cseeman Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 How to crop an image on a selected layer - Affinity Photo v1.3.4? It seems the Crop Tool is a global function. How would I accurately crop an image in a selected layer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted July 12, 2015 Staff Share Posted July 12, 2015 Hi cseeman, Welcome to Affinity Forums :) Currently Affinity Photo crop is document based as you discovered. To "crop" an image in a specific layer, create a selection around the area you need to crop, press ⇧ (shift) + ⌘ (cmd) + I (to invert the selection - you can also go to menu Select ▹ Invert Pixel Selection) and hit delete on your keyboard. If you need to adjust the selection before cropping, press Q to enter in Quick Mask mode, change to the Move Tool and transform the selection on canvas using the bounding box controls. Press Q again to quit Quick Mask mode. I believe we will improve this later to enable object/layer based crops too. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference | Call for Camera Images Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cseeman Posted July 12, 2015 Author Share Posted July 12, 2015 Currently I think the key problem with Selection/Deletion with Object/Layer is that it's destructive. Of course things that are masked can be revealed again by removing the masks though. I'd like to see two features in that regard (time to suggest them in the Feature Request forum): • There should be a Non Destructive Crop • It should have handles/points (much as the crop tool does). That can work for both "straight lines" or on bezier and b-spline curves.* Ideally it should have x, y point readout which might help in some cases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted July 12, 2015 Staff Share Posted July 12, 2015 If you want to keep the data intact, you can use a mask or a clipping object instead. Affinity Designer already uses an object/layer non-destructive Crop tool. When i said that this will be improved later i meant that we will eventually port Affinity Designer's way back to Affinity Photo. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference | Call for Camera Images Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cseeman Posted July 12, 2015 Author Share Posted July 12, 2015 ...we will eventually port Affinity Designer's way back to Affinity Photo. Looking forward to it. It's badly needed I think Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkeew Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 I was about to post that this didn't work for me in Affinity Photo v1.5.2, but then I realized the layer needs to be rasterized. Not immediately obvious for a lightweight user like me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted August 1, 2017 Staff Share Posted August 1, 2017 Hi pkeew, Welcome to Affinity Forums If you want to invert the selection and delete it, yes you need to rasterise the layer first. Image layers are considered object layers - they can't be edited at a pixel level, however they can be transformed (scaled, rotated etc) without losing losing quality since they retail all original image data. To convert an Image layer type to a Pixel layer type right-click the image layer in the Layers panel and select Rasterise. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference | Call for Camera Images Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cseeman Posted August 1, 2017 Author Share Posted August 1, 2017 @MEB to be complete you may want to explain how to rasterise the layer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted August 1, 2017 Staff Share Posted August 1, 2017 To convert an Image layer type to a Pixel layer type right-click the image layer in the Layers panel and select Rasterise. I've updated the post above to include that info. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference | Call for Camera Images Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cseeman Posted August 1, 2017 Author Share Posted August 1, 2017 Thanks for including those details. BTW what I do these days is use the shape tool (rectangle, etc) and draw an object (usually a rectangle but it depends...) and use it as a mask by adding it to the layer I want to crop. It's non destructive that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted August 1, 2017 Staff Share Posted August 1, 2017 That's what i suggested in post #4. cseeman 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference | Call for Camera Images Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toltec Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 54 minutes ago, MEB said: That's what i suggested in post #4. I think he means "clipping", rather than "masking" ? As described it the Affinity video "Clipping vs Masking". Quote Windows PCs. Photo and Designer, latest non-beta versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted August 1, 2017 Staff Share Posted August 1, 2017 Yes, he's referring to clipping, but you can also do it with a mask. Both methods will keep the pixel layer intact although clipping is more convenient, similar to what Designer does with its Crop Tool. I should have been more clear in post#4. Thanks for the heads up. Post updated. