DavidGef Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 Just simple cropping of an image seems to elude me. Please help.... (I love Affinity.) If I click on the crop tool is sets me up to crop the canvas, and wherever I look I can't find an option to crop an image within my canvas. I I select the image, I can't see how to crop it. The help says select the crop tool and then in the context tool bar select your needs... but there is no selection there for an image cripping. Please, help. What should I do? Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 Screenshot? 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...
Pšenda Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 3 hours ago, DavidGef said: but there is no selection there for an image cripping. Context Toolbar is showed? (menu View, Show Context Toolbar) Apply button? 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...
walt.farrell Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 Also, which Affinity application are you using? Cropping is different in Designer and Photo. It sounds like you want a vector crop, which is a Designer function. If you're in Photo, and wanting to crop an element of your canvas, you need to use the rectangle tool, draw a rectangle, and clip the element you want to crop using the rectangle. The applicable Help for that is the Layer Clipping topic. Alfred and telemax 2 Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidGef Posted May 3, 2020 Author Share Posted May 3, 2020 (edited) Thank you for answering. Yes, context bar showing. See screen shot below: Edited May 3, 2020 by DavidGef Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidGef Posted May 3, 2020 Author Share Posted May 3, 2020 Sorry for copying screen 4 times... I didn't know how to delete copiess... Anyway thank you both for helping. Walt Farrell gave me the insight I needed. More than that, I see that I can crop with any shape I want! How exciting. Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telemax Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 clip.mp4 Quote Non-destructive Mask https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/150439-non-destructive-mask/Image layer & Pixel layer https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/146720-image-layer-and-pixel-layer/Brushes | Stars https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/135202-brushes-stars/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 8 minutes ago, DavidGef said: Sorry for copying screen 4 times... I didn't know how to delete copiess... 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...
Old Bruce Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 3 hours ago, DavidGef said: Sorry for copying screen 4 times... I didn't know how to delete copiess... I find that if I place the text caret after the image (it is hard to see where it is so hit the space bar a couple of times to move it away from the image) and hit the delete/backspace key the image is deleted. Psenda's advice will remove all copies of that placed image from the upload. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.1 | Affinity Photo 2.4.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 1 hour ago, Old Bruce said: Psenda's advice will remove all copies of that placed image from the upload. Yes, if one image has been uploaded and copied to the text four times. However, if the image has been uploaded four times and then inserted four times into the text, only the extra unnecessary files will be deleted in this way. Old Bruce 1 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...
Johnny Bones Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 I have used crop tool many times. With update, it does not work. All I get is the move icon (cross) no grid, no nothing. No response. Loss of function. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 1 hour ago, Johnny Bones said: I have used crop tool many times. With update, it does not work. All I get is the move icon (cross) no grid, no nothing. No response. Loss of function. Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums. What OS (and release) are you using? Which application (and release) and which Persona in the application? Can you give us a screenshot of the complete application window while you're using the Crop Tool? Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wimbledon boy Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 I can see I am not alone in being frustrated by the Affinity Designer cropping method. Why can't it be made a more simple operation, as in Photoshop? I often switch to Affinity Photo for the cropping operation when it suits. When I try to crop the canvas by going to Document Setup the menu is completely different to that on Youtube videos with half the headings not even highlighted on my imac running on Big Sur. Any help appreciated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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