Janabanana Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 Hello there everyone. I'm truly learning so much on Affinity Photo and love the program. Please forgive me for what is a real newbie question, but how do I import a picture from the Stock photos section? I can see the previews but when I double click on the photo I want, it opens up on the web. Am I meant to download it from the web and then upload it into Photo or is there a shorter way of doing it? Also, when would I use the photo presets offered in the File > New menu (screenshot attached)? Many thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 You need a document open to Click - hold +drag the stock image into. The new file templates are just that, preset dimensions for types of documents you may want to create, so if you wanted to create an A4 flyer, you would select the A4 template, modify the settings in the right side panel if required or leave as is and click Create. The photo presets are common image dimensions, you can export them after your creative masterpiece is done and know that when printed it will fit into a commonly sized picture frame. Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janabanana Posted June 24, 2020 Author Share Posted June 24, 2020 On 5/21/2020 at 2:49 PM, firstdefence said: You need a document open to Click - hold +drag the stock image into. The new file templates are just that, preset dimensions for types of documents you may want to create, so if you wanted to create an A4 flyer, you would select the A4 template, modify the settings in the right side panel if required or leave as is and click Create. The photo presets are common image dimensions, you can export them after your creative masterpiece is done and know that when printed it will fit into a commonly sized picture frame. thank you. I'm slowly getting the hang of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 You’re welcome 🙂 Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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