Question on Navigator Studio & Smart Selection Brush Tool ?

[augustya]

Hi Guys,

Just wanted to know if I have opened a Picture in Affinity Photo for some reason If Zoom out and Zoom in and then I want to know what ws the true size as in Length X Breadth the way to again bring back your Photo to its original size is click on Navigator Studio and Hit Fit right ?

Also is the Selection Brush Tool in MAC Version of Affnity Photo and Smart Selection Brush Tool in the iPad Version the same ?

[Callum]

Hi Augustya,

Zooming in or out doesn't change the size of your image just the zoom level of the canvas. Going to View > Zoom and hitting 100% will get the zoom level back to default. Yes these two features are functionally the same.

[augustya]

41 minutes ago, Callum said:

Hi Augustya,

Zooming in or out doesn't change the size of your image just the zoom level of the canvas. Going to View > Zoom and hitting 100% will get the zoom level back to default. Yes these two features are functionally the same.

I am trying to do it on an iPad When I select the View Tool which is a Palm icon the Left side there is no option to select 100% there how do I select 100% there ?

[DM1]

1 hour ago, augustya said:

am trying to do it on an iPad When I select the View Tool which is a Palm icon the Left side there is no option to select 100% there how do I select 100% there ?

View tool is just for panning around a zoomed document. You need to use Navigator Studio to access 100% view setting. You can double tap with one finger to get the image within screen boundaries but that won’t equate to 100%.

[augustya]

17 minutes ago, DM1 said:

View tool is just for panning around a zoomed document. You need to use Navigator Studio to access 100% view setting. You can double tap with one finger to get the image within screen boundaries but that won’t equate to 100%.

No all I am asking is and trying to know lets say for some reason I zoomed in or out and I have lost the idea what was the correct size of my Image there is nothing on the screen to tell me that Fit to screen or 25% or 50% or Full image if you know what I mean.

How do I know that after zooming in and out and if my image size is jumbled up how do I know what is the default size of my image ?

[DM1]

11 hours ago, augustya said:

No all I am asking is and trying to know lets say for some reason I zoomed in or out and I have lost the idea what was the correct size of my Image

The correct size? Zooming in and out has no effect on the size of your document. It’s like moving closer to or further away from a building. Close up it looks bigger, more details visible, further back it looks smaller, less detail visible. The buildings size has not altered.

Likewise an 8x10'' photo at 'correct' size (assuming you mean 100% of document size), won’t fit in my iPads screen, I’d need to pan around or zoom out to get the full view.

There is no onscreen size display while zooming. You must use Navigator Studio to determine current view scale.

If you want to know the 'actual size' of you document use Document menu Resize and look at the Context menu details.

[augustya]

11 hours ago, DM1 said:

The correct size? Zooming in and out has no effect on the size of your document. It’s like moving closer to or further away from a building. Close up it looks bigger, more details visible, further back it looks smaller, less detail visible. The buildings size has not altered.

Likewise an 8x10'' photo at 'correct' size (assuming you mean 100% of document size), won’t fit in my iPads screen, I’d need to pan around or zoom out to get the full view.

There is no onscreen size display while zooming. You must use Navigator Studio to determine current view scale.

If you want to know the 'actual size' of you document use Document menu Resize and look at the Context menu details.

I am sorry but I have still not understood. What I am asking is when I zoom in and after that when I zoom out I wanna know the default position of my Image. There is no indication on the APP when my Image reaches its default position/size to tell me this is your default image size/position. How do I do know that ?

I wanna know the default position after I have zoom in and Zoom out.

[DM1]

52 minutes ago, augustya said:

out I wanna know the default position of my Image.

What do you mean by 'the default position'? 🤔

I'm afraid I don’t understand your question.

 

[augustya]

17 minutes ago, DM1 said:

What do you mean by 'the default position'? 🤔

I'm afraid I don’t understand your question.

 

Default position as in the original length and breadth of my Photo ? How do I know after Zooming in and Out in Affinity Photo at how much zoom out position is my default photo size and position.

[augustya]

Jeez !! 😬 I do not want to resize it all I wanna do is when I zoom out of my image and again Zoom in where should i stop ? which will tell me this is how my image looks as default. Beyond this i am again zooming too much in.

[Alfred]

7 minutes ago, augustya said:

Jeez !! 😬 I do not want to resize it all I wanna do is when I zoom out of my image and again Zoom in where should i stop ? which will tell me this is how my image looks as default. Beyond this i am again zooming too much in.

As @DM1 advised:

15 hours ago, DM1 said:

There is no onscreen size display while zooming. You must use Navigator Studio to determine current view scale.

 

[augustya]

26 minutes ago, Alfred said:

As @DM1 advised:

 

Ok so in Navigator Studio If I hit "Fit" will that bring my image back to its original Lenght & Breadth. ?

[Alfred]

15 minutes ago, augustya said:

Ok so in Navigator Studio If I hit "Fit" will that bring my image back to its original Lenght & Breadth. ?

No, the option you want is ‘100%’. The ‘Fit’ option makes it fit the screen height or width.

[augustya]

2 hours ago, Alfred said:

No, the option you want is ‘100%’. The ‘Fit’ option makes it fit the screen height or width.

Ok that kind of answers my question. 

[Alfred]

45 minutes ago, augustya said:

Ok that kind of answers my question. 

Only “kind of”?

[augustya]

12 hours ago, Alfred said:

Only “kind of”?

Yes because if I press 100% it makes my image look blown up as if it is bursting out of the screen. That is not how my image looks when I first import my image into Affinity Photo. After Zooming in and out I  want to go back and have my photo to look how it looked when I first imported it from photos app on my iPad.

[Alfred]

4 hours ago, augustya said:

Yes because if I press 100% it makes my image look blown up as if it is bursting out of the screen. That is now how my image looks when I first import my image into Affinity Photo. After Zooming in and out I  want to go back and have my photo to look how it looked when I first imported it from photos app on my iPad.

It sounds as though ‘Fit’ is, as you suggested, the option you need after all! I apparently misinterpreted your reference to the ‘original’ length and breadth.

[augustya]

10 minutes ago, Alfred said:

It sounds as though ‘Fit’ is, as you suggested, the option you need after all! I apparently misinterpreted your reference to the ‘original’ length and breadth.

So If I want my image to look as it looked when I imported the Photo from my Photos APP on my iPad I should click "Fit" and not 100% right ? Just confirming again 😃

[Alfred]

8 minutes ago, augustya said:

So If I want my image to look as it looked when I imported the Photo from my Photos APP on my iPad I should click "Fit" and not 100% right ? Just confirming again 😃

You can easily test the theory by importing a photo from Photos and immediately pressing the ‘Fit’ button in the Navigator Studio. If the view changes then it isn’t doing what you expected.

[augustya]

3 minutes ago, Alfred said:

You can easily test the theory by importing a photo from Photos and immediately pressing the ‘Fit’ button in the Navigator Studio. If the view changes then it isn’t doing what you expected.

Yes, Makes Sense...

[augustya]

1 hour ago, Alfred said:

You can easily test the theory by importing a photo from Photos and immediately pressing the ‘Fit’ button in the Navigator Studio. If the view changes then it isn’t doing what you expected.

"Fit" is the answer to my question.