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    Anjux3 got a reaction from 2989 in Destructive Crop   
    I could really use a destructive crop method that can be triggered by shortcuts for processing large numbers of files. I know that many people would say that having a  non-destructive crop is better...just not in all circumstances.
    Here's the scenario.I am managing a hundreds of photos of students for our school database. The photos are all rapidly taken with lots of extraneous background and very poor centring. They are also just too big in file size and bloat the database if loaded as taken (yes I know, better source photos would be great, taken at a lower resolution...yes we have tried to train the staff)
    This was possible in photoshop with a selection and a series of shortcuts:
    Rectangular selection (based on a ratio) Crop (user defined key strokes) Image size (Shift-Command I) Save at a lower resolution (Command S and offered at save time) In photoshop I managed about 200 files in about 25 minutes.
    This would take hours in Affinity - batch won't work because this would require the same selection to be made each time.
    What do you think? I know others miss this too...
    As a second best, the ability to click-drag to expand the crop selection (ie expand from centre not at edge or corner) would be very welcome
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    Anjux3 got a reaction from N A in Destructive Crop   
    I could really use a destructive crop method that can be triggered by shortcuts for processing large numbers of files. I know that many people would say that having a  non-destructive crop is better...just not in all circumstances.
    Here's the scenario.I am managing a hundreds of photos of students for our school database. The photos are all rapidly taken with lots of extraneous background and very poor centring. They are also just too big in file size and bloat the database if loaded as taken (yes I know, better source photos would be great, taken at a lower resolution...yes we have tried to train the staff)
    This was possible in photoshop with a selection and a series of shortcuts:
    Rectangular selection (based on a ratio) Crop (user defined key strokes) Image size (Shift-Command I) Save at a lower resolution (Command S and offered at save time) In photoshop I managed about 200 files in about 25 minutes.
    This would take hours in Affinity - batch won't work because this would require the same selection to be made each time.
    What do you think? I know others miss this too...
    As a second best, the ability to click-drag to expand the crop selection (ie expand from centre not at edge or corner) would be very welcome
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    Anjux3 got a reaction from DM1 in Open Affinity files from Files app in iPad is terrible   
    Wonderful - thanks a million!
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    Anjux3 got a reaction from Jeremy Bohn in Destructive Crop   
    Hi Seneca,
    This really isn't a destructive v nondestructive discussion. One is not superior to the other. Both clearly have their uses, advantages and disadvantages depending on context and task. No one wants Affinity to remove the option for non-destructive cropping. All most of us here are advocating is that Affinity consider implementing an additional option for quick and dirty destructive cropping for those who need it - it would make the programme so much more efficient for those who would use it to reduce large numbers of files quickly as outlined in my first post.
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    Anjux3 got a reaction from Jowday in Destructive Crop   
    I could really use a destructive crop method that can be triggered by shortcuts for processing large numbers of files. I know that many people would say that having a  non-destructive crop is better...just not in all circumstances.
    Here's the scenario.I am managing a hundreds of photos of students for our school database. The photos are all rapidly taken with lots of extraneous background and very poor centring. They are also just too big in file size and bloat the database if loaded as taken (yes I know, better source photos would be great, taken at a lower resolution...yes we have tried to train the staff)
    This was possible in photoshop with a selection and a series of shortcuts:
    Rectangular selection (based on a ratio) Crop (user defined key strokes) Image size (Shift-Command I) Save at a lower resolution (Command S and offered at save time) In photoshop I managed about 200 files in about 25 minutes.
    This would take hours in Affinity - batch won't work because this would require the same selection to be made each time.
    What do you think? I know others miss this too...
    As a second best, the ability to click-drag to expand the crop selection (ie expand from centre not at edge or corner) would be very welcome
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    Anjux3 got a reaction from Chris99 in Destructive Crop   
    I could really use a destructive crop method that can be triggered by shortcuts for processing large numbers of files. I know that many people would say that having a  non-destructive crop is better...just not in all circumstances.
    Here's the scenario.I am managing a hundreds of photos of students for our school database. The photos are all rapidly taken with lots of extraneous background and very poor centring. They are also just too big in file size and bloat the database if loaded as taken (yes I know, better source photos would be great, taken at a lower resolution...yes we have tried to train the staff)
    This was possible in photoshop with a selection and a series of shortcuts:
    Rectangular selection (based on a ratio) Crop (user defined key strokes) Image size (Shift-Command I) Save at a lower resolution (Command S and offered at save time) In photoshop I managed about 200 files in about 25 minutes.
    This would take hours in Affinity - batch won't work because this would require the same selection to be made each time.
    What do you think? I know others miss this too...
    As a second best, the ability to click-drag to expand the crop selection (ie expand from centre not at edge or corner) would be very welcome
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    Anjux3 got a reaction from Graymare in Destructive Crop   
    I could really use a destructive crop method that can be triggered by shortcuts for processing large numbers of files. I know that many people would say that having a  non-destructive crop is better...just not in all circumstances.
    Here's the scenario.I am managing a hundreds of photos of students for our school database. The photos are all rapidly taken with lots of extraneous background and very poor centring. They are also just too big in file size and bloat the database if loaded as taken (yes I know, better source photos would be great, taken at a lower resolution...yes we have tried to train the staff)
    This was possible in photoshop with a selection and a series of shortcuts:
    Rectangular selection (based on a ratio) Crop (user defined key strokes) Image size (Shift-Command I) Save at a lower resolution (Command S and offered at save time) In photoshop I managed about 200 files in about 25 minutes.
    This would take hours in Affinity - batch won't work because this would require the same selection to be made each time.
    What do you think? I know others miss this too...
    As a second best, the ability to click-drag to expand the crop selection (ie expand from centre not at edge or corner) would be very welcome
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    Anjux3 reacted to MickRose in Text visibility   
    Hi Anjux3
    1) In the Character Panel you can change the background of individual characters/words etc. In the Text Frame panel you change the background of the Text Frame. That seems sensible to me. If you are changing a text frame from a Master Page you need to click on the Master Page in the Layers panel and then click "Detach" to enable editing.
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    2) You need to turn Clip to Canvass off


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