AHARRIS22 Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 Hi All, As you know I am a very basic user of affinity photo. I friend of mine has asked about a photo his made to add a measuring scale to the photo. I have bodged something together for now but wanted to know if there's a way of either drawing the scale to 1:1 size or to scale an image like I have sort of done to 1:1. Its not letting me upload a photo atm but when I does I will upload it. Its annoying as I know how to draw this sort of thin in like auto cad but that doesn't help me drawing it in affinity photo to make an image haha. Any help would be much appreciated, Thanks Aaron Quote AHarris Using Mac with Affinity Photo & Publisher https://www.instagram.com/awharrisphotos/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 Welcome to the forum, You should be able to post an image on your second post, so just reply and attach an image. Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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AHARRIS22 Posted January 16, 2020 Author Share Posted January 16, 2020 49 minutes ago, firstdefence said: Welcome to the forum, You should be able to post an image on your second post, so just reply and attach an image. I have posted a few things on the forum now but I have got a lot to learn. Please see below Quote AHarris Using Mac with Affinity Photo & Publisher https://www.instagram.com/awharrisphotos/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 (edited) You can make a simple measuring scale by drawing some lines on a Grid (Snap to Grid) – with text over the major tick marks – grouping them, then duplicating the original, then using power duplication to continue the process. Then you can change the text and put the scale inside the background. See my GIF and afphoto file for an example. Once you have your scale you can copy and paste it into whichever document you want to use it in. If this is not what you want then you might need to explain your requirements a bit more. simple-measuring-scale.afphoto Edited January 17, 2020 by GarryP Added afphoto file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHARRIS22 Posted January 17, 2020 Author Share Posted January 17, 2020 That looks exactly what i was thinking of doing but didn't know how to do it in the software. I will try that over the weekend and let you know how i get on. Thanks for the reply. Aaron Quote AHarris Using Mac with Affinity Photo & Publisher https://www.instagram.com/awharrisphotos/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 You’re welcome. If you get stuck then don’t be afraid to put your hand up. It can be tricky learning new things; I should know, I’m still very much doing so. There may be better ways to do what you want so look out for other people posting answers too. AHARRIS22 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 If you do this on a regular basis you can draw these scales out group them and create assets that can be reused. https://affinity.help/photo/English.lproj/pages/Panels/assetsPanel.html Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 A 30cm horizontal ruler on an A4 landscape sized page ... Ruler_30cm_horiz.afdesign Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHARRIS22 Posted January 17, 2020 Author Share Posted January 17, 2020 5 hours ago, GarryP said: You’re welcome. If you get stuck then don’t be afraid to put your hand up. It can be tricky learning new things; I should know, I’m still very much doing so. There may be better ways to do what you want so look out for other people posting answers too. I have done it and sent it over to my mate. Didn't take long. I did it from scratch as well. Thanks for the help Quote AHarris Using Mac with Affinity Photo & Publisher https://www.instagram.com/awharrisphotos/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 You’re welcome. One extra bit of advice is, to add to what firstdefence said above, if you make a scale that is as long as you would ever want, you can add it to your Assets and then, when you come to use it, resize the ‘container’ (remembering to use “Lock Children”) to the size you want and remove the text you don’t need; see attached GIF. AHARRIS22 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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