Kim Holst Posted December 24, 2019 Posted December 24, 2019 When making frames around a photo, it would be nice to have the option in Resize Canvas, to add an amount to the present size. Would facilitate making a macro and adding the same frame to a series of photos in much less time than resizing manually per photo. Quote
Move Along People Posted December 24, 2019 Posted December 24, 2019 - Quote Move Along people,nothing to see here
Kim Holst Posted December 24, 2019 Author Posted December 24, 2019 Hi, and thanks. But no, I think not. What I look for is an easier way to add say 5mm space around the photo by expanding the Canvas. Not relative to the pixel-size of the photo (May be cropped for instance) But like similar to a printer margin/border. Quote
Kim Holst Posted December 24, 2019 Author Posted December 24, 2019 Like if there was a +/- button for resizing. If I choose mm, 1mm is added/subtracted per click, if I choose inch, 1inch, etc. (I obviously look for the + button) Quote
Move Along People Posted December 24, 2019 Posted December 24, 2019 - Quote Move Along people,nothing to see here
Kim Holst Posted December 24, 2019 Author Posted December 24, 2019 Absolutely, yes, that’s what I do (and write above). Its about the method available in Canvas Resize. Quote
Move Along People Posted December 24, 2019 Posted December 24, 2019 - Quote Move Along people,nothing to see here
Kim Holst Posted December 24, 2019 Author Posted December 24, 2019 Thanks Haakoo - With the Apple mouse ("touchpad"-mouse) there’s no reaction in the input fields, with or without additional keys. (for which I’m actually great full, because it’s hard not to accidentally touch it when moving the mouse around) but... !! You have given the inspiration needed! I get reactions with arrow up/down. I’ll try to find the simplest workflow on that, and report back here. Move Along People 1 Quote
fde101 Posted December 24, 2019 Posted December 24, 2019 1 minute ago, Kim Holst said: I get reactions with arrow up/down. You might be able to use expressions like "+=15" in the fields too but I don't have it in front of me to check right now. Many of the numeric fields in the Affinity products accept expressions like that. Kim Holst and Move Along People 2 Quote
Kim Holst Posted December 24, 2019 Author Posted December 24, 2019 Ok, here goes - Resize Canvas Mouse click "unlock ratio" and "select mm" The Width input-field is still active (blue border) 10x arrow up 2x Tab (to height field) 10x arrow up Mouse click "Resize" ..... voila!! :-) Quote
Kim Holst Posted December 24, 2019 Author Posted December 24, 2019 These actions can be recorded in a macro I’d think. Quote
Kim Holst Posted December 24, 2019 Author Posted December 24, 2019 Works! In the meantime I was handed a macro that’s even better by an English Affinity user. Contains 3 macros, and the fist one is so cool. You just need to fill in the pixel-width, and it adds a white border. attached here I just double-clicked it and it installed itself add border with variable width v02.afmacros Quote
Kim Holst Posted December 24, 2019 Author Posted December 24, 2019 Ah.... I was happy too soon..... on behalf of my own workflow recorded as macro. The macro seems to not record the number of clicks on the input fields, but rather the resulting number. So images cropped to different size/ratio don't get the intended borders. Hmm..... Quote
Kim Holst Posted December 24, 2019 Author Posted December 24, 2019 And the imported macros attached above, now all make Affinity crash on my computer. (iMac) Tried deleting/reinstalling - didn't help Quote
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