[Selection tool - switch between move and adjust]

Thanks for the feedback. It seems to me to be quite an essential tool, how can you adapt an ellipse exactly to an image template? Is there a possibility to change the shape of the selection afterwards?

[Selection tool - switch between move and adjust]

Hello, everyone,

I've been looking for a function I know from other programs for a long time but can't find it at Affinity Photo, maybe you can help me.

If I use the circle selection tool (M) I can change the shape of the ellipse with pressed mouse button, but not the position. When I release the mouse I can change the position but not the shape!

I am looking for the command with which I can change with pressed mouse button between form and position before I release the mouse button to adjust the selection so position and form are correct.

With other programs you press the Control or Option key, how does this work with Affinity Photo ?

 

Working on a Mac with Affinity Photo 1.7.1

 

Best

Lexis

 

[Copied artboard detached from origin ?]

thanks, this is basically a good function, but it would be nice if you could turn it off afterwards, just like you can convert a picture into pixels afterwards.

[Copied artboard detached from origin ?]

19 minutes ago, R C-R said:

The best way to do this is to avoid embedding anything in a new file that you don't want connected because it is an embedded file. If you still have the original Qube1 file, open it (or a duplicate of it if you want to keep an unaltered version of the original), & if necessary convert it to an artboard using the Artboard tool. Then you can duplicate the artboard with the Qube1 content without creating any embedded document connections between the two artboards.

If you do not still have the original Qube1 file, in the file with the embedded document, double-click on the "1" (or anything else in a artboard with an embedded document in it) to open that document in a new window. It will have the title "<embedded>" & can't be saved, but you can select all its layers, copy them to the clipboard, & create a new Qube1 file using File > New from Clipboard. EDIT: Lee beat me to it! 

BTW, Symboles are a way to create multiple instances of the same object in a document. Embedded documents are sort of the same thing, except they are entire document files.

Many thanks to all of you for your help.

"The best way to do this is to avoid embedding anything in a new file that you don't want connected because it is an embedded file. "

I wasn't planning on an embedded file..

 

Best

Lexis

 

[Copied artboard detached from origin ?]

i actually want to be able to edit pictures and text.
Can I disconnect an existing connection? Or in other words, can I copy an artbord without creating a connection? 

 

[Copied artboard detached from origin ?]

 

Probably i missed something obvious.

Example.afdesign

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This is how my example looks:

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i don't know what a symbol is or how to create it, but as i understand it in this case such orange markings are visible .. right?

[Copied artboard detached from origin ?]

Hello Lee D,

Is this understandable? Should i set the user interface to english?

[Copied artboard detached from origin ?]

[Copied artboard detached from origin ?]

if i copy to an artboard, and then change the image on it, the image on the artboard i copied will also be changed..how can i prevent that ?

I honestly don't get the point either. But I find it very handy that I can switch to edit mode with a double click on an artboard and change motif and text, but it would be nice if these changes were not transferred to the artboard I copied.

Best

L

Ps. Affinity Designer 1.6.1 Running on a Mac 10.14.2

 

[CMD J doesn't work]

it is reset to Control+Option+Command+D!

[CMD J doesn't work]

The problem only seems to occur when I set the program language to German. Enclosed two Screenschots

[CMD J doesn't work]

I know it's an old entry, but I'll try it anyway.

I also have the problem that I only get an error tone when I try to duplicate something with Command+J. In the settings "Control+Option+Command+D" is registered, if I change the command to "Command+j" it is reset automatically.

Any idea?

Affinity Designer 1.6.1 on Mac 10.14.2

[weird Outlines around pictures in PDF]

 

when i create PDF´s there are thin black lines around all single elements. I tried to reduce everything to one layer before saving, but that doesn't seem to solve the problem.

Any idea what I can do?

Best regards

lexis