coranda Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 My first post so let me start out by saying how incredibly pleased I am to see a serious competitor to Photoshop. Affinity Photo is getting close to being able to replace PS for most of my needs (and has hence saved me from getting locked into the CC subscription model). For me, actions and plugin support will mean I will be able to 99% transfer my workflow. I don't do illustration/graphic design work but I have also bought Designer because at that price it is both worth playing with and, more importantly, supporting the development effort. A feature I find very useful in Photoshop is alt-clicking on a layer's visibility icon in the layers panel. This causes all but the clicked layer to become invisible and thus allows that single layer to be viewed. A second alt-click restores all layers to their original visibility settings. This doesn't appear to work in Affinity Photo so is there some other way of quickly viewing a single layer and then simply restoring the original state of layer visibility? Having to select all other layers and toggle them on and off is a tedious way to examine a single layer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted July 15, 2015 Staff Share Posted July 15, 2015 Hi coranda, Welcome to Affinity Forums :) If you ⌥ (option/alt) + click on a layer in the Layers panel (not over the visibility checkbox) it should show only that layer. Clicking on another layer or on the canvas should show them all again. coranda 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coranda Posted July 15, 2015 Author Share Posted July 15, 2015 Thanks, MEB. Actually, I think that's a better way to do it. It dissociates the single layer view from the overall layer visibility configuration. Being able to view one layer while still seeing the state of each layer's visibility checkbox is helpful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimGoshorn Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 I wouldn't mind that feature in Designer (at least until we get isolation mode ;) ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted July 15, 2015 Staff Share Posted July 15, 2015 Hi Jim, It's already in Designer too. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimGoshorn Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 I thought I tried it and it didn't do anything. Can I blame it on a senior moment? :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted July 15, 2015 Staff Share Posted July 15, 2015 Nah! Put the blame on the machine ;) Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimGoshorn Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 Now that's being politically correct and then some :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jalamb Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 "I thought I tried it and it didn't do anything." This only works if you are changing layer with the alt-click - If you have layer 3 selected and alt-click on layer 3, then nothing happens, but if you alt-click on layer 2 then only layer 2 is displayed. So to display only layer 3 you would have to click on another layer first, then alt-click back onto on layer 3. Affinity Photo 1.7.3.481 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peach Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 I had about 15 layers and some how did something because now I only have 1 layer instead of 15. Any suggestions? Greatly appreciated! Txs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jalamb Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 You will have flattened the layers, probably with ⌘ + E to Merge Down. You will need to go back through your history to go back to before you did that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 4 hours ago, Peach said: I had about 15 layers and some how did something because now I only have 1 layer instead of 15. Any suggestions? Greatly appreciated! Txs Try looking at the sequence of commands that could have caused it (History panel). Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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