Flip layer

[Dennis G]

Hello there!

 

Purchased Affinity Photo two days ago and I am (happily) on the (re)learning curve.

I have to say, there went a lot of good thought in some of the altered features (compared to how they work in Ps), well done!

 

Of course there will be quite a lot of questions. Some I can find here, some I couldn't. So I will ask here on the forum, putting the Ps nomenclature in the title for future Affinity-Turners that also say goodbye to Ps!

 

My question: I am working on a composition in which I want to flip a layer horizontally. Ofcourse, using the move tool I can flip it but I only get it done stretching the image (out of ratio), which I don't want to happen. Searching the menu's I didn't see an option that seemed to fit but maybe I am looking for the wrong word (Ps term probably) or I am just too tired ;)

 

Hope someone can point me in the right direction.

Thank you in advance!

 

Kind regards,

Dennis G

www.DeeGee.net Photography

The Netherlands

[MattP]

Hi Dennis,

 

Just select the layer you're interested in and go to the 'Arrange' menu and choose 'Flip Horizontal', or right-click the layer and choose 'Transform'->'Flip Horizontal'.

 

Hopefully that should help :)

Matt

[David D Wilson]

What do we do when "Flip Horizontal" in the "Arrange" menu is greyed out and unavailable, and "Transform" does not appear when clicking the layer? Is there something wrong with the layer (pixel) content? Never had this problem with Photoshop.

[Old Bruce]

Try selecting the Move Tool and then see if the menu  works.

[UncleBulgaria]

Many thanks Old Bruce, that was very helpfull. Regards Stephen.