carlseibert Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 Hi, I'm teaching myself Affinity after 30 years with Photoshop. Meaning I may have just missed something. If so, somebody please speak up. If we accept that best non-destructive practice with any of the cloning or healing tools is to work on a blank pixel layer, that means using "Current layer and below" 99% of the time with those tools. Yet for each new file, I have to re-select this option in the context bar. It would be a time-saver if that option was either sticky or was simply the default. Please. -Carl Torstein and loukash 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RNKLN Posted August 22 Share Posted August 22 … and then also automatically create the blank pixel layer when you choose these options and one isn't available? Quote Affinity Photo - Affinity Designer - Affinity Publisher | macOS Sonoma (14.5) on 16GB MBP14 2021 with 2.5.X versions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted August 22 Share Posted August 22 2 hours ago, RNKLN said: … and then also automatically create the blank pixel layer when you choose these options and one isn't available? That would be tricky, I think. How many new empty pixel layers would you expect, when you switch between tools with that option enabled? One for every tool switch? Once you've added the first pixel to the empty layer, it isn't empty any more. So how should the application decide when to create another one? 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 18.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RNKLN Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 On 8/22/2024 at 10:44 PM, walt.farrell said: That would be tricky, I think. I totally agree, Walt. I was thinking of what the next request would be after Affinity has decided it makes sense to have Current Layer and Below selected by default. I also use this way of working 99% of the times, so I like the OP's idea. Quote Affinity Photo - Affinity Designer - Affinity Publisher | macOS Sonoma (14.5) on 16GB MBP14 2021 with 2.5.X versions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 On 8/21/2024 at 10:22 PM, carlseibert said: It would be a time-saver if that option was either sticky or was simply the default. Strange, that option is sticky for me even if I restart APhoto I wonder why is it not for you guys? Also, if I set the Clone Brush to "Current layer and below" the "Healing brush" does so as well. In effect the Clone Brush and the Healing brush, mimic the setting no matter which one I change it in Windows 11 Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotMyFault Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 55 minutes ago, carl123 said: Strange, that option is sticky for me even if I restart APhoto I wonder why is it not for you guys? Also, if I set the Clone Brush to "Current layer and below" the "Healing brush" does so as well. In effect the Clone Brush and the Healing brush, mimic the setting no matter which one I change it in Windows 11 Only within a document, never for newly created or opened documents. Quote Mac mini M1 A2348 | Windows 10 - AMD Ryzen 9 5900x - 32 GB RAM - Nvidia GTX 1080 LG34WK950U-W, calibrated to DCI-P3 with LG Calibration Studio / Spider 5 iPad Air Gen 5 (2022) A2589 Special interest into procedural texture filter, edit alpha channel, RGB/16 and RGB/32 color formats, stacking, finding root causes for misbehaving files, finding creative solutions for unsolvable tasks, finding bugs in Apps. My posts focus on technical aspects and leave out most of social grease like „maybe“, „in my opinion“, „I might be wrong“ etc. just add copy/paste all these softeners from this signature to make reading more comfortable for you. Otherwise I’m a fine person which respects you and everyone and wants to be respected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 Just now, NotMyFault said: Only within a document, never for newly created or opened documents. Thanks, I'll wait to see if this is one of those Mac versus Windows anomalies before investigating further Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotMyFault Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 This has been requested over and over again. So simple to implement, but Affinity devs play blind and deaf and cause endless frustration in user base. I cannot understand that this simple request for the most basic UI customization gets still ignored. It makes me angry again every single time I use clone/patch/healing brushes. https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/search/&q=Current and below&type=forums_topic&quick=1&nodes=122,56,53,54,55,44,65,6&search_and_or=and&sortby=relevancy Quote Mac mini M1 A2348 | Windows 10 - AMD Ryzen 9 5900x - 32 GB RAM - Nvidia GTX 1080 LG34WK950U-W, calibrated to DCI-P3 with LG Calibration Studio / Spider 5 iPad Air Gen 5 (2022) A2589 Special interest into procedural texture filter, edit alpha channel, RGB/16 and RGB/32 color formats, stacking, finding root causes for misbehaving files, finding creative solutions for unsolvable tasks, finding bugs in Apps. My posts focus on technical aspects and leave out most of social grease like „maybe“, „in my opinion“, „I might be wrong“ etc. just add copy/paste all these softeners from this signature to make reading more comfortable for you. Otherwise I’m a fine person which respects you and everyone and wants to be respected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotMyFault Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 I find feedback all back to 2015, maybe earlier. 