ncJohn Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 I've just tried the straighten tool for the first time and could not get it to work to save my life. After clicking on "straighten" I would put the "level" on the image, click, and it would change to a crop tool. Finally, after reading about problems others were having with straighten, I tried holding CTRL down instead of clicking straighten, and it works that way. So my problem is solved, this is basically a FYI for the folks at Affinity and for others who might be having a problem with straighten. I'm using Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit and version 1.7.3 of AP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 All you should need to do is click normally (with no modifier keys held down) once on the Straighten button, & then with the level on the canvas, click & drag a line to set the desired horizontal or vertical orientation. It sounds like you are just clicking without dragging out a line. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 However, it may also be worthwhile to mention that once you have dragged the line, and the image has been straightened, you will (correctly) remain in the Cropping Tool. If you're satisfied with the straightening, and don't need further cropping, just click Apply. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncJohn Posted November 9, 2019 Author Share Posted November 9, 2019 No, I worded it poorly. I held down the mouse button and dragged but the level indicator changed to cross-hairs and all it was doing was dragging out the crop grid so it was cropping out a really thin horizontal section. In contrast, when I did it using the CTRL button the level indicator remained while I drew the line with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncJohn Posted November 9, 2019 Author Share Posted November 9, 2019 5 hours ago, walt.farrell said: However, it may also be worthwhile to mention that once you have dragged the line, and the image has been straightened, you will (correctly) remain in the Cropping Tool. If you're satisfied with the straightening, and don't need further cropping, just click Apply. Correct, that's what happened when I did it using CTRL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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