Vylmen Posted August 29, 2021 Share Posted August 29, 2021 Any photo now defaults to unconstrained and exact pixel ratio as opposed to last ratio used. This is a huge decay in UX for me, since >80% of my use of AP deals with the same crop ratio. Please reconsider this decision if it was a conscious choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vylmen Posted August 31, 2021 Author Share Posted August 31, 2021 Is there a way to downgrade? This is unworkable for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 29 minutes ago, Vylmen said: Is there a way to downgrade? Where did you purchase the application from, Mac App Store or Serif Affinity Store? If you purchased direct from Serif, you can download the older versions at https://affinity.store/update/macos/photo/1 but if you purchased from Apple you can only downgrade by using a TimeMachine or similar backup. 29 minutes ago, Vylmen said: This is unworkable for me. Out of curiosity, how many times a day are you cropping, and how many extra clicks is it? What Crop Ratio are you trying to use? Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vylmen Posted August 31, 2021 Author Share Posted August 31, 2021 Mac Store I'm afraid. Exception aside, I mostly crop, rotate and clone (to fill up sides that were rotated away). To be specific: pictures from actors / actresses for resources like TMDB, in 2:3 ratio, focused on the face (rotation is used here to align the eyes for better recognizability) and 16:9 for episode/film screenshots. It's not my full time job, it's something I do 1-3 hours a day and more on weekends to contribute to resources I use myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vylmen Posted August 31, 2021 Author Share Posted August 31, 2021 As for clicks: Old version: Drop in photo from Finder Click crop tool or press C Now I can crop at last remembered ratio New version: Drop in photo from Finder Click crop tool or press C Click dropdown to change from unconstrained to custom ratio Click width, select all and press 2 tab to select height and press 3 Now I can crop at 2:3 Do this 10 times a night and you're quite frustrated if you're used to the old version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 12 minutes ago, Vylmen said: New version: Drop in photo from Finder Click crop tool or press C Click dropdown to change from unconstrained to custom ratio Click width, select all and press 2 tab to select height and press 3 Now I can crop at 2:3 Do this 10 times a night and you're quite frustrated if you're used to the old version. Understandable that you'd feel frustrated. You can simplify that a bit by creating a 2:3 Crop preset. When you have set it to Custom Ratio, and set it to 2 and 3, click the Cog, then the Hamburger menu, then Create Preset. Give it a name and leave the Category unspecified. Your Preset will be at the top of the list for use the next time, and you simply click the Cog, then click your Preset, and you're good to go. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vylmen Posted August 31, 2021 Author Share Posted August 31, 2021 Thank you, appreciated. I never clicked/noticed the cog, cause cog to me are settings and presets are in the realm of favourites/bookmarks. Still, the window is preset window is quite big and once you select a preset it doesn't go out of the way. It's a bit better, but the bug report stands: the old way didn't need "fixing" and is still much faster. Tbh, I cannot understand what the improvement is of the new behaviour, so I can only assume it was optimized away without knowing the consequences. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 8 minutes ago, Vylmen said: Still, the window is preset window is quite big and once you select a preset it doesn't go out of the way. In that case click the Cog again Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Gabe Posted September 1, 2021 Staff Share Posted September 1, 2021 Hi both, I'm not sure what you're trying to describe. By default, when you press C, you will get a crop "unconstrained", the size of your document. That applies for both 1.9 and 1.10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vylmen Posted September 1, 2021 Author Share Posted September 1, 2021 (edited) But once you change to custom ratio, it will remember it for next documents. It has worked that way since I purchased and is not working anymore. Edited September 1, 2021 by Vylmen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Gabe Posted September 1, 2021 Staff Share Posted September 1, 2021 I see what you mean now. I'll get this logged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vylmen Posted November 1, 2021 Author Share Posted November 1, 2021 Thanks so much for the fix! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vylmen Posted November 13, 2021 Author Share Posted November 13, 2021 Actually, it's not fixed :( Or broken again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Gabe Posted November 18, 2021 Staff Share Posted November 18, 2021 This has not been marked as fixed I'm afraid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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