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  1. I have an image here: https://d.pr/f/ajmR49

    It has several layers that use perspective active layers.

    When I resize the document to width 825 (which is the size I need for the printer), the layers with perspective applied don't get properly resized and positioned.

    Open the file at https://d.pr/f/ajmR49 . Do Document | Resize Document…  and enter 825 as the width (let the height auto-calculate).

    The floating windows get all screwed up.

    Backing up in the history prior to the resizing does not correctly restore the locations of the floating window layers.

     

    sr9-multiverse-astronomy-constellations-evening-1564312.afphoto

  2. 1 hour ago, R C-R said:

    It (sort of) makes sense if you think of it as 'aborting' working on any other shape, because otherwise (for an open curve) the Pen Tool would add a node to its end -- IOW,  eXit from adding nodes to already created shapes & start creating another.

     

    This sounds like what happens when I option-click (may be a different key for Windows) on a handle, but when I do that on my Mac I don't get a V. I also browsed through the (thousands of!) icons in /Applications/Affinity Designer.app/Contents/Resources on my Mac & none of the tool icons there beginning with "node_" has a V badge, although all the others are there. Maybe this is a Windows only thing?

    I'm on a Mac. I'd screen shot it but the keystroke necessary to do the screen shot changes the modifier keys being held down, which in turn changes the displayed image. It's in the resources folder as "pen_sharp_cursor.tiff"

     

    pen_sharp_cursor.tiff

  3. I've noticed when I use the pen tool, the mouse cursor changes to indicate ... something. Sometimes there's a little X down below the pen nib, sometimes there's a V-shaped thing, sometimes there's a slash, sometimes there's a circle, and sometimes there's nothing. The circle seems to mean that I'm hovering over the starting node, and clicking will close the shape. Other than that, however, I'm stymied. 

    What do these mysterious mouse cursors indicate?

  4.  I want to upvote feature requests:

     

    1) rasterize preserve out-of-canvas portions of the image

    2) a rasterize-and-trim functionality still be available (maybe if holding down option?) to do what rasterize currently does

    3) a trim to transparent/specific color

     

    (1) and (3) are such a part of my workflow that I duplicate all images before rasterizing as a workaround for (1) [but it greatly enlarges my files] and I currently export a merged image, import into Pixelmator and use Trim Canvas, then take the trimmed dimensions back into Affinity to get effect (3). It's an absurd workaround but it's actually faster than trying to crop by hand sometimes.

     

     

  5.  

    On 7/29/2017 at 2:36 PM, R C-R said:

    Like I said, I just used the pixel layer you made of the model to make the mask. I did not edit anything in that layer, including not doing any additional refinement -- whatever refinement you did when you created it is all there is.

     

    To make the mask, I used the Channels panel. I made a copy of your layer (so the original one was available for comparison purposes) & hid the original... 

     

    Is this correct as a step-by-step instruction?

     

    Assume you have a single layer called IMAGE. 

    1. Create an extra copy of IMAGE. Name it EXTRA. Hide it.
    2. Select layer IMAGE
    3. Select the foreground object using the selection brush, or channels + dodge/burn, etc.
    4. Use *Refine Edges* to refine it, output to *Selection*
    5. Press *Cmd+J* to create a floating foreground object
    6. Re-select IMAGE
    7. Press *Cmd+Sh+I* to invert the selection
    8. Press the Mask Layer button to mask out the foreground object
    9. *Add Live Filter > Box Blur* (or whatever else you want) and blur IMAGE, Preserving Alpha
    10. You may now have a transparency halo where the foreground and IMAGE meet
    11. Show EXTRA and drag it behind IMAGE. It will show through those transparency places

    You should now have a nice, smooth separation between foreground and background. It will look like this:

     

    * FOREGROUND OBJECT  
    * IMAGE LAYER  
        * MASK CREATING FOREGROUND-SHAPED HOLE IN IMAGE  
        * BLUR EFFECT LAYER  
    * UNALTERED COPY OF IMAGE

     

     

     

  6. Hi Chris.

     

    Thanks for moving it to "feature request!" I don't know enough about the internal architecture to know, but I've noticed that APhoto usurps the normal typography panel from the fonts menu. The normal Typography panel gives access to all those features. Could APhoto support them by simply delegating the rendering to whatever system handles the system typography panel? (Screen shot of TextEdit and the system typography panel attached)

     

     

    Screen Shot 2017-10-30 at 15.15.50.png

  7. I am using a font that supports old-style figures ("lower case numbers") for digits, as well as normal lining figures. In TextEdit.app, I can open the Typography menu and select a "Number Case" of "old-style figures" and it looks gorgeous. In Affinity Photo, however, number case isn't a supported attribute and I can't get my gorgeous true-small-caps-numbers to display in Affinity Photo. How can I use all the typographic features that TextEdit.app supports?

  8. Hi,

     

    I have two pictures. I want to create a mask that lets creates a split effect where part of one picture shows through part of the image, and the other picture shows through the other. I have different gradients that control which picture shows up where.

     

    Create two layers with image 1 and image 2.

     

    The easy way to do this is: create a gradient fill layer that uses a black/white/gray gradient, put it on top of image 1, do Layer > Rasterize to Mask, and voila, image 2 shows through, and all is good.

     

    But at this point, I can't change the gradient parameters.

     

    Earlier today I did ... something ... that let me get exactly this effect, only I never had to rasterize the fill layer. It ended up being used as a mask, with the white portions of the mask being treated as transparent, and allowing image 2 to shown through. I could then tweak the gradient to my heart's content on the fill layer and instantly see the blended image.

     

    Unfortunately, I did UNDO to fix another problem and now can't re-create the blending without rasterizing my fill layer, which I'd rather not do.


    Does anyone know how to use a black & white & gray fill layer as a mask to control transparency of a higher layer on the stack, *without* rasterizing?

  9. YES YES YES YES YES YES!!! This functionality is super-important to my workflow. I often have images from which I need to extract a sub-object and give it a transparent background. My ideal workflow: roughly select that object. Magic-wand select the background around it and hit DELETE to make transparent. And then ... the piece that can't currently be done ... "trim to transparent" (or trim all of one color if it was on a solid color) and -> BOOM, a nice image of just that object on a minimal transparent or colored background.

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