TheTub Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 Hi, Am new to AP and using the trial. My first stumbling block is cropping. I have pasted in an image to a layer but it has a border I want to remove. How can I do this using the cropping tool on just that layer? When I select the layer and the cropping tool I am seeing a grid but when I apply the crop it crops to the entire document not the layer. Many thanks TT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted May 23, 2018 Staff Share Posted May 23, 2018 Hi TheTub, Welcome to Affinity Forums Select the part you want to keep with the Rectangular Marquee Tool, then invert the selection and press Delete on your keyboard to get rid of the now selected outer parts. If the layer you are working with is an Image layer type (check the label between parenthesis after the layer's name in the Layers panel) you have to right-click on it and select Rasterise before performing the steps i outlined above otherwise the whole layer will be deleted. Image layers 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 rasterised first as described above. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTub Posted May 23, 2018 Author Share Posted May 23, 2018 Hi MEB, Thanks for the quick reply. I followed your directions. I rasterised the image layer. It now has (Pixel) as a layer type. I then invoked the crop tool and have placed the grid covering the part I wish to keep. I visited the 'Select' dropdown and clicked 'Invert Pixel Selection' then hit 'Delete'. The whole layer has vanished. What step did I miss out? Many thanks TT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted May 23, 2018 Staff Share Posted May 23, 2018 No, don't use the Crop Tool but the Rectangular Marquee Tool. The crop tool is docxument based and will crop all layers. TheTub 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTub Posted May 23, 2018 Author Share Posted May 23, 2018 Ha, That did it. Easy when you know how. Many thanks TT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted May 23, 2018 Staff Share Posted May 23, 2018 You're welcome Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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