Pranada Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 Affinity Photo 1.8.5 in running on a Dell Desktop. I don't have the Picture Frame Rectangle, the Picture Frame Ellipse Tool, or the Picture Placement tool. Neither are any of these available to me from View > Customize Tools. I attach a screenshot of my tool options. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 In Photo there is neither a Picture Frame tool nor a Place Image tool but there is the File > Place... command. I guess the developers made the decision that we don't need a dedicated tool for this function in Photo. You can use the Shapes tools to put in a shape and use that as a mask for any placed image. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.0 | Affinity Photo 2.4.0 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.0 | 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...
Pranada Posted September 3, 2020 Author Share Posted September 3, 2020 I'm trying to create a border around the photo, which all the tutorials -- by Affinity and others -- show is done using the Picture Frame Rectangle tool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 28 minutes ago, Pranada said: I'm trying to create a border around the photo, which all the tutorials -- by Affinity and others -- show is done using the Picture Frame Rectangle tool. Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums. Please make sure you are looking at tutorials for Photo, not Publisher. They have different purposes, capabilities, and tools. Can you provide a pointer to one of the tutorials that suggests Photo has a Picture Frame 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...
Pranada Posted September 3, 2020 Author Share Posted September 3, 2020 2 hours ago, walt.farrell said: Please make sure you are looking at tutorials for Photo, not Publisher. They have different purposes, capabilities, and tools. Walt, You're correct. Though I searched for Photo, I was looking at Publisher videos. But my quandary begs the question, Why doesn't Photo have these useful tools? I'll continue my search for solving my specific query. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 4 hours ago, Pranada said: I'm trying to create a border around the photo, which all the tutorials -- by Affinity and others -- show is done using the Picture Frame Rectangle tool. If you use File > Place then you can put a border around the placed image. Otherwise it is down to putting a Fill Layer behind the image/pixel and resizing the picture to revel the background. Or putting a rectangle over the image and having the fill set to transparent with a stroke set to the inside, this would be easier in my opinion. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.0 | Affinity Photo 2.4.0 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.0 | 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...
R C-R Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 5 hours ago, Old Bruce said: Or putting a rectangle over the image and having the fill set to transparent with a stroke set to the inside, this would be easier in my opinion. Or just place a rectangle below the photo, centered as desired: 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...
Pranada Posted September 4, 2020 Author Share Posted September 4, 2020 Yes, that's the easiest, but I'm trying to put a frame around a picture that is sitting within a page. It's not just a picture by itself. If it was it would be so much easier! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 41 minutes ago, Pranada said: Yes, that's the easiest, but I'm trying to put a frame around a picture that is sitting within a page. It's not just a picture by itself. If it was it would be so much easier! It's the same principle, though. Create a rectangle below the image, of the size you need, that fits within the other content on the page. 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...
Pšenda Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 21 hours ago, Pranada said: Why doesn't Photo have these useful tools? You mean Picture Frame Tools? Because they are tools for organizing images/photos on a page/pages, which is a job for APublisher, while APhoto is an application for editing individual images photos. 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...
Gnobelix Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 Hello @Pranada, take a look at the video from Olivio Sarikas. Maybe that will help you. Cheers 5_easy_frame_Tricks_-_Affinity_Photo_Tutorial.mp4 Quote Affinity Photo 2.4: Affinity Photo 1.10.6: Affinity Designer 2.4: Affinity Designer 1.10.6: Affinity Publisher 2.4: Affinity Publisher 1.10.6: Windows 11 Pro (Version 23H2 Build (22631.3296) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pranada Posted September 4, 2020 Author Share Posted September 4, 2020 27 minutes ago, Pšenda said: You mean Picture Frame Tools? Because they are tools for organizing images/photos on a page/pages, which is a job for APublisher, while APhoto is an application for editing individual images photos. Yes, that's clear now. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pranada Posted September 4, 2020 Author Share Posted September 4, 2020 46 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: It's the same principle, though. Create a rectangle below the image, of the size you need, that fits within the other content on the page. Okay. I'll try it. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pranada Posted September 4, 2020 Author Share Posted September 4, 2020 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Gnobelix said: Hello @Pranada, take a look at the video from Olivio Sarikas. Maybe that will help you. Cheers 5_easy_frame_Tricks_-_Affinity_Photo_Tutorial.mp4 Thank you for this! This helped. Edited September 4, 2020 by Pranada Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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