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Designer v2: Can't see Layers in the embedded afphoto file


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5 minutes ago, Stepaan said:

I'd like to use the new feature of turning on/off layers of the embedded afphoto in the Designer. But I can't see the menu item to do so 😞

Just like me. The layers in AP have to be Layers not layers (or what I call them: elements). To get this to work, in AP have to be made new LAYERS and the ELEMENTS have to be moved into the LAYERS. I hope this was understandable?

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48 minutes ago, Stepaan said:

Laeyr –> New Layer creates a new Pixel Layer. Is that A LAYER? 😄

 

My fault. With the Layers I tried this in AD not AP. In AP I do not know. It feels like this layer override is not thought to the end.

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16 minutes ago, joe_l said:

My fault. With the Layers I tried this in AD not AP. In AP I do not know. It feels like this layer override is not thought to the end.

It crossed my mind too. I re-edited the file in AD with proper layers, saved, and.. Tada! ...nothing.

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3 hours ago, Stepaan said:

But does it mean, the Layers doesn't work with native AP files?!

Photo cannot create Layer layers. That is a function of Designer.

-- 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 

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1 hour ago, Stepaan said:

So the Publisher's new feature is half baked. I prepare pictures in AP mainly. Not in AD. And I believe most other users too. Re-editing images in AD is a terrible workaround and it's not worth the effort.

It also works with PDF, DXF, and other file formats. It just may not have been intended for use with .afphoto files. Note, though, that you can add Layers with Designer, then transfer the file to Photo and work on those Layers.

You can also work in Publisher, which gives you most of the Photo functions from Photo's Photo Persona, and the functions from Designer's Designer Persona, to make such interoperation of Designer and Photo easier.

So it may simply be that to take advantage of this function you will need to adjust your workflow a bit.

-- 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 18.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard 
Mac:  2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1

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