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Thanks, I searched youtube and google on anyone trying to explain these options but it seems everyone bypasses it when talking about creating a new image stack. Is there a way to only use translate? If someone was shooting hand-held a burst of images but the object was closer in a few shots, is that when the scale option comes into play? Just trying to understand the use cases for these options.

Hello everyone, I'm new to Affinity Photo and have been using it to try and stack different types of images. Some for noise reduction, some for blending lunar images, etc. I would like better understand when to use the Perspective option over the Scale, Rotate and Translate option when adding images to the stack. I read the manual and it states: Choose a Perspective or Scaling operation from the menu to allow for successful auto-alignment. The former applies a perspective adjustment to each image; the latter repositions and/or sizes the image layer. If taking images on a tripod of a still subject, you would choose perspective? If taking images hand-held of a still subject you would then use scale, rotate, translate? I'm trying to get a feel as to what each does and if there are any drawbacks to using scale, rotate, translate all the time? What would you use if you were taking 30 images of the moon on a tripod? Thank you.