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Apps: Photo and Publisher
Platforms: Windows and macOS

The measure tool which was added to Affinity Designer in V2 is now available in both Photo and Publisher. This is not included in the default set of tools when you first run up the app, but you will find it in the list if you go to View -> Customise Tools if you wish to add it to your available tools.

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It would be nice all missing tools from Toolsbar to be included in it by default, otherwise how we (and new customers) could now if such a tool exist or not?

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34 minutes ago, NNN said:

It would be nice all missing tools from Toolsbar to be included in it by default, otherwise how we (and new customers) could now if such a tool exist or not?

I would think this is not how it is supposed to be but rather due to the fact that we are in a beta process where things are not quite finished yet ;-)

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35 minutes ago, NNN said:

It would be nice all missing tools from Toolsbar to be included in it by default, otherwise how we (and new customers) could now if such a tool exist or not?

Most likely they haven't had the time to add them in with default keybinds. Not the first time that a new tool has gotten added to the toolbar at a later date. Also, if you are already using a customised toolbar it will not appear, so there's that.

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I'm not sure the measure tool should be on the default toolbar for Photo. Arguably a useful default for Publisher, but surely only customizable/addable for Photo

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24 minutes ago, artmischke said:

This would just make sense for Designer as I see no need in Photo for it. But the measurement tool could be so much more useful this way.

You and I may have no need for it in Photo, but it could be useful to some people! If it’s created as an editable object, it will be easy to hide or delete it (or set a general preference for it not to appear) where it’s unwanted.

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If we do it, it will just be an option to whether you want to convert the measurement to an object or something along those lines. And should say to set expectations this will not be what could be considered a full dynamic dimension tool or anything, but clearly the convenience of just leaving the measurement on document would be welcomed.

Out of interest one use case we are aware of are some universities using Photo to edit / enhance imagery taken by microscopes. The measure tool is going to be very useful for them, as once scale is set then can us to take measurements - which might be parts of an insect, or down to distance between individual cells in some tissue. But yes use cases are less in photo which is why we are not including the tool in the toolbar by default.

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On 2/17/2023 at 12:43 PM, Ash said:

If we do it, it will just be an option to whether you want to convert the measurement to an object or something along those lines. And should say to set expectations this will not be what could be considered a full dynamic dimension tool or anything, but clearly the convenience of just leaving the measurement on document would be welcomed.

Out of interest one use case we are aware of are some universities using Photo to edit / enhance imagery taken by microscopes. The measure tool is going to be very useful for them, as once scale is set then can us to take measurements - which might be parts of an insect, or down to distance between individual cells in some tissue. But yes use cases are less in photo which is why we are not including the tool in the toolbar by default.

It’s also useful for UI work, calling out dimensions in px, or for gis measuring miles/km on sat astro/photos, etc. Units should be user defined, not only digital/print units 

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beta 2.1.0.1706

Good so far! Any reason why only the distance tool is available ? Can't find the area tool in Publisher or Photo (as with Designer).

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29 minutes ago, Lilaeb7 said:

How do I find the measure tool on Affinity Photo 2 on the IPad please?

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If you look at the first post of this topic it says:

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Platforms: Windows and macOS

It is not available on iPadOS, yet, as far as I know.

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