skylamar Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 I own Affinity Designer for Mac. Today I was trying to change the size of a group of objects by dragging. I held down the shift key, hoping to constrain the group's proportions. However, I found that it didn't work--I could still skew the objects so they lost their proportions. Am I doing something wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RNKLN Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 If it's a group of objects (like in the attached image) , you simply take one of the corners and drag. It will maintain aspect ratio. Quote Affinity Photo - Affinity Designer - Affinity Publisher | macOS Sonoma (14.2) on 16GB MBP14 2021 with 2.4 versions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 Check the setting of the "Move Tool Aspect Constrain" option in Affinity Designer > Preferences > Tools. There are 3 possible settings: Automatic (based on selection) -- constrains only objects that have a 'natural' aspect ratio (like Image layers) Constrain by default -- constrains unless the Shift key is held down Do not constrain by default -- constrains only if the Shift key is held down So basically, if the aspect ratio is not being constrained when you drag a corner with the shift key held down, try it without holding down the shift key, or choose the option above that you prefer. Fun Art Sam, Graphic_Reverie and Ambros 3 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...
skylamar Posted January 19, 2020 Author Share Posted January 19, 2020 R C-R, thanks! My Preferences had been set to Automatic. I've switched the setting to Do not constrain by default and now the group constrains when I hold down the shift key! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selcukyilmaz Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 I am using Constrain by default. It is very comfortable. (: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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