DarkClown Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 It seems the layer transformation in Affinity Designer does not work for curves - only shapes. This from my perspectivce seems pretty hard to understand since rotating or mirroring a curve is basically the same as transforming a shape (basically take the bounding rechtangle and perform the transformation). I can not even enter mirroring or rotating values in the transformation panel for curves. Did I do something wrong? And how would you mirror a curve without starting to construct complex gridlines or similar to lock to? Cheer, Timo Quote i7-12700KF, 3.60 GHz, 32GB RAM, SSD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070, Wacom Intuos 4 Tablet, Windows 11 Pro - AP, AD and APublisher V1 and V2https://www.timobierbaum.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 Sorry, Timo, but I'm afraid I don't understand what "layer transformations" you mean. Can you provide more details, or a screenshot? 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...
DarkClown Posted May 19, 2022 Author Share Posted May 19, 2022 Just now, walt.farrell said: Sorry, Timo, but I'm afraid I don't understand what "layer transformations" you mean. Can you provide more details, or a screenshot? If you select a curve layer, go to the layer menu>transformation all sub menus are disabled - unlike you select a shape. Same with the transformation panel with a curve layer active. Maybe I'm substantially doing something wrong - but I havent figured out what it could be .... sometimes you don't see the obvious. Quote i7-12700KF, 3.60 GHz, 32GB RAM, SSD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070, Wacom Intuos 4 Tablet, Windows 11 Pro - AP, AD and APublisher V1 and V2https://www.timobierbaum.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 Thanks. For the Transform panel, make sure you have the Move Tool active. (Not at my computer at the moment, so can't try it myself, but that has caught me before.) DarkClown 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...
Pšenda Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 (edited) Move Tool, not Pen Tool or Node Tool? Edited May 19, 2022 by Pšenda Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkClown Posted May 19, 2022 Author Share Posted May 19, 2022 Yep, that caused it ... I had the node tool active and that caused the issue - works fine with the move tool. Same for the transform panel as well as the layer menu entries. Hard to undestand why transformation is not available with a different tool since it is a global layer operation. But obviously my mistake. Thx Walt! walt.farrell 1 Quote i7-12700KF, 3.60 GHz, 32GB RAM, SSD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070, Wacom Intuos 4 Tablet, Windows 11 Pro - AP, AD and APublisher V1 and V2https://www.timobierbaum.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 29 minutes ago, DarkClown said: Hard to undestand why transformation is not available with a different tool since it is a global layer operation. If you mean Transform Panel by the term "transformation", it is used in Node and Pen Tool to enter the exact position of the point. The dimensions W and H then lose their meaning at one point and are therefore disabled. Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkClown Posted May 19, 2022 Author Share Posted May 19, 2022 15 minutes ago, Pšenda said: If you mean Transform Panel by the term "transformation", it is used in Node and Pen Tool to enter the exact position of the point. The dimensions W and H then lose their meaning at one point and are therefore disabled. That's true - but only if a point is selected. As long as you have the node tool active (even if the curve layer is selected) the transformation panel is not in use. Secondly: I was referring to the menu command layer>transformation>xxx. Even with node tool active this is not affected by the data input in the transformation panel so could as well perform e.g. a mirror layer transformation.. Quote i7-12700KF, 3.60 GHz, 32GB RAM, SSD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070, Wacom Intuos 4 Tablet, Windows 11 Pro - AP, AD and APublisher V1 and V2https://www.timobierbaum.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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