Layer States (Affinity Designer)

Discover how you can use Layer States to select, show and hide layers based on criteria such as layer type and name, including the use of Regular Expressions for more advanced filtering.

[giovannyarce]

Amazing, this is a great example why having organized layers and naming conventions is a good practice. Outstanding feature, keep it up the great work guys!

[graftedworks]

Awesome!! Can't even remember how many times I've needed this. Well done, Serif!

[jackrabbitron]

This feature is really useful, and I didn't even know about it. Thanks!

[UliTroyo]

This is super useful! I’ve needed this feature for variations.

[ashishtiwari]

This is awesome! A very pleasant addition.

[axlcinema]

Wonderful addition, I work with different languages so this could be really useful. Currently I use different artboards for different languages. I will change to this method if it works well with the Export Persona. Is there are a way to implement this in the Export Persona so I don't need to go back in and change Captured States? Thanks

[juurstudio]

Great feature! Now we only need live vector filters/effects, blend tool and true vector pattern fills at the very least :)

[eoinfitzpatrick]

Nice one. How would I apply a query state based on layer effects that have been applied?

[Lida]

On your page listing Affinity Designer tutorials, you list this video as (NEW 28/03/24) -- Please don't be lazy resulting in ambiguity and confusion - always list your dates with a 3-letter month and a 4-digit year. This will remove all ambiguity, and it's only 3 additional keystrokes. Remember, people in different parts of the world designate dates in a different order than you do.

[vn]

how does undo and redo work with stages? can I treat stages like a commit in git and do changes and if I don't like it go back to the stage and it ignores everything I changed?

[ShujiFukumoto]

I hope the States can be available on iPad.

[TiffanyNg]

😅 all I asked is shortcut R and O for rectangle and Circle for iPad affinity deisgner

[NguyenVanLoi]

Im using trial affinity designer, and I just update to new version (2.4.0). When I selected Layer name checkbox and type “Name…” and check Regular Expression I have a Crash Software…

[Plrang]

I'd prefer some NODE system instead of those lists of layers of menus...

[oscar.mendoza]

No recomiendo esta app. Ya estoy esperando 15 minutos para que exporte de Affinity a Photoshop una imagen de 3x2 metros. De paso, me fue molestoso cuando comencé a editar dicha imagen, y eso que he pagado la suscripción.

[oscar.mendoza]

I do not recommend this application. I'm already waiting 15 minutes for a 3x2 meter image to be exported from Affinity to Photoshop. By the way, it was annoying when I started editing said image, even though I paid for the subscription. It seems that you are having a problem editing and exporting somewhat heavy images.