pbass Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 Hi, I seem to remember from my PhoSho days that Adobe had a command whereby you Option-Clicked a Layer, to make all other Layers go invisible – i.e., "Hidden". Like the way a musician "Solos" a mixer or sequencer track. It saved a bunch of individual hidings clicks. Is there an equivalent command for Af. Photo & Designer Layers? (I already know you can select contiguous Layers and then hide them with one click, but that requires first selecting them and then exluding the layer you want to stay visible) Thanks in advance, - Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimGoshorn Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 You can Option Click the layer and it will hide the other layers and to make them appear again just click on a different layer. Unfortunately, when you show only one layer, it is not editable :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coranda Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 ...and you must option click somewhere on the layer but not on the visibility check box. pbass 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Andy Somerfield Posted July 25, 2015 Staff Share Posted July 25, 2015 "Unfortunately, when you show only one layer, it is not editable :(" It should be! Seems to work for me - what editing operations don't seem to work?? Andy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted July 25, 2015 Staff Share Posted July 25, 2015 @Andy I was discussing this with Matt yesterday. Try to edit a path with the Node tool. It doesn't stay "isolated" as soon as you select a node or edit a shape gradient for example. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbass Posted July 25, 2015 Author Share Posted July 25, 2015 Hm, thanks for this guys, I didn't know about this feature. I guess I prefer Adobe's implementation: There's a visual cue on the Layers palette that tells you what you're seeing (the tick marks change to agree with your Option-clicking). Hopefully full-editability will get sorted out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimGoshorn Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 If you try to do anything to the layer, ever other layer becomes visible. Sorry if I wasn't more specific. We need a true isolation mode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Andy Somerfield Posted July 26, 2015 Staff Share Posted July 26, 2015 I see - this is a bug with selections - because the Option-Click feature was added for Photo but is also available in Designer.. Changing the selected node on a path means the selection has changed - we are cancelling the solo when you do that, and we shouldn't. We can and will fix that :) Option-Clicking a layer then using Photo tools like brushes, filters, etc. will not cancel the solo - because the selection has not changed. Thanks for raising this issue - it's a simple fix and hopefully will be in the beta later this week.. Andy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzxo Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 Sorry to necro this, but I'm wondering if soloing layers could be enabled for macros? When making variations on textures for games, I keep a bunch of them in the same file, but in different layer folders. I'd like to solo and batch export those groups into separate files, so I can iterate quickly. In PS, I'd just record a macro of me soloing the appropriate groups and exporting them one at a time, then run the macro whenever changes are made. Would be super helpful to have this in Affinity as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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