Image Layer vs Pixel Layer - What's the difference? - Affinity Photo Tutorial

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[@stevenlitvintchouk3131]

Excellent tutorial about one of Affinity Photo's most confusing features. For me, the most annoying thing about image layers is you can't copy any part of it without rasterizing it, even though copying is non-destructive. If you make a selection of part of an image and then try to copy it, you end up copying the whole image, not just the selected region. At that point, you can rasterize the copied layer and then Affinity Photo will give you the selected area you wanted.

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Many thanks Olivio, you promised to make a video on this topic in answer to an earlier question of mine, and you delivered. Very helpful and informative video. Saved as a reference.

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[@IdahoSAM.]

I’ve always had that question about pixel vs image, rasterizing, etc. great explanation.

[@OlivioSarikas]

Great to hear!

[@jesse7631]

Another great video Olivio! Thank you for your very clear explanation.

[@OlivioSarikas]

Thank you, you are very welcome 🙂

[@elizabethrussell4858]

A very interesting and useful video, now I now why some of the tools didn't work on a picture. Very clear.

[@Witches-Fly]

Thank you for explaining it so I understand them better.

[@Grimmjow80]

Great material Olivio. But You could also mention that: - linking/ embedding also works with JPG/PNG etc. pictures, not only AP/AD files. - with Resource Manager You can change between linked and embedded files. - it's also possible to replace linked/embedded file with Resource Manager. - changing placement type and replacing files is very useful when You prepare mockups. - embedding pictures (JPG, PNG, etc.) in AP file prevent them from loosing (for example by accidentally deleting from disk or moving to another directory). - it's also easier to take Your project "away". - and on the end You can collect (save) all embedded files in choosed location on disk.

[@OlivioSarikas]

Thank you, but embedded files really was just a side note in this video. The main topic is image VS pixel layer. I will do a video about embedded vs linked another time

[@Grimmjow80]

@@OlivioSarikas Yeah, You're right. It's not the main topic of tutorial. Sorry :)

[@OlivioSarikas]

@@Grimmjow80 no, that's ok. You are right. Maybe I shouldn't have mentioned embedded layers in this video. It's confusing

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Thank you

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Thanks so much for the clear explanation!

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[@OlivioSarikas]

Awesome! Have fun with it!

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Great lesson as always! Thank you. (I lived in Vienna once for 2.5 years. The picture of Karlskirche brought back fond memories. When I lived there the people I knew considered it "kitsch". Is that still true? Thanks also for the memory.)

[@MK-ni6gs]

Excellent tutorial!

[@Thargoran]

Another reason for converting an image layer into a pixel layer is if you want to use third party plugins. They usually won't work with image layers.

[@OlivioSarikas]

True, but that falls under destructive methods

[@joeking5211]

Superb tutorial as always. I became the one to add the 1000th like, never happened before .

[@jessicaarvizu8871]

Thanks Olivio :D > Can we make a Embedded Document from a group of layers? like in photoshop?

[@digitalcanvas6104]

super helpful

[@johnnysparkleface3096]

I'm confused about one thing. You said you can't paint on an image, but then you painted on an image layer (it became a pixel layer) I see two possibilities: 1. Image layer is now gone, replaced by a pixel layer 2. Image layer still exists, but also there is now a pixel layer too. Which of these two is it? I understand the raster part, but what an image layer is, is still rather unclear (meaning, under what circumstances would I prefer an image layer to a rasterized / pixel layer? Is there an analog in Photoshop that is like an image layer in Affinity?

[@OlivioSarikas]

The Image layer is converted to a Pixel layer. I even show the message to that conversion in my video ;)

[@DalsPhotography]

what happens when I edit a TIFF file? Will it open as image o pixel layer? Sorry to ask Olivio, kind of hard lol thank you !!!!

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Thank you sir

[@OlivioSarikas]

you are welcome

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Olivio non ci sono i sottotitoli in italiano...😪😪😪come mai in alcuni dei tuoi video ci sono e in altri non ci sono? Grazie!!!!

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[@jean_mollycutpurse_winchester]

This confused the devil out of me for ages. I still don't like it which is why to turned to Pixelmator Pro.

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Thanks Olivio! Now go get some sleep, you’re exhausted!

[@OlivioSarikas]

exhausted? what do you mean?

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Another, perfectly unintuitive, work around. Why is Affinity so complicated!?

[@EdwardKilner]

English can be difficult. Say cawpied rather than copied. No offence intended.

[@OlivioSarikas]

Really? Do I pronounce it wrong? I will check that. It might be that my pronounciation is. Ore British English. I will check on that

[@johnnysparkleface3096]

Cawpied makes it even more confusing. Instead say COP (rhymes with stop or mop) & "eed" (as in seed but without the s)