nicolasbulb Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Hi, I was wondering if it was possible when creating a path and then attaching a Text on this path to retrieve the original path. I can't seem to find a way to do it. This is really weird and frustrating. Many thanks. Nicolas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HVDB Photography Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Can only be done in Designer. Photo doesn't have this option... Quote Affinity Photo 2.3.1 Laptop MSI Prestige PS42 Windows 11 Home 23H2 (Build 22631.3007) - Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8565U CPU @ 1.80GHz 2.00 GHz - RAM 16,0 GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 1 hour ago, HVDB Photography said: Can only be done in Designer. How? As far as I am aware, once a shape has been converted to a text path, there is no way to get the original shape back. You can edit the path with the Node tool, but it remains a text on a curve object. Alfred 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...
nicolasbulb Posted January 23, 2019 Author Share Posted January 23, 2019 Yeah, that's exactly my problem. I want to be able to copy or extract the initial path. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted January 23, 2019 Staff Share Posted January 23, 2019 Hi nicolasbulb, Welcome to Affinity Forums Currently this is not possible, sorry. You have to create a duplicate of the path before attaching the text to it if you need the original (I understand it may be too late for that now). I will let the devs know about this. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicolasbulb Posted January 23, 2019 Author Share Posted January 23, 2019 Hi Affinity, thanks for getting back to me. It would definitely be good to know before converting it. How weird for such an intuitive software that allows me to have non destructive Pathfinder and masks. ;( well. Could you make it in the next beta? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted January 23, 2019 Staff Share Posted January 23, 2019 One thing you can try (if applicable/possible) is going to the History panel, move the slider all back until you end up with the original path selected before the text was attached - perform a copy to the clipboard - and move the slider again to the right to rebuilt the entire project again up to the current point, then paste the path from the clipboard. NOTE: be careful to NOT select anything/touch the canvas after you move the History slider back to perform the copy to clipboard operation - doing so will erase all the steps you have performed after that point forcing you to rebuild everything again by hand. Version 1.7 Beta does provide multiple history paths - preventing you from losing the steps in case you do some mistake. I'm filling an improvement request for detaching the text from the path without going though all this. It's then up to the devs to decide if it's worth implementing it or not. Thanks for your feedback/report. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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