Ipad Pro M2 Photo

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In the meantime, could you please open Files and navigate to your iCloud folder where the .afphoto files are stored. Click and hold one of these files, then drag and drop it into Affinity Photo to open the file. We're a little unsure of the reason, but after closing all open files and then opening a file by dragging and dropping, this should clear out any saved cache and change the reported Documents & Data amount in your ipads settings for the app. Could you please try this and let me know if it helps?

I have the same problem, my file size was 6 gb and it went down once I closed the files I was working on, and they were regular sized files (most of them 20 megs), this happened using a first generation ipad pro. I don't know why this is happening, all the work files I got on Affinity Designer add up to around 300 megs. Please help, we love using Affinity design and Affinity photo, but this and constant crashes are driving us crazy.

Yes, I'm having a similar problem with Affinity Photo 2. Most of the files I have are just practice files. I figured the history that was saved with them was the culprit (although I at no time specifically saved the history when saving the files...the history just sort of stayed with them). But when I deleted the history and then re-saved the files (about 7 files), the data that Affinity Photo 2 was using ballooned from about 9.2 GB to 14.6 GB. That was definitely going in the wrong direction and for reasons I can't begin to imagine.

I' deleted the app and re-downloaded which seems the only solution at the moment...unless someone knows of an "empty data cache" setting that I'm not aware of. But overall I think the iPad apps, in particular, are the best value in software that can be found. The interface improvements are significant and profound.

I Already sync my photos, but what I want to do is to create on ALBUM on one device and have that album appear on other devices (specifically, to create an album on the iPAD and have it automatically appear on the iPHONE)

As far as I can tell, I can only share an album when I create it - is that true? I don't see anything in Settings to share albums (I have "iCloud Photo Sharing" enabled in both devices.) and I don't see anything in Photos that allows me to share existing albums.

Hello, I suggest you use a tool like iPhone Transfer from RecoveryAndroid. It's a wonderful program especially for iOS devices. You can run it on computer and plug in iPhone and iPad. Then it will detect their data and show you in a list. You can choose and sync photos from iPad to iPhone.

So, you would go to the Albums view in Photos, then tap on the Album you want to have on your other device. Then, tap on Select>Select All, tap on the share button, then tap on iCloud Photo Sharing, the Shared Album window will diaplay, then tap on the bottom part of the window where you see an Album Name, tap on the + to add a new album, or select an existing album to add the photos to. Tap on Next, put in your Apple/iCloud ID, tap on Next, tap on Post:

Okay, I know I got here on the short bus, but this is driving me crazy. I cannot, in Photo iPad, open/import/place or whatever a file into a current project as a new layer. Past that, I'm not getting masking down right, and finally how do I protect a layer so I can work on another one without affecting others? I've known it as an "alpha lock" in other applications. Here in each layer one can choose "lock" -big red icon. Doesn't seem to do anything.

Seriously, I've searched, watched, read all the official stuff on iPad photo. Simply don't see it. Also checked elsewhere. There are multiple "You're a newbie so we'll help you out." Yet not a one of them addresses these questions - or if they do I've missed it.

Hi bizbeblu,
Welcome to Affinity Forums
With the document open, go to menu Commands (the ellipsis icon on the top let of the interface) and select Place (either from Photos app or cloud). To lock a layer, select it, tap the menu icon in the Layer Studio label (on top) and select Lock. If you want to work on a layer without affecting the transparent parts (alpha lock) you can enable Protect Alpha for each tool that support it in the context toolbar on bottom (for example Paint Brush tool) or go to the Channels Studio and tap the pencil icon in the respective layer's alpha to protect it from being edited.
What issue are you having with masking exactly?

Knew I was going to be right dumb! Wow. Thanks. Talk about service. I know I've successfully done that in the past, but I often figure a thing out then push on with the project w/o stopping to consolidate what I've learned. Okay, got the cloud background in place for the ladies - they really love sitting there in isolation. "It's like I'm in kindergarten with a coloring book and a huge set of crayons, except I NEVER MAKE A MISTAKE!"

The sky pix arrived in a new layer. It was above the foreground (labeled background by the interface.) i.e., the original file. Had to carefully move it up - layer manipulation seems rather picky. Fiddled aabit moving original layer above the import, selected mask, and I can paint the BG - that is the imported layer - without touching the foreground.

