Crop Tool custom presets not working correctly

[smartyarts]

Hi fellow users,

I have created a preset with these settings:

and named this 1080x1350 instagram portrait

Now when I reset the crop tool and choose my custom preset from the cog menu, the crop becomes a landscape oriented format instead of a portrait format like I want it to be:

Obviously it switches the parameters of width and height, as can be seen in the last screenshot.
Is this a bug maybe?

kind regards
Marcin

[walt.farrell]

56 minutes ago, smartyarts said:

Is this a bug maybe?

Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums.

Affinity Photo seems to consider "m x n" and "n x m" to be the same cropping. This might be by design, and not a bug.

You should be able to click the Rotate button on the Context Toolbar to get to what you want.

[smartyarts]

Dear Walt,

thank you for your quick reply. If it might be by design, then it is bad design. Of course I can click the rotate button, but when I specify explicit resample values for width and height, it should apply my preset and orientation accordingly. Otherwise it's not a precise way of application. Resample means by definition resize and reformat to strict constraints by the user and not require to make additional orientation settings, then the whole resampling doesn't make sense.

So, the only workaround is to use the rotate button. I'm fine with that, but the design of this leads to misconception.

kind regards
Marcin

[Komatös]

Hello @smartyarts You use the "golden ratio". This has a defined edge and side length.

If you need a freely defined area, you should work with the rule of thirds.

All about the golden ratio

 

[Gabe]

Hi all,

We are aware of this issue and it has already been logged with our developers. In a nutshell, ratios are "force-rotated" to the aspect ratio of the document.