John Rostron Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 I was creating a tiled pattern similar to the ones I describe here. This involves placing several images onto the background, flattening and applying an affine transformation, then repeating this process until the background is invisible. Typically, the Place command always looks for a png file. However sporadically, it wants to look for text files instead. Having told it to look for png files, it does so for the next few. This looking for text files seems to occur after I flatten the image. Why is this happening, and how can I stop it? John Quote Windows 10, Affinity Photo 1.10.5 Designer 1.10.5 and Publisher 1.10.5 (mainly Photo), now ex-Adobe CC CPU: AMD A6-3670. RAM: 16 GB DDR3 @ 666MHz, Graphics: 2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 1 hour ago, John Rostron said: However sporadically, it wants to look for text files instead. Is the Text Frame Tool selected? John Rostron 1 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...
walt.farrell Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 8 minutes ago, Pšenda said: Is the Text Frame Tool selected? Having a Text Frame selected will also cause that. John Rostron 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...
GarryP Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 The Text Frame Tool doesn’t need to be selected for this to happen, neither does having a Text Frame (of either type) selected. I have seen this happen in documents where I am not using text at all. I’m pretty sure it was logged as a ‘bug’ (or an unexpected feature) a while ago. John Rostron 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 1 hour ago, GarryP said: The Text Frame Tool doesn’t need to be selected for this to happen, neither does having a Text Frame (of either type) selected. I think you're right about that bug. However, when either of those two conditions is true, it's intentional that Place looks for text files. 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...
Joachim_L Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 If I use File >> Place, text files are preselected even with the Move Tool active, whereas the Place Image Tool is looking for images. Place from the menu and Place Image Tool are not identical, because the first one has a shortcut, the second not. John Rostron 1 Quote ------ Windows 10 | i5-8500 CPU | Intel UHD 630 Graphics | 32 GB RAM | Latest Retail and Beta versions of complete Affinity range installed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 10 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: However, when either of those two conditions is true, it's intentional STUPID that Place looks for text files. What if I want to place an inline image in my text? Why assume I want to place a text file? Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 Just now, carl123 said: Why assume I want to place a text file? If you have a tool for manipulating text, then in my opinion it is more than likely. 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...
Pšenda Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 2 minutes ago, carl123 said: What if I want to place an inline image in my text? Place Image Tool? 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...
John Rostron Posted October 27, 2020 Author Share Posted October 27, 2020 33 minutes ago, Joachim_L said: If I use File >> Place, text files are preselected even with the Move Tool active, whereas the Place Image Tool is looking for images. Place from the menu and Place Image Tool are not identical, because the first one has a shortcut, the second not. I have been using the File > Place option. What and where is the Place Image tool? The only tool highlighted in my document is the Move tool. After placing each images, the History Panel says: 'Set text stylesheet'. Here is the panel after three placements, moving one image then flattening: John Quote Windows 10, Affinity Photo 1.10.5 Designer 1.10.5 and Publisher 1.10.5 (mainly Photo), now ex-Adobe CC CPU: AMD A6-3670. RAM: 16 GB DDR3 @ 666MHz, Graphics: 2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joachim_L Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 John Rostron 1 Quote ------ Windows 10 | i5-8500 CPU | Intel UHD 630 Graphics | 32 GB RAM | Latest Retail and Beta versions of complete Affinity range installed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogershuff Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 I place many, many images in my documents. In Indesign, there was a keyboard shortcut for this. In Publisher, it's a right pain to have to move the mouse across to the Place Image tool. Anyone worked out a way of invoking this from the keyboard? Quote Roger Shufflebottom www.avid-companion.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Move Along People Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 - EmilyGoater 1 Quote Move Along people,nothing to see here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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