numeric transform

[kikiwunder]

Hey there,

Maybe I'm missing something-- is there a way in Designer to type in a scale amount?  I'm thinking like the Transform options in Inkscape or Photoshop, where you can choose a size or a percentage.

I worked around it by multiplying the size of the objects in my artboard by a multiplier on both width and height but that seems an odd workaround to need.

Thanks,

~ kiki

[Alfred]

Welcome to the Serif Affinity Forums, @kikiwunder.

You can type expressions such as 120% or *=1.20 in the Width and Height controls in the Transform panel. If you click on the chain link between the W and H boxes you can type a new value (or an expression) in one box and the other value will automatically be adjusted to maintain the aspect ratio.

Affinity Designer Help: Expressions for field input

[kikiwunder]

Ahh I didn't know about the percentage-- that helps too, thank you!

 

But there's no dialog for doing uniform scaling or scaling from one of the nine points, like in Photoshop?

[R C-R]

1 hour ago, kikiwunder said:

But there's no dialog for doing uniform scaling or scaling from one of the nine points, like in Photoshop?

I am not sure this is what you mean, but if you select one of the 9 anchors in the Transform panel, enable the W & H chain link, & then set the W or H value using either an expression, entering an absolute value, or by dragging the mouse pointer left or right on the W: or H: text field name, doesn't that do uniform scaling from the chosen anchor?

[Old Bruce]

17 hours ago, kikiwunder said:

But there's no dialog for doing uniform scaling or scaling from one of the nine points, like in Photoshop?

In this situation the dialog is the transform panel.