Hide Layer for printing

[Quedlinga]

Hi,

just upgraded from V1 to V2. Is there now a way to mark a layer as "not visible in print/export"? 

I'm using this function very much in Illustrator. Useful and handy for print&cut jobs, where I don't want to print any cut lines of my template sheets. 

[walt.farrell]

No, that is not an Affinity function.

There are possibly functions that can simplify this, and some are new in V2. But I would need to know which Affinity application you're using (and which others you own), and it would help to have an example file with an indication of what you want to suppress.

[NotMyFault]

2 hours ago, Quedlinga said:

Hi,

just upgraded from V1 to V2. Is there now a way to mark a layer as "not visible in print/export"? 

I'm using this function very much in Illustrator. Useful and handy for print&cut jobs, where I don't want to print any cut lines of my template sheets. 

Some options to reduce the workload in Affinity Apps:

Use color tags for layers (Designer and Photo):

• Before print / export, select all layers of that color tag, and hide them

Use Linked layers in Photo:

• create one levels adjustment (and save as asset or profile): choose alpha channel, set output white to zero.
• Duplicate-linked for any layer you want to hide, and nest in masking child position
• Now you can deactivate any one of the linked adjustment layers to deactivate all others, too 
• You need use "anti-aliasing: forced off" for all layers you want to hide. Otherwise, the edges may shine trough as anti-aliasing artefact (bug).