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Hallo, ich bin nicht nur zum allerersten Mal in einem Forum, sondern auch vor Kurzem auf Affinity umgestiegen. Ich finde die meisten der vertrauten Arbeitsschritte von PS hier wieder. Aber drei wichtige Funktionen nicht. Vielleicht weiß jemand Rat für eines (oder alle) der Probleme.

1. Wenn ich auf einer Ebene ein Objekt auswähle, konnte ich in PS diese Auswahl separat spiegeln, drehen etc. Bei Affinity spiegelt sich immer der ganze Ebeneninhalt, nicht aber das ausgewählte Objekt alleine.

2. Gibt es eine Möglichkeit, wie in PS, die Auswahl prozentual zu skalieren? Die Änderung der Parameter H und B im Panel Transformation bringt ja gar nichts, da ich nicht jedesmal die Seitenverhältnisse berechnen möchte.

3. Kann ich irgendwo festlegen, dass die durch die Pipette gewählte Farbe Priorität hat und für das nächste gewählte Werkzeug Primärfarbe bleibt? Bei mir springt der Farbwähler auf die zuvor verwendete Farbe zurück und die Pipettenfarbe wird zur Sekundärfarbe.

Bitte leicht verständliche Erklärungen, da ich kein Fachmensch bin. 

Danke!!!

Achim

 

 

Hi, not only is this my very first time on a forum, I've also recently switched to Affinity. I find most of the familiar PS workflows here. But three important functions do not. Maybe someone knows advice for one (or all) of the problems.

1. If I select an object on a layer, I could mirror, rotate, etc. this selection separately in PS. With Affinity, the entire content of the layer is always mirrored, but not the selected object alone.

2. Is there a way, like in PS, to scale the selection by percentage? Changing the H and B parameters in the Transformation panel doesn't help at all, since I don't want to calculate the aspect ratios every time.

3. Is there somewhere I can specify that the color picked by the color picker has priority and remains the primary color for the next tool picked? For me, the color snaps back to the color previously used by this tool and the color picker color becomes the secondary color.

Please explain in a way that is easy to understand as I am not an expert.

Thanks!!!

Achim

Posted
5 minutes ago, Achim A. said:

. If I select an object on a layer, I could mirror, rotate, etc. this selection separately in PS. With Affinity, the entire content of the layer is always mirrored, but not the selected object alone.

All objects have their own layer, so if you have selected a Layer there are probably layers set as child layers.
It gets a bit confusing at times because you can have a Layer Layer (Affinity Designer) as well as a Pixel Layer and an Image Layer. In Affinity Photo you can have Pixel layers and Image layers. If there is a > on the left of the Layer icon there will be layers nested as child layers, see images below. 
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Selecting one of the nested layers will allow you to manipulate whatever is on that layer separately.

16 minutes ago, Achim A. said:

2. Is there a way, like in PS, to scale the selection by percentage? Changing the H and B parameters in the Transformation panel doesn't help at all, since I don't want to calculate the aspect ratios every time.

You can use the transform panel to increase or decrease with percentages, see image below.

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adding +50% will increase the 100px shape to 150px

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Thank you very much for this information easy to understand. 

To 1. When I create a child layer of the selected object, the content vanished... Maybe I made a mistake...

To 2. This is nearly good! But only the W - parameter leads to a result. I will try again...

Thank you again. Your answers lead  me to the next step, to solve the problems. Unfortunately, there is no hint in the affinity help.😞

 

Posted
21 minutes ago, Achim A. said:

To 2. This is nearly good! But only the W - parameter leads to a result. I will try again...

Benutze das kleine Ketten-/Gliedersymbol (ein Button) daneben, wenn beide Eingabefelder h + b miteinander verkettet sind, dann bewirkt eine Änderung des einen Feldes automatisch die Änderung des anderen Feldes mit. Daher mußt Du hier dann das Seitenverhältniss nicht selber berechnen, es wird automatisch für Dich gemacht. - Wenn die Glieder offen sind kannst oder mußt Du jedes Feld gesondert behandeln (sprich Werte für beides dann eingeben um zu Skalieren etc.). - Siehe dazu u.a. auch ...

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Hi!

Some similar question.
When I select with the smart select an object and do not copy and paste it - there is no additional layer for this object and so there seems to be no chance for mirror it. I can rotate and resize with the "transform" panel, but how to vertically flip (mirror) it?

 

In my case - the giraffe should look into the other direction. My workaround was working with copy and paste to generate a new layer, but is there really no chance in just mirror the selection?

 

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No. You could use the node tool, and drag a node at the left side to effectively mirror the selected area visually, but not accurately. So use this only if you want to change the dimensions anyway, and don’t need accurate pixel perfect mirror.

Using the method with copy(or cut) and paste is the intended way by Affinity.

you cannot use the geometry / flip horizontally function on selected content, only on layers.

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Wenn Du das Ergebnis des Spiegelns unbedingt wieder in der ursprünglichen Ebene haben möchtest, hilft „merge down“ (Herunterkopieren).

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Posted
19 minutes ago, NotMyFault said:

Wenn Du das Ergebnis des Spiegelns unbedingt wieder in der ursprünglichen Ebene haben möchtest, hilft „merge down“ (Herunterkopieren).

Update des Starters dieser Frage:

Ich bin mittlerweile reumütig zu Photoshop zurückgekehrt. Sämtliche der paar Funktionen, die ich zum Erstellen komplexer Wimmelbilder brauche: Layers (und ihre Vereinigung ohne Schnickschnack wie "Rastern und Trimmen"), Transformieren von Auswahlen, Fülleimer (bei Affinity keine %-Abstufung im Tool, sondern nur via Farbregler-Tool), Primat der per Pipette gewählten Farbe für alle Werkzeuge (Eimer, Pinsel, Stift) - alles zu kompliziert, funktioniert nicht intuitiv, oder gar nicht. 

Photoshop ist um Welten besser auf meine paar Grundbedürfnisse zugeschnitten.

Schade, dass Serif mehr an Astrophotograf:innen denkt, als an Illustrator:innen, die nur digital malen wollen.

Affinity wird mir später vielleicht mal nützen, wenn ich das Adobe Abo beendet habe.

Danke für den Support in diesem Forum.

Achim A.

Posted
15 hours ago, NotMyFault said:

No. You could use the node tool, and drag a node at the left side to effectively mirror the selected area visually, but not accurately. So use this only if you want to change the dimensions anyway, and don’t need accurate pixel perfect mirror.

Using the method with copy(or cut) and paste is the intended way by Affinity.

you cannot use the geometry / flip horizontally function on selected content, only on layers.

Thx for letting us know about :=)

Ok! Than it is by design. 

In my opinion Serif should consider to change this behavior to make it more usable especially for former Photoshop users.

 

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