Sam Neil Posted May 1 Posted May 1 Is there anyway to maintain the grouping once the objects are grouped? It keeps losing the group and becomes undone! Quote
RE4LLY Posted May 1 Posted May 1 First of all which program and version are you talking about? Second of all, please describe in more detail how you are handling your groups (possibly also show us a screen recording of the issue) as they definitely should not come undone just like that. Are you by any chance triggering the Ungroup Shortcut? Alfred 1 Quote
street79 Posted May 1 Posted May 1 24 minutes ago, Sam Neil said: Is there anyway to maintain the grouping once the objects are grouped? It keeps losing the group and becomes undone! Select the layers to group then Command + G give them a name and a grouped layer is created. Shift +Command + G to do the opposite. Quote IMac 27" Retina 5K – OS 12.7.6 – Affinity Photo-Designer-Publisher 2.6.3 I apologize for my English. It's not my native language.
NotMyFault Posted May 1 Posted May 1 Are you trying to e.g. paint on groups or use destructive filters? Then the group gets rasterized - depending on assistant settings. Quote Mac mini M1 A2348 | MBP M3 Windows 11 - AMD Ryzen 9 5900x - 32 GB RAM - Nvidia GTX 1080 LG34WK950U-W, calibrated to DCI-P3 with LG Calibration Studio / Spider 5 | Dell 27“ 4K 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. I use iPad screenshots and videos even in the Desktop section of the forum when I expect no relevant difference.
Alfred Posted May 1 Posted May 1 50 minutes ago, street79 said: Select the layers to group then Command + G give them a name and a grouped layer is created. Shift +Command + G to do the opposite. (Shift+)Command+G on macOS, (Shift+)Ctrl+G on Windows. Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.5.1 (iPad 7th gen)
R C-R Posted May 1 Posted May 1 1 hour ago, Sam Neil said: It keeps losing the group and becomes undone! Can you give us a screenshot of the Layers panel showing the group & one showing what it looks like after the group is undone? Also, what are you doing immediately prior to the group becoming undone? What does the History panel show? Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.6 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 All 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7
Sam Neil Posted May 2 Author Posted May 2 What I meant is simple grouping between the object (The trio of applications - Windows ONLY) When I group two obejct and lets say I paste them in an new page, they lose the connection and have to regroup them. Quote
NotMyFault Posted May 2 Posted May 2 still unclear for me. We need screenshots of before and after state. please provide the exact list of steps you do, e.g. group 2 text frame layers copy group (not the 2 layers - the group must be chosen) switch to another document paste If you just select the 2 layers inside the group, then only the individual layers get copied, not the group. Quote Mac mini M1 A2348 | MBP M3 Windows 11 - AMD Ryzen 9 5900x - 32 GB RAM - Nvidia GTX 1080 LG34WK950U-W, calibrated to DCI-P3 with LG Calibration Studio / Spider 5 | Dell 27“ 4K 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. I use iPad screenshots and videos even in the Desktop section of the forum when I expect no relevant difference.
GarryP Posted May 2 Posted May 2 Are you selecting the layers inside the Group before copy/paste, or the Group layer which the layers are in? If you don't select the Group layer then the Group will not be copied. Can you show us a video of this happening? Quote
Alfred Posted May 2 Posted May 2 6 minutes ago, GarryP said: Are you selecting the layers inside the Group before copy/paste, or the Group layer which the layers are in? If you don't select the Group layer then the Group will not be copied. The screenshot shows us that there is no group in the document. The OP has simply made a multiple selection comprising two separate layers. Sam Neil 1 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.5.1 (iPad 7th gen)
GarryP Posted May 2 Posted May 2 6 minutes ago, Alfred said: The screenshot shows us that there is no group in the document. They didn’t give an indication of whether the screenshot was before copying or after pasting. As mentioned by NotMyFault above, we need to be able to see both to see what has happened. Alfred 1 Quote
NotMyFault Posted May 2 Posted May 2 6 minutes ago, Alfred said: The screenshot shows us that there is no group in the document. The OP has simply made a multiple selection comprising two separate layers. That conclusion might be premature. Assuming we see the state after pasting. We don't see anything from the before state (the source document). If the history panel would be visible (it is, I mean expanded) we could be sure. Alfred 1 Quote Mac mini M1 A2348 | MBP M3 Windows 11 - AMD Ryzen 9 5900x - 32 GB RAM - Nvidia GTX 1080 LG34WK950U-W, calibrated to DCI-P3 with LG Calibration Studio / Spider 5 | Dell 27“ 4K 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. I use iPad screenshots and videos even in the Desktop section of the forum when I expect no relevant difference.
