Add new option to Transform Objects Separately

[nodeus]

Add the ability to resize multiple objects to a single size.

For example, when the "Transform Objects Separately" option is enabled, add the checkbox «[ ] Each», to make all selected objects take a single size from the «Transform» panel.

So far, in the current versions, objects resize relative to the selected object.

[Robert7x]

Is this something that's available... or you're suggesting to be added? I would like this option. Thanks! 

[telemax]

+1
And similar request:

 

[Fixx]

Yes, transform each is a feature I miss from other A-software. Transform each/in place/separately would be very useful. It should regard groups as objects.

[telemax]

Perhaps it should be called "Local Transform" 

I used to assume that this must work through some kind of equation in the input fields, in the Transform panel.

 

[Stokestack]

I don't think the current functionality makes sense. There's a straightforward approach that does.

If you're clicking around on the canvas, selecting a bunch of objects that you want to change the size of, why does the Transform panel show the dimensions of the bounding box that surrounds the whole collection of objects? That's not a "thing" to be resized. If the objects were grouped, then they would be a thing and that thing would have dimensions. Therefore, grouped vs. ungrouped should determine what's displayed in the transform panel.

When multiple ungrouped objects are selected, the Transform panel (and any other) should show an empty field (or "-") wherever the objects' properties differ. This is standard practice in software, which allows the user to enter a value and have it applied to all of the objects. When you see a blank field, it tells you in an instant that the objects don't match in size (or color, or font...), which is useful information that helps you detect mistakes or oversights in your work.

 

[thomaso]

+1

[victornielsen]

This feature would have saved me so much time!

Specially useful when you load in graphs to affinity designer. I often want to detail them a bit, but almost always are the bars in the chart slightly different widths. Sometimes there are more than 30 bars. Changing each of them manually is tedious!

[Old Bruce]

All we need to do is choose the Transform Objects Separately in the Context Toolbar.

[Stokestack]

Nope. That doesn't make sense. The OP wants to transform them together, not separately:

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Add the ability to resize multiple objects to a single size.

 

[thomaso]

19 hours ago, Old Bruce said:

All we need to do is choose the Transform Objects Separately in the Context Toolbar.

That button has a different approach then this feature request thread. The existing button neither allows to

• set objects of different size or angle to 1 certain common value nor to
• add/subtract 1 absolute amount to multiple objects of different sizes or angles.

[Razattax]

I have also been resizing hundreds of objects manually.    Often it is quicker to copy and paste the amended one to replace the originals...

 

THIS FEATURE is a MUST.

[GregoryOR]

+1 for me.  Transform objects separately is a great feature that I just read about on this thread, but it resizes proportionately, and I would love to resize all to the dimension I type in the Transform text field.

[Frozen Death Knight]

Just resized hundreds of images based on a specific height. I really, really needed this feature.

[Gilberto35]

Anyone knows if V2 has the required feature?

And if yes, how to activate it?

[Stokestack]

If I remember correctly, it has been added in some obscure manner. Check the release notes.

[Gilberto35]

Well, until it is available at V2 App Store afforded me a good temporary alternative.

[walt.farrell]

17 hours ago, Stokestack said:

If I remember correctly, it has been added in some obscure manner. Check the release notes.

From https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/whats-new/ in the section on 2.5 enhancements:

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3. When you have ‘Transform objects separately’ checked and have a multi-selection, if you type a value in either the width or height field and precede it with an equals sign (e.g. H: ‘=100px’), it will now set all objects in that selection to have that specific width or height value entered. This is opposed to scaling the other objects in your selection proportionally based on the key object which is the result you get without the equals sign.^{*
   *}All apps, macOS and Windows only

 

[Gilberto35]

8 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

From https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/whats-new/ in the section on 2.5 enhancements:

 

Thank you Walt, but since I do this operation only once in a while it seems to me very complicated to remember.

I will stick with the easy to handle dedicated apps I found outside Affinity.   

[Stokestack]

Thanks for digging that up, Walt. This actually made me laugh. It's even more ridiculous than I remembered.

[walt.farrell]

30 minutes ago, Stokestack said:

Thanks for digging that up, Walt. This actually made me laugh. It's even more ridiculous than I remembered.

It's just a variation of the existing expression support in almost all input fields, and it makes sense to me  

[Stokestack]

The thing is that this operation shouldn't rely on expressions at all. That's a kluge.