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Why can't I move or recolor pixel layers in APub? They seem locked. I can't copy them into AP or AD. They aren't editable in APub's AD or AP either.Screenshot2025-02-02at6_22_29PM.png.375034f36578d1d7cdd43a34f8dcca76.png

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Posted
6 hours ago, kat said:

Why can't I move or recolor pixel layers in APub?

When posting screenshots, please give us full-screen screenshots (showing the whole application UI) where possible.

Full-screen screenshots are often more useful for diagnostic purposes than limited-area screen-grabs. We can always zoom in to full-screen screenshots to see the details but we can’t ‘zoom out’ to see information that hasn’t been provided.

If there is information on the screen which you don’t want to be made public then you can take the screenshot and then manipulate it in any Affinity application before posting. For example, you can draw a filled rectangle over the information you don’t want us to see, or Blur the area, and tell us that you have done that so we know that what we see isn’t exactly what you see.

If you are using more than one screen then a full-screen screenshot of each screen you are using the application on would help.

Posted

Likely the problem is that the image is linked and I can't find the original file.

Thoughts about lost linked files?Screenshot2025-02-03at9_14_53AM.png.8b54210f71494d7d58bb0982d74da8ec.png

Searching contains 1gr9cz didn't work.

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Posted
1 hour ago, kat said:

Thoughts about lost linked files?Screenshot2025-02-03at9_14_53AM.png.8b54210f71494d7d58bb0982d74da8ec.png

The following is the sort of thing that can really bork your system, so I would say don't follow this advice. The directory/folder named var is a hidden folder at the root level of your hard-drive. To view these folders open a new finder window and go to the hard-drive and hit Shift + . (period key). Now you can see and navigate thru those folders and files, var, folders, m4, 1gr....

I must reiterate: Don't do anything but look at the folders and files, don't move or delete or open any files unless you know what you are doing.

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Posted
27 minutes ago, Old Bruce said:

The following is the sort of thing that can really bork your system, so I would say don't follow this advice. The directory/folder named var is a hidden folder at the root level of your hard-drive. To view these folders open a new finder window and go to the hard-drive and hit Shift + . (period key). Now you can see and navigate thru those folders and files, var, folders, m4, 1gr....

I must reiterate: Don't do anything but look at the folders and files, don't move or delete or open any files unless you know what you are doing.

Totally great advice! Asking the question in the forum always help ; )

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Posted
7 hours ago, kat said:

Thoughts about lost linked files?Screenshot2025-02-03at9_14_53AM.png.8b54210f71494d7d58bb0982d74da8ec.png

The path looks like a result of a file downloaded via the "Stock" panel in Affinity. This download method is known for issues with its file path and for lost/missing images after app relaunch or mac reboot, so it is recommended to change its file paths directly after download (e.g. copy it from that folder + rename the file + replace in Affinity) or simply to avoid the "Stock" panel + download via a web browser.

https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/search/&tags=AF-964

Additionally, the details of the issues for pixel and vector images unfortunately differ, as described below by @Dan C.

On 10/27/2023 at 1:11 PM, Dan C said:
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The behaviour of this has changed in V2, as has the ‘Linked’ location used on macOS.

For raster stock images, the image is Embedded, ignoring the "Prefer Linked" preference.

For vector stock images, the image is Linked. This obeys the "Prefer Linked" preference.

However, on macOS the Linked location is now also a ‘temp’ folder, matching Windows. This means that when using Vector Stock with document policy set to Linked, after saving, closing the app & reopening the document, the Linked resource is now ‘Missing’ and has to be re-added through the Stock panel.

I believe this should respect the document policy at all times - though I’m not sure of the exact location the app should use to link the file in this instance.

Regardless, it’s currently possible to add Stock which is then lost after restarting the app and this should be addressed

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Posted
6 hours ago, Old Bruce said:

Shift + . (period key)

Isn't the shortcut to show/hide invisible Finder objects 'Command + Shift + .' ?

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Posted
1 hour ago, thomaso said:

The path looks like a result of a file downloaded via the "Stock" panel in Affinity. This download method is known for issues with its file path and for lost/missing images after app relaunch or mac reboot, so it is recommended to change its file paths directly after download (e.g. copy it from that folder + rename the file + replace in Affinity) or simply to avoid the "Stock" panel + download via a web browser.

Yippes! I suspect what I wrote below is wrong. Clarification please.

So as soon as I download vector from the stock panel I go to resource manager where the file is linked. But when I clicked on the svg, Locate in Finder was greyed out. And the address was as @Old Bruce wrote

"Now you can see and navigate thru those folders and files, var, folders, m4, 1gr....

I must reiterate: Don't do anything but look at the folders and files, don't move or delete or open any files unless you know what you are doing."

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Posted
2 hours ago, thomaso said:

Isn't the shortcut to show/hide invisible Finder objects 'Command + Shift + .' ?

Yes it is.

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Posted
12 hours ago, kat said:

Likely the problem is that the image is linked and [...]

Initially, you said the problematic object is a Pixel and your screenshot agrees with that. However, Pixel objects cannot be linked or embedded like Image or Document objects, so this thread has become a bit confusing to me.

Posted

Search for „group around table“ on pixabay.

 

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Posted
8 hours ago, kat said:

Yippes! I suspect what I wrote below is wrong. Clarification please.

