Resampling with Move Tool?

[Estoc]

Does Affinity Photo resample the layer like photoshop does when you upscale/downscale with the move tool?  Or is resampling only available with "Resize Document"?

If so, is there a way to select which resampling algorithm it uses?

[NotMyFault]

affinity resamples „continuously“ with different methods:

• for rendering on screen (while editing document), you can choose between bilinear and nearest neighbor in preferences>performance
• at export, you can choose the resample method under „more“
• you cannot choose on layer level, it is global for document
• when resizing document, you have additional choices of methods.
• when using rasterize, the selected layer(s) are resampled with a fixed method. This is the only way to resample layers, unfortunately the method is fixed.
• if you want to resample one specific layer with a selected method, put it in its own document and resize (with resample active and choose your preferred method from list)

[Estoc]

It seems like a lack of resampling after using the move tool is a critical feature to be missing?  After upscaling images, the result is very pixelated and should be resampled.  Leaving that step to the end when exporting doesn't give a very good impression of what the image will look like while working on it.

I considered the method of putting a layer into another document and resizing there, but that leads to horrible workflow + doesn't give reference to what size it should be, in relation to other objects.

[NotMyFault]

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[Old Bruce]

The layer should retain all the original pixel information (say 2000 x 2000 pixels) if it is changed to larger or small size. Only if you rasterize that layer will the pixel layer take on the document's resolution. So you would have 4,000,000 pixels regardless of the size if it is 1000 x 1000 pixels on the canvas or 6000 x 6000  pixels of  document  size. Once you rasterize it (by exporting or choosing to rasterize that layer) it will then have 1 million or 36 million pixels.

You can make it smaller then make it the original size and the same 4 million pixels will be available.

[Estoc]

When I rasterize a layer after upscaling, it does not appear to change the pixel count?

[NotMyFault]

Which pixel count are you referring to ?

• Document (canvas): activate view tool, or Document>Resize. Does not change when using rasterize.
• layer (cannot be inspected directly). Use move tool / transform panel. Multiply by layer dpi, divide by document dpi. Changes after rasterize. Can be different for x and y axis. But it gets more complex depending on relative layer size wrt canvas size.

it would help to understand your question if you could provide one specific example document, including a description what you intend to achieve ( not how you try to do it)

[Estoc]

Upon further testing, I do see that rasterizing the layer does resample/change the pixels slightly.  It does it in a very insignificant way which created confusion.