Ughhhh Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 When I try to group layers as sublayers, all the objects in the sublayers disappear. They are still there, I just can’t see them. What am I doing wrong? Obviously this makes sublayers useless... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 If you're dragging layers below other layers you may be dropping them in the wrong place. Make sure you drop them to the right of the parent's thumbnail, not on the thumbnail. 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...
Ughhhh Posted July 24, 2020 Author Share Posted July 24, 2020 That doesn’t seem to be the problem. The sublayers is there and the object can even be selected - it just behaves like a hidden layer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Dan C Posted July 24, 2020 Staff Share Posted July 24, 2020 Hi @Ughhhh, Sorry to hear you're having trouble! Can you please provide a screen recording of the issue you're referring to? Many thanks in advance Quote Please Note: I am now out of the office until Tuesday 2nd April on annual leave. If you require urgent assistance, please create a new thread and a member of our team will be sure to assist asap. Many thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ughhhh Posted July 24, 2020 Author Share Posted July 24, 2020 I’ve made a drawing with two vector objects. Then I made one of them a sublayer. As you can see the object is selectable but no longer visible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Dan C Posted July 24, 2020 Staff Share Posted July 24, 2020 Thanks for that, it looks like you're Clipping one object with another. When you do this, you'll only be able to see the parts of the object that overlap with the 'parent' object. Can you please let me know what you're hoping to achieve by clipping one object to the other in the layers panel? Quote Please Note: I am now out of the office until Tuesday 2nd April on annual leave. If you require urgent assistance, please create a new thread and a member of our team will be sure to assist asap. Many thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ughhhh Posted July 24, 2020 Author Share Posted July 24, 2020 I’m not trying to clip. I’m just trying to make a sublayer so that I can organize layers, since designer puts each object on a separate layer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Dan C Posted July 24, 2020 Staff Share Posted July 24, 2020 Thanks for confirming that, please see the below video regarding Layers in Designer, as you can create empty 'Layer' entries that can have multiple curves organised within it. https://affinity.serif.com/tutorials/designer/ipad/video/273287904 Quote Please Note: I am now out of the office until Tuesday 2nd April on annual leave. If you require urgent assistance, please create a new thread and a member of our team will be sure to assist asap. Many thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ughhhh Posted July 24, 2020 Author Share Posted July 24, 2020 By the way I am a complete newby, this is day two. Loving the software overall just a few things I can’t figure out. Dan C 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ughhhh Posted July 24, 2020 Author Share Posted July 24, 2020 Do you have a text version of the video? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Dan C Posted July 24, 2020 Staff Share Posted July 24, 2020 Unfortunately not, but you can enable Closed Captions on the video for running subtitles Quote Please Note: I am now out of the office until Tuesday 2nd April on annual leave. If you require urgent assistance, please create a new thread and a member of our team will be sure to assist asap. Many thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Mudditt Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 1 hour ago, Ughhhh said: Do you have a text version of the video? In words, 1. Select first layer, swipe second layer so that both layers are marked as selected 2. Press the group button If your group layer does not say “group” then it isn’t a group ! IMG_7762.MP4 Quote My dad always told me, a bad workman always blames their tools…. Just waiting for Ronny Pickering….. Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 1.10 and 2.4 on macOS Sonoma 14 on M1 Mac Mini 16GB 1TB Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 1.10 and 2.4 on Windows 10 Pro. Deceased Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 2.4 on M1 iPad Pro 11” on iPadOS 17.4 https://www.facebook.com/groups/AffinityForiPad https://www.facebook.com/groups/AffinityPhoto/ The hardest link to find https://affinity.help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DM1 Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 7 hours ago, Ughhhh said: By the way I am a complete newby, this is day two. Loving the software overall just a few things I can’t figure out. Maybe this will help. 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...
Ughhhh Posted July 25, 2020 Author Share Posted July 25, 2020 Thanks for this - I should clarify though that I have many years of experience with Illustrator so most of these ideas are pretty clear. What I’m missing is the mechanics of doing things. Like, in this case, nowhere is it said that if the parent layer isn’t empty it will automatically clip! Anyway like I said bravo on a great piece of work. Now if only the UI wasn’t so dark.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Mudditt Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 7 hours ago, Ughhhh said: Thanks for this - I should clarify though that I have many years of experience with Illustrator so most of these ideas are pretty clear. What I’m missing is the mechanics of doing things. Like, in this case, nowhere is it said that if the parent layer isn’t empty it will automatically clip! Anyway like I said bravo on a great piece of work. Now if only the UI wasn’t so dark.... Designer isn't Illustrator as Photo isn't Photoshop, the workflow is different. It's best to forget everything you know about Illustrator or Photoshop or much frustration will result. A parent layer can be a group which is what you want, but it can also be a a clipping layer and it can also be a masking layer, all are different parent child relationships in Designer. Quote My dad always told me, a bad workman always blames their tools…. Just waiting for Ronny Pickering….. Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 1.10 and 2.4 on macOS Sonoma 14 on M1 Mac Mini 16GB 1TB Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 1.10 and 2.4 on Windows 10 Pro. Deceased Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 2.4 on M1 iPad Pro 11” on iPadOS 17.4 https://www.facebook.com/groups/AffinityForiPad https://www.facebook.com/groups/AffinityPhoto/ The hardest link to find https://affinity.help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DM1 Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 On 7/25/2020 at 2:09 AM, Ughhhh said: Loving the software overall just a few things I can’t figure out. Clipping and masking on Affinity explained here Clipping vs Masking v2.pdf 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...
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