HappyGirl Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Hi! i have a question regarding the difference between locking layers and hiding them. I currently have a lot of layers in my project and I was wondering if i clicked off /hid a few of them and locked some others, will they both be safe from being moved around while im working on a particular layer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Both locking & hiding a layer prevents it from being selected on the canvas & thus moved by accident. Both locked & hidden layers can also be selected on the Layers panel, the difference here being a hidden selected layer can be still be moved (using the Move tool, cursor keys, or Transform panel) while a locked layer cannot. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyGirl Posted February 6, 2018 Author Share Posted February 6, 2018 ok thank you ! so i need to lock them as well and not just hide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 2 minutes ago, SoniaBT said: ok thank you ! so i need to lock them as well and not just hide. Either that or just be careful about selecting a hidden layer on the Layers panel. HappyGirl 1 Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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