Clare M Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 As I don't design and only ever open or place images I don't ever need to know sizes in pixels. I have to change it on the ruler for every file I open. Is there a way to make cms the default please? I have looked through Preferences but can't see anything obvious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 I don’t think there is an option but one has been requested many times. E.g. https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/136074-change-the-default-measurement-of-pixels-in-units/ Clare M 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmwellborn Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 3 hours ago, Clare M said: As I don't design and only ever open or place images I don't ever need to know sizes in pixels. I have to change it on the ruler for every file I open. Is there a way to make cms the default please? I have looked through Preferences but can't see anything obvious. If you plan to place an image as your first step, you can create a preset document with the dimensions you want and the measurement (cms) you want. At least that might help you a bit. Clare M 1 Quote 24" iMAC Apple M1 chip, 8-core CPU, 8-core GPU, 16 GB unified memory, 1 TB SSD storage, Ventura 13.6. Photo, Publisher, Designer 1.10.5, and 2.3. MacBook Pro 13" 2020, Apple M1 chip, 16GB unified memory, 256GB SSD storage, Ventura 13.6. Publisher, Photo, Designer 1.10.5, and 2.1.1. iPad Pro 12.9 2020 (4th Gen. IOS 16.6.1); Apple pencil. Wired and bluetooth mice and keyboards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clare M Posted December 30, 2022 Author Share Posted December 30, 2022 Thank you, GarryP and jmwellborn. Frustrating to know that I am not alone as it seems like it would be quite a simple fix. I do try to remember to open a template first e.g 29.7cms x 14.8 cms to make a 14.8cm square card but it doesn't always suit the situation. jmwellborn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h_d Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 If you regularly use 14.8 cm*14.8cm, single page, then create a new preset. This uses Publisher v2. File - New... Whatever the default preset (mine was A3 landscape), in the Layout tab, set Document Units to Centimetres, set Width to 14.8 and Height to 14.8. Check Default master: Set your other options (Colour, Image Placement etc) as desired: Now switch to the Pages tab and set the number of pages to 1. Uncheck Facing pages: Make any further changes you require to margins, bleed etc in the appropriate tabs. Click the Save Preset as... button (note that my A3 now has an asterisk next to it to show that it has been modified): Give it a name and click OK: You'll now have a new preset in your preset list: Next time you create a new document, this will be the first preset that comes up. Rinse and repeat for all the card sizes and units you need. You have control... Old Bruce and Clare M 2 Quote Affinity Photo 2.0.3, Affinity Designer 2.0.3, Affinity Publisher 2.0.3, Mac OSX 13, 2018 MacBook Pro 15" Intel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 Note: Creating presets won’t do anything for the OP when they are opening image files because there isn’t a preset for that, just the defaults which can’t be changed. Clare M 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 9 minutes ago, GarryP said: when they are opening image files I'll just add why open images always have px units set - because the basic unit of images is pixels. Preset: or make Template with Image box, and insert your image file into. Clare M 1 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...
GarryP Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 The default UOM is currently pixels, as you say, because that’s what images are measured in. However, not everyone works at a pixel-level and that’s the issue here (if I have understood it correctly). I think the gist of the request is basically this: Since the user can manually set the UOM after they open an image, and not everyone works at a pixel-level, it would be nice if users could get the software to (optionally) change the UOM for them automatically, as soon as they open an image, so they don’t need to do it manually each time they open an image. While opening a template, or using a preset, and placing the image is only a few extra steps, they are extra steps that some people don’t want to do. RM f/g, Clare M and Andy05 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 1 hour ago, GarryP said: The default UOM is currently pixels, as you say, because that’s what images are measured in. However, not everyone works at a pixel-level and that’s the issue here (if I have understood it correctly). I think the gist of the request is basically this: Since the user can manually set the UOM after they open an image, and not everyone works at a pixel-level, it would be nice if users could get the software to (optionally) change the UOM for them automatically, as soon as they open an image, so they don’t need to do it manually each time they open an image. While opening a template, or using a preset, and placing the image is only a few extra steps, they are extra steps that some people don’t want to do. Yes, that is quite obvious - the same request is formulated here at least a hundred times. However, the need to display in centimeters means that the image is further manipulated (resized/cropped to specific dimensions). After opening it, there are further handling steps, and here a suitable template could greatly facilitate and speed up the process. Clare M 1 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...
Clare M Posted January 1, 2023 Author Share Posted January 1, 2023 Thank you so much for all your input on this, particularly h_d for the image tutorial. Although it's Designer rather than Publisher I'm using I managed to get it to work. So it looks as though I'm not the only one with the same issue and there is no answer as yet. I'll just set up some presets and hope for an update! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbBear Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 As a 30+ year user of the Adobe Creative Suite products, I am SO impressed with the Affinity suite of products. THANK YOU. It would be a helpful productivity enhancement to be able to set units as a preference in all of the programs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h_d Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 Hi @barbBear and welcome! Yes, units are set on a per-document basis. So if you create a new document using one of the ISO 'A' or 'B' preset formats in any of the Affinity apps, the units default to centimetres. If you start with one of the US page formats like Letter, the units default to inches. And if you open a image in Photo, the ruler units default to pixels. This makes some sense as these are the 'native' units for the different page formats and for images. I guess the problem comes if you want to open an image and have the units default to cm or inches. Quote Affinity Photo 2.0.3, Affinity Designer 2.0.3, Affinity Publisher 2.0.3, Mac OSX 13, 2018 MacBook Pro 15" Intel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Komatös Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 2 hours ago, barbBear said: ... It would be a helpful productivity enhancement to be able to set units as a preference in all of the programs. To change the unit of measurement, all you need to do is right-click on the connecting axis of the lineal. This sometimes takes less than a second and the workflow is only affected micormaly. Quote AMD Ryzen 7 5700X | INTEL Arc A770 LE 16 GB | 32 GB DDR4 3200MHz | Windows 11 Pro 23H2 (22631.3296) AMD A10-9600P | dGPU R7 M340 (2 GB) | 8 GB DDR4 2133 MHz | Windows 10 Home 22H2 (1945.3803) Affinity Suite V 2.4 & Beta 2.(latest) Better translations with: https://www.deepl.com/translator Interested in a robust (selfhosted) PDF Solution? Have a look at Stirling PDF Life is too short to have meaningless discussions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiderpod7d Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 I too have this issue with setting units. As a photographer I print my images and those dimensions are in Inches which I too would like to set in preferences. Hope we see this happen in next release 2.1.??? Doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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