Peachy Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 Hello together, I'm once again at a loss for a basic function because I don't have enough experience with the Publisher. FAQs and other sources have not helped me. I have a picture frame in which a picture is placed that is much smaller than the picture frame. I would like to resize the picture frame WITHOUT resizing the picture placed in the frame. How do I do this again? Thank you very much for your help.Translated with DeepL For the german members: Hallo zusammen, ich verzweifele mal wieder an einer Basic-Funktion, weil ich zu wenig Routine im Publisher habe. FAQs und andere Quellen haben mir nicht weitergeholfen. Ich habe einen Bilderrahmen in dem ein Bild platziert ist, das wesentlich kleiner als der Bilderrahmen ist. Ich möchte nun den Bilderrahmen in der Größe ändern OHNE das im Rahmen plazierte Bild in seiner Größe zu ändern. Wie geht das nochmal? Danke vielmals für Eurer Hilfe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nwhit Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 In Publisher, you can select the Picture Frame, then check the Contextual Menu area for the Properties button. Change the Properties to None as far as scaling. Then using any of the corner points, you can resize only the frame. Also in this mode, when selecting the Picture Frame, the bottom right will now have a scaling dot that you can use to scale both the pic and frame. Quote -------------------- iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2020 i7 72GB) • AMD Radeon Pro 5700 XT 16 GB • macOS Sonoma MacBook Pro, 13", M1 2020 • 16 GB • macOS Sonoma iPad Air 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ove Steen Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 I am looking for help I think with the same problem. The pictur frame i s too big for the content - or it could be: I do not want to show the whole Picture. I want to cut a bit of it. The help menu talks about a tool called: Size Picture Frame To Content. That might be what I am looking for. But where is that tool. It does not exist in "Customize tool". Or what about the answer from November 12? "Select the Picture Frame, then check the Contextual Menu area for the Properties button." Select with the Move Tool? Yes, there is a contextual menu, but no Properties button. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 6 hours ago, Ove Steen said: Or what about the answer from November 12? "Select the Picture Frame, then check the Contextual Menu area for the Properties button." Select with the Move Tool? Yes, there is a contextual menu, but no Properties button. It might help to have a screenshot of what you're seeing. It should include the complete application window, and the Layers panel with the relevant layer selected. 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...
thomaso Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 7 hours ago, Ove Steen said: I do not want to show the whole Picture. I want to cut a bit of it. Then the auto-properties scale/fit/stretch don't help. Choose "None" and click the large (≠ white) anchor point to hide it. Then you can simply drag-move the Picture Frame handles to crop the image. Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ove Steen Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 I just want to do this (see the inclosed file). It is very hard to search the solution in the help menu (as I do not know what you call the assignment). But maybe it is just the vector crop tool? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 3 minutes ago, Ove Steen said: But maybe it is just the vector crop tool? APhoto and Crop Tool? https://affinity.help/photo2/English.lproj/pages/SizeTransform/cropping.html 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...
walt.farrell Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 51 minutes ago, Ove Steen said: But maybe it is just the vector crop tool? As I said earlier: 17 hours ago, walt.farrell said: It might help to have a screenshot of what you're seeing. It should include the complete application window, and the Layers panel with the relevant layer selected. 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...
Old Bruce Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 1 hour ago, Ove Steen said: I just want to do this (see the inclosed file). On 3/2/2023 at 9:07 AM, Ove Steen said: The pictur frame i s too big for the content - or it could be: I do not want to show the whole Picture. I want to cut a bit of it. Using your Screenshot here is what I achieved with just the Picture Frame tool in Publisher. I assumed you are using Publisher because you say "pictur frame". Use the Picture frame tool and just have the Picture Frame selected in the Layers panel, not the actual Picture inside the frame. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.1 | Affinity Photo 2.4.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomaso Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 2 hours ago, Ove Steen said: It is very hard to search the solution in the help menu (as I do not know what you call the assignment). It appears you are quite aware "what you call the assignment" : On 3/2/2023 at 6:07 PM, Ove Steen said: Picture Frame … which leads in a search for »Affinity "Picture Frame"« to this tutorial for instance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5AdspeJ8j0 Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ove Steen Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 I am a Danish amateur who has used PageMaker and then InDesign for 30 years. Since they now only provide access via subscription, I have switched to Affinity Publisher. I can see that the program contains a lot of exciting possibilities. But they also take pride in organizing well-known, simple features as differently as possible compared to Adobe and often unnecessarily complicated. Thanks for the help and good advice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombro Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 On 11/12/2022 at 12:29 AM, nwhit said: In Publisher, you can select the Picture Frame, then check the Contextual Menu area for the Properties button. Change the Properties to None as far as scaling. Then using any of the corner points, you can resize only the frame. Also in this mode, when selecting the Picture Frame, the bottom right will now have a scaling dot that you can use to scale both the pic and frame. I am trying to resize a frame rather than the enclosed picture, but I don't have the 'Properties' button. How do I get it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombro Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 I have just figured it out, it wasn't a picture frame apparently. I right-clicked and chose "Convert to picture frame" and can now change it. yorkshirepud and Oufti 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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