feklee Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 Is it possible to hide picture frames? Background: I want to draw an illustration on top of a picture frame with text styles used from Publisher. The diagonal lines in the picture frame are annoying. The only way to make them go away is to enter preview mode, but then I also loose the guides, which I need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 Could you not just use a rectangle shape with no fill Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feklee Posted August 18, 2019 Author Share Posted August 18, 2019 No. Even semitransparent images placed into a picture frame let the diagonal lines shine through. In general, this is fine, but not always. It would be really nice if there was an option to toggle these lines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 Try this, this is a completely transparent png file no fill no stroke. Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feklee Posted August 18, 2019 Author Share Posted August 18, 2019 Thanks, but I don't want to add unnecessary objects. I would like to toggle the diagonal lines. A white rectangle works, this I have already tested. Semi transparent objects don't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 In that case you will have to make a suggestion in the feedback forum here: https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/forum/65-feedback-for-affinity-publisher-on-desktop/ Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feklee Posted August 18, 2019 Author Share Posted August 18, 2019 Done. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wosven Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 You can dupplicate the image in your picture frame (or copy and paste it above), put it above the picture frame the timr you need to draw or add comments, etc. and delete it when it's finished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 3 hours ago, feklee said: Background: I want to draw an illustration on top of a picture frame with text styles used from Publisher. The diagonal lines in the picture frame are annoying. The only way to make them go away is to enter preview mode, but then I also loose the guides, which I need. Why have a Picture Frame if you're not going to fill it with a picture? Couldn't you just use a rectangle instad of the picture frame, or draw your illustration on the blank page? Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feklee Posted August 18, 2019 Author Share Posted August 18, 2019 2 hours ago, walt.farrell said: Why have a Picture Frame if you're not going to fill it with a picture? Because it's on the master. If it was possible, I would love to fill it with my illustration, but it isn't. Here it is a technical drawing, and for annotation I am using the same text styles as in the document. I don't see another way to solve the problem other than drawing on top of the picture frame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 42 minutes ago, feklee said: Because it's on the master. If it was possible, I would love to fill it with my illustration, but it isn't. Here it is a technical drawing, and for annotation I am using the same text styles as in the document. I don't see another way to solve the problem other than drawing on top of the picture frame. Thanks. You could delete the Picture Frame on that document page. With the document page selected, go to the Layers Panel. Right-click on the Master Page layer that contains the Picture Frame, and choose Edit Detached. Then expand that layer in the panel, select the Picture Frame, and delete it. Then click Finish. feklee 1 Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feklee Posted August 18, 2019 Author Share Posted August 18, 2019 That is a decent workaround, thanks! Interestingly, after finishing edit detached, the modified page still picks up all other changes from the master page: I initially thought that detaching a master page creates an independent copy. It seems however that only changes are stored, which is good. Anyhow, the very best solution would be if I could add the technical drawing into the picture frame and annotate it with text using styles from the main document. I admit that for complex typesetting projects, I'm spoiled. Here I use LaTeX, and there it is possible to import technical drawings with text and have that text typeset using styles from the main document. This is a very powerful feature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 6 minutes ago, feklee said: Anyhow, the very best solution would be if I could add the technical drawing into the picture frame and annotate it with text using styles from the main document. Right now you can only remove the frame, or hide it, as mentioned earlier in this thread. It could be a simple Rectangle with a white fill, sized to match the Picture Frame, with your technical drawing on top of it. However, as long as you do your annotation work within Publisher you should be able to use the Text Styles you have setup. Or if you were to prepare your technical drawing as a .docx file any styles you used in that file should be picked up when you Place that file into the Publisher document. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feklee Posted August 18, 2019 Author Share Posted August 18, 2019 6 hours ago, walt.farrell said: annotation work within Publisher you should be able to use the Text Styles you have setup. That's what I'm doing. Still, the annotated drawing not being in a picture frame means that its position won't get updated when the master is changed. Anyhow, I wouldn't use Publisher for typesetting a long technical document, but that's OK. Each tool has its purpose. LaTeX is harder to set up, but then you get full automation and more sophisticated typography tools. For the short document that I'm doing now, I appreciate the visual workflow that Publisher allows. walt.farrell 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 Even reading the thread twice I'm still not 100% sure what you are trying to do. But the following may be of use to you. If not it may be useful to someone else in the future. Use a Text Frame on the master page not a picture frame and set the text frame to the size of your illustration image On the normal page add a single "space" character into the text frame to "semi-detach" the text frame from the master On the normal page add your illustration image into the text frame and Pin it using the Float option On the normal page create your (text) anointment in a new text frame then drag it on top the image and also pin it using the float option (Repeat as necessary for more anointments) With everything pinned to the master frame text frame when you move the text frame on the master page, everything moves with it in sync 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...
PaulEC Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 16 hours ago, feklee said: Because it's on the master. If it was possible, I would love to fill it with my illustration, but it isn't. Here it is a technical drawing, and for annotation I am using the same text styles as in the document. I don't see another way to solve the problem other than drawing on top of the picture frame. I'm probably missing something, but why can't you use two Master pages. One with a picture frame, and one with a shape in the same position? Just apply whichever you want to the appropriate pages. Quote Acer XC-895 : Core i5-10400 Hexa-core 2.90 GHz : 32GB RAM : Intel UHD Graphics 630 : Windows 10 Home Affinity Publisher 2 : Affinity Photo 2 : Affinity Designer 2 : (latest release versions) on desktop and iPad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feklee Posted August 19, 2019 Author Share Posted August 19, 2019 Thanks for the suggestions! However, I just want to have one master page, and semantically the illustration is an picture. Maybe in a future version of Publisher it will be possible to add the illustration into a picture frame. Until then the best workaround is the one suggested by @walt.farrell. It wins by simplicity and it allows me to keep one master, albeit with the disadvantage that if I move picture frames on that master, the position of the illustration will not get updated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wosven Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 4 hours ago, feklee said: if I move picture frames on that master, the position of the illustration will not get updated. Since you've got text with this illustration, it's best to have to do it manually instead of having only the illustration's position modified. Another option would be to open your illustration and import your APub styles in ADesigner (Text > Text Styles > Import Text Styles...) and place this file in the picture frame. walt.farrell 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alecia Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 I have a question about designer. It appears there used to be a convert to picture frame option but is has been removed in 1.7. I'm making a template for social media and I want it to be easy for users to swap out the photos I place as placeholders. How can i do that? I tried adding photos with the Inside the selection button but it doesn't seem to swap photos just puts another on top. any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 Nest and clip them under the layer region of interest and rename the clipped layer placeholder to something meaningful ("Your image here", or something like that). Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 To add to what v_kyr said above, you can replace an image by selecting the image layer and pressing the Replace Image button in the context toolbar. You could also use placeholder images that contain some help text, such as my attached example, to give people a hint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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