Burn Witch Burn

Thanks for a great app. Request for the chosen preference "Move Tool / Auto Select" to stay on this preference for all subsequent files. Currently, upon opening a new file, it defaults back to selecting at the "Group" level. I'd prefer to select the "Layer" level and have it stay there for all future files. Keep up the good work.

Hi PaulEC and NPM, Thanks for the tips. The passthrough blend mode won't help because the PDF is already altered upon import. Flattening the result won't help because Affinity Photo automatically alters the image (even with all the options unchecked on the dialog box that appears upon import). I've included an attachment. On the left is a preview of the original. (this is from the mac browser - this is how I want it to look in AP). On the right is the imported image. You will notice that AP has changed the font in two places. This is not what I want, and of course creates extra work, especially if I don't have the font on hand. (The material I get is from bands with specific logos and fonts). It looks like I will have to use a third party program to flatten the image then import into AP. If anyone knows a way to import a PDF as a flat image, please advise. ...or if I have misunderstood, let me know. Unaltered flat PDF upon import is the goal. Thanks anyway for the answers. Warm regards from Germany.

Hi, I would very much like an option (similar to Photoshop) where you have a choice to import a single, unchanged, flat image. I regularly receive PDFs from people which I need to prepare for print. I have read other posts on this forum and answers come back that you should export a jpeg instead of PDF. This is not the question. I am not generating the PDFs. I receive PDFs from clients - and sometimes though a third party - that I must quickly prepare for print. So asking them to send a different file is either not possible, or not fast enough. The request is to have the import option within Photo for a flat image. Greetings from a former Photoshop user.

Hi Walt, Thanks for the quick response. That settles that. Just wanted to know definitively. I suppose that is an item for the wish list. cheers

Hi, former Photoshop guy here. I'm loving this app so far. Excellent work Affinity team. New to the forum. Question is: Since I have an extra large screen set to a high resolution, the characters on the interface are quite small. I can live with it, but ideally I'd like to bump them up a notch or two. Is this possible? A variation on the question is: can you just resize the whole panel? Some apps have a lower right corner you can pull out to resize the window.