bentraje Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 Hi, Is there a way to have seamless document rotation? Currently, it snaps by 90 or 15 degree increments. It's a bit rigid for me. Here's what I meant by seamless rotation where you just drag the mouse while holding R. https://www.dropbox.com/s/sdvmk6b9n4st5kd/aff005_rotate_document_seamlessly.mp4?dl=0 Regards, Ben Pepe To 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Rostron Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 @bentraje, Try this workaround: Filter > Distort > Equations Set Co-ordinates to Polar and Angular Units to Radians In the t box, enter t=t+2*pi*a Now move the a slider and the image will rotate to whatever rotation you like.. Press Apply to finish. If you just wanted to rotate by an arbitrary number of degrees (say 256), then you would set the Angular Units to Degrees and in the t box enter t+256. You may want to enlarge the canvas before doing this to allow for the rotation. I attach here a macro to perform the rotation. However, I would not recommend using the macro since: It does not incorporate enlarging the canvas. For various reasons,this is better done separately. When you mover the a slider, there is a significant delay before the image rotates. Rotate Image.afmacro John bentraje 1 Quote Windows 11, Affinity Photo 2.4.2 Designer 2.4.2 and Publisher 2.4.2 (mainly Photo). CPU: Intel Core i5 8500 @ 3.00GHz. RAM: 32.0GB DDR4 @ 1063MHz, Graphics: 2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
einwwiew Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 @bentraje Unfortunately no, I've been looking for a canvas rotation tool for so long, there are many people in this forum who want a simple canvas rotation like in Photoshop, but nothing happened. My workaround is to use the shortcut for left and right rotation. For example A and Y. bentraje 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 3 hours ago, John Rostron said: Try this workaround: Filter > Distort > Equations I believe that @bentraje wants to rotate the canvas, John, not the document. In other words, change the view of the document, not the document itself. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Rostron Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 Silly me. I assumed that when the OP said "seamless document rotation", that they meant "seamless document rotation". I did watch the attached video, but this was rotating a blank canvas/document so that was not really a clue. Still admitting my ignorance, why should you want to rotate the canvas rather than the document? John Quote Windows 11, Affinity Photo 2.4.2 Designer 2.4.2 and Publisher 2.4.2 (mainly Photo). CPU: Intel Core i5 8500 @ 3.00GHz. RAM: 32.0GB DDR4 @ 1063MHz, Graphics: 2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 12 minutes ago, John Rostron said: why should you want to rotate the canvas rather than the document? For example for painting? einwwiew 1 Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.5.5.2636 (Retail) Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.4317. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.4317. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
einwwiew Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 Canvas rotation is a must for sketching, illustrating and editing photos with a pen display or graphics tablet. Traditionally when drawing on paper, the paper is usually rotated, many people do it all the time. On the computer you would rotate the canvas instead. Markio and John Rostron 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Rostron Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 3 minutes ago, Pšenda said: For example for painting? But why would you want to paint on a rotated canvas? John the Philistine (not really) Quote Windows 11, Affinity Photo 2.4.2 Designer 2.4.2 and Publisher 2.4.2 (mainly Photo). CPU: Intel Core i5 8500 @ 3.00GHz. RAM: 32.0GB DDR4 @ 1063MHz, Graphics: 2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted September 1, 2020 Staff Share Posted September 1, 2020 Hi bentraje, Are you running macOS or Windows? On macOS you can use the trackpad (on a MacBook or on an Apple Magic Trackpad) to rotate the view. Make sure Enable canvas rotation with trackpad is enabled in the Tools section in Preferences. Some tablet models (with touch support) or by other means also allows you to rotate it. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted September 1, 2020 Staff Share Posted September 1, 2020 3 minutes ago, John Rostron said: But why would you want to paint on a rotated canvas? John the Philistine (not really) When you are writing something on paper do you have it standing straight in front of you? Same for drawing but it requires way more flexibility/freedom to stroke/sketch following different directions. John Rostron 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 1 minute ago, John Rostron said: But why would you want to paint on a rotated canvas? If you draw something with a pencil/pen on paper, don't you rotate it as needed? - to make it easier and more accurate for you (and more naturally). John Rostron and Markio 2 Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.5.5.2636 (Retail) Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.4317. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.4317. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Move Along People Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 - John Rostron 1 Quote Move Along people,nothing to see here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Rostron Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 I would acknowledge what @MEB and @Pšenda say. But I agree with what @haakoo says. I'm not an artist, but if I were drawing on screen, I would rotate the document if it made my drawing more convenient. John Quote Windows 11, Affinity Photo 2.4.2 Designer 2.4.2 and Publisher 2.4.2 (mainly Photo). CPU: Intel Core i5 8500 @ 3.00GHz. RAM: 32.0GB DDR4 @ 1063MHz, Graphics: 2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 In the case of vector drawing, of course, this is not a problem, but in the case of a bitmap, where each rotation degrades and destroys the image, it is really a "smart" solution 🙂 John Rostron 1 Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.5.5.2636 (Retail) Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.4317. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.4317. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 14 minutes ago, haakoo said: I rotate the paper(document) and not my desk(view) as this would be the right analogy. I don't think that's the right analogy, because when you rotate the paper on the table, the contents of the paper also rotate - as opposed to rotating the document in Affinity, which rotates the contents of the paper relative to the sheet. Edit: Personally, therefore, I think that the rotation of the paper on the table is, from the point of view of the contents of the paper, an adequate rotation of the entire table. John Rostron and MEB 1 1 Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.5.5.2636 (Retail) Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.4317. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.4317. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentraje Posted September 1, 2020 Author Share Posted September 1, 2020 Thanks for the response and confirmation that such feature is not yet available. (Saves me time from open-ended searching)@MEB Unfortunately, I'm on Windows. Hopefully such feature will be implemented on windows. @John Rostron Apologies for being unclear on my first post. Have a great day all! John Rostron 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepe To Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 On 9/1/2020 at 7:12 AM, bentraje said: Hi, Is there a way to have seamless document rotation? Currently, it snaps by 90 or 15 degree increments. It's a bit rigid for me. Here's what I meant by seamless rotation where you just drag the mouse while holding R. https://www.dropbox.com/s/sdvmk6b9n4st5kd/aff005_rotate_document_seamlessly.mp4?dl=0 Regards, Ben Yes, please pay attention to this. I also need to be able to do that in order to professionally use affinity designer for illustration. When you draw in pixels it is essential to be able to rotate the canvas quickly and easily to adjust the freehand strokes in the most comfortable way for the arm and wrist. It is an essential ergonomic issue. All pixel drawing programs do it and it is something very necessary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted September 15, 2020 Staff Share Posted September 15, 2020 Hi @bentraje, @Pepe To, This issue/feedback was passed to the dev team. We are looking into ways to improve this for both Windows and macOS users. Pepe To 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepe To Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 Wonderful. Thank you very much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentraje Posted September 16, 2020 Author Share Posted September 16, 2020 @MEB Thanks! Looking forward to it :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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