jeff43222 Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 Using Affinity Designer V2 on an iPad Pro (6th generation). It looks like without a hardware keyboard, there is no way to power duplicate without having to go to the Edit menu or the Quick Menu each time you want to create another duplicate. Is that correct? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 25 minutes ago, jeff43222 said: Is that correct? Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums. Your description seems to be correct. Whether the function is operating correctly (as intended) only Serif can say. It certainly would be more convenient if the Duplicate action remained visible on screen, so you could just click it several times directly. Paul Mudditt 1 Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff43222 Posted November 25, 2022 Author Share Posted November 25, 2022 Thanks for the reply. It's disappointing that my assessment appears to be true. Much of what I do requires what Affinity calls "power duplicating." It's already cumbersome enough on my iMac that I have to hit Command-J 120 times to get the result I need. But having to go to a menu 120 times on the iPad to access the duplicate command means I won't be using Affinity Designer on the iPad anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 19 minutes ago, jeff43222 said: It's already cumbersome enough on my iMac that I have to hit Command-J 120 times to get the result I need. Is the nature of the required result such that you can’t duplicate the original 11 times to create a set of twelve, and then group that set and duplicate the group 9 times to create a set of ten (i.e. ten groups of twelve, for a total of 120 copies of the original)? Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotMyFault Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 In Case you need 120 duplicates: create 10 duplicates group them create 12 douplicates saves you about 120 - 22 = 98 steps, minus a minor extra effort for grouping and 2nd duplicate / adjustments Paul Mudditt 1 Quote Mac mini M1 A2348 | Windows 10 - AMD Ryzen 9 5900x - 32 GB RAM - Nvidia GTX 1080 LG34WK950U-W, calibrated to DCI-P3 with LG Calibration Studio / Spider 5 iPad Air Gen 5 (2022) A2589 Special interest into procedural texture filter, edit alpha channel, RGB/16 and RGB/32 color formats, stacking, finding root causes for misbehaving files, finding creative solutions for unsolvable tasks, finding bugs in Apps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotMyFault Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 1 minute ago, Alfred said: Is the nature of the required result such that you can’t duplicate the original 11 times to create a set of twelve, and then group that set and duplicate the group 9 times to create a set of ten (i.e. ten groups of twelve, for a total of 120 copies of the original)? Seems we are united on the same work shift again 😂👨🏼💻👨🏼💻 Alfred 1 Quote Mac mini M1 A2348 | Windows 10 - AMD Ryzen 9 5900x - 32 GB RAM - Nvidia GTX 1080 LG34WK950U-W, calibrated to DCI-P3 with LG Calibration Studio / Spider 5 iPad Air Gen 5 (2022) A2589 Special interest into procedural texture filter, edit alpha channel, RGB/16 and RGB/32 color formats, stacking, finding root causes for misbehaving files, finding creative solutions for unsolvable tasks, finding bugs in Apps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff43222 Posted November 25, 2022 Author Share Posted November 25, 2022 I suppose it might be marginally faster to do multiplicative grouping, but not by much. It's still a bit ridiculous that a common task like duplicating requires accessing a menu to get at it. It might not be as common as "undo," but there should at least be a toolbar button or a quick shortcut that doesn't require purchasing a hardware keyboard. NotMyFault and Alfred 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DM1 Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 Surely Dower Duplicate menu could be 'pinned' so don’t have to keep reopening. This was requested in V1. Paul Mudditt 1 Quote M1 IPad Air 10.9/256GB lpadOS 17.1.1 Apple Pencil (2nd gen). Affinity Photo 1.10.5 Affinity Design 1.10.5 Affinity Publisher 2, Affinity Designer 2, Affinity Photo 2 and betas. Official Online iPad Help documents (multi-lingual) here: https://affinity.https://affinity.help/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Mudditt Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 You normally have the move button selected and possibly the transform studio open so see plenty of opportunities for power duplicate, So put a power duplicate on the move tool context bar which is empty, or directly on the transform studio, or the double tap on the white control dot which which currently opens up the pop up customisable menu, which already has single finger long press and three finger swipe methods to get there, surely that doesn’t need all three gestures to do the same thing. Quote My dad always told me, a bad workman always blames their tools…. Just waiting for Ronny Pickering….. Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 1.10 and 2.4 on macOS Sonoma 14 on M1 Mac Mini 16GB 1TB Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 1.10 and 2.4 on Windows 10 Pro. Deceased Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 2.4 on M1 iPad Pro 11” on iPadOS 17.4 https://www.facebook.com/groups/AffinityForiPad https://www.facebook.com/groups/AffinityPhoto/ The hardest link to find https://affinity.help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff43222 Posted November 26, 2022 Author Share Posted November 26, 2022 (edited) All good ideas. I think I may have an idea as to why there isn't a dedicated button for duplicating. While there's plenty of space to add one with a hypothetical "customizable toolbar" option on my 12.9" iPad Pro, there definitely isn't any open space on my 9.7" iPad. I suppose they created the user interface so that it would work with all iPad models. Edited November 26, 2022 by jeff43222 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FastVector Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 The new way of duplicate in V2 You can duplicate easily by clicking on the new cmd/ctrl button (the right button will become blue on the command controller). And then you can tap with your finger on the object you want to duplicate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StudioJason Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 Just use Modifier Button. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DM1 Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 12 hours ago, StudioJason said: Just use Modifier Button. Could you describe how to power duplicate with modifier button? It would be useful to know. Quote M1 IPad Air 10.9/256GB lpadOS 17.1.1 Apple Pencil (2nd gen). Affinity Photo 1.10.5 Affinity Design 1.10.5 Affinity Publisher 2, Affinity Designer 2, Affinity Photo 2 and betas. Official Online iPad Help documents (multi-lingual) here: https://affinity.https://affinity.help/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StudioJason Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 11 hours ago, DM1 said: Could you describe how to power duplicate with modifier button? It would be useful to know. Sure….could have the option in the Modifier Button, so when you Lock Command…you can Power Duplicate by dragging- but also while holding say 2Fingers on screen, so it will automatically convert any Resize/Repositioning previously made…like what occurs when using the current Quick Menu route. Could be a Modifier/Gesture-type route. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DM1 Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 3 hours ago, StudioJason said: could have the option in the Modifier Button My misunderstanding. I thought you had a way to currently do this. Yes, I agree, the modifier button could be used. 🙂 Quote M1 IPad Air 10.9/256GB lpadOS 17.1.1 Apple Pencil (2nd gen). Affinity Photo 1.10.5 Affinity Design 1.10.5 Affinity Publisher 2, Affinity Designer 2, Affinity Photo 2 and betas. Official Online iPad Help documents (multi-lingual) here: https://affinity.https://affinity.help/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StudioJason Posted December 8, 2022 Share Posted December 8, 2022 4 hours ago, DM1 said: My misunderstanding. I thought you had a way to currently do this. Yes, I agree, the modifier button could be used. 🙂 Oh I see. 🤣 No was just joining in the conversation…midstream, so my fault I guess. Should’ve added all that to be clearer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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