Shermie Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 When opening an image, the default measurement in the Units dropdown is pixels, and I don't believe there is a way to change that default. I need to work in inches. I can't batch process photos to a particular size before opening the images individually, because I work with groups of images of varying sizes and resolutions, so I have to evaluate and alter each image's size and resolution individually. This means that after opening each photo, I must first change the Units measurement to inches. It would be immensely helpful to eliminate that step by being able to choose a different default for the Units measurement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrym Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Yet another example of where sticky settings or preferences would resolve a usability issue. PaulEC 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shermie Posted March 2, 2021 Author Share Posted March 2, 2021 Yes, exactly! Thank you for the big picture handshake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VJS Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 This is still an issue with v1.10.6. Why? It should have been fixed way before this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Girlvsworld Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 Yes I find this frustrating as well. Great that I have to divide by dpi all the time, I love adding that extra step to my workflow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 1 hour ago, Girlvsworld said: Great that I have to divide by dpi all the time, I love adding that extra step to my workflow! Why/when do you divide by DPI? Why not just right-click on the Ruler and change the units? Or change the units in the Context Toolbar, since the View Tool is the default tool for Photo? 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 17.7, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Girlvsworld Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 I’m on an iPad. I realize this is the desktop forum but it’s the same for ipad. Having a default unit and not having to change it all the time (especially having to work with a lot of files) would be better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 10 hours ago, Girlvsworld said: I’m on an iPad. I realize this is the desktop forum but it’s the same for ipad. Having a default unit and not having to change it all the time (especially having to work with a lot of files) would be better. Thanks for that clarification. When you're posting into the wrong forum, please let us know so we can interpret your posts properly 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 17.7, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capn Mike Posted September 17 Share Posted September 17 Even though I have changed the units from pixels to inches (after choosing the zoom tool snd selecting inches), when I then proceed to export the photo, the file settings are still in pixels. How can resize in inches? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted September 17 Share Posted September 17 37 minutes ago, Capn Mike said: How can resize in inches? You can specify inches in the size fields, and Affinity will recalculate the pixels for you. Make sure you have the aspect ratio locked and you'll only have to specify one measurement. E.g., if Width says "3480 px" you could type "11 in" into the field. But you can't get it to display inches there. 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 17.7, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capn Mike Posted September 18 Share Posted September 18 Walt, that work-around was successful! Thanks for the “tip of the day”! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted September 18 Share Posted September 18 You're welcome, Mike. 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 17.7, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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