IdleJohn Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 A big thing I am missing from my PS days is Layer Comps, where you can save and restore layer visibility combinations. It's not a snapshot, as it's not a history state. It just saves the layers configurations (visibility, opacity, layer effects), not the actual content. JakeStaines, Kodiakkb, kirk23 and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirk23 Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 Yeah, totally agree. Been asking for it couple years already and people tell me use Shapshots. Hell no. Snapshots are nothing even remotely close. I don't need slices of time. I need ever current and update-able document variations. They did kind of color and name tagging for layers so why not do another small step and turn it to layercomps or call it "tag" panel with document states. Would be first step at least. Although I do need those comps to be aware of embedded documents layercomps too. JakeStaines 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G Jaros Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 I've been trying to use Snapshots since Affinity doesn't have Layer Comps and it's really tedious. In my case I'm making cards for a game. All the cards have the same background, but different stats and artwork showing. I've saved each card's configuration as a Snapshot with the appropriate layers visible. But now I realized I need to adjust the stats a bit and change some fonts from black to white. I'm having to edit each and every Snapshot, rather than change the stats/fonts once and then tell all the Snapshots to update. Layer Comps are the biggest feature I miss from my Photoshop days (and the ability to quickly export all the Layer Comps as their own flat file). Add this one feature and I'd stop pining for PS. Kodiakkb 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 And can't templates be used for that? 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 November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 7 hours ago, Pšenda said: And can't templates be used for that? How? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 If it was not entirely clear from the chronology, then I respond to the post G Jaros. 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...
keicaml Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 This is my first post as I'm new to Affinity world. I want to vote for implementation of "Layer comps" kind of tool to Affinity. Even if it will have at the beginning just option to set a state of visible/non-visible of the layers set and option to export this states (stages) as files. This is tool I miss most. It really makes the live easier when you want to have different version of the same picture. I tried snapshots but it's even not near to the flexibility of "Layer Comps" tool. ThinkDifferent 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirk23 Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 They could introduce select invertion in layers pan at least. So we could select a certain tag, invert selection and uncheck other layers. Or simply "isolate" same tagged . Surely it wouldn't take a lot to code. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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