Placing Images

[MiroGlass]

I'm just starting with Affinity. I used PS for years but it's been a while since I used regularly. I am having problems placing an image. I bring an image in and unless I save is as an affinity file it seems it has x's on the corners rather than bullets. Sometimes that doesn't work. Even when I bring in a affinity file, I've tried several way, sometimes  not always it comes in and I can't get it to be adjustable. What am I doing wrong? I don't even know where to get help from Affinity.

Thanks, Michael

[Gnobelix]

Hello @MiroGlass,

Welcome to this forum.
I do not know, if I understand your problem correctly.
Watch this video from James Ritson, maybe it helps.

Press F1 for help, or open this link or this link.

 

Cheers

[markw]

Hello MiroGlass and welcome to the Affinity forums
If the bounding box of an image has X on the corners and at the centres of each side rather than “bullets”, it means that the layer is locked and can not be resized or repositioned on the canvas.
To unlock it, simply click the lock icon in the Layers panel for that layer.
This locking of an image’s scale & size will happen automatically in Affinity Photo if you use the ‘Open…’ command to open an image in AP.
The layer containing the image will also automatically be named as ‘Background’ in the Layers panel.
But it shouldn’t happen if you are using the ‘Place Image’ command to bring an image into an existing document.
Perhaps you could clarify exactly how you are opening your images in AP for editing?

 

[R C-R]

4 hours ago, markw said:

This locking of an image’s scale & size will happen automatically in Affinity Photo if you use the ‘Open…’ command to open an image in AP.

Automatic locking of the background layer is the default behavior but that can be disabled in Preferences > User Interface.