Danny Rowton

Hi Walt Ive just worked out what happened. As I said earlier, I hadnt accidently knocked anything, but what I forgot I had done was change the opacity from 100% on the last image I corrected without issue, to 20% on the first one I had problems with. I had changed it to 20 for a paint brush tool adjustment (The one below Gradient Tool) So the edits have been taking place but imperceptibly so. Im sorry, but at least your comments made me think about settings which may have triggered the penny drop. Thank you

Hi Walt Thank you so much for replying to me. Sorry for not supplying the additional information in the first place. Here is a video and PrtSc. Let me know what you think. Kind regards Danny Affinity Photo 2021-06-25 20-00-00.mp4

This is by far the most frequently used tool in Affinity Photo I use. I was working away and completed editing two photographs. Loaded a third and DEFINITELY didnt knock anything and accidently change settings, and now I cannot use this tool. I have tried what some suggest as 'Rasterising' and this didnt work. Would anybody be able to help me, please, as this system is of little use to me as things stand? There is 'Blemish Removal' but this is a rather cruder version of Healing Brush as I cannot drag more precisely with it as I would were the tool operable. 1.9.2.1035 is the version I have now, if that helps. Many Thanks

Thanks for replying. The issue relates to portrait orientation. Landscape isn't an issue. I am currently unable to avoid cut off body parts of the subject, which is frustrating.

PS Hi Walt, yes I understand that, and it's why I did say squarer, not square. The point being I am trying to minimise or ideally eliminate compositional changes whilst also making the aspect more square than 2:3.

For Instagram posts, and when in portrait orientation, how can I change from a narrower aspect such as 2:3 to a squarer ratio of 8:10 without compromise on the composition? I know this can be done. There is a video or two on YouTube but it wasn't very clearly explained. Can anybody tell me step by step how to get around this issue?