When I try to do the reverse - paint original image without infringing on the sky it fails, i.e., the lower/masked sky isn't protected. Tried setting lock with no joy. Yes, I've selected the proper layer. Do I have to release the first mask, reorder the layers, set a new mask to protect it? Thanks much.

@ProDesigner,
The lock prevents the layer from being selected (and thus transformed/edited) on canvas only. If you select a locked layer from the Layers panel (which we consider a deliberate action) you can still edit it/paint on it without having to unlock it first (but not transform it - move, scale etc). This is by design.

Now, working on a piece. Got the sky. Still having to fiddle about a bit, but finally moved the original layer above the new cloud layer. I then said mask it. Befuddled me a bit till I realized I'd not erased anything on the masking layer so duh, couldn't see anything. Finally got that figured out so on to selection. Does it really take this many steps?

Got to be a better way. Trying to "refine edges" overlays everything in red. Move cursor about. Click go. No change. Flood selection doesn't seem to do anything. Sigh, I'm obviously not holding my mouth right.

"No," I said. "It calls for a document with this font - Courier 9 point - and with this layout. Not a word about a typewriter." Took a couple of days, but wasn't a thing she could do. You have any idea how much money I saved not having type/retype/type/retype?

Having engaged in a bit of "back then," I've just started using Publisher. Outstanding. Worlds - no universes - improved over the original, and no MafiaRent. Done two small projects will do many more.

I get their logic though, now it's explained. So I can work with it, and anyone who works with layers in a pro capacity will be disciplined with layers anyway. That's what it forces - a need for more discipline than in Ps. I'm cool with that.

I did think it was a right royal pain in the... at first. Especially as the 'Hide UI' is so easy to trigger with the Apple Pencil. I'm resisting turning it off though, so I learn. I'm getting used to it now a bit. Dunno if there's a better way.

I have to say, now I've taken the plunge and commited to switching, having watched this software developing for quite a while now (timing my run, hopefully just ahead of the curve), I'm liking it a lot and as you say... no more rent!!! I have to hand it to Serif, they're coming good with it. I hope the Affinity app set matures in a good way. It's a great start. The joy of working on a portable 'small' tablet with pro software like Photo & Designer is quite something. And Publisher (currently only Desktop) is not a bad stab either.

That's revealing the/a mask as an overlay over your image (I think..). Nothing is selected though so using flood selection won't work ... there isn't a selection to flood. It's showing the extent of your mask.

Called "Quick Mask Mode" I believe. "Selection persona" > three dots (Command menu) > Selection as layer (toggle on and off). Though just choosing another layer in the layers "studio" switches it off too.. I've just discovered. Not played with it much myself yet.

Once you select and mask your sky, you can clip new background to image and position layer below mask for new background to appear. No further refining need. In example below I have already masked the original sky.

Ah, Hah! DM1, thank you much for the illustrations. Not only did they provide a nice remainder of mask/clipping mask but the attached pix show, what for me, was the critical information. The key is the fact one must press and hold to select then do that bit of wiggle dance to separate move a layer. And bright light moment was seeing the horizontal and vertical bars you illustrated. Just had never seen that. Using an Apple pencil makes it harder to "grasp." Don't get me wrong, love the pencil. I'm stunned to watch the infinity gurus whip that stuff around with their finger tips. Shakes his head and there lays the tale.

So many things I like about this program. So many frustrating interface details. Select is good becoming great and I know I haven't gotten it right. RAW development is not bad. I suspect I haven't delved in deep enough. Seems a bit to automated. The up to 7 step tango to do a simple thing such as select, then delete selection is irritating. Still can't find a way to protect each layer as I work on the other. But this program has lots of nice stuff.

A note to the brass. I've bought everything you guys have ever produced. I use Design and now Publish as my main tools in each field. Bought the design book and now publish. Was absolutely blown away when it arrived in two days. Amazing. Both books are beautiful and the projects challenging. My only critique is that you brush too fast over the "interface" and don't really offer operational details. My guess - from the times that I taught/did interface design at the UWashington School of Engineering. The engineers, programmers, makers, are writing the help. To knowledgeable and sort of skip over key actions because they are instinctual. Again, thanks much.

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