file isn’t commercial a look at that would be useful
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What platform are you on out of interest?
Can you attach the file you are working on?
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46 minutes ago, Paul Mudditt said:
Good. You are not running short of space are you?
Plenty of space. Just over half actually. I keep everything on Dropbox and iCloud.
I’ll see how it goes. Thanks for your help.
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16 minutes ago, Paul Mudditt said:
The admins will tell me off again but have you tried closing all open apps then doing a Forced Restart as many iPad problems can be fixed this way.
https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/ipad/ipad9955c007/ipadosBy the way anew beta 2.4.2 just dropped 2 minutes ago.
Hi Paul
Yes, I’ve tried all that. And now, oddly. After the installation of the latest Beta a few minutes ago, the Betas at least seem to be ok. Haven’t given it a stress test yet but looking ok so far.
fingers crossed
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Nope. As bad as ever. See latest post.
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I thought I’d solved the issue, but no.
Opening Affinity apps and they lock up, then crash. Or open then can’t access the files and folders where images are stored.
Even the previous Betas are doing it. Either not working or random failures. They are unusable.
Procreate and most other apps work fine it seems.
Has anybody else seen any random behaviour suddenly. Since the latest update actually I think. -
Ok, seem to have found it. Deleted Files app and reinstalled it. Haven’t put it to the test much but looking good.
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3 hours ago, Brian_J said:
Tap the 3-dots icon in the top-right of the sidebar, then tap Edit Sidebar, and you should be able to add locations.
Nope. Nothing.
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iPad mini 6. Can’t see Dropbox or any other folders when looking to open files.
As you can see from the attached image. When I go to open a file.
Could it be the iPad? Or something about Photo. I actually deleted and reinstalled it. Didn’t fix it.
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Nice so far, and adding AVIF would be a bonus.
So I'm joining the ranks of those asking for it.
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And you can rotate an existing document in the Document Setup by ticking or unticking Portrait. In this case set a landscape to Portrait.
Can I substitute the iOS Files app for another
in Affinity on iPad Questions
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I did a full reinstall today. So far so good. Stress test over the next few days.