Todd S. Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 When I select the crop tool it does not appear to give me the handles I need to make the crop selection. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron P. Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 Have a look at the help file for Vector Crop Tool. It behaves differently than the crop tool in Affinity Photo https://affinity.help/designer/en-US.lproj/index.html Alfred 1 Quote Affinity Photo 2.4..; Affinity Designer 2.4..; Affinity Publisher 2.4..; Affinity2 Beta versions. Affinity Photo,Designer 1.10.6.1605 Win10 Home Version:21H2, Build: 19044.1766: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5820K CPU @ 3.30GHz, 3301 Mhz, 6 Core(s), 12 Logical Processor(s);32GB Ram, Nvidia GTX 3070, 3-Internal HDD (1 Crucial MX5000 1TB, 1-Crucial MX5000 500GB, 1-WD 1 TB), 4 External HDD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 25 minutes ago, Ron P. said: Have a look at the help file for Vector Crop Tool. Affinity Designer Help: Vector Crop Tool Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron P. Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 Dummy me, I copied the link in the webpage address bar.... Quote Affinity Photo 2.4..; Affinity Designer 2.4..; Affinity Publisher 2.4..; Affinity2 Beta versions. Affinity Photo,Designer 1.10.6.1605 Win10 Home Version:21H2, Build: 19044.1766: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5820K CPU @ 3.30GHz, 3301 Mhz, 6 Core(s), 12 Logical Processor(s);32GB Ram, Nvidia GTX 3070, 3-Internal HDD (1 Crucial MX5000 1TB, 1-Crucial MX5000 500GB, 1-WD 1 TB), 4 External HDD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd S. Posted March 15, 2021 Author Share Posted March 15, 2021 Thanks. I gather that the vector crop tool isn't for cropping out the background to resize the newly create document, but rather cropping objects created or placed on the document. After fooling around with it, I determined that I need to create my drawings on artboards rather than just the document then I can resize the artboard using the artboard tool. It is a shame the crop tools do not work the same as in photo. It has been many moons since I have worked in adobe illustrator so I have forgotten just about everything, but if I recall, that is how you crop in that application too. Alfred 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickymX Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 Hey all, Asked same thing on Twitter. So there's no way to crop easily a project ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 14 minutes ago, MickymX said: Hey all, Asked same thing on Twitter. So there's no way to crop easily a project ? Welcome to the Serif Affinity, @MickymX. As @Option Whisperer has pointed out, you can use an artboard to restrict the extents of your project. Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loukash Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 18 hours ago, Option Whisperer said: I can resize the artboard using the artboard tool. The Move tool will resize and move artboards as well. Select them via Layers panel. Move and resize multiple artboards at once. 18 hours ago, Option Whisperer said: It is a shame the crop tools do not work the same as in photo The artboard is your "crop tool à la Photo". Have as many artboards … er, I mean crops as you need. An artboard is essentially something between a layer, a mask and an object: all its children are being cropped, they will be moved within, it can have a color background, blend modes, you can make them a child of a layer, you name it. If you move an object outside of the artboard vertically, i.e. using the Layers panel, then the object won't be cropped and won't move with the artboard, but it still can be exported as part of the artboard. Summed up, Artboards are much better than the Crop tool! Alfred 1 Quote MacBookAir 15": MacOS Ventura > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // MacBookPro 15" mid-2012: MacOS El Capitan > Affinity v1 / MacOS Catalina > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // iPad 8th: iPadOS 16 > Affinity v2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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