[Save style without font]

I've been searching for this, but nothing is relevant.

In Affinity Photo, I want to save a layer style when I use text, but I don't want to save the font. Seems like any style saved while using text saves the font with the style. That's not the desired outcome. I just want to save the effects...

[Problem Saving Aspect Ratio Presets in AP 1.7.2]

2 hours ago, walt.farrell said:

The Crop Tool is supposed to remember the last preset you used, so having used your 90:160 preset for one image the tool should remember it for the next.

However, the tool also seems sensitive to the orientation of the image. Given a portrait orientation, it seems (though I have not tested extensively) that the tool will prefer to orient the crop box with the longer dimension running vertically, but given a landscape orientation it will prefer to orient the box with the longer dimension running horizontally.

Again, if it guesses wrong you can use the Rotate button.

Someone from Serif would have to comment on whether it's working as they intend.

That's what I'm seeing as well. I'd like to be able to turn that feature off.

The problem with it choosing 16:9 instead of 9:16, then rotating, depending on the image, means the crop grid is way outside the bounds of the image.

Anyway. I appreciate your responses, and your patience.

[Problem Saving Aspect Ratio Presets in AP 1.7.2]

Just now, walt.farrell said:

It's a duplicate in the sense that they're the same except for a rotation, and with one push of the Rotate button on the Context Toolbar 4:5 becomes 5:4.

I see that. But that creates extra, unnecessary steps in a workflow.

See my subsequent post also, the tool doesn't work correctly, in my opinion.

[Problem Saving Aspect Ratio Presets in AP 1.7.2]

Ok, so I created a custom ratio of 90:160, so as not to "duplicate" 16:9. I was able to save it.

However, when I loaded a new image, the crop ratio came up as 160:90, without me choosing any presets. So I clicked on my 90:160 preset, and nothing changed. I had to click on a different preset (1:1) then click on my custom preset for it to be correct. Clearly something isn't working right. I just upgraded to 1.7.3.

[Problem Saving Aspect Ratio Presets in AP 1.7.2]

On 9/20/2019 at 4:18 AM, walt.farrell said:

It's not that 4:5 is too small, but that it duplicates 5:4.

How is that a duplicate? They are clearly different.

[remember Tool-Settings]

Callum, I can no longer save a crop preset as I used to. 

I previously had a saved preset at 9:16 ratio, but had to re-install Affinity. now when I try to save a 9:16 ratio preset, the "create preset" option under mode is greyed out. Saving defaults didn't make a difference. Very frustrating to have to change the values every time.

[Text on a curve for Affinity PHOTO]

I've seen a lot of posts about this for Designer, but I only have AP. And there doesn't seem to be a draw tool in AP.  Just want to enter text on a curve. Can someone offer suggestions?

 

Thanks!

[Inverted Cog?]

I'm sensing come cognitive dissonance.

But seriously folks. Thanks for the suggestions. I should have mentioned that i' using Affinity Photo, don't have designer. So I don't have the Compound option on the Layer menu. I think to Cog and donut combo will work, though. Just need to figure out how to combine them so they share styles and such.

[Inverted Cog?]

Thanks for the reply. Any idea how one would do that?

[Inverted Cog?]

Hello All,

I've been playing around with the cog tool, and I'm trying to figure out a way to create a cog with the teeth on the inside. Anything obvious I might be missing?

[Crop default]

I second this! Very tedious having to constantly re-configure the tools you use all the time.

[Default location for Save As (and Export)]

I just purchased Affinity Photo as a replacement for Photoshop. 

 

This issue is the first one I ran into, and it's VERY frustrating when dealing with deep/intricate folder structures.

 

Does the development team monitor these forums at all?