How to Press and Hold? - iPad 2021

[vtor73]

Hello,

I am new to Affinity Photo on iPad, I am not able to use clone and healing tools with the pencil.

I am not able to "tap and hold" the loupe appears but the little cross doesn't.

With the finger i was able to make the cross appear, then i am not able to select another source area.

Anyone can explain what am i doing wrong?

I am using iPad Pro 2021 + Apple Pencil 2

Cheers

V.

 

 

[DM1]

7 hours ago, vtor73 said:

With the finger i was able to make the cross appear, then i am not able to select another source area

Press on screen. When loupe appears drag your finger across the screen (without lifting your finger). When the cross in the centre of the loupe is over the area you want to clone, lift your finger. To select another clone spot simply repeat the process.

[vtor73]

Thank you

I was trying to do things exactly like in the video but in my case there's a bug, the crosshair does not appear in the middle of the loupe, and if somehow i manage to place anyway I am not able to reposition it.

I also wonder why it is not possible to do the same using the pen which is much more precise than a finger.

thank you again for your help.

[DM1]

1 hour ago, vtor73 said:

I also wonder why it is not possible to do the same using the pen which is much more precise than a finger.

Sorry to hear you’re having issues with the loupe. As for the use of finger rather than pencil, I believe it has something to do with iOS inability to recognise a pencil 'long press'. Mods may be able to confirm🙂

[Dan C]

2 hours ago, DM1 said:

As for the use of finger rather than pencil, I believe it has something to do with iOS inability to recognise a pencil 'long press'. Mods may be able to confirm🙂

That's correct, the Apple Pencil doesn't correctly detect a 'long press', so you will have to use your finger for this functionality!

[DM1]

3 minutes ago, Dan C said:

the Apple Pencil doesn't correctly detect a 'long press',

Hi Dan, when using Apple Pencil I can long press on an app icon, (for example Apple Store icon) and bring up a pop up menu instead of a short tap that simply opens the app. Wouldn’t this suggest that the AP apps can differentiate tap from long press?

[Dan C]

Apologies, I believe the Apple Pencil is technically able to, however we had trouble with this within the Affinity apps, as confirmed by Chris / Andy here - 

(I appreciate the above thread is for cloning and not colour picking, but the same reasoning stands AFAIK) 

[vtor73]

IMHO that's an unfortunate design decision, it takes ages to select something properly with my finger not to count the fingerprints left everywhere.

 

[Alfred]

18 minutes ago, vtor73 said:

not to count the fingerprints left everywhere

Your finger is just seen as a dumb capacitive stylus, so if you’re bothered about fingerprints you could use one of those things which are supplied for use with mobile phones.

[Dan C]

24 minutes ago, vtor73 said:

IMHO that's an unfortunate design decision, it takes ages to select something properly with my finger not to count the fingerprints left everywhere.

Thanks for your feedback, I'll be sure to pass this through to the relevant team

[Emmm]

This doesn’t work, regardless of whether I’m using the pencil or my finger.

[Alfred]

4 hours ago, Emmm said:

This doesn’t work, regardless of whether I’m using the pencil or my finger.

Welcome to the Serif Affinity Forums, @Emmm.

Does a ‘long press’ work for you as expected in other scenarios?