sgroenig

Agree This would be a great feature. Could be included along with the new Knife tool.

For the iPAD versions of all apps, is it possible to add a DUPLICATE LAYER option when SWIPING LEFT in the layers palette? That would be a huge time saver as opposed to long pressing to invoke the quick menu. Thanks! The iPAD v2 versions are really great!

Hi all- Apologies if this thread has been resolved already, but I wanted to report some findings on this topic that seem to generally address the issue: After several workflow tests, I found that if one keeps the resize units constrained to PIXELS (as opposed to inches) from the outset, eveything seems to work consistenly just fine. So, upon importing/opening the original image from your camera or scanner, or wherever; simply leave the image units at the default which is PIXELS, then check to make sure RESAMPLE is not selected, change the resolution (DPI) to your desired number of pixels, and then APPLY the change by clicking on the check mark. Once the new pixel resolution is applied, if you then select RESIZE again from the document menu, you can see that original pixel dimensions of the image remain unchanged, no pixel data has been gained or lost (upsampled or downsampled). This is exactly the result one would want in a non-destructive resizing workflow. After applying the desired resolution, once you’ve checked the pixel dimensions at the new resolution, THEN change the units to INCHES (or whatever you prefer), and then APPLY that change, and you will see that the document size has indeed scaled in proportion (as one would expect) to the change in pixel SIZE. And in fact, no resampling has occurred. It actually works just fine. With that said, resizing images on the iPAD in APv2 is more than a little cumbersome, especially for those more accustomed to the desktop/laptop version with a proper image size window that calculates pixel dimensions, resolution, and document size in real time, similar to the way Photoshop does. Finally, as a comparison, I also tested this workflow by changing the document dimension units to inches before changing the image resolution. And in every case, regardless of the fact that I was very careful to confirm that resampling was DESELECTED at all times, Affinity Photo always upsampled/downsampled the image. This is the essence of the problem in my opinion. It’s easy to completely destroy the resolution of an image if you don’t carefully resize your image in the proper order on iPAD. All that would need to be done to fix this quirk in the resizing workflow is to make it so that the document units (inches etc) acknowledge or respect RESAMPLING choice. If resample is deselected, then regardless of the document units, there should never be resampling. That’s not the case as it is now. I also tested this in the newest version of AP Beta ver. 2.2.0 (1994), it has not been changed or fixed. Sorry for length of this response, I do hope it is helpful for anyone who has just discovered this quirk and was as concerned as I was at the outset. Hopefully the folks at Serif will correct it in the future, it’s a bit surprising that this has been left as is, it’s certainly not the most elegant workflow in terms of UI/UX, especially because in my opinion, v2 of all the apps set the bar VERY HIGH in terms of iOS UI/UX design. For now, rest assured that it’s not really as bad as all that, all one has to do is remember to resize images in the proper order: apply PIXEL dimensions, then apply document UNITS, and it all works just fine thankfully! Hope this has helped! Aloha, Scott iPad Pro (12.9-inch) (3rd generation) iPadOS 16.6.1 (20G81), Apple Pencil (2nd gen). iPad Pro M1 (12.9-inch) (5th generation) iPadOS 16.6.1 (20G81) Apple Pencil (2nd gen) Affinity Photo 1.10.5 Affinity Design 1.10.5 Affinity Publisher 2.1.1, Affinity Designer 2.1.1, Affinity Photo 2.1.1 and betas 2.2.0 (1994)

Yeah, setting the black and white point is critical for anyone wanting to PRINT especially photographers making fine art inkjet (archival pigment) prints.If this feature existed in AF I would ditch PS for good in my lab. But at this point, without the ability to properly set WP and BP by the numbers, it's not possible to maintain a professional digital print workflow. PLEASE get this sorted out. SOON?

PLEASE... Affinity, develop a DAM. We would all LOVE it.

Any chance the to have an option to HIDE the presets? OLD New Document window is nice and lean. Would prefer to opt out of the presets window. Loving the new version overall!