artemesia66 Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 I feel like i must just be missing this, but I can't find it anywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omegaman Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 None that I know off. Even placing them on a separate layer and locking that layer has no effect. Quote 2009: 27 inch iMac / Intel Core i5 / 2.66 GHz / 16 GB Memory / System: Yosemite 10.10.3 – PRINCIPAL DESIGN SOFTWARE: QuarkXpress 9.5.1, 10.5 and 2015 / Pinegrow Web Designer / Affinity Designer and Affinity Photo / Acorn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted October 14, 2014 Staff Share Posted October 14, 2014 Hi artemesia66, Welcome to Affinity Forums. There's currently no way to lock a guide. It should be coming later. BeachDesign 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10on12 Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 A dedicated guides layer would be good. In Freehand any vector placed on the Guide layer - became a guide, so you weren't restricted to vertical and horizontal lines stretching the full height/width of the page. BeachDesign, Petar Petrenko and rui_mac 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artemesia66 Posted October 15, 2014 Author Share Posted October 15, 2014 Thanks for the answers. A lockable guide layer or layers would be cool. But mostly, the ability to make them stay put. I keep dragging them accidentally, and it's kind of annoying. hujikoda, jamesholden, BeachDesign and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raskolnikov Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 +1 to locked guides. :) Locking (with any key pushed) the nodes while moving his handles would be great too ! :) sometimes a node it's moved by accident while trying to select and drag the handles over it. rui_mac, dalacv and BeachDesign 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scamper Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 +1 for a toggle to lock guides. Getting off track: As for layers being located within the layer paradigm, I'm less sure. Illustrator draws a guide on whatever layer you happen to have active. Hide that layer, and only the guides on that layer will hide. It can be useful, but also super-confusing if you're coming from Photoshop (or AF).Photoshop's guides exist outside the layer scheme entirely, and AF seems to do the same. I use Photoshop far more than I do anything else, so that's just what I'm used to. (I'm not used to keeping track of where a particular guide might be physically located within my document.)I've never used an app, like Freehand, with one single dedicated guide layer, but it sounds intriguing (though the ability to designate shapes as guides is similar to Illustrator). Maybe the best of both worlds. Anyway, I can see the pros and cons of any of these, honestly... but back to the topic at hand: yes to being able to lock guides, *however* they're implemented! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Ben Posted November 25, 2014 Staff Share Posted November 25, 2014 This will get done as soon I'm back working on snapping features. fwallenberg and Raskolnikov 2 Quote SerifLabs team - Affinity Developer Software engineer - Photographer - Guitarist - Philosopher iMac 27" Retina 5K (Late 2015), 4.0GHz i7, AMD Radeon R9 M395 MacBook (Early 2015), 1.3GHz Core M, Intel HD 5300 iPad Pro 10.5", 256GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raskolnikov Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 Great! :) it's essential. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Doodlezz Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Hm, I don’t know if I’m missing something … but is there a way to lock guides in the current beta? Cheers Dennis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted November 17, 2015 Staff Share Posted November 17, 2015 Hi Dennis, No, not yet. It's not forgotten but with so many things being worked, there wasn't time yet. Sorry. Mr. Doodlezz 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herbert123 Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 One thing which could be a great idea is to allow for formulas to position guides. UncleMike and anon1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_B_C Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Hi Herbert, you can use formulas already … simply choose View > Guides Manager and type in your formulas (see my video below). Hope that helps … Cheers, Alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Doodlezz Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Hey Miguel, it’s alright … I just was curious, I’m using the grid as guide most of the time since it’s super useful. But today I needed some guides and noticed this. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSignerD Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Any update on this topic ? I found myself missing this feature too today :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted June 2, 2016 Staff Share Posted June 2, 2016 Hi DSignerD, Welcome to Affinity Forums :) No, not yet sorry. It will come in a future version. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weubulo Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 Hello, I'm trying to draw a straight line on a guide line. The result is that all guide lines on the same axes move around to new positions*... Is this the reason for this topic? if yes, for me it is more a bug than a new feature request. If the topic is open since 2014. Well... little hope to see any progress on this topic soon I guess. *I wanted to load two images to demonstrate the issue. But apparently on this forum, it isn't possible to load images. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 *I wanted to load two images to demonstrate the issue. But apparently on this forum, it isn't possible to load images. Welcome to the Affinity Forums, weubulo. :) Adding images to a post is perfectly possible, as you can see from the many screenshots and other file attachments on this forum. As an anti-spam measure, attachments are disabled at first, but if you make some more posts you will be able to attach your images. To attach an image or an Affinity file, press the 'More Reply Options' button and then use the Attach Files area which appears below the message composition area; after browsing to the file that you want, you need to press the 'Attach This File' button, otherwise it won't actually be attached! You can create a .zip or .rar archive of any file whose original format is rejected by the uploader. 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...
Staff MEB Posted August 21, 2016 Staff Share Posted August 21, 2016 Hello weubulo, Welcome to Affinity Forums :) Which tool are you using to draw the line? You should be able to draw a line over a guide with the Pen Tool. The biggest issue is to move an existing line that lays over a guide. The Move Tool will move the guide rather than the line but you can always hide the guide temporarily. In any case, the ability to lock guides is coming along with the snapping improvements that are being implemented since v1.5 Beta. Here's how to attach an image/file to the forum. The upload restrictions for new users are lifter after a couple posts. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris.bannu Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Was this update issued? We really need a way to lock guides, because we always move them around by mistake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_B_C Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Hi chris.bannu, it seems that this feature is already implemented in the upcoming version 1.7: - Guides can be created and moved in all the core tools, plus a toggle to turn guide editing off https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/52300-sneak-peeks-for-17/ Looking forward to this feature myself … Alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 My current method for locking guides in affinity Alfred, Bilbo Bowman, BeachDesign and 4 others 5 2 Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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chris.bannu Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 26 minutes ago, firstdefence said: My current method for locking guides in affinity HAHAHAHAHAHAHA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris.bannu Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 53 minutes ago, A_B_C said: Hi chris.bannu, it seems that this feature is already implemented in the upcoming version 1.7: - Guides can be created and moved in all the core tools, plus a toggle to turn guide editing off https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/52300-sneak-peeks-for-17/ Looking forward to this feature myself … Alex Hi A_B_C, Oh man, thanks for the heads up, that's great A_B_C 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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