9 years and counting. Quote Mac mini M1 A2348 | Windows 10 - AMD Ryzen 9 5900x - 32 GB RAM - Nvidia GTX 1080 LG34WK950U-W, calibrated to DCI-P3 with LG Calibration Studio / Spider 5 iPad Air Gen 5 (2022) A2589 Special interest into procedural texture filter, edit alpha channel, RGB/16 and RGB/32 color formats, stacking, finding root causes for misbehaving files, finding creative solutions for unsolvable tasks, finding bugs in Apps. My posts focus on technical aspects and leave out most of social grease like „maybe“, „in my opinion“, „I might be wrong“ etc. just add copy/paste all these softeners from this signature to make reading more comfortable for you. Otherwise I’m a fine person which respects you and everyone and wants to be respected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 This post seems to suggest it was added in a beta around March 2023 https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/182097-feature-requestsuggestion-make-clone-brush-default-to-current-layer-and-below/#comment-1055297 Then I found this here... https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/photo/full-feature-list/ Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotMyFault Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 Don’t know,but it doesn’t work for me on all 3 platforms. I switch to current and below every single time, and it always defaults back to current layer only in new documents. Quote Mac mini M1 A2348 | Windows 10 - AMD Ryzen 9 5900x - 32 GB RAM - Nvidia GTX 1080 LG34WK950U-W, calibrated to DCI-P3 with LG Calibration Studio / Spider 5 iPad Air Gen 5 (2022) A2589 Special interest into procedural texture filter, edit alpha channel, RGB/16 and RGB/32 color formats, stacking, finding root causes for misbehaving files, finding creative solutions for unsolvable tasks, finding bugs in Apps. My posts focus on technical aspects and leave out most of social grease like „maybe“, „in my opinion“, „I might be wrong“ etc. just add copy/paste all these softeners from this signature to make reading more comfortable for you. Otherwise I’m a fine person which respects you and everyone and wants to be respected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlseibert Posted August 26 Author Share Posted August 26 On 8/24/2024 at 5:47 AM, carl123 said: Also, if I set the Clone Brush to "Current layer and below" the "Healing brush" does so as well. In effect the Clone Brush and the Healing brush, mimic the setting no matter which one I change it in As it should. Except for me, it doesn't. If I see "Current Layer and Below" when I pick up the Inpainting brush in a newly opened document, that's how I know that I have accidentally incremented the brushes and have the Healing brush selected. The setting for the Healing brush is apparently sticky; for Inpainting, it reverts to default. (I'm on 2.5.3 om Win11) Very strange. I do have to say that V2.5 Affinity isn't as stable as V25 Photoshop. That's not exactly a shock. But two users, presumably on the same version, seeing consistent, opposite, behavior is odd. [Cue the Billy Bob Thornton joke from Fargo.] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Komatös Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 @NotMyFault @carlseibert Try as follows: Open a new document. Select one of the tools that offers the source selection. Set Curent Layer & Below there. Now go to Edit -> Defaults and select Save. When creating a new document, Curent Layer & Below is now preset for all tools. Quote MAC mini M4 | MacOS Sequoia 15.1.1 | 16 GB RAM | 256 GB SSD AMD Ryzen 7 5700X | INTEL Arc A770 LE 16 GB | 32 GB DDR4 3200MHz | Windows 11 Pro 24H2 (26100.2161) Affinity Suite V 2.5.6 & Beta 2.6 (latest) Interested in a free (selfhosted) PDF Solution? Have a look at Stirling PDF Ferengi Acquisition Rule No. 49: “A deal is a deal is a deal.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotMyFault Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 (edited) I tried on Mac, does not work for inpainting brush or patch tool. But it seems default is memorised @carl123 for clone and healing tool - unrelated to edit->save defaults. I almost never use those tools. I need the sticky setting specifically for Inpainting brush Patch tool Help says it saves styles for vector objects, not edit settings. https://affinity.help/photo2/English.lproj/pages/DesignAids/objectDefaults.html Edited August 26 by NotMyFault Quote Mac mini M1 A2348 | Windows 10 - AMD Ryzen 9 5900x - 32 GB RAM - Nvidia GTX 1080 LG34WK950U-W, calibrated to DCI-P3 with LG Calibration Studio / Spider 5 iPad Air Gen 5 (2022) A2589 Special interest into procedural texture filter, edit alpha channel, RGB/16 and RGB/32 color formats, stacking, finding root causes for misbehaving files, finding creative solutions for unsolvable tasks, finding bugs in Apps. My posts focus on technical aspects and leave out most of social grease like „maybe“, „in my opinion“, „I might be wrong“ etc. just add copy/paste all these softeners from this signature to make reading more comfortable for you. Otherwise I’m a fine person which respects you and everyone and wants to be respected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlseibert Posted August 26 Author Share Posted August 26 I just tried Defaults > Save Defaults on the Rectangle tool (which is vector) and the Inpainting and paint brush tools (which aren't). Didn't work with any of them. Drat! The cited Help page is under the Photo hierarchy, so it doesn't appear to only apply to Designer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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