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Staff MEB Posted May 8, 2018 Staff Share Posted May 8, 2018 Hi Kochab, Welcome to Affinity Forums It means they are symbols. Check this video tutorial to learn more about them: Symbols. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kochab Posted May 8, 2018 Author Share Posted May 8, 2018 Thanks for the fast reply! That's interesting because I did start out with a symbol to create that shape, but once I got what I wanted I selected the individual shapes and combined them. Then I deleted all other symbols in my project. Is there a way to de-symbolize? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 2 minutes ago, Kochab said: Is there a way to de-symbolize? Use the Detach button in the Symbols panel. 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...
Staff MEB Posted May 8, 2018 Staff Share Posted May 8, 2018 Yes. Open the Symbols panel (menu View ▸ Studio ▸ Symbols), select the object you want to "de-symbolize" and click the Detach button in the Symbols panel. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kochab Posted May 8, 2018 Author Share Posted May 8, 2018 Ok, that works. Thanks. The problem I was running into was that I pulled the combined shape out of the symbol and put it on its own layer. That seems to implicitly make it a symbol layer, but it doesn't show up in the symbols pane. If that's confusing I can make a screenshot to try and explain it better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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