avyclaire Posted December 16, 2019 Posted December 16, 2019 I have a selection with a bounding box. I hover over the 4 points on this box and the double arrow that would offer me opportunity to shear the selection doesn't show up. This is a new problem since I have used it before. I am using Affinity Photo v1.7.3 on Mac OS 10.14.6 Quote
Staff MEB Posted December 16, 2019 Staff Posted December 16, 2019 Hi avyclaire, Any chance you can record a small clip showing what you are doing? From your description alone it's hard to tell - the shear icon should have appeared. Are you able to replicate this again if you restart Affinity Photo? Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software
Murfee Posted December 16, 2019 Posted December 16, 2019 Hi @MEB, I had a similar problem yesterday, the shear icon did appear eventually but when clicked it changed to the resize icon. It seems the area available for the shear icon is very small, you need to be very precise when trying to use it. I don’t remember it being this tricky before. Quote
R C-R Posted December 17, 2019 Posted December 17, 2019 10 hours ago, Murfee said: I don’t remember it being this tricky before. For me, it has always been the same small area. To hit it reliably, I slowly move the pointer perpendicularly from a little way outside the shape inward toward the appropriate control point. Murfee 1 Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.5.7 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 All 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7
Staff MEB Posted December 17, 2019 Staff Posted December 17, 2019 Hi Murfee, As far as i know there wasn't changes here. Are you working with thin objects where the middle handles can't be displayed (but still should work if you mouse over between the remaining four corner's handles) or objects where all six bounding box handles are visible? Any change you can record a clip? I'm having trouble reproducing this issue. All seems to be working fine here. Also are you on Windows or macOS? Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software
Murfee Posted December 17, 2019 Posted December 17, 2019 Hi @MEB, unfortunately I can’t upload a video for a while. The problem was with a shape that had 6 bounding box handles. Using Mac Sierra on a MBP with touchbar. I managed it eventually by being very slow & careful. I had never noticed it change to the resize icon before, it was just a case of being a very small area that the shear tool can be activated in....patience was needed Quote
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