iMacatemyphotoshop Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 I managed to get 2 Affinity Photo docs displayed side by side. But Affinity will not let me use any tools on the doc on the right side. It will let me work on the left side, but I can't, for example, select from the right doc and move the selection to the left doc because the tool just turns into a hand when I go to the right doc. No other tools are available, except for use on the left doc only. Clicking the title of the doc doesn't change this. Sorry if I am not asking this in the right place but I couldn't find where else to ask it. Also searching various permutations of question got zero responses. (Please advise on more efficient ways to find how to do stuff. I wind up doing trial and error for forever without getting anything but errors.) Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 Each open document has its own set of tools, and each document you open in Photo defaults to using the View Tool (the hand icon). When you switch to the document on the right (e.g., by clicking on it) just select the Tool you want to use from the Tools panel. iMacatemyphotoshop 1 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...
iMacatemyphotoshop Posted August 11, 2020 Author Share Posted August 11, 2020 The document on the right was supposed to have its own tool panel? Somewhere? (I gave up and just opened the docs separately.) Also, thanks. Do you by any chance come in a clickable, animated, voice-equipped desk icon version? (Please suggest this to developers, if you don't mind.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 11 hours ago, iMacatemyphotoshop said: The document on the right was supposed to have its own tool panel? Somewhere? (I gave up and just opened the docs separately.) You open each one separately (File > Open). That will put them in document tabs, with only one of them visible. But to work on each you can just click on the other tab. If you want them both visible at the same time, on a Mac I think you'll need to use Separated Mode (perhaps from the View Menu). 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...
R C-R Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 2 hours ago, walt.farrell said: If you want them both visible at the same time, on a Mac I think you'll need to use Separated Mode (perhaps from the View Menu). Separated Mode is on the Window menu on Macs. walt.farrell 1 Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cecil Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 It would be nice if AP had reference photo option, in addition to MACs Separated mode. I do realize there is a New Feature forum, been there, done that. Quote Cecil iMac Retina 5K, 27”, 2019. 3.6 GHz Intel Core 9, 40 GB Memory DDR4, Radeon Pro 580X 8 GB, macOS,iPad Pro iPadOS Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iMacatemyphotoshop Posted August 11, 2020 Author Share Posted August 11, 2020 I was on the separated mode but could only use the displayed tools on one of the two displayed docs. I gave up on it. Thanks for all responses tho! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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