William Cartwright Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 I really like using the Command/Scroll feature in Affinity Photo to zoom on images. Sometimes I find myself inadvertently holding down Option instead of Command and accidently rotating the canvas. User error. Thus far I have not discovered a way to "undo" the move (other than painstakingly trying to re-rotate the canvas by eye). Command Z doesn't work. Shift Option Scroll doesn't lock one into 90 degree angles. Other than being more careful, are there any tips for undoing an undesired rotation? Thanks, Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 13 minutes ago, William Cartwright said: Thus far I have not discovered a way to "undo" the move (other than painstakingly trying to re-rotate the canvas by eye). Does View > Reset Rotation do what you want? William Cartwright 1 Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 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...
Staff Dan C Posted May 16, 2022 Staff Share Posted May 16, 2022 Hi @William Cartwright, Unfortunately as you've found, rotating the canvas doesn't add a History 'step', so this cannot be undone using the CMD + Z shortcut - however as above you should be able to reset the rotation using the menu option, or the shortcut CMD + CTRL + SHIFT + R. Alternatively, if you navigate to Affinity Photo > Preferences > Tools you can untick Enable canvas rotation with CMD + scroll wheel and this should stop the canvas rotating accidentally. I hope this helps William Cartwright 1 Quote Please note - I am currently out of the office for a short while whilst recovering from surgery (nothing serious!), therefore will not be available on the Forums during this time. Should you require a response from the team in a thread I have previously replied in - please Create a New Thread and our team will be sure to reply as soon as possible. Many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Cartwright Posted July 31, 2022 Author Share Posted July 31, 2022 On 5/15/2022 at 10:26 AM, R C-R said: Does View > Reset Rotation do what you want? Sorry for the late response, but your tip worked. Thank you very much @R C-R @Dan C if "rotation" could be added to the history step (and therefore CMD-Z reversible) in future releases, I'd be grateful. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 3 minutes ago, William Cartwright said: if "rotation" could be added to the history step (and therefore CMD-Z reversible) in future releases, I'd be grateful. You are just changing the view of the document, not anything in the document itself. So just like changing the view by zooming in or out, there is nothing shown in the History panel, & nothing in the document itself to undo. William Cartwright 1 Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 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...
walt.farrell Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 5 minutes ago, William Cartwright said: if "rotation" could be added to the history step (and therefore CMD-Z reversible) in future releases, I'd be grateful. This rotation doesn't change the document content, which is why it doesn't get added to History (and wouldn't be appropriate to add). It only changes how you're looking at the document. William Cartwright 1 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...
William Cartwright Posted July 31, 2022 Author Share Posted July 31, 2022 6 hours ago, R C-R said: You are just changing the view of the document, not anything in the document itself. So just like changing the view by zooming in or out, there is nothing shown in the History panel, & nothing in the document itself to undo. Then I wish Option/Scroll to "rotate" the canvas was removed as a "feature" (or was at least deselectable by a user). I find it easy to accidentally rotate the canvas myself. At least I learned from you how to undo it. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 8 minutes ago, William Cartwright said: Then I wish Option/Scroll to "rotate" the canvas was removed as a "feature" (or was at least deselectable by a user). If in Preferences > Tools I enable "Use mouse wheel to zoom" this disables using CMD + scroll to rotate the canvas if that option is set, but for me there seems to be no way to rotate the canvas by using the Option key, with or without using the scroll wheel. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 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...
William Cartwright Posted August 1, 2022 Author Share Posted August 1, 2022 6 hours ago, R C-R said: If in Preferences > Tools I enable "Use mouse wheel to zoom" this disables using CMD + scroll to rotate the canvas if that option is set, but for me there seems to be no way to rotate the canvas by using the Option key, with or without using the scroll wheel. My mistake. I should have said CMD + scroll (not Option + scroll). I did follow your advice went to Preferences > Tools and was able to turn off the Enable rotation with CMD + scroll wheel and that did the trick. Thank you very much! Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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