Gidgii Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 Hi all, I've tried multiple ways to google this question so please know I tried to find my own answers! I do digital scrapbooking and want to replace PS with Affinity (PS has become slower and sluggish). So how it works is usually I use a template which has a bunch of squares, circles, etc, that you are suppose to 'cover up' with papers. These are created by graphic designers and sold in 'kits' which include background papers (JPGS) and then PNGs are used for the other elements (flowers, leaves, whatever the kit is about). So I need to be able to clip these JPGs to the objects on the template which isn't the quickest process in Affinity but I find Affinity to be much quicker in terms of rendering and processing. There are some shortfalls, like not having the ability to key-bind "Clip to layer" but I am not experiencing incredible lag when I've got about a hundred smaller layers on my template - so that's a plus in a big way. Anyways, my issue is that I want to drag my layers into the layers palette like I can in photoshop. I select a layer where I want my PNG to sit above and when I drag it onto the canvas, the PNG will be ordered just above the currently selected layer. I realise it's possible to do this when creating a new pixel layer, but I can't find a way to do this when placing a new object onto the canvas via drag n drop. Is this even possible? Thanks, Gidgii Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 On Windows, drag&drop does not appear to do what you want but File > Place will 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...
Gidgii Posted August 17, 2019 Author Share Posted August 17, 2019 10 hours ago, carl123 said: On Windows, drag&drop does not appear to do what you want but File > Place will Thank you Carl123. That does work, indeed. A bit painful compared to just drag and dropping but at least a solution until such a time as drag and drop is supported in the same way. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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