Boldlinedesign Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 When I open a jpeg photo in AP and want to edit that image directly, like removing a background, I have found I am unable to do anything more than make a smart slection on the image. I can't add brush strokes or clone anything or touch up the image until I go to the layer of the image and right-click and then hit "rasterize", then it act like a normal jpeg I can edit. Is this standard practice for every photo I bring in? Or am i missing something? Thanks in advance! Mat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted February 20, 2018 Staff Share Posted February 20, 2018 Hi Boldlinedesign, Welcome to Affinity Forums That's probably because you are working with an Image layers (look at the label between parenthesis after the layer's name in the Layers panel). Those are a special layer type that retains all the original image data - you can think of them as embedded images -. They are created when you use the Place Image Tool, the File ▸ Place command or when you simply drag them from the Finder (Mac) or File Explorer (Windows) to the canvas of an opened document. They can be transformed globally (rotated, skewed etc) without losing quality but they cannot be edited/manipulated at a pixel level. For that they must be converted to a Pixel layer type first. To do it right-click the Image layer in the Layers panel and select Rasterise. This is by design. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boldlinedesign Posted February 20, 2018 Author Share Posted February 20, 2018 Thank you for your quick and detailed reply - that helps a lot! Makes sense when you explain the value of the setup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toltec Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 14 hours ago, Boldlinedesign said: When I open a jpeg photo in AP and want to edit that image directly, like removing a background, I have found I am unable to do anything more than make a smart slection on the image. I can't add brush strokes or clone anything or touch up the image until I go to the layer of the image and right-click and then hit "rasterize", then it act like a normal jpeg I can edit. Is this standard practice for every photo I bring in? Or am i missing something? Thanks in advance! Mat Open the JPEG, rather than Place it (or copy it) and it can be edited immediately. Boldlinedesign 1 Quote Windows PCs. Photo and Designer, latest non-beta versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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