thomasbricker Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 I’ve spent two hours trying to find this function on the iPad version of a Affinity Photo. Where the heck is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DM1 Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 Hi Thomasbricker, No single button in iOS ui. Each layer has a lock symbol. (You do need show unlocked layers on in Layer studio). When you mask or clip layers you can activate the lock by tapping on symbol in layer or in the Layer studio menu tap lock. In iPad version you don’t need to lock child layer to lock the mask, just create mask and then clip you image (eg sky) under mask layer. Adjusting lower image layer has no effect on mask above. IMG_4028.MP4 Paul Mudditt 1 Quote M1 IPad Air 10.9/256GB lpadOS 17.1.1 Apple Pencil (2nd gen). Affinity Photo 1.10.5 Affinity Design 1.10.5 Affinity Publisher 2, Affinity Designer 2, Affinity Photo 2 and betas. Official Online iPad Help documents (multi-lingual) here: https://affinity.https://affinity.help/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azek99 Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 @DM1 I see the use of “children look” function for mask layers as “only lock the mask” move the images as you like. Is that possible in Affinity Photo iPad? The workaround is to move the mask layer “outside” and then move the image, then move the mask layer back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted November 10, 2020 Staff Share Posted November 10, 2020 Hi @thomasbricker, @azek99, The Lock Children toggle is located in the Transform Studio (first toggle). Tap the "?" icon for a few seconds on the bottom right of the interface to help locate the Transform Studio. After enabling it you should be able to move the parent layer without affecting its children's position. azek99 and Ulysses 2 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azek99 Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 10 minutes ago, MEB said: Hi @thomasbricker, @azek99, The Lock Children toggle is located in the Transform Studio (first toggle). Tap the "?" icon for a few seconds on the bottom right of the interface to help locate the Transform Studio. After enabling it you should be able to move the parent layer without affecting its children's position. Thx a million! Alfred 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted November 10, 2020 Staff Share Posted November 10, 2020 You're welcome 🙂 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 On 11/10/2020 at 10:49 AM, MEB said: Hi @thomasbricker, @azek99, The Lock Children toggle is located in the Transform Studio (first toggle). Tap the "?" icon for a few seconds on the bottom right of the interface to help locate the Transform Studio. After enabling it you should be able to move the parent layer without affecting its children's position. Brilliant! And thank you, @MEB. But I have to ask: What was the logic behind placing this feature there in the Transform Studio? I realize a number of things in the iPad interface are necessarily different than in the desktop version, but this one seems quite unusual. Even as an experienced user, it would have take me quite some time to stumble upon it there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jowday Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 1 minute ago, Ulysses said: But I have to ask: What was the logic behind placing this feature there in the Transform Studio? No educated, professional user experience designer involved; no logic. Quote "The user interface is supposed to work for me - I am not supposed to work for the user interface." Computer-, operating system- and software agnostic; I am a result oriented professional. Look for a fanboy somewhere else. “When a wise man points at the moon the imbecile examines the finger.” ― Confucius Not an Affinity user og forum user anymore. The software continued to disappoint and not deliver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 Just now, Jowday said: No educated, professional user experience designer involved; no logic. That’s probably uncalled for. I’m not asking to be mean or to chide the developers at all. I’m sincerely interested in design and simply wondered about some of the factors involved in the decision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jowday Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 4 minutes ago, Ulysses said: That’s probably uncalled for. I’m not asking to be mean or to chide the developers at all. I’m sincerely interested in design and simply wondered about some of the factors involved in the decision. I don't think is it. 🙂 They key point is who makes the decisions. And it is not user experience designers. It is engineers. And it shows. There are tons of these usability issues in all Affinity Apps - Photo especially. So what you get is a user interface like the days before UI specialists got involved. 1998. So the insult could be not involving such specialists. There are TONS of threads about usability in this forum. Quote "The user interface is supposed to work for me - I am not supposed to work for the user interface." Computer-, operating system- and software agnostic; I am a result oriented professional. Look for a fanboy somewhere else. “When a wise man points at the moon the imbecile examines the finger.” ― Confucius Not an Affinity user og forum user anymore. The software continued to disappoint and not deliver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jowday Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 Quote "The user interface is supposed to work for me - I am not supposed to work for the user interface." Computer-, operating system- and software agnostic; I am a result oriented professional. Look for a fanboy somewhere else. “When a wise man points at the moon the imbecile examines the finger.” ― Confucius Not an Affinity user og forum user anymore. The software continued to disappoint and not deliver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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