Does resizing a selected layer resample all the time?

[arundel22]

Hi there,

 

In Photoshop, you can adjust a layer or image individually by using the whole CTRL+T thing, and you can make it bigger, smaller etc. However, the image only gets rescaled when you press enter or accept the changes.

 

I was wondering if this was also the case with Affinity. I get the feeling that each time I play around with the sizing that AP is actually resampling that raster layer in real-time. Therefore if I play around with a component in a layered image, each time I adjust it it gets downscaled or upscaled. Is this true? Or... do the changes only kick in when I descelect the image?

 

I hope I explained this adequately? :-)

 

Additionally, can I turn raster elements into individual objects that do not get resampled each time I rescale them? I forgot what the term is for that. But it's like making a selfcontained object

 

Any help would be great

[anon1]

I guess they just behave like s smart object and are always scaled based on their root data so they never loose image quality through multiple scaling processes.

[onamac]

I had resized via the 2x in trying the demo and it did a great job, which made me think they do behave like a smart object, as you said. So is this the case, that they don't lose image quality when resizing with Affinity? I had always relied on Photoshop for that, so this would be really good to know.

[arundel22]

Thanks for replying MBd and onamac :-)

 

Yes, "smart object" is the term I was looking for :)! I hope to hear from more people, as this has puzzled me for a while