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What is the easiest way to do this? I have tried grabbing png files, but I don't know how to separate the black arrow image from the white background. Any tips?

I created an adjustment layer, but had to move its placing - and now the window/dialogue box has disappeared. How do I bring it back so I can make the actual adjustment?

How do I separate the black and white shapes from one another?

Thanks - this is useful. But what I want to do is to have two separate elements so I can merge them in a different way. So I need to know how to manipulate the tear shape. Or - how to separate the yin yang symbols.

I have used the tear tool to create the basic shape, but am not sure how to distort this to get the right final shape. What would be the easiest way to do this?

What is the transparency tool? And where is it?

Here's the image. You can see the clear lines of the gradient. How do I set this up so that it is smooth?

Where do I place this in layers?

Can anyone give me some links to videos on fading images to transparency? I found one a while ago which helped me out, but it seems to have disappeared. Does anyone have a link to it? I recall the image being manipulated was in an underground garage. My issue is, I can create a box and try to set up the gradient, but on the image I get clear lines where the gradient box starts and finishes. How do I get this smooth? And where do I place the box in the layers?

I have created a book cover, and need to use a new background template, and slightly reduce all sizes. What is the quickest, easiest way to do this accurately? When pasting the new template into the existing cover project, it is tiny. When pasting the elements from the cover onto the new template, they are huge. But when showing each of them as actual size - they are exactly as they should be. If I try to simply resize the template, it's proportions are not locked, so it become too fat or thin. 1. Why is this size-warping thing happening? 2. How can I get this sorted out in the easiest and best way? 3. How can I lock the template object when dragging it from the corners?

As per Mike's point, it would be ideal if you have an ebook tool of some kind. I use kindle, as would many of the users.

I was using Word for my books but this week I just had to walk away or lose my sanity. It's so unstable on the mac, and corrupts all the time. But, I hope that ID will get me through the current books, until Publisher is ready. Really crossing my fingers they put out something usable before too much longer. What do you write Mike?

I'm putting out paperback and Kindle versions. InDesign has a Kindle plugin in beta at the moment, but I've yet to test it.

Do you happen to have a rough window for the beta release at this point? 2016 or 2017?

Apologies if this has already been asked a million times, but in my ideal world, I would be able to open up InDesign files in Publisher. I'm a writer who self-publishes, so I can make changes to the manuscript and re-upload it to Amazon. But if it's created in ID, and I can't open that up when Publisher comes out, I'll have to pay a month's subscription to Adobe, just to make a few corrections. Photo has good compatibility - any chance Publisher will do likewise?

Thanks for these comments everyone - I'll work with this and see where I get to.

Where is the Export Persona? Btw - this is in Affinity Photo

I want to print a version of an image that uses the 'Hue' option (blend mode). But ... I cannot get a new version to adjust to Hue, in the way that the original will. If I paste that original version, it just comes up as 'Normal' and won't change to Hue. If I open the original art jpg as New, it won't change to Hue. How exactly does this thing work? I exported a selection (the area with the image I wanted) and again, it saved as the original, without 'Hue'.

I have a cover design in process, and wish to save an element as a jpg. How do I do this? I've tried creating a new tab, but can't see the dimensions of the image in order to set the correct dimensions of the document. Is there a way to hide the white background? It would be useful to be able to just right click and save as.

I have opened a jpg, cropped it, and found that the rest of the area is still there. I'm pasting it into another project, but it only pastes with a huge invisible area around the cropped section. How do I fix this?

I've tried all of the above, but the cursor - for no apparent reason - gets further away every time. I'm working on the jacket for a book - and am trying to touch up the front cover art. 1. I select the layer I want to work on. 2. I select the clone bush tool. 3. I alt-left click on the area I wish to clone from. 4. I hold left click and begin to paint the area I wish to clone to. 5. The new painting area begins to show an area outside the image I'm working on (from the front cover/spine area, which is a different color). 6. I see that the cursor is now visible, way off to the left of the image I'm working on - and picking up the color from the cover. Where am I going wrong?

I tried you suggestion but that dot is still there - causing havoc. It's right off the image, and picking up other elements and painting them instead of what I want to clone. Are there any detailed instructions on how to use the clone tool? I tried a Vimeo tutorial, but it didn't mention that cursor.

I'm trying to clone on area, and use it to paint another part of the image. But when I start to drag the clone brush, it begins picking up other parts of the image, tied to a small cursor. How do I get rid of the cursor and just use the area I have selected?

I actually sussed it out by using this: https://player.vimeo.com/video/152558498/ And this: https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/6968-gradually-fading-picture-to-full-transparency/ 1. I used the rectangle tool to draw over the two areas I wanted to blend. 2. I used the gradient tool to create the basic gradient. 3. Above the image is a menu with color selection. 4. I selected the color for the spine using the color picker tool, and applied that to the right side. 5. I drew the opacity to zero on the left side. 6. I adjusted the slider to get the right blend point. 7. I copied and pasted the image, then rotated it 180* for the left side of the image, to balance it out visually.

Thanks - but could you give me some clearer, step-by-step instructions? 1. For the rectangle - how exactly do I draw it? Using the marquee tool? 2. How exactly do I apply the gradient? Which tool, where is it? 3. Are there any videos that show how to do this? I'm using Photo. Many thanks