Jana B

Thanks for sharing. I successfully imported these into Affinity Designer as vector brushes. Just what I needed!! They are making my beginner's efforts much easier. Thanks so much.

Thanks for that. (Just getting familiar).

Hi Walt. I'm not aware that a different Artboard is currently active in my document. However, enabling "Edit All Layers" solves the problem - it allows me to do the selection using the Move Tool regardless of the parent layer being locked. So this is the perfect solution! (Even though I don't understand it ... I'll have to research this topic of current Artboard and the "Edit All Layers" option.) But in the meantime, my problem is resolved so I am much relieved Many thanks! Maybe we have stumbled upon an accidental solution to the problem caused by the parent-layer lock.

Hi @R C-R. Thanks for that suggestion! Interestingly, my layer was not locked, but it was a sub-layer of a locked layer. See snapshot ("My artwork4" layer was not locked). However, when I unlocked the parent layer, I was able to use the Move Tool to select. So even though my active layer was not locked, it was affected by the lock on the parent layer. Interesting, and something for me to be aware of. I will have to try to research nested layers.snapshot

I'm also having this problem (in Affinity Designer). When activating the Move Tool, I cannot select an object with my mouse. I have tried 2 different mice and still have the same problem. The only way I can select is to use the Layers Panel. But shouldn't I also be able to select using the Move Tool? I wonder could there be a view setting that's blocking this??? I'm new to Affinity. ... Ah, I've just created a new document, did a scribble ("CURVE") and then I COULD select it with the move tool and my mouse. That's a relief. So something must be wrong with the settings on my original document (which is a downloaded worksheet for a tutorial). Any suggestion of what could be wrong would be appreciated, otherwise I'll just continue to select using the Layers Panel for my tutorial.