Fritz_H Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 Hi, The crop-tool offers 8 handles: But if you zoom into the image because you want to align the crop to an image-element, it may happen that the handles are off-screen: Suggestion: * either make the position of the handles "dynamic" so that every visible crop-border offers one visible handle or * make the whole border act as a handle. currently grabbing the border just moves the whole frame, which is nice but useless since moving can already be easily accomplished by grabbing anywhere inside the crop-frame. bures, MagratG, loukash and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 I used to suggest this. This would be useful for all handles (object size, position) in general, not just for the Crop tool. loukash and bures 2 Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 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 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. 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...
Fritz_H Posted March 22, 2021 Author Share Posted March 22, 2021 9 hours ago, Pšenda said: I used to suggest this. ... back in 2018 - and it´s still not implemented. What is Serif waiting for? Are they developing some more useless special stuf like astrophotography-filters? bures 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loukash Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 17 hours ago, Fritz_H said: make the position of the handles "dynamic" so that every visible crop-border offers one visible handle 15 hours ago, Pšenda said: This would be useful for all handles (object size, position) in general, not just for the Crop tool. +1 Meanwhile, until it gets implemented which may apparently take, erm… a while, we can use guides to mark the desired position, zoom out until we see a handle, and then snap to the guide. 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...
loukash Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 1 minute ago, loukash said: use guides Hm… Just noticed an odd bug: When you try to place a guide by dragging it from the vertical ruler with the Crop tool active, this action disables and enables guides. Dragging from the horizontal ruler does nothing. Duh. So the "ugly workaround" is: Set your crop guides with the Move tool first, before enabling the Crop tool. Oh well… 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...
drks Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 I am also waiting for this to be addressed. Half the time there are no visible crop handles on the screen when I am zoomed in enough to get pixel perfect cropping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drks Posted September 12, 2022 Share Posted September 12, 2022 More than a year later and I'm still waiting for this to be addressed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrqasq Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 Can't you just use keyboard arrow keys to move ? Normal press is 1px into desired direction, Shift is x10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulEC Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 After you've zoomed in, just drag out a crop box where you want it! ice_video_20220915-141107.mp4 Quote Acer XC-895 : Core i5-10400 Hexa-core 2.90 GHz : 32GB RAM : Intel UHD Graphics 630 : Windows 10 Home Affinity Publisher 2 : Affinity Photo 2 : Affinity Designer 2 : (latest release versions) on desktop and iPad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 6 minutes ago, PaulEC said: After you've zoomed in, just drag out a crop box where you want it! Unfortunately that wont work if the crop area is larger than the visible on-screen area. The request, as I read it, is to be able to create a rough crop area and then zoom in to make sure the crop is ‘pixel-perfect’, and this cannot be done when the crop handles are not visible (because they are only in set places around the crop area). As Pšenda has mentioned above, this would also be useful in ‘non-crop situations’. drks and Pšenda 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drks Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 (edited) oops double post Edited September 15, 2022 by drks double post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drks Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 As GarryP says, "Just drag out a crop box where you want it" doesn't solve the problem if you need to adjust the crop box to be pixel perfect and also large enough to extend off screen when zoomed in far enough to tell if it's aligned to the pixel. Neither does using the keyboard. I've explained the issue in a similar post here with images that make clear why you can't do what was suggested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulEC Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 Sorry guys, I think I understand what you're trying to do now! I was assuming that you just needed to align one side accurately, then you could drag the others once you zoom out - no use if you need to see the whole thing! drks 1 Quote Acer XC-895 : Core i5-10400 Hexa-core 2.90 GHz : 32GB RAM : Intel UHD Graphics 630 : Windows 10 Home Affinity Publisher 2 : Affinity Photo 2 : Affinity Designer 2 : (latest release versions) on desktop and iPad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 For pixel perfect work have Snap to guides turned on as well as Force pixel alignment. draw and adjust the Guides and then crop. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.1 | Affinity Photo 2.4.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrqasq Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 I also now understand, that using keyboard just moves whole crop area to left or right, and you want to move just one side, without touching the rest, correct? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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