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Right click on the layer and 'Rasterise' will do it.

Select the Pen Tool to adjust the stroke width and colour.

Even us Windows users catch up eventually

No, I also mean pretty much everything to do with the home or business, and I mean almost everything. Office software (OpenOffice is awful) Accounting Software, Graphics Software, Print Trade Software, Hundreds and hundreds of trades with machinery and Specialist needs. Linux fans always say Internet, Internet, Internet but AFAIK that could all be done on a PC. I'm not saying you would want to, but I expect you could. Certainly if Linux did not exist, software running on Windows would step up. I think Linux fans are largely the sort of people who spend too much time on a computer, probably on forums like this In the print trade I dealt with literally hundreds of different types of business, from one man companies like taxi drivers or builders to large companies and not one (ever!) used Linux. Not one! And certainly not in homes. In the UK, you can't buy a Linux machine. You have to make one. If I buy a car or a fridge, I don't expect to have to screw it together and paint it, and who fixes it when it goes wrong? Then there is training. My local college teaches thing like MS Office or Sage/Quick-books. Proper training is essential for business but none teach Linux based software. Most office types or small tradespeople don't have the skills to assemble Linux machines and if you rely on a computer to run your business, you need reliable back-up. Still, it is handy to control fridges P.S. I might find the arguments more convincing if ever I meet someone who openly uses a Linux machine. And I don't mean one buried away on the internet or in a fridge.

You can just select the Pen Tool and set a line width. If you combine that with an fx outline (as @DM1 suggests) you can even have a double border. Haven’t found a way or changing the mitre on the corners in Photo though. Anyone else ?

All the tool panels on the right are in what is called 'The Studio'. If you drag a loose panel over it, the panel turns blue (highlighted). Try it ! OK, perhaps an easier method is to go View > Studio > Reset Studio

It tells you on the layers. Right click and choose Rasterise if it's an image layer. You might have to rethink black? Drag the windows to the studio until they turn blue, then drop them.

@JackSwyr Just go Filters > Colours > Erase White Paper If you just want to remove the white from Santa Select him first and go Filters > Colours > Erase White Paper Note: Make sure it is a Pixel layer, not an Image layer.

I've been hearing the same argument for over 10 years, and you may be right but 10 years on Linux has hardly moved on, still none of the basic, professional stuff I need. PCs and Macs have moved on by leaps and bounds, at least the software has. Frankly I couldn't care less about the OS. I buy computers to run software that lets me do things, not admire the OS.

Buy a PC or a Mac Serif are busy. Lots of upgrades needed, especially to Designer. Quite a lot of bug fixes. Lot's of stuff need for Publisher. A DAM is needed. Why should existing users (who have paid) have to wait just to satisfy a few users who want a 'protest' OS ? Let's be honest, the main draw of Linux is 'something for nothing' on cheap secondhand machines. It would make far more financial sense for Serif to make a cut down mini app for Android. The sort of person who will spend hundreds on a phone would think nothing of paying for Affinity Photo. Most Linux users will always want free, open source software, which is the biggest thing holding Linux back IMHO. It's like communism, as soon as China started introducing market places and capitalism, they started doing OK

Well, as a former trades person (out to pasture ) supplying services to professional designers, what I would have needed is (was). Printer drivers for my dye-sub printer. Printer drivers for my proofing printer. Silk screen multi-colour separation software. Green-screen software. Imposition software. More than 10 years after I first tried Linux, none of that is available. OK, maybe I will concede that it is usable occasionally, for enthusiasts and geeks with low expectations but personally, I don't see the point of being so restricted, just because of a 'protest' OS. I don't even think it's that good, but that's an opinion. Probably not shared by Linux enthusiasts So again, what is the point of Linux?

You can set it to happen automatically if you want. In Preferences > User Interface.

OK, maybe I should have said there is no Crop Tool for cropping image layers, Good grief

All this potential work and effort just to make up for the fact Linux is so 'lacking'. Even if you got Affinity software to work, what about all the other stuff, like printer drivers, plug-ins, green-screen software and all the dozens of other apps. All the professional stuff that is available off-the-shelf for PCs and Macs. Remind me again, what is the point of Linux ?

Well spotted I did it originally on the desktop version but realised that it might cause confusion so posted the iPad version. The end result is identical.

I would just use a levels adjustment to turn the grey into white (adjust the white controller). You can adjust the black at the same time if you need the black a bit darker. It's only a 5 second job.

It depends on what software you are using. You can't actually crop it, but you can mask it or clip it. In Designer, you can use the Vector Crop Tool. Just drag the edges and that will crop (technically mask) the placed image. In Photo, there is no crop tool. The easiest way is to place a rectangle over the image (the rectangle must have a fill colour). Right click on the rectangle layer and choose 'Mask to Below'. That is pretty much the same as what the Vector Crop Tool does. The other option is to place the image inside a clipping rectangle. That 'clips' the image inside the shape. All you need to do is draw a rectangle, then drag the image to the clipping position of the shape, which is at the bottom below the layer name. Not over the layer thumbnail!. You can do that in both programs.

It is actually one of the most useful tools for making local corrections too. Apart from completely changing colours, it is very useful for clearing up odd bits of colour 'tinge'. e.g. green screen photography often leaves a green tint showing through hair or on the edges of skin. The Colour Replacement Tool easily cleans that up. It is a bit overlooked which is a shame. No video AFAIK.

Wow That’s impressive, in an OMG sort of way.

I’d give my right arm to be able to measure in cubits

If you want to do this as a pixel selection, youhave already done most of the work. I used your path for the outline, below.. However, the first thing you must do is turn the layer into a Pixel layer. It is currently an Image layer. Right click and then Rasterise. If you draw the path around the whole finderscope outline (as you have) fill it with a colour (any colour) and then Ctrl + click on the path's layer thumbnail. That makes a pixel selection, click the image layer to move the pixel selection to that layer, then copy it, Ctrl + C. Create a new document from that. File > New From Clipboard. You can draw around the bits you want to erase, and do pretty much the same thing. Fill with a colour and Ctrl + click on the path's thumbnail to make a selection, then click on the image layer but this time, press Delete to make a hole. Deleting the shape layers afterwards. You can refine the edges with the Refine Edges Tool. You could also use the paths to ‘clip’ the image, though that’s not quite the same as you can’t refine the edges. Obviously the more accurately you draw the paths, the better the result. You did a pretty good job

Not really If you set the new layer shortcut to a one key shortcut like Ctrl = the move down one shortcut is Ctrl [ So press down (and hold) the Control key, then press = followed by [ (don't release the Ctrl key in between). Because they are so close together, you hardly notice pressing = + [ in quick succession Obviously set the keys to whatever you like.

Exactly. 'Burst mode' meant I had dropped the camera

Just change it. I think, although not sure why you have a bi-lingual version

You have some very odd settings. On the Tools panel, the Colour Replacement Brush is selected. On the Context Toolbar, the Force Pixel Alignment and Move by Whole pixels is selected. I have no idea what all that is doing in practice but I suggest you start with turning off the Force Pixel options and then select a normal brush.