Text becomes individual vectors, no longer editable

[Kelvin.penang]

I have just transitioned from Photoshop, and am having difficulty in editing text. Somehow when I revisit my text layer, it becomes split up into vectors of individual letters. For instance the word "Apple" would become A p p l e. Anyone can help? Am having a nightmare over this

 

[GarryP]

Welcome to the forums @Kelvin.penang

Where did the text some from?
Did you create it in the application or did you import it?

Also, it’s usually a good idea to tell us which Affinity application you are using. We can just about see the Live Filters button in your screenshot so we can guess it’s Photo but you might be using the Photo Persona of Publisher.

Note: Full-screen screenshots are usually better than partial screenshots, if you can make them.

[Hangman]

@Kelvin.penang Are you able to upload a sample Photoshop file where you're seeing this issue on opening in APhoto?

[Komatös]

Go to Preferences (ctrl+,) -> General and tick Import PSD-Text as text...

 

[Hangman]

4 minutes ago, Komatös said:

Go to Preferences (ctrl+,) -> General and tick "Insert Filler text as text"

I don't think that has anything to do with the issue, that simply makes filler text automatically editable rather than having to manually Expand Field after inserting... Editable text in Photoshop would usually appear as editable Artistic Text when opened in APhoto.

[Komatös]

5 minutes ago, Hangman said:

I don't think that has anything to do with the issue, that simply makes filler text automatically editable rather than having to manually Expand Field after inserting... Editable text in Photoshop would usually appear as editable Artistic Text when opened in APhoto.

Yes, I made a mistake and changed it in the text.

[Hangman]

2 minutes ago, Komatös said:

Yes, I made a mistake and changed it in the text.

I don't believe that is the solution either looking at the image posted by @Kelvin.penang. The text isn't opening as bitmaps but as vector curves with each character on a separate layer. It should, in theory, open as editable Frame or Artistic text with all charachters for the word on the same layer...

[Alfred]

3 hours ago, Kelvin.penang said:

Somehow when I revisit my text layer, it becomes split up into vectors of individual letters.

When you’re finished editing text in the Affinity apps, just press Escape or choose another tool. You’re probably using a keyboard shortcut to confirm your edit as you would do in Photoshop, but Ctrl+Enter on Windows (Cmd+Enter on Mac?) converts the selected text to a group of vector curves.