Ken Hjulstrom Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 Hi, I'm using Affinity Photo to clean up scanned images, and part of the cleanup is to correct any skewing by rotating the image. Typically, I only need to perform less than two degrees of rotation for an image, and I do this via the Transform panel. When I open an image directly in Photo via File | Open, the Transform panel is disabled, and I can't figure out how to activate it. The only workaround I've found is to delete the only layer that's present ("Background"), and then use File | Place to place the same image that was originally depicted on the "Background" layer. Once I've placed the image, I can click on the image to select it, at which point the Transform panel is active. Am I experiencing a missing feature or a bug, or is there a way to activate the Transform panel without having to use my workaround? Thanks, Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greyfox Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 1 hour ago, Ken Hjulstrom said: Hi, I'm using Affinity Photo to clean up scanned images, and part of the cleanup is to correct any skewing by rotating the image. Typically, I only need to perform less than two degrees of rotation for an image, and I do this via the Transform panel. When I open an image directly in Photo via File | Open, the Transform panel is disabled, and I can't figure out how to activate it. The only workaround I've found is to delete the only layer that's present ("Background"), and then use File | Place to place the same image that was originally depicted on the "Background" layer. Once I've placed the image, I can click on the image to select it, at which point the Transform panel is active. Am I experiencing a missing feature or a bug, or is there a way to activate the Transform panel without having to use my workaround? Thanks, Ken In Layers pane untick the padlock on the background layer, then on the toolbar select the move tool. Quote Intel i7-10700 Gen10 CPU, 32GB RAM, Geforce GTX 1660 OC 6GB Windows 10 Pro 22H2, 1x 1TB M.2 NVMe, 1 x 2TB M.2 NVMe. Affinity APh, APu, ADe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 In Edit > Preferences > User Interface There is an option to... "Automatically lock background layer on import" If you de-select that, you won't have to unlock your background layer all the time Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Hjulstrom Posted March 12, 2021 Author Share Posted March 12, 2021 1 hour ago, Greyfox said: In Layers pane untick the padlock on the background layer, then on the toolbar select the move tool. 1 hour ago, Greyfox said: In Layers pane untick the padlock on the background layer, then on the toolbar select the move tool. Thanks! I hadn't realized that the layer was locked when I opened the image. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Hjulstrom Posted March 12, 2021 Author Share Posted March 12, 2021 10 minutes ago, carl123 said: In Edit > Preferences > User Interface There is an option to... "Automatically lock background layer on import" If you de-select that, you won't have to unlock your background layer all the time Thanks, I hadn't realized that this was an option. Actually, when I was trying to figure out why I couldn't access the Transform panel, I duplicated the "Background" layer, figuring that the duplicate version might be able to be rotated, and it appears that my hunch was correct, but I must have accidentally selected the original "Background" layer (easy to do when both the original and duplicate layers initially have the same name). For now, I'm leaving the "Automatically lock background layer on import" checked, figuring that the time spent figuring out the cause of this issue and discussing it will make me remember how to handle this the next time I encounter it. Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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