DGee Posted November 14, 2022 Posted November 14, 2022 Hi All, Is there a way to export guides or copy and paste them between documents? I spend a lot of time building grids according to Fibonacci proportions etc.. it's time consuming and it would be great to be able to copy and paste them between documents so that I dont start from scratch. Quote
walt.farrell Posted November 14, 2022 Posted November 14, 2022 No. However, you could (for Guides or Grids): Start a new empty document, create your Guide or Grid, then use File > Export as Template which will save your document as a Template. Then, the next time you want a document with that setup, just start from the Template instead of a document Preset. To create a new document in V1: DGee 1 Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.3, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1
DGee Posted November 14, 2022 Author Posted November 14, 2022 4 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: No. However, you could (for Guides or Grids): Start a new empty document, create your Guide or Grid, then use File > Export as Template which will save your document as a Template. Then, the next time you want a document with that setup, just start from the Template instead of a document Preset. To create a new document in V1: That's a great idea, Many Thanks Walt. I hope they consider implementing this in future releases as I think it can be really useful. Also transforming objects and type by predefined ratios ( 1/1.618 1/1.414 ) would be great. It would be super easy to implement and designers use this all the time. I currently do it manually. Quote
walt.farrell Posted November 14, 2022 Posted November 14, 2022 You're welcome. For "predefined ratios": You're wanting something where Serif has chosen some ratios and they're there automatically? You want to be able to save your own ratios? Or you simply want to use ratios? That last one already exists. DGee 1 Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.3, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1
DGee Posted November 14, 2022 Author Posted November 14, 2022 2 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: You're welcome. For "predefined ratios": You're wanting something where Serif has chosen some ratios and they're there automatically? You want to be able to save your own ratios? Or you simply want to use ratios? That last one already exists. ideally I would like to chose from a predefined range of common ratios and be able to scale things up and down by that ratio with a click of a button. I didn't know you could use ratios, I don't see that in the transform panel. Also being able to just choose prebuilt grids for a project would be killer. Quote
walt.farrell Posted November 14, 2022 Posted November 14, 2022 21 minutes ago, DGee said: I didn't know you could use ratios, I don't see that in the transform panel. https://affinity.help/photo2/en-US.lproj/pages/Workspace/expressions.html DGee 1 Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.3, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1
DGee Posted November 14, 2022 Author Posted November 14, 2022 2 hours ago, walt.farrell said: https://affinity.help/photo2/en-US.lproj/pages/Workspace/expressions.html Thanks Walt, but that's not really what I mean. I was already using those expressions ( BTW golden ratio is 1.618. and using "phi" as suggested in the manual results in 1.6 ). Say we have an object with linked proportions W: 40mm H: 60mm I would enter 40mm/1,618 in the box and it scales down the object by the golden ratio. The problem is whenever I want to resize an object following a scale ratio I have to manually enter that expression which is time consuming. A separate ratio box would be needed which locks the range of proportions to multiples of the ratio. Quote
walt.farrell Posted November 14, 2022 Posted November 14, 2022 You could simplify that to /1,618 I think. Yes, having built-in buttons would be simpler, but I doubt that will happen for quite some time, if ever. Also, phi and gr in Affinity are 1.618034 to 6 decimal places. If you think it's 1.6 you don't have your decimal places settings set high enough. Preferences, User Interface. The calculations always use full precision internally, but this controls how many decimals are displayed and where rounding occurs for display purposes. So, for your purpose, /gr should work nicely. DGee and debraspicher 2 Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.3, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1
Pšenda Posted November 14, 2022 Posted November 14, 2022 Or try Assets. Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.5.7.2948 (Retail) Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 24H2, Build 26100.2605. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 24H2, Build 26100.2605. 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.
