Tim Eagan

FYI, h_d, Subcon is the insider name for Subconscious Comics, my creation from the 80s (that's 1980s) and the driver of the work at hand. It's a pre-Mario universe inhabited by (!) dream characters.

I thought Subcon would be my secret name. For the record, I might be older than Old Bruce himself. Thanks to all and the great resevoir of Affinity wisdom. My next challenge will be working with the different layers of each image now competing for dominance.

Thanks for your patience, John. I am familiar with the 9 squares concept from Pshop, but I don't see them anywhere. The lock graphic is unresponsive.

Thanks, v_kyr. I've gotten to step 2 of your answer, but I am stumped when it comes to "placing" images in that box. How do I do that? Nothing from my P-shop experience seems to help.

Thanks John. Sadly, I don't seem to be able to get past your first step, loading both images into Affinity. I select both files to open under File, but only one appears. I've tried this using finished, multi-layered aphoto files (my preferred format for these purposes) and flattened pdf versions. In neither case can I get both images to appear at once.

I'm working on a Mac desktop in Affinity Photo and using it to color line drawings. I'm new to AP. I want to join two of those files side by side into one image, but I can't get both images to appear onscreen at once much less figure out how to turn them into a single image. Thanks for your help.