Sam Neil Posted May 2 Author Posted May 2 22 minutes ago, Alfred said: The screenshot shows us that there is no group in the document. The OP has simply made a multiple selection comprising two separate layers. Well Said Alfred - My bad I should have said layers - Yes I group two or more layers and paste them in another page and they are no longer grouped. Is there anyway to maintain this status with layers? Alfred 1 Quote
Alfred Posted May 2 Posted May 2 As Garry observed: 29 minutes ago, GarryP said: If you don't select the Group layer then the Group will not be copied. So either there was no group to select in the source document or (more likely) there was a group but only the layers within that group were selected for copying, and we’re seeing what was pasted. Sam Neil 1 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.5.1 (iPad 7th gen)
Alfred Posted May 2 Posted May 2 1 minute ago, Sam Neil said: I group two or more layers and paste them in another page and they are no longer grouped Are you sure you’re copying the group, not just its contents? Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.5.1 (iPad 7th gen)
Sam Neil Posted May 2 Author Posted May 2 Just now, Alfred said: Are you sure you’re copying the group, not just its contents? Maybe you are right - I have been doing it wrong. I think I need to make a video. Will post one as soon as I get a chance Alfred and NotMyFault 1 1 Quote
carl123 Posted May 2 Posted May 2 1 hour ago, Sam Neil said: What I meant is simple grouping between the object (The trio of applications - Windows ONLY) If I copy a group in a 2.6 document and paste it into a 2.5.7 document (opened in 2.5.7) the items are pasted ungrouped Are you pasting between "The trio of applications" and are they all upgraded to 2.6? Sam Neil and NotMyFault 2 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.
Sam Neil Posted May 2 Author Posted May 2 1 hour ago, carl123 said: If I copy a group in a 2.6 document and paste it into a 2.5.7 document (opened in 2.5.7) the items are pasted ungrouped Are you pasting between "The trio of applications" and are they all upgraded to 2.6? Yes and also between Artboards in AD and pages in APUB Quote
NotMyFault Posted May 2 Posted May 2 please open the "about" box in every of the three App and make a screenshot, for upload in this thread. Quote Mac mini M1 A2348 | MBP M3 Windows 11 - AMD Ryzen 9 5900x - 32 GB RAM - Nvidia GTX 1080 LG34WK950U-W, calibrated to DCI-P3 with LG Calibration Studio / Spider 5 | Dell 27“ 4K 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. I use iPad screenshots and videos even in the Desktop section of the forum when I expect no relevant difference.
Alfred Posted May 2 Posted May 2 13 minutes ago, Sam Neil said: Yes and also between Artboards in AD and pages in AP Affinity Photo (APh or AP) doesn’t have pages, so you must mean Affinity Publisher (APub or APu). Hover over the underlined abbreviation in a desktop browser to display a tooltip that tells you what the forum software understands by the abbreviation you’ve chosen. Sam Neil 1 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.5.1 (iPad 7th gen)
Sam Neil Posted May 2 Author Posted May 2 15 minutes ago, NotMyFault said: please open the "about" box in every of the three App and make a screenshot, for upload in this thread. They are all WINDOWS (2.6.2) NotMyFault 1 Quote
Sam Neil Posted May 2 Author Posted May 2 12 minutes ago, Alfred said: Affinity Photo (APh or AP) doesn’t have pages, so you must mean Affinity Publisher (APub or APu). Hover over the underlined abbreviation in a desktop browser to display a tooltip that tells you what the forum software understands by the abbreviation you’ve chosen. Noted and corrected Alfred Alfred 1 Quote
NotMyFault Posted May 2 Posted May 2 then it would be really great to get a screen recording of the process (grouping, copying, pasting) Quote Mac mini M1 A2348 | MBP M3 Windows 11 - AMD Ryzen 9 5900x - 32 GB RAM - Nvidia GTX 1080 LG34WK950U-W, calibrated to DCI-P3 with LG Calibration Studio / Spider 5 | Dell 27“ 4K 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. I use iPad screenshots and videos even in the Desktop section of the forum when I expect no relevant difference.
Sam Neil Posted May 2 Author Posted May 2 Here it is - Basically if I have grouped these two or any objects - When copied and pasted it should preserved the group status. (At least what I would like to see). Video_2025-05-02_113133.mp4 Quote
NotMyFault Posted May 2 Posted May 2 the video shows that the group gets copied and pasted (time code 17 sec) into Artboard 2. So I don't understand what you see as problem. Quote Mac mini M1 A2348 | MBP M3 Windows 11 - AMD Ryzen 9 5900x - 32 GB RAM - Nvidia GTX 1080 LG34WK950U-W, calibrated to DCI-P3 with LG Calibration Studio / Spider 5 | Dell 27“ 4K 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. I use iPad screenshots and videos even in the Desktop section of the forum when I expect no relevant difference.
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