Excellent! Your explanation really clarified the difference between image layers and pixel layers. This is one of the two biggest confusions for newbies. (The other big confusion is clipping layers vs. masking layers, which I believe you covered in another video.) An obvious enhancement for a future version of Affinity Photo: For editing an image layer, Assistant Settings should give you the option to have Assistant either automatically create a new pixel layer or automatically rasterize. Right now, it always rasterizes.
Hi Khmer, yes, that is possible. With a pixel layer selected, from the Edit menu, select Copy. From the Edit menu, select Paste Special, then choose Device Independent Bitmap. Hope this helps!
@@TechnicallyTrent I tried it and it worked as what I wanted. Thank you very much. I have always wanted to convert pixel layer to image layer because my work needs to scale the layers multiple times and it is necessary to keep the quality of the layer the same.❤
OMG this is excellent, thank you so much. Now I have to go back and shiver at how much damage I have done to my originals, but at least moving forward shouldn't be a problem :)
You're a great teacher and I really appreciate the way you explain things. I'm a programmer who's learning design, so I appreciate logical explanations :)
@@TechnicallyTrent Although it might make an interesting special effect, adding new pixel layers at different scalings of original image layer & rescaling all layers as the project progressed.
There's something I found out accidentaly while watching your live about halftones. As you always have an image at the beginning (and you have it already done when you start) and I had a background marked as pixel even though I didn't do the rasterization by purpose.. I just opened the jpg in Photo and then copied it to my document. I found out that I should do it with 'Place' instead. I had no idea it makes a difference 😮
@@TechnicallyTrent Thanks, I find it not very intuitive if you get different results doing similar steps😕 And have you talked about Fill layers in any tutorial? I would try to use a Pixel layer to make any kind of background (like with rectangle in AD), but I just noticed that I cannot use any other colour on fill layer :o If I use Paint Brush with a different colour on a fill layer, I got just different shades of fill colour.. 🫣 Well, so it probably has a different purpose..
I've just got V2 and every photo I bring in is showing up as a pixel layer. Yesterday I brought a photo in as an image, rasterised it and since then, every photo I bring in shows up as a pixel. I've closed the programme down re opened it and it's still doing it. Any ideas? Thanks
Hi @JamesMurphyYT, I find that whether the photo is a Pixel or Image layer depends on how I bring it in. If I just open a jpg file in Affinity Photo, it will be a Pixel layer. But if I bring it in using File -> Place, it will be an Image layer. Also, if I copy something from a webpage and paste it into my document, it will be an Image layer. If you do have a Pixel layer that you want to convert to an image layer, you can copy it with Ctrl-C. Then, paste it using Edit -> Paste Special and choose "Device Independent Bitmap". Hope this helps! Trent
Hi MTM! It seems like this minor release is just some bug fixes. You can find the details here: forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/204016-all-25-release-notes-improvements-and-major-fixes-and-25x-patches/#comment-1270352
i keep getting the message " please select a RGB pixel layer to continue" maybe its because im in Image layer.. im brand new user as of today. i really need beginners tutorial.. for contect my images are astrophotography images 16bit tiffs ( Saturn Jupiter's and Mars) when they need refinement.
Hi @BrokenPik, Yes, if you are getting that message, it is likely you need to be on a pixel layer. Also, you may need to make sure you document is RGB. You can go to "Document -> Convert Format / ICC Profile" to set it to RGB. I'm not sure what the implications are for your TIFF with astrophotography (I have not used TIFF much). I definitely recommend making a backup copy of your TIFF files before converting them. Hope this helps!
Excellent! Your explanation really clarified the difference between image layers and pixel layers. This is one of the two biggest confusions for newbies. (The other big confusion is clipping layers vs. masking layers, which I believe you covered in another video.)
An obvious enhancement for a future version of Affinity Photo: For editing an image layer, Assistant Settings should give you the option to have Assistant either automatically create a new pixel layer or automatically rasterize. Right now, it always rasterizes.
Hi, thank you for the tutorial. Is there a way to make pixel layer to image layer?
Thanks❤
Hi Khmer, yes, that is possible.
With a pixel layer selected, from the Edit menu, select Copy.
From the Edit menu, select Paste Special, then choose Device Independent Bitmap.
Hope this helps!
