manu schwendener Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Hi Is there a way to duplicate an open picture in AP?cmd d doesn't seem to do it and I don't see it in the custom shortcuts lists either. What I try to do: when I start working on a picture I sometimes have another idea I want to follow later - or I'd like to preserve what I've done far, so I'd like to make a copy of the file in the state it is at the moment *. The copy would generate an additional tab, but the focus would stay in the tab where I am (not switch to the newly generated copy).* So I'd like a snapshot (very cool function btw.!), but in a new file. Workaround would be to export the picture and open that export in AP later. Quote manuschwendener.ch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Why not immediately save the newly opened file as Lent egg 1 say, then save it again as Lent egg 2 straight away? That way you have 2 copies at your disposal from the same fork. Simples! As the Suricata Suricatta would say. Or would you prefer a right click context menu option? Quote MacBook pro, 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 256 MB, OS X 10.11.6 http://www.pinterest.com/peter2111 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manu schwendener Posted November 20, 2015 Author Share Posted November 20, 2015 > would you prefer a right click context menu option? Shortest way for me would be: cmd d _opens_ a copy in AP, but focus tab stays where I am. I can easily live without it - but want to be sure I'm not just overlooking it. Quote manuschwendener.ch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 You can post this request here, https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/forum/6-feature-requests/ HTH peter Quote MacBook pro, 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 256 MB, OS X 10.11.6 http://www.pinterest.com/peter2111 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manu schwendener Posted November 20, 2015 Author Share Posted November 20, 2015 https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/15179-ap-duplicate-open-file-im-working-on Quote manuschwendener.ch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonas14 Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Does it perhaps a simple store another file with a different name? Both files could then be opened as tabs. regards peter 1 Quote www.donath-photographie.eu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Bravery Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Hi Is there a way to duplicate an open picture in AP? cmd d doesn't seem to do it and I don't see it in the custom shortcuts lists either. What I try to do: when I start working on a picture I sometimes have another idea I want to follow later - or I'd like to preserve what I've done far, so I'd like to make a copy of the file in the state it is at the moment *. The copy would generate an additional tab, but the focus would stay in the tab where I am (not switch to the newly generated copy). * So I'd like a snapshot (very cool function btw.!), but in a new file. Workaround would be to export the picture and open that export in AP later. Hi manuschwendener.ch, The keyboard short cut is cmd j, it creates a duplicate layer above the original. Hope this is what you mean. Paul. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manu schwendener Posted November 20, 2015 Author Share Posted November 20, 2015 > Hope this is what you mean. No, but thanks anyway ;) (But it might well be the way I _should_ be doing it..) Quote manuschwendener.ch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 There's more than one way to skin a cat. There's usually more than one way to do things in Affinity: it's just a case of using menus/pop ups/right clicks/short cuts and touch gestures. Quote MacBook pro, 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 256 MB, OS X 10.11.6 http://www.pinterest.com/peter2111 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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