SLowmo75 Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Morning, Am I missing something here, or can I not snap slices to the grid?! I have created a slice, turned snap to grid on, and now am trying to conform that slice to the grid, but it's no snappy. Pretty much all snap options are on, but I just can't snap it! Cheers Wayne Kal 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted February 18, 2016 Staff Share Posted February 18, 2016 Hi Wayne, You're not missing anything. Currently slices only snap to the Pixel grid, sorry. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLowmo75 Posted February 18, 2016 Author Share Posted February 18, 2016 WTF? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted February 18, 2016 Staff Share Posted February 18, 2016 Some areas still need work. We couldn't fit everything in the first version. This should be addressed at some point, along with other improvements to the Export Persona. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLowmo75 Posted February 18, 2016 Author Share Posted February 18, 2016 Sorry, that stood for... Well, That's Frustrating! I'm in a ridiculously impossible situation trying to figure out something that should've taken a few minutes. Picture the scene...large image, needs cutting into a 4 x 4 grid, of specific pixel sizes. Easy? Well... 1. Make the slices out of box shapes, then select the shapes and tell that size to be slices? No, because the slice insists on exporting the shape itself, whether it's hidden or not, so I can't 'slice' the image with a shape. 2. Draw the slices over the box shapes, snapping along the way? No, because the slice tool doesn't snap to geometry. 3. Just make the slices with the slice tool on the grid, no need for box shapes? No, because the slices don't snap to the grid?! So, slices are useless to me. I now need to.. 1. Make the box shapes 2. Put every box into a group 3. Hide each box within each group 4. Export each box group individually, with 'including background' selected in export options Is this really the easiest workflow to split an image? Without Slices being able to snap to grid, this seems the 'easiest' way right now. Thanks Wayne IsabelAracama 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted February 18, 2016 Staff Share Posted February 18, 2016 Hi Wayne, In you first approach, where/how are you hiding the shape? You must do it in the Layers panel in the Export Persona (not in the Draw Persona). Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLowmo75 Posted February 18, 2016 Author Share Posted February 18, 2016 Pretty sure I have tried both and couldn't figure out how to only export what what actually visible at the time. It always seemed to unhide the shape itself, so that I couldn't export the image below it. I've just finished exporting by hand now, so I'll have another look into that next time I need to export a sliced image again! Thanks ;] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLowmo75 Posted February 18, 2016 Author Share Posted February 18, 2016 Hi MEB, I've just had another go and no matter what I have either hidden or unhidden in either Draw or Export Persona, the slice will ALWAYS export the shape that it was made from, hidden or not. Honestly, I've tried every possibility and it's just insisting on being there. Noting that there is a different icon on the slice panel, showing whether this slice is a shape or a pixel layer. Is it assuming that because it is a shape, I will always want it included in the export? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted February 18, 2016 Staff Share Posted February 18, 2016 Hi Wayne, Can you upload the file or PM me a link) with just that shape/slice please? Without seeing the file is difficult to guess what's going on. Thanks. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted February 19, 2016 Staff Share Posted February 19, 2016 Thanks for the file Wayne. PM's reply sent. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParanoidAndroid Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 2 years and it's still not fixed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukejanicke Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 What I do... Use a rectangle with no colour for line or fill. Group it with the elements you want sliced. Make slice from the group. Export. Unfortunately, I don’t think this will help if you have stuff that span across your intended slices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirojuntle Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 (edited) Any news about that? I just have tried the software to export a 6m (20ft) long art to smaller PDF files. I have tried with multiple artboards, but the art doesn't expand between the the artboards. I have tried with slices, but it gives me about 1cm difference on the end of the file, I think it is due to pixel to cm imprecise conversion. Edited August 26, 2019 by sirojuntle language fix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdsignr Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 Still no snapping to grid for slices? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 Apparently not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arqrenderz Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 Hi, any news on it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomAn Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 Hi, I would really like to use snapping when making slices. I'm making a tileset for a game. I set up a custom grid matching the size of my tiles, hoping that I would easily snap to it and be able to export my tiles in a few minutes. Seems like this is not possible? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graphicbreeze Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 Came here to see if they can snap to grid. After some fooling around I found if I make a borderless shape with no fill in designer persona where I want it. then hop over to export persona, with the slice selection tool right click on the box you just made and click create slice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrograde Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 On 11/9/2020 at 4:24 PM, TomAn said: Hi, I would really like to use snapping when making slices. I'm making a tileset for a game. I set up a custom grid matching the size of my tiles, hoping that I would easily snap to it and be able to export my tiles in a few minutes. Seems like this is not possible? I would like to do this as well using the 2:1 triangular grid to import tiles into Unity for an isometric tileset. If this was possible it would be a game changer, I can't find any way to do this out there and I think a fair number of people could use this... Quote http://www.kevincreative.com https://www.behance.net/kevincreative https://dribbble.com/kevincreative https://www.instagram.com/kevincreative/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X-Raym Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 Snap grid doesn't seems to be able to snap horizontal custom markers lines (sorry don't know the english nomenclature) This is highly expected, it kinda break the flow to have to google for such things which are expected out of the box! THX! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 8 hours ago, X-Raym said: Snap grid doesn't seems to be able to snap horizontal custom markers lines (sorry don't know the english nomenclature) @X-Raym, do you mean 'guides'? Guides should be snapping to the grid. Go to View > Snapping Manager, and make sure 'Snap to grid' is ticked. Old Bruce 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X-Raym Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 @KaiIt snaps horizontally (on vertical guides) but not vertically (on horizontal guide). I have all check in Snapping options. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 2 hours ago, X-Raym said: @KaiIt snaps horizontally (on vertical guides) but not vertically (on horizontal guide). I have all check in Snapping options. Are you saying that a vertical guide doesn't snap to a horizontal grid line? A vertical line always crosses a horizontal one, at infinite points—what is there to snap to? Perhaps I don't understand what you're trying to do. Are you wanting it to actually snap to your cursor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X-Raym Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 @KalIn fact, none of the axis have snapping to guide line with slice tool: It only snap to document edges and mid points, and other slices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 2 hours ago, X-Raym said: none of the axis have snapping to guide line with slice tool Okay, I understand now. You didn't mention the slice tool in your first comment, and it sounded like you were talking about snapping guide lines to the grid. I guess we just hit a language barrier. Yes, you're right, slices don't snap to guides. Earlier in the thread, Meb confirmed that 'slices only snap to the Pixel grid'. I think everyone who has tried the slice tool would agree—you just expect this kind of basic snapping behaviour from such a tool. Affinity, in my experience, is not quick to respond to user feedback. As you can see, this was posted almost 6 years ago, and nothing has changed. X-Raym 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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