Affinity Photo - Is there a one-click way of copying Transform values from one object to another?

[Alex_M]

Sometimes I need to position, rotate and scale an object exactly the same way as another one. The way I do it now is by copying and pasting all of the values from the Transform panel one by one. Is there a quicker way of transferring all the Transform values from one object to another?

[walt.farrell]

Select all the objects with the Move Tool active, click Transform objects Separately in the Context Toolbar, and then enter the transformation values into the Transform panel?

[Raptosauru5]

I am having the same question and I believe it is not answered yet.

@walt.farrell: thanks for your input, but how to do this, if you are bringing new objects that were not in the scene from the beginning?

Current situation example:
I have one screenshot in position and scale and I want to replace it with a different one.

1. I import new screenshot in the scene
2. Now I need to copy all the Transform values to the new image
3. delete old image. New screenshot is now in the position of the old one.

Pretty tedious for such a simple task. Any way to do this quicker than manually copy-pasting all the X, Y and Scale values one by one?

[walt.farrell]

4 hours ago, Raptosauru5 said:

Any way to do this quicker than manually copy-pasting all the X, Y and Scale values one by one?

For that situation, I don't think Affinity provides a faster method.

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[NotMyFault]

12 hours ago, Raptosauru5 said:

I am having the same question and I believe it is not answered yet.

@walt.farrell: thanks for your input, but how to do this, if you are bringing new objects that were not in the scene from the beginning?

Current situation example:
I have one screenshot in position and scale and I want to replace it with a different one.

1. I import new screenshot in the scene
2. Now I need to copy all the Transform values to the new image
3. delete old image. New screenshot is now in the position of the old one.

Pretty tedious for such a simple task. Any way to do this quicker than manually copy-pasting all the X, Y and Scale values one by one?

Use a container object like picture frame. You can swap its nested image later, the frame keeps its position.

A simple rectangle shape used as visual guide and snapping target is a starter.

it can be „borrowed“ from a file saved in Publisher.

[NotMyFault]

Other ways is using symbols from Designer. 

1. use first instance as storage bucket to place an image (unrotated), on an container layer marked „hidden from export“
2. use second instance which is rotated and adjusted as needed in the target position.