DGee Posted November 15, 2022 Author Posted November 15, 2022 34 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: You could simplify that to /1,618 I think. Yes, having built-in buttons would be simpler, but I doubt that will happen for quite some time, if ever. Also, phi and gr in Affinity are 1.618034 to 6 decimal places. If you think it's 1.6 you don't have your decimal places settings set high enough. Preferences, User Interface. The calculations always use full precision internally, but this controls how many decimals are displayed and where rounding occurs for display purposes. So, for your purpose, /gr should work nicely. oh right… I wasn’t aware the other decimals were hidden. thanks for the tip I have just tweaked my prefs for decimals. I’m gonna build macros for resizing with ratios. Quote
DGee Posted November 15, 2022 Author Posted November 15, 2022 14 minutes ago, Pšenda said: Or try Assets. not sure what you mean Quote
walt.farrell Posted November 15, 2022 Posted November 15, 2022 42 minutes ago, DGee said: I’m gonna build macros for resizing with ratios. I'm not sure that will work. Macros tend to remember the results of the calculations that are made while you record the macro, not the mechanics of the calculation. So, given a field that has a value of 10", if you record a macro that does a transform using /gr it is likely to remember and record 6.179, and apply that to your selected object when you next run the macro. I do not know this will happen, but it seems likely it will. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.3, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1
DGee Posted November 15, 2022 Author Posted November 15, 2022 24 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: I'm not sure that will work. Macros tend to remember the results of the calculations that are made while you record the macro, not the mechanics of the calculation. So, given a field that has a value of 10", if you record a macro that does a transform using /gr it is likely to remember and record 6.179, and apply that to your selected object when you next run the macro. I do not know this will happen, but it seems likely it will. I haven’t tried this with Affinity macros yet, but I have with Photoshop actions. Quote
walt.farrell Posted November 15, 2022 Posted November 15, 2022 13 minutes ago, DGee said: I haven’t tried this with Affinity macros yet, but I have with Photoshop actions. They are very different, and work very differently. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.3, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1
DGee Posted November 15, 2022 Author Posted November 15, 2022 6 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: They are very different, and work very differently. I've just tried the macro tool, in this case it worked as I could expect PS to work. I divided the dimension by gr and it worked just fine. Gr scale down.afmacro Quote
walt.farrell Posted November 15, 2022 Posted November 15, 2022 That's good news. Thanks for testing and reporting. DGee 1 Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.3, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1
Pšenda Posted November 15, 2022 Posted November 15, 2022 6 hours ago, DGee said: not sure what you mean For inspiration. DGee 1 Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.5.7.2948 (Retail) Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 24H2, Build 26100.2605. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 24H2, Build 26100.2605. 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.
kaffeeundsalz Posted November 15, 2022 Posted November 15, 2022 10 hours ago, DGee said: The problem is whenever I want to resize an object following a scale ratio I have to manually enter that expression which is time consuming. A separate ratio box would be needed which locks the range of proportions to multiples of the ratio. I don‘t quite understand what you mean. Affinity has the feature to lock the aspect ratio of an object when resizing – in the Transform panel (the tiny chain icon beneath the dimensions fields) as well as when using the drag handles on canvas (sometimes in combination with a modifier key depending on the layer type). Wouldn‘t this kind of proportional scaling always preserve whatever ratio you’ve defined for an object? Quote
DGee Posted November 15, 2022 Author Posted November 15, 2022 12 minutes ago, kaffeeundsalz said: I don‘t quite understand what you mean. Affinity has the feature to lock the aspect ratio of an object when resizing – in the Transform panel (the tiny chain icon beneath the dimensions fields) as well as when using the drag handles on canvas (sometimes in combination with a modifier key depending on the layer type). Wouldn‘t this kind of proportional scaling always preserve whatever ratio you’ve defined for an object? No, it's not the same. You mean width to height ratio, I mean scale factor. In the golden ration that factor is 1.618, so if you build a visual hierarchy in your layout that scales by that factor it creates visuaL harmony. Leonardo da Vinci and countless artists used this, and many designers use this nowadays. kaffeeundsalz 1 Quote
kaffeeundsalz Posted November 15, 2022 Posted November 15, 2022 I see. Thanks for pointing out the difference. Quote
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