A person can use the arrow keys to move the object by pixel (but not other units) boundaries. Holding Shift and/or Control moves in larger increments. Useful when doing precise movements. The Arrange function also works very close to the same way. Great Video! Love these deep dives.
So...for those people that want to modify the selection outline rather than the content of the selection, enter quick mask mode (Q), or Menu 'Select / Edit Selection as Layer', then you can use all the same move shortcuts and actions to modify the selection. End quick mask mode by pressing Q again or by clicking on another layer. I use this every day and find it very helpful. For those who are coming from Photoshop muscle memory, this is a god send. :) As far as additional things to do with the move tool, the aligning actions are awesome. Maybe do a tutorial on that. :)
Ctrl+J will automatically create a new layer from selected object or selection. Little bit off-topic, but also very useful, if you are working with selection, use Ctrl+Shift+I to quickly invert selection.
Hi Olivio, I love your tutorials. They've been very usefull for me. I have two questions. As an amateur adobe user I used to straighten image in photoshop using the Ruler tool to take a measurement in a document, selecting Image > Image Rotation> Arbitrary. This then automatically entered the angle to straighten the image. Is there a way to do this in Affinity Photo? Second question. Can you do a tutorial for turning photo negatives to positive images? I currently in the process of converting my old photo negatives into usable digital images. That would so great is you could do this! Keep up the good work
Hi Daniel, you can do that. There is a little icon in your "context toolbar" that looks like a sniper sight. click that and it reveals a little dot in the middle that you can move around. that's the rotation axis :)
I haven't seen anyone else mention this, so I just want to tell you that copy/paste is a bit unnecessary. Instead what you can do is just press ctrl + j, which is the hotkey for a new layer. If you have a selection active, the new layer will be filled with the contents in the selection.
Hi klesus, thank you for that feedback. I have to give that a try. However ctrl+j is the dublicate command that not only copies the content, but also the adjustments like rotation and resize. So if you rotated your selection and dublicate it twice the selecrion will rotate further addind the same ammount of degrees onto the rotation. That could be a problem. I will experiment a bit with your suggestion :)
Dear Green God! How do you cut A PIECE of the image...like a plant or a flower or a sink...out of the image and move it to ANOTHER IMAGE and them blend then together? Anyone Please!
A person can use the arrow keys to move the object by pixel (but not other units) boundaries. Holding Shift and/or Control moves in larger increments. Useful when doing precise movements. The Arrange function also works very close to the same way. Great Video! Love these deep dives.
Thanks for this insight on the arrange function :D
Wow! another home run! tons of stuff that I never knew about this tool. Much thanks, Olivio.
Very useful video--on what I thought would be a boring topic. Thanks for sharing. Look forward to more Move Tool Secrets, as they become available.
So...for those people that want to modify the selection outline rather than the content of the selection, enter quick mask mode (Q), or Menu 'Select / Edit Selection as Layer', then you can use all the same move shortcuts and actions to modify the selection. End quick mask mode by pressing Q again or by clicking on another layer. I use this every day and find it very helpful.
For those who are coming from Photoshop muscle memory, this is a god send. :)
As far as additional things to do with the move tool, the aligning actions are awesome. Maybe do a tutorial on that. :)
2:20 feature, moving objects while holding the control key will function differently in soon to be released version 1.7.
Ctrl+J will automatically create a new layer from selected object or selection. Little bit off-topic, but also very useful, if you are working with selection, use Ctrl+Shift+I to quickly invert selection.
thanks so much - I just moved part of an image following your instructions and it's now looking a whole lot better! :)
Thanks so much for sharing your professional expertise.
I believe the points on the corners are called drag handles. Very informative video. Keep it up, mate.
Thank you very much, Olivio, for sharing useful video on the MOVE TOOL!
You are welcome, Mark
Nice video. I recently bought Affinity photo and your videos are sooo helpful. Thank you!!
I agree, very helpful!
Hi Olivio, I love your tutorials. They've been very usefull for me.
I have two questions. As an amateur adobe user I used to straighten image in photoshop using the Ruler tool to take a measurement in a document, selecting Image > Image Rotation> Arbitrary. This then automatically entered the angle to straighten the image. Is there a way to do this in Affinity Photo?
Second question. Can you do a tutorial for turning photo negatives to positive images? I currently in the process of converting my old photo negatives into usable digital images. That would so great is you could do this!
Keep up the good work
CTL-drag does not work for me, for duplicating a selection on the same layer. A menu appears instead. :-( Any idea why?
Try ALT+click&drag. You might also be on a Mac, while my commands are for windows
Très intéressant ! Merci .
Thank you, Martine :)
I wish you could move the rotation point instead of always on the one edge(move it inside the selection) for rotation
Hi Daniel, you can do that. There is a little icon in your "context toolbar" that looks like a sniper sight. click that and it reveals a little dot in the middle that you can move around. that's the rotation axis :)
@@OlivioSarikas Thanks! It's a little clunky first use but yeah THANKS!
I haven't seen anyone else mention this, so I just want to tell you that copy/paste is a bit unnecessary. Instead what you can do is just press ctrl + j, which is the hotkey for a new layer. If you have a selection active, the new layer will be filled with the contents in the selection.
Hi klesus, thank you for that feedback. I have to give that a try. However ctrl+j is the dublicate command that not only copies the content, but also the adjustments like rotation and resize. So if you rotated your selection and dublicate it twice the selecrion will rotate further addind the same ammount of degrees onto the rotation. That could be a problem. I will experiment a bit with your suggestion :)
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Thank you, Molly, welcome to the family :)
Very interesting thank
Thank you, Réjean
where can I find high quality photos? thank you in advance
thank you once again@@kokas33
Dear Green God! How do you cut A PIECE of the image...like a plant or a flower or a sink...out of the image and move it to ANOTHER IMAGE and them blend then together? Anyone Please!
Hi Mattie, search my channel for "mockup" or "red riddig hood" to see videos on how i do that :)
@@OlivioSarikas Thank you!
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Thank you, Gamer EL Happy you enjoyed the video :)
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