@TechnicallyTrent thank you. I will try. ❤️
@@TechnicallyTrent I tried it and it worked as what I wanted. Thank you very much. I have always wanted to convert pixel layer to image layer because my work needs to scale the layers multiple times and it is necessary to keep the quality of the layer the same.❤
OMG this is excellent, thank you so much. Now I have to go back and shiver at how much damage I have done to my originals, but at least moving forward shouldn't be a problem :)
You're a great teacher and I really appreciate the way you explain things. I'm a programmer who's learning design, so I appreciate logical explanations :)
Thanks, @j-ivey, glad it is useful!
Danke!
Thanks for the donation, Thomas!
Thanks once again, can't tell you how useful this one is.
Now I know why I couldn't always copy just a selection to a new layer. It was driving me nuts! Thank you! - Vicki Ardoin
Another excellent video. Massively useful and very easy to follow. Thanks a lot!
Thank you sir!!
You helped me lot in this adventure called Affinity and I hope you will keep helping all of us with your clean and clear tutorials
Thanks, very clear explanation! A difficult process, is now crystal clear.
Glad to hear that, @CarolusChess!
Fantastic video, thank you.
This was great, thank you! Concise and clear.
Thank you. All is clear now
Tremendamente util, muchas gracias!
Thanks! Sounds like it would be best to make sure original image layer is full size before creating a new pixel layer above for inpainting or such.
Hoi @jktolford8272, yes, that is the best way to do it in my opinion :)
@@TechnicallyTrent Although it might make an interesting special effect, adding new pixel layers at different scalings of original image layer & rescaling all layers as the project progressed.
There's something I found out accidentaly while watching your live about halftones. As you always have an image at the beginning (and you have it already done when you start) and I had a background marked as pixel even though I didn't do the rasterization by purpose.. I just opened the jpg in Photo and then copied it to my document. I found out that I should do it with 'Place' instead. I had no idea it makes a difference 😮
Hi Joan...yes, whether something is initially "Image" or "Pixel" is one of those quirky Affinity details.
@@TechnicallyTrent Thanks, I find it not very intuitive if you get different results doing similar steps😕
And have you talked about Fill layers in any tutorial? I would try to use a Pixel layer to make any kind of background (like with rectangle in AD), but I just noticed that I cannot use any other colour on fill layer :o If I use Paint Brush with a different colour on a fill layer, I got just different shades of fill colour.. 🫣 Well, so it probably has a different purpose..
Kind of like Smart Layers in Photoshop, really nice. It's always better to work in an indestructible way.
Yes, Image Layers are almost like a "smart object".
Ah! So that's the difference. Thx.
I've just got V2 and every photo I bring in is showing up as a pixel layer. Yesterday I brought a photo in as an image, rasterised it and since then, every photo I bring in shows up as a pixel. I've closed the programme down re opened it and it's still doing it. Any ideas? Thanks
Hi @JamesMurphyYT,
I find that whether the photo is a Pixel or Image layer depends on how I bring it in. If I just open a jpg file in Affinity Photo, it will be a Pixel layer. But if I bring it in using File -> Place, it will be an Image layer. Also, if I copy something from a webpage and paste it into my document, it will be an Image layer.
If you do have a Pixel layer that you want to convert to an image layer, you can copy it with Ctrl-C. Then, paste it using Edit -> Paste Special and choose "Device Independent Bitmap".
Hope this helps!
Trent
@@TechnicallyTrent Thank you. I thought I'd done something wrong.
I just tried what you said and it's done exactly that. Much appreciated. Thanks for the advice.
What is new affinity 2.5.5 update?
Hi MTM!
It seems like this minor release is just some bug fixes. You can find the details here:
forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/204016-all-25-release-notes-improvements-and-major-fixes-and-25x-patches/#comment-1270352
i keep getting the message " please select a RGB pixel layer to continue" maybe its because im in Image layer.. im brand new user as of today. i really need beginners tutorial..
for contect my images are astrophotography images 16bit tiffs ( Saturn Jupiter's and Mars) when they need refinement.
Hi @BrokenPik,
Yes, if you are getting that message, it is likely you need to be on a pixel layer. Also, you may need to make sure you document is RGB. You can go to "Document -> Convert Format / ICC Profile" to set it to RGB. I'm not sure what the implications are for your TIFF with astrophotography (I have not used TIFF much). I definitely recommend making a backup copy of your TIFF files before converting them. Hope this helps!
I'm going to figure it out for myself, but it would have been nice to see a side-by-side export example of the inpainted section being upscaled