Regarding the recommended caution with such invisible folders in macOS @OldBruce was right. But you can copy the image (not move or rename there) to one of your custom folders, then rename the file and replace the resource in Affinity. If replaced it won't be used by Affinity anymore and macOS can do with it what it wants or needs to do (possibly remove/delete after next reboot). – However, I'd recommend to avoid the Stock panel but download the file via a web browser.

5 hours ago, lepr said:

Initially, you said the problematic object is a Pixel and your screenshot agrees with that. However, Pixel objects cannot be linked or embedded like Image or Document objects, so this thread has become a bit confusing to me.

The layers panel shows more than one instance of this illustration: 1 complete (selected) + 3 separate parts (above) which are all converted to layers of type "Pixel", nevertheless the shown path indicates there is/was a linked instance, too.

@kat , in your screenshot the interface handles seems to indicate that you try to edit the "pixel" layer. While we can't edit a "pixel" layer this way we can convert a pixel layer to a layer of type "Image" to enable its editability. Right-click the object in the layout window and choose "Convert to Image Resource".

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Posted
5 hours ago, thomaso said:

Regarding the recommended caution with such invisible folders in macOS @OldBruce was right. But you can copy the image (not move or rename there) to one of your custom folders, then rename the file and replace the resource in Affinity. If replaced it won't be used by Affinity anymore and macOS can do with it what it wants or needs to do (possibly remove/delete after next reboot). – However, I'd recommend to avoid the Stock panel but download the file via a web browser.

The layers panel shows more than one instance of this illustration: 1 complete (selected) + 3 separate parts (above) which are all converted to layers of type "Pixel", nevertheless the shown path indicates there is/was a linked instance, too.

@kat , in your screenshot the interface handles seems to indicate that you try to edit the "pixel" layer. While we can't edit a "pixel" layer this way we can convert a pixel layer to a layer of type "Image" to enable its editability. Right-click the object in the layout window and choose "Convert to Image Resource".

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"Convert to Image Resource" is greyed out when right clicking. 

FYI: pixel layers above were made when I selected parts of the image, the filled with color in APhoto. That initially worked then stopped working.

Learning a lot from this thread. In future I will definitely steer clear of vectors in the stock panel.

I apologize for my lack of clarity.

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Posted
35 minutes ago, kat said:

"Convert to Image Resource" is greyed out when right clicking. 

Please show a screenshot of the entire screen, including Tools + Layers Panel + this 'Pixel' layer selected & its right-click menu opened.

38 minutes ago, kat said:

FYI: pixel layers above were made when I selected parts of the image, the filled with color in APhoto. That initially worked then stopped working.

(…) I will definitely steer clear of vectors in the stock panel.

I apologize for my lack of clarity.

If I understand right you were not unclear in your description only but also unaware of your workflow details, mixing steps for/of different layer types.

• A vector layer ('Curve') can get colourized by just assigning a colour via the Colour / the Swatches panel. – There is no need to use a paint brush or fill bucket.

• If we use a brush tool or fill bucket on a vector or 'Image' layer it may get automatically* converted to a layer of type 'Pixel' and it will loose certain attributes of vector or 'Image'. 

• We can convert a layer of type 'Pixel' into 'Image' but not into a vector layer ('Curve', 'SVG, 'Document').

* to prevent a layer from automatic conversion choose according options in the "Assistant Options" in the Toolbar.

https://affinity.help/photo2/English.lproj/index.html?page=pages/Workspace/preferences.html&title=Settings (or Preferences)

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Posted
13 minutes ago, thomaso said:

Please show a screenshot of the entire screen, including Tools + Layers Panel + this 'Pixel' layer selected & its right-click menu opened.

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Posted
2 hours ago, kat said:

Learning a lot from this thread. In future I will definitely steer clear of vectors in the stock panel.

No reason. Just open the SVG file, copy all layers, and paste them into the parent document (after closing the SVG file).

I provided the link earlier to re-download the SVG via stock image search.

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Posted

@kat, there is still a confusion or misunderstanding:

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I mentioned the right-click option "Convert to Image Resource" for the "Pixel" version of the illustration, as shown in the screenshot of your first post in this thread.

The most recent, requested screenshot shows a different object, its layer type is not "Pixel" but "Linked document" in the Layers panel and the illustration appears to be saved inside an SVG (see your Resource Manager).

As mentioned, only a "Pixel" object can get converted into an "Image" layer, and, if an object is listed in the Resource Manager, it is not a layer of type "Pixel" (-> does not need this conversion via right-click).

If an object is "Missing" in the Resource Manager you can access its low resolution preview only as long it is "Missing". To resolve this situation of a missing item with this weird file path, I recommend to …

• download the illustration via a browser app (not Affinity "Stock" panel),
• save the download in your usual image folder and rename it if wanted.
• Then, in Affinity, select this missing object with the Move Tool and
• press the button "Replace Image" in the Context Toolbar and choose the new download.

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Posted
1 hour ago, thomaso said:

download the illustration via a browser app (not Affinity "Stock" panel),

Unfortunately Pixabay does not allow to download SVG vie browser without an account. 
Only via Affinity Apps you get an SVG directly.

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Posted

@thomasoThe most recent, requested screenshot shows a different object, its layer type is not "Pixel" but "Linked document" in the Layers panel and the illustration appears to be saved inside an SVG (see your Resource Manager).

Whoops, I'd tossed the missing linked image so downloaded a previous Apub from Time Machine which contained the image. There are a lot of really nice vector free download sites, which I'm using now.

This info is really helpful. Thank you.

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