ꜱᴩʀɪᴛᴇ➀ Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 I was watching this video tutorial on how to use Live Projections in Photo but I can't help but notice how it's doing destructive editing (it's merging down the layers and applying the filter combines the mask, etc) in order to fulfill its goal. I was wondering if there's a non-destructive way to do this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Gabe Posted March 27, 2018 Staff Share Posted March 27, 2018 Hi @sprite~1, Live projection works by merging the layers together. However, you can use Perspective Tool and achieve the same effect. You can apply this to groups as well as layers. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ꜱᴩʀɪᴛᴇ➀ Posted March 27, 2018 Author Share Posted March 27, 2018 Hi @GabrielM The main draw of the Live Projection for me is being able to work on the selection freely as a flat surface. By the way, I just figured I'd use Snapshots to preserve the "non-destroyed" state so I can go back and make changes anytime. So far it suits my needs. R C-R 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 If you use an embedded AP document as the object you want to apply the Perspective Filter to, you get the option to Edit the embedded document which will give you the original flat document to work with. If you have 2 screens (or display both documents on the one screen) you can see the Perspective image change in "real time" as you update the embedded document, which is kinda cool. Just remember to use Layer > New Live Filter Layer > Perspective Filter and not the Perspective Tool as the latter is destructive and will not work as advised above. ꜱᴩʀɪᴛᴇ➀ 1 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...
ꜱᴩʀɪᴛᴇ➀ Posted March 27, 2018 Author Share Posted March 27, 2018 I didn't even know you could do that lol. How does one embed an Affinity Photo document into another one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 Use File > Place to place the afphoto document 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...
ꜱᴩʀɪᴛᴇ➀ Posted March 27, 2018 Author Share Posted March 27, 2018 I managed to embed a test document but I can't figure out where I'm supposed to edit it. I tried modifying the original source file but the embedded one didn't change even after I saved the original. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted March 27, 2018 Staff Share Posted March 27, 2018 Hi sprite~1, Double-click it on canvas to open it in a new document tab and edit it there. Save the changes to update the original document where it's embeded. ꜱᴩʀɪᴛᴇ➀ 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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