CRWillow Posted March 8, 2022 Posted March 8, 2022 I have Windows 10 desktop and Affinity Photo 1.10.5 (updated today) I've been trying to find the split view button, and though I haven't needed to use it in a while, I still liked it; however it seems to have disappeared. The button is not among the toolbar customizations either. Also View mode under View is missing so I can't access it from there. It's still available in my Affinity Designer. It wasn't in the previous update either. I'm about to update Designer I hope it's still there when it's done. Any ideas? Quote
walt.farrell Posted March 8, 2022 Posted March 8, 2022 Designer supports both Vector view mode and Pixel view mode, and a Split mode showing both. Photo has only the Pixel view mode, and so it does not need and does not provide the Split view mode. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.3.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1
CRWillow Posted March 8, 2022 Author Posted March 8, 2022 I guess that answers that. I was sure I used it but maybe it was a Photoshop thing. Quote
walt.farrell Posted March 9, 2022 Posted March 9, 2022 You're welcome. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.3.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1
carl123 Posted March 9, 2022 Posted March 9, 2022 3 hours ago, CRWillow said: I was sure I used it but maybe it was a Photoshop thing. Split View icons are available in the Toolbar when in the Liquify and Develop personas Split view icons are also available in many of the Filters Maybe you saw it in one of the above? walt.farrell 1 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.
Mike_P Posted January 22 Posted January 22 On 3/8/2022 at 11:04 PM, walt.farrell said: Designer supports both Vector view mode and Pixel view mode, and a Split mode showing both. Photo has only the Pixel view mode, and so it does not need and does not provide the Split view mode. I know this is a long running issue but can Walt explain why it does not need a split view mode please. Otherwise I find the statement rather unhelpful. Cheers. Komatös 1 Quote
GarryP Posted January 22 Posted January 22 Welcome to the forums @Mike_P As I understand the context from the original question, Photo only shows you the document in the equivalent of Designer’s Pixel View Mode, and Photo has no equivalent of Designer’s Vector View Mode, so there’s no need to have a split view as both sides would look the same in that regard. If you are asking a different question then we would need more details. Quote
Mike_P Posted January 22 Posted January 22 Garry, thanks for your prompt reply. The split view I refer to is the one available in the develop persona which I find invaluable. Why isn't this avalable in photo persona? I fail to see what this has got to do with the existence of Designer. It's just the sort of expected facility you see in the likes of Capture One, Lightroom and others. Hope this is a bit clearer. Quote
GarryP Posted January 23 Posted January 23 I don’t use the Develop Persona but, as I understand things, the Develop Persona Split View exists to show the user the differences between the undeveloped image and the developed image. And since the Photo Persona doesn’t have developing functionalities I don’t understand why you would want a Split View there. Can you explain what you would expect to see on each side of a Split View in the Photo Persona? I think the thing you are asking about – the Split View – might be different to the View Modes that are available in Designer, which is what the OP was asking about (I think), so we might be ‘talking at cross-purposes’. Quote
Mike_P Posted January 26 Posted January 26 Taking your last point first, Designer has absolutely nothing to do with my query. Your understanding of the Develop Persona matches mine, I use it more than the others and the split view is an invaluable tool. Where we seem to differ is that I can't understand why anyone would not want a split view elsewhere. If I edit a file in, for example, Capture One (but there are others), I have access to a split view whatever I do. So I can keep a simple and constant track on the effects of my adjustments. No need to undo or deselect etc. So I sense this is possibly all about different ways of working, there's probably no right or wrong. I don't come from an Adobe background but I consider myself more of a Lightroom person than a Photoshop person. I am still rather new to AP2 so I will persevere for now. Thanks once again for your input, much appreciated. Quote
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