TPatrick Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 I've worked with many programs over 30+ years. I bought Affinity Photo based on many good reviews. However, the capability to add text to an image is so convoluted that after 6 hours of research I still don't know how to add text to an image. Please add a simple add text to an image function - one button very easy and simple to find: perhaps under text drop down (which currently has options that are mostly greyed out) - drag a text box - type text - highlight text to change font, size, color, orientation, etc. I am very very disappointed at how difficult it is to add text AND there is nothing in help files NOR is there a way to contact tech support. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arceom Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 Don't know if I understood your question, but have your tried the text tool? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 6 hours ago, TPatrick said: there is nothing in help files https://affinity.help/photo/English.lproj/pages/Text/text_general.html 6 hours ago, TPatrick said: I bought Affinity Photo Why do you request Affinity Designer? Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.5.5.2636 (Retail) Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.4317. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.4317. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPatrick Posted July 14, 2019 Author Share Posted July 14, 2019 What is affinity designer? I am on - I thought the affinity developer - suggestions for improvement discussion. WHERE do I find the text tool? This is day two and approaching 10 hours unsuccessfully trying type "Congratulations!" on wedding photo. The photo is open. Along the top clicking on the "Text" drop down - most options are greyed out, the options that are not greyed out do not seem to do anything. How do I insert text on a photo. For the affinity developers suggestion discussion there really needs to be an insert text button. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPatrick Posted July 14, 2019 Author Share Posted July 14, 2019 15 hours ago, Arceom said: Don't know if I understood your question, but have your tried the text tool? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPatrick Posted July 14, 2019 Author Share Posted July 14, 2019 9 hours ago, Pšenda said: https://affinity.help/photo/English.lproj/pages/Text/text_general.html Why do you request Affinity Designer? Just now, TPatrick said: 15 hours ago, Arceom said: Don't know if I understood your question, but have your tried the text tool? There is no A on my tool bar and when I go across the top to "Text" most options are greyed out - the others seem to do nothing. How do I get the "A" . ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPatrick Posted July 14, 2019 Author Share Posted July 14, 2019 2 minutes ago, TPatrick said: There is no "A" on my too; bar. At the top under the "Text" drop down most items are greyed out and there is no "A" or anything that says Text tool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arceom Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 1.- Click "view" at the top 2.- Click "Customize Tools..." 3.- Click and drag the Artistic Text tool "A" to the tool bar Hope this solves your issue =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 1 hour ago, TPatrick said: What is affinity designer? I am on - I thought the affinity developer - suggestions for improvement discussion. You posted in the forum named "Feedback for Affinity Designer on Desktop". There is a similar forum for Affinity Photo that you would use to request enhancements to Affinity Photo. Ideally, though, you would have started by asking a question, or using the Help function built-in to Photo. For example, searching in the Help for "text" (without the " marks) would have lead to the Frame Text (online version), or the Artistic Text (online version) documentation and a number of other text-related topics. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fde101 Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 On 7/14/2019 at 2:22 PM, TPatrick said: There is no "A" on my too; bar. At the top under the "Text" drop down most items are greyed out and there is no "A" or anything that says Text tool. There are two text tools: the "frame text" tool has an icon which is a shape with a "T" in it, and the "artistic text" tool (which I think is what you are looking for here) has the icon with an "A". They occupy the same position among the tools in Photo so you need to press and hold the mouse button on the icon for either one for a moment and a menu should pop up allowing selection of the other one. Also, make sure you are in the Photo persona and not the Develop persona (or other persona) as the text tools are only in the Photo persona. Those are the leftmost icons on the main toolbar (the Photo persona has the same icon as the application itself). If neither one is there, then the information @Arceom provided on how to customize the tools may be relevant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 1 hour ago, fde101 said: If neither one is there, then the information @Arceom provided on how to customize the tools may be relevant. In particular, the ‘Number of Columns’ control (not actually highlighted in the screenshot) will be relevant if you don’t have sufficient screen height to see all of the tools. Try changing the value to 2. fde101 1 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.5.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joachim_L Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 I can (accidently) remove the text tool without being a troll. Here is how to get it back. Quote ------ Windows 10 | i5-8500 CPU | Intel UHD 630 Graphics | 32 GB RAM | Latest Retail and Beta versions of complete Affinity range installed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fde101 Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 On 7/14/2019 at 2:16 PM, TPatrick said: What is affinity designer? I am on - I thought the affinity developer There are currently three programs in the Affinity suite - Photo, Designer and Publisher. You are asking about Photo, but you posted this in a section of the forum that is intended for discussing Designer. A moderator might move this to the appropriate place when they take notice. That said, this particular feature works the same way in all three applications in the Affinity suite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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