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference | Call for Camera Images Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Techworks Pro Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 My workaround was to open up the object of the crop as a separate page in AP, crop it there, save as a new document and paste onto the background image. Seemed to work OK. Saved the entire thing in the save resolution as the original logo (300dpi). Then exported as a lower rez and size for web (800x600p@72dpi). Probably have some trimming and further adjustment to do. But you get the idea. Needed to size for 4x3 aspect. 4:3, not 4:1 Quote MBP 2017, MacOS Mojave 10.14.6, Affinity Photo, Affinity Designer, (Trial) Publisher iPad Pro, iOS 12, Affinity Photo, Designer https://techworkspro.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duch_suva Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 On 7/12/2015 at 6:12 PM, MEB said: To "crop" an image in a specific layer, create a selection around the area you need to crop, press ⇧ (shift) + ⌘ (cmd) + I (to invert the selection - you can also go to menu Select ▹ Invert Pixel Selection) and hit delete on your keyboard. there's no delete on my keyboard if i press backspace it deletes everything inside the selection although it is inverted (deletes indside the original selection) what exactly do you mean by "hit delete on your keyboard"? im on mac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 23 minutes ago, duch_suva said: Of ipress backspace it deletes everything inside the selection although it is inverted (deletes indside the original selection) Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums. Make sure you're working on a layer that shows as (Pixel) in the Layers panel, not (Image). If it's an Image layer you'll need to Rasterize it before you can perform pixel operations on it. Quote -- Walt Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 22H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 22H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Affinity Photo 1.10.6 (.1665) and 2.2.0 and 2.2.0. beta/ Affinity Designer 1.10.6 (.1665) and 2.2.0 and 2.2.0 beta / Affinity Publisher 1.10.6 (.1665) and 2.2.0 and 2.2.0 beta iPad Pro M1, 12.9", iPadOS 16.7, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Affinity Photo 1.10.7 and 2.2.0 and 2.2.0 beta/ Affinity Designer 1.10.7 and 2.2.0 and 2.2.0 beta/ Affinity Publisher 2.2.0 and 2.2.0 beta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duch_suva Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 On 3/30/2020 at 10:59 PM, walt.farrell said: Make sure you're working on a layer that shows as (Pixel) in the Layers panel, not (Image). If it's an Image layer you'll need to Rasterize it before you can perform pixel operations on it. Thanks! walt.farrell 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan Shirley Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 Quote When i said that this will be improved later i meant that we will eventually port Affinity Designer's way back to Affinity Photo. Looking forward to this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garteth Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 So after 6 years, when is it going to be possible to crop a layer rather than the whole document? Dalibor Puljiz, Nathan Shirley and duke22 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixx Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 17 hours ago, Garteth said: So after 6 years, when is it going to be possible to crop a layer rather than the whole document? Cropping is document operation, masking is what is done to layers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catshill Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 On 12/1/2021 at 6:57 AM, Fixx said: Cropping is document operation, masking is what is done to layers. Only with APh though. ADe and APu crop layers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixx Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 10 minutes ago, Catshill said: Only with APh though. ADe and APu crop layers. Sure. Question was about Affinity Photo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan Shirley Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 On 7/12/2015 at 3:41 PM, MEB said: Affinity Designer already uses an object/layer non-destructive Crop tool. When i said that this will be improved later i meant that we will eventually port Affinity Designer's way back to Affinity Photo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 4 hours ago, Catshill said: Only with APh though. ADe and APu crop layers. And in those applications, users ask how they can crop the document, like they can in Photo. Fixx 1 Quote -- Walt Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 22H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 22H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Affinity Photo 1.10.6 (.1665) and 2.2.0 and 2.2.0. beta/ Affinity Designer 1.10.6 (.1665) and 2.2.0 and 2.2.0 beta / Affinity Publisher 1.10.6 (.1665) and 2.2.0 and 2.2.0 beta iPad Pro M1, 12.9", iPadOS 16.7, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Affinity Photo 1.10.7 and 2.2.0 and 2.2.0 beta/ Affinity Designer 1.10.7 and 2.2.0 and 2.2.0 beta/ Affinity Publisher 2.2.0 and 2.2.0 beta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke22 Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 so 2023 now how can I crop only one layer in Affiny Photo, seems such an easy request yet so difficult, just make crop to available to individual layers would make so much sense Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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