V3A Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 The Lock Layer command does not work. The locked layer can be edited and deleted. windows 11 - using hardware acceleration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums. Locking a layer does exactly what it is designed to do in the Affinity applications. It prevents selecting the layer by clicking on it in the workspace. And it prevents transforming the later by manipulating it in the workspace. Many users wish it did other things, especially based on experiences with other applications, but it doesn't. 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...
Old Bruce Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 7 minutes ago, V3A said: The locked layer can be edited and deleted. The fellows at Affinity don't know what a lock is supposed to do. David in Яuislip and v_kyr 2 Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.1 | Affinity Photo 2.4.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V3A Posted December 31, 2022 Author Share Posted December 31, 2022 7 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums. Locking a layer does exactly what it is designed to do in the Affinity applications. It prevents selecting the layer by clicking on it in the workspace. And it prevents transforming the later by manipulating it in the workspace. Many users wish it did other things, especially based on experiences with other applications, but it doesn't. 13 minutes ago, V3A said: The Lock Layer command does not work. The locked layer can be edited and deleted. windows 11 - using hardware acceleration. 3 minutes ago, Old Bruce said: The fellows at Affinity don't know what a lock is supposed to do. I have an open image. It's blocked. In the workspace I can, for example, draw on it, blur it, etc. So what is the blocking for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V3A Posted December 31, 2022 Author Share Posted December 31, 2022 I have an open image. It's blocked. In the workspace I can, for example, draw on it, blur it, etc. So what is the blocking for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 24 minutes ago, V3A said: I have an open image. It's blocked. In the workspace I can, for example, draw on it, blur it, etc. So what is the blocking for? To prevent you from moving it or resizing it. To use an analogy it would be if you locked your house and this prevented people from adding a second storey or moving the house across the street. But other people could steal all your stuff. The insurance company would not pay for the theft because you locked it up before leaving. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.1 | Affinity Photo 2.4.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V3A Posted December 31, 2022 Author Share Posted December 31, 2022 Okay. I have to say that my English is not very good. I get what you're saying, I think, and the bottom line is that blocking is useless. With my layer locked I can do whatever I want with it. Well, I'll try not to make mistakes. The "undo" command works perfectly. Thanks for everything. Old Bruce 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 1 minute ago, V3A said: the bottom line is that blocking is useless Locking is only about 90% useless. David in Яuislip 1 Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.1 | Affinity Photo 2.4.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David in Яuislip Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 28 minutes ago, Old Bruce said: Locking is only about 90% useless. Splendidly acerbic OB, you sure you're not English? walt.farrell 1 Quote Microsoft Windows 11 Home, Intel i7-1360P 2.20 GHz, 32 GB RAM, 1TB SSD, Intel Iris Xe Affinity Photo - 24/05/20, Affinity Publisher - 06/12/20, KTM Superduke - 27/09/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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