chr.schmitz Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 It would be great if slices could be placed in folders (similar to layers in the Photo Persona) and unselected slices would be hidden from the canvas. In addition I would appreciate if slices could be copy and pasted from one document to the other. Background: I have images, where I need many overlapping slices. The image Export Persona becomes quickly very busy. It is almost impossible to keep an overview. My current workaround is making copies of the Affinity Photo file and and working with subsets of slices. If the first option would be implemented, the copy and paste functionality would become important to combine my multiple images into one master image. This would help making changes much, much easier. Currently I have to make all changes in multiple Affinity Photo files. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 10 hours ago, chr.schmitz said: unselected slices would be hidden from the canvas. Uncheck Make item visible (right eye in Layers panel). 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...
chr.schmitz Posted March 5, 2021 Author Share Posted March 5, 2021 8 hours ago, Pšenda said: Uncheck Make item visible (right eye in Layers panel). This hides the image, but not the frame of the slice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 1 hour ago, chr.schmitz said: This hides the image, but not the frame of the slice. Yes, exactly as you requested ("would be hidden from the canvas"). If you want to hide the Slices objects from the Export area (and thus affect its parameters), not from the working document/canvas, then use Make item visible in Export (left eye). 20 hours ago, chr.schmitz said: In addition I would appreciate if slices could be copy and pasted from one document to the other. Does this not work? 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...
chr.schmitz Posted March 5, 2021 Author Share Posted March 5, 2021 My apologies. Maybe I was not clear. I want temporarily hide the slice frames from the Export Persona view. I attach a screenshot, which may help to understand what I mean. It shows the overlapping slices. It is very hard to add more or adjust the current ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirk23 Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 I need overlapping slices that could export certain document snapshot each. Plus a button to update existing snapshot instead of making new one after every subtle touch. Plus snapshots remembering what layers on/off inside embedded/linked files. Plus some export macros that could pack snapshots in tga's RGBA channels. Too much, I know . Would never happen Pšenda 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 48 minutes ago, chr.schmitz said: I want temporarily hide the slice frames from the Export Persona view. It is a pity, that the unchecking on the Slices panel does not hide the frame of the respective Slice. It only hide its corner handles, which does not help with orientation in the chaos of slices. 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 March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 9 minutes ago, kirk23 said: I need overlapping slices that could export certain document snapshot each. Plus a button to update existing snapshot instead of making new one after every subtle touch. Plus snapshots remembering what layers on/off inside embedded/linked files. Plus some export macros that could pack snapshots in tga's RGBA channels. If you're talking about Snapshots (Snapshots panel), that's a whole different topic, isn't it? 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...
kirk23 Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 47 minutes ago, Pšenda said: If you're talking about Snapshots (Snapshots panel), that's a whole different topic, isn't it? it's somehow still related since I use slices for export and need those slices to export different document states . Overlapping slices remembering each its own snapshot looks logical so I believe it should be an addition to slices Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chr.schmitz Posted March 7, 2021 Author Share Posted March 7, 2021 On 3/5/2021 at 10:14 AM, Pšenda said: Does this not work? Unfortunately not. This copies the export presets, but not the slices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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