Stepaan Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 Hi! 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 😞 Please, help! 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stepaan Posted November 10, 2022 Author Share Posted November 10, 2022 Oh, I'm on Windows 11, the newest (:-D) Affinity Designer 2.0.0, installed from Affinity Store. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe_l Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 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? Quote ---------- Windows 10 / 11, Complete Suite Retail and Beta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stepaan Posted November 10, 2022 Author Share Posted November 10, 2022 Thank you! Yes, it is. But how can I convert layers to LAYERS in Affinity Photo? 😄 When i create a new layer and put the content on it, it disappears... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stepaan Posted November 10, 2022 Author Share Posted November 10, 2022 Laeyr –> New Layer creates a new Pixel Layer. Is that A LAYER? 😄  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe_l Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 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. Stepaan 1 Quote ---------- Windows 10 / 11, Complete Suite Retail and Beta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stepaan Posted November 10, 2022 Author Share Posted November 10, 2022 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stepaan Posted November 10, 2022 Author Share Posted November 10, 2022 I made a mistake It works once re-edited in the Designer. But does it mean, the Layers doesn't work with native AP files?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 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. 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 18.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stepaan Posted November 10, 2022 Author Share Posted November 10, 2022 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 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. Stepaan 1 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 18.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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