Placing content allows you to include images and Affinity (Designer, Photo, etc.), Photoshop, Illustrator, Freehand or PDF documents into your current document without the need to open each file in turn. You can add as a new layer directly from cloud storage (iCloud, Dropbox, etc.), local storage (On My iPad), Apple's Photos app, or even from email messages.
About placing content
Once you've opened your image/document, you can place additional content.
Some useful tips when placing content include:
For images, the placed image is added as an image layer rather than a pixel layer. This allows the original image data (e.g., the native resolution, color space and color profile) to be kept. Some brush operations (e.g., retouching) will automatically rasterize image layers to the document resolution; selection manipulation on an image layer will require manual rasterization via the Layers Studio. On export to PDF, the image data is re-embedded into the PDF file.
For an Affinity document, PDF or PSD file, it will be listed in the Layers panel as an 'Embedded document'.
The added content can be rasterized at any time via the Layer menu.
The file's embedded color profile will always be converted to the document's current working space.
For unprofiled placed images, the color space is assumed to be RGB.
Some brush operations will automatically rasterize image layers to the document resolution.
To place content:
From the Designer Persona, open the Document Menu and tap Place Image.
Tap Import from Cloud or Import from Photos. Use the former to access local storage via the On My iPad location.
Navigate to, select, then tap your file.
Do one of the following:
Tap to place the content at its native size.
Drag on the page to set the size and position of the content.
To place content: