leom Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 I am new to Affinity. I used the trial version and cropping worked fine. I bought a license. A licensed version on a Mac M1. The crop handles won't move. I select a crop tool. The crop overlay appears. I clink on any handle but the handle won't move. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 Welcome to the forums @leom When you say that you “click on any handle” do you mean that you drag any handle? Can you supply a full-screen screenshot of you using the Crop Tool, including your Layers Panel open with the suspect layer showing in that panel? If you can supply a video showing the problem then that might be better than just a screenshot. bananayoshimoto 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leom Posted November 9, 2021 Author Share Posted November 9, 2021 Yes, click and drag a handle. You mentioned the layers panel. I looked and notices a "layer" checkbox. It was unchecked. After I checked it, I could crop the image. I'm just learning this puppy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 If the checkbox in the Layers Panel for a particular layer is unchecked then that layer should not be visible so I don’t understand why you were trying to crop a layer which you shouldn’t be able to see. Could you see the layer which had its checkbox unchecked? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leom Posted November 9, 2021 Author Share Posted November 9, 2021 Sorry for the confusion. There is a checkbox called "Layer" to the left of "Marquee" . Here's an image: This is unchecked. The layer visibility is checked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 Ah, okay. Now I’m not sure how the Layer checkbox in the Histogram Panel, as shown in your image, could be affecting the Crop Tool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisbon Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 22 hours ago, leom said: I select a crop tool. There is only one crop tool. Sorry but i have to ask. Are you sure you selected the crop tool? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leom Posted November 9, 2021 Author Share Posted November 9, 2021 Pretty sure... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leom Posted November 9, 2021 Author Share Posted November 9, 2021 (edited) It's a bug. I checked the button, selected a crop region larger than the image. Then I unchecked the button. The crop handles now work as expected. I agree that the histogram settings should not effect the crop tool. Edited November 9, 2021 by leom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomaso Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 39 minutes ago, leom said: It's a bug. I checked the button, selected a crop region larger than the image. Then I unchecked the button. The crop handles now work What do you feel as a bug? – When you selected the Crop Tool ("checked the button") & "selected a crop region larger than the image" you did this by moving the cropping rectangle by its handles or edges, correct? So what exactly did not work before? Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 only Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leom Posted November 9, 2021 Author Share Posted November 9, 2021 I'm new to this program. I'm new to this Mac. I just found out the track pad has 2 pressure sensitivities. I was pressing too hard on the track pad. The Mac interprets this as two mouse buttons down. This behavior was driving me nuts. I think this is the source of the Affinity problems I was having.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomaso Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 1 hour ago, leom said: I'm new to this Mac. I just found out the track pad has 2 pressure sensitivities. Thanks for the feedback. No bug with the handles Just in case, did you notice the explaining animation in your new track pad options window? You might need to wait a while to make it start, once started it goes through the various options of the currently selected topic tab of this window, each tab has its own movie. Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 only Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dareadel Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 I am having the same issue on my new Mac M1. I had to be switching between old and new Mac just to edit photos which is quite inconvenient. The crop handle will work on one side then to will freeze. Crop handle won't move. Hopefully, the developer can look into this because it seems it could be Mac M1 issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 15 hours ago, dareadel said: I am having the same issue on my new Mac M1. Are you using a trackpad like the OP? If not, it probably is not the same issue. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V23.0 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leom Posted November 14, 2021 Author Share Posted November 14, 2021 Is your trackpad set up to use 2 click pressure levels? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dareadel Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 13 minutes ago, leom said: Is your trackpad set up to use 2 click pressure levels? Thank you for the reply. I posted my message before ai saw your post about your message regarding "pressing too hard on the track pad." I became gentle on the track pad and I was able to complete the cropping without any more issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leom Posted November 15, 2021 Author Share Posted November 15, 2021 I don't know when Apple added this feature. I was getting very frustrated with other app, the dock and finder before I found out about this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dareadel Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, leom said: I don't know when Apple added this feature. I was getting very frustrated with other app, the dock and finder before I found out about this. There’s a few things I can’t do on M1 as I used to do on my previous MacBook Pro. It appears I need to relearn new shortcuts. Very disappointed Edited November 15, 2021 by dareadel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leom Posted November 15, 2021 Author Share Posted November 15, 2021 I love the M1 pro. It's an upgrade from my 2012 13" MBP, so I'm thrilled. I have to give up my old CS6 Adobe Suite though. That's the biggest loss for me. I don't use Adobe PS and AI enough to justify a subscription. That why I'm checking out Affinity and Luminar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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