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This is a simple problem but drives me nuts because it's not obvious. Once I've selected a tool from the side tool bar, how do I turn it off without selecting another one ? thanks

Thanks for the tip, useful to know

Thanks to everyone who ventured a suggestion. I'm still fairly new to Affinity and not particularly IT savvy, ( I get by with what I know works) so all help is appreciated

Thanks for your reply. the original is 12.6 MB with a 300 dpi which I changed to something lower along with the pixels (original size 6000 x 4000), I then did a simple 'save as' but instead of reducing in size the photo then became at least 30MB! very odd seeing that the video tutorial, which was easy to follow, indicated that this would reduce the size of the file. I'm confused but I did manage to reduce my photo by going into a 'File' > 'export' and choosing the jpeg option; seems to be the only thing that works, very odd.

I'm feeling frustrated! I've followed the tutorial and watched the video and opened the 'size document' tab in 'Document' on Infinity Photo. Loaded my chosen photo which I wanted to reduce in size; it is originally approx 12 MB. followed the correct instructions as shown in the video and the tutorial and selected a lesser pixel number, and 'bilinear' (which is used to reduce the size of an image) however, I found that having saved my new resized photo it made it bigger!! Can anyone explain what is wrong please ?

Affinity Jedi, thanks very much, that helped alot

Thanks very much, have now changed profile name

I am new to Affinity so I have watched the tutorials. Am currently trying to crop a photo and do not appear to have the 'strap line' which offers the 'apply' button and therefore cannot save my changes. Can anyone advise please ??