jeffers Posted December 18, 2022 Posted December 18, 2022 I have never really understood the crop process i.e open a file either image or pixel, make a duplicate (Ctrl J) hide the original (still locked) Now apply a crop or perhaps straighten the duplicate. Unhide the original and the crop has been applied to this also. I would like to be able to switch between the two to compare how the crop looks. I have never discovered a way to do this. Am I missing a simple trick? Quote
walt.farrell Posted December 18, 2022 Posted December 18, 2022 The Crop Tool in Affinity Photo crops the document, not a specific layer. What you want can be done in Designer, as it uses an object-based vector Crop Tool. Or, in Photo, you can create a Rectangle shape, and clip a layer into it. That will also provide something like what you want. 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 18.5, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.4
jeffers Posted December 18, 2022 Author Posted December 18, 2022 Ah yes I see.....I suppose the rectangle shape is a way of doing what I want. thanks. Quote
walt.farrell Posted December 18, 2022 Posted December 18, 2022 You're welcome. 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 18.5, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.4
Josephmsc Posted February 9, 2024 Posted February 9, 2024 What an utterly complicated way to perform a simple task of cropping in Affinity. Why have they made it so complicated? Quote
loukash Posted February 9, 2024 Posted February 9, 2024 5 hours ago, Josephmsc said: Why have they made it so complicated? Possibly because it lets us do very complex things that other apps can't do? Alfred and R C-R 2 Quote MacBookAir 15": MacOS Ventura > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // MacBookPro 15" mid-2012: MacOS El Capitan > Affinity v1 / MacOS Catalina > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // iPad 8th: iPadOS 16 > Affinity v2
PaulEC Posted February 9, 2024 Posted February 9, 2024 The OP said "I would like to be able to switch between the two to compare how the crop looks. I have never discovered a way to do this." Rather than using two layers as was suggested, the easiest way is to click "Reveal" so that you can still see the whole image beyond the crop area. I really can't see what else is remotely complicated about cropping! R C-R 1 Quote Acer XC-895 : Core i5-10400 Hexa-core 2.90 GHz : 32GB RAM : Intel UHD Graphics 630 – Windows 11 Home - Affinity Publisher, Photo & Designer, v2 (As I am a Windows user, any answers/comments I contribute may not apply to Mac or iPad.)
R C-R Posted February 9, 2024 Posted February 9, 2024 6 hours ago, Josephmsc said: What an utterly complicated way to perform a simple task of cropping in Affinity. Why have they made it so complicated? It is a bit complicated because depends on what you want to crop & if you want it to be destructive or not. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.6 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 All 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7
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