safoster71 Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 IN PHOTO - what is the difference between "image" and "pixels"? I ask this after opening a photo and trying for 5 minutes to cut it out without it letting me delete anything. The layer had (image) as its title. It appears that filters (and selecting something and hitting delete) will not do anything on said "image" - leaving one perplexed and bewildered and thinking that you found a bug. However "rasterize" seems to "fix" it. Changing its name to (pixel) The weird thing is. The image WAS "raster" to begin with (it was a picture, not an outline). So I'm just wondering, whats the difference and could things be made a little more clear? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted July 10, 2015 Staff Share Posted July 10, 2015 safoster71, An image is considered an object type - like a shape or a text object - while a pixel layer is a just a "container" for raster data you can work with. When you rasterise an image you're "converting" it from an object as an entity to a raster container. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
safoster71 Posted July 10, 2015 Author Share Posted July 10, 2015 Don't get me wrong i LOVE how Photo treats things as "objects!" Its a great approach, but there needs to be a "warning" telling you what your trying won't work - given when you try to filter/cut it out as an "image." As it is, it makes you think somethings wrong ( and restart the program a couple times). :-) On a positive note (which i don't think you get enough) i was working in photoshop yesterday and found that not only did i really MISS Photo - i kept trying to do things subconsciously the Photo way :-) I can't say "erase white paper" filter is AWESOME enough :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted July 10, 2015 Staff Share Posted July 10, 2015 You should be able to cut out things and apply filters without rasterising the image unless you drag or place it on canvas trough File ▹ Place.... Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
safoster71 Posted July 10, 2015 Author Share Posted July 10, 2015 so heres the back story - in a typical day i have to do a commercial for a vehicle dealer. Which means i need to key their logo. Since they never send us them, i have to find it on the internet. This one was copied/pasted and then i tried to use the magic wand tool on it. No response. Use the white page filter on it, no response. or warning. If i rasterize the layer THEN it works, which i have no problem with - still fewer steps than PS. Im just saying for novices there needs to be a warning - otherwise you think either you did it wrong, or the programs stuck :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
safoster71 Posted July 10, 2015 Author Share Posted July 10, 2015 apparently it doesn't like me attaching things again... heres try #2 wont let me edit it.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted July 10, 2015 Staff Share Posted July 10, 2015 I've been checking this and i see your point. You're right. If we drag or place an image in the document and change to the Flood Select tool, Affinity doesn't do nothing. I'm logging this to be looked at. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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