TomIsMyName Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 Hello forum, I have been searching for this feature on the forum, YouTube, etc. but couldnt find anything. So I hope I am not asking something totally obvious. I just acquired Designer and I am looking for a way to pixelate a selection (main use case to pixel sensitive information in a screenshot or photo). I have this filter for Photo, but how can this be achieved in Designer? Thanks everyone in advance! Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 5 minutes ago, TomIsMyName said: I have this filter for Photo, but how can this be achieved in Designer? File > Edit in Photo 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...
walt.farrell Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 Or, perhaps a Gaussian Blur from the fx (Layer Effects) would work, instead of pixellation. 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...
TomIsMyName Posted November 9, 2020 Author Share Posted November 9, 2020 20 minutes ago, carl123 said: File > Edit in Photo Hi Carl, thanks for that, but, I as mentioned in the post I use Designer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomIsMyName Posted November 9, 2020 Author Share Posted November 9, 2020 7 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: Or, perhaps a Gaussian Blur from the fx (Layer Effects) would work, instead of pixellation. Thanks Walt. That might be a workaround. However I hope there is a pixelate filter somewhere. Mostly because people in cyber community are used to "recognise" pixelated content as something anonymised. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron P. Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 I don't have Designer, but in Photo there's the Voronoi Live Filter. It's a mosaic filter. Also I disagree that to anonymized content is what most people recognize as that. I've seen plenty of blurred faces and license plates. Quote Affinity Photo 2.4..; Affinity Designer 2.4..; Affinity Publisher 2.4..; Affinity2 Beta versions. Affinity Photo,Designer 1.10.6.1605 Win10 Home Version:21H2, Build: 19044.1766: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5820K CPU @ 3.30GHz, 3301 Mhz, 6 Core(s), 12 Logical Processor(s);32GB Ram, Nvidia GTX 3070, 3-Internal HDD (1 Crucial MX5000 1TB, 1-Crucial MX5000 500GB, 1-WD 1 TB), 4 External HDD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomIsMyName Posted November 9, 2020 Author Share Posted November 9, 2020 1 hour ago, Ron P. said: I don't have Designer, but in Photo there's the Voronoi Live Filter. It's a mosaic filter. Also I disagree that to anonymized content is what most people recognize as that. I've seen plenty of blurred faces and license plates. True that. When it comes to IP addresses, log files, alerts and notifications, pixels seems to be more "acknowledged" than blurring. Actually doesnt really matter, just trying to find a simple solution to pixelate things in Designer, w/o having to purchase Photo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 Saying that “I have this filter for Photo”, in your initial post, may have been confusing some people as it sounds like you own a copy of Photo. That may be why you have been given some solutions which include using Photo. If you are more explicit about which application(s) you have access to at the start then it’s more likely that the answers you get will be more tailored to your specific situation. Pšenda 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 1 hour ago, TomIsMyName said: but, I as mentioned in the post I use Designer But you also said you have Photo. The Affinity applications are designed to work together, and to allow you to move easily from one application to another when the one you're currently using doesn't have the tool you need. 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...
TomIsMyName Posted November 9, 2020 Author Share Posted November 9, 2020 45 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: But you also said you have Photo. The Affinity applications are designed to work together, and to allow you to move easily from one application to another when the one you're currently using doesn't have the tool you need. Apparently my post was a bit unclear. I have only found the documentation on how to do this in photo, but I need to achieve this Designer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 My attached video shows a quick way to pixelate something in Designer. 2020-11-09_15-07-50.mp4 Alfred 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomIsMyName Posted November 9, 2020 Author Share Posted November 9, 2020 22 minutes ago, GarryP said: My attached video shows a quick way to pixelate something in Designer. 2020-11-09_15-07-50.mp4 Ha, cool, thanks Garry. Cool workaround! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 You're welcome. There will probably be other methods so keep popping back to see if anyone has posted something better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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