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Once a grid preset is created (using the menu 'View/Grid and Axis'), Affinity 2 needs to give people the ability to set that preset as a default - so that when the software is reopened and a new image opened, that preset grid can instantly be made visible using the shortcut Cmd and '   .

This would restore a time-saving function lost between versions 1 and 2.

Mark

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Posted

Hi @Mark_A,

This is more of a feature request/improvement than a bug, so i've moved this thread over to feedback.

This is also something that we currently have logged internally as an improvement, so it's possible that this will be added in a future update. 🙂

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Just installed V2.1.0 and still this issue is not fixed.  😟😟😟 It's even more confusing: When I switch in the settings to my custom grid of 128px it's working fine - well known so far. When I save as afphoto and load again, it's still working. However when I open a new photo switching on the grid doesn't work again. Obviously this setting is saved in the context of the photo, not in general. This is annoying and unacceptable: The setting has to be set any time a new photo is opened.

A lot of users are affected by this issue:

 

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"This is more of a feature request/improvement than a bug, so i've moved this thread over to feedback." Too bad, I suspect that feature requests or the feedback section will be given a lower priority. As mentioned in the thread I referenced above this may be subject of discussion: A feature (switching on the grid by shortcut) that worked in V1 trouble-free doesn't work in V2 anymore. This is a bug.

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24 minutes ago, Sempervivum said:

Just installed V2.1.0 and still this issue is not fixed.  😟😟😟 It's even more confusing: When I switch in the settings to my custom grid of 128px it's working fine - well known so far. When I save as afphoto and load again, it's still working. However when I open a new photo switching on the grid doesn't work again. Obviously this setting is saved in the context of the photo, not in general. This is annoying and unacceptable: The setting has to be set any time a new photo is opened.

A lot of users are affected by this issue:

 

 
 
 
 
 

Totally agree, it is from the first moment that I installed v.2 that I'm trying to get some attention about it in two different threads, here and also here - but months passing by and there is no improvement... 

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Every time that I open a new photo I lose the grid and have to set it up again. This is unacceptable and unusable when trying to check alignment in a lot of photos.

Please, please, please sort this out. It worked fine in V1 but does not work in V2!!!! Treat it as a bug even if through some convoluted logic you really believe that it is an enhancement. Your users don't agree with you..... to us it worked well in V1 and does't work in V2 so it is a BUG!

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This change in functionality is REALLY ANNOYING - especially when you are loading and checking lots of individual photos. Please, please, please Serif sort this out!

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Just installed v2.2.0.  This issue IS STILL NOT ADDRESSED.   It is essential to have the ability to be able to set a custom grid as a GLOBAL default that persists when AP is closed or a new image is loaded.

Why is something long requested and so labour saving not addressed?   It's irritating issues like this that make me think 'come back Photoshop'.

Please fix this urgently Serif.

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On 9/20/2023 at 12:07 PM, len96 said:

Just installed v2.2.0.  This issue IS STILL NOT ADDRESSED.   It is essential to have the ability to be able to set a custom grid as a GLOBAL default that persists when AP is closed or a new image is loaded.

Why is something long requested and so labour saving not addressed?   It's irritating issues like this that make me think 'come back Photoshop'.

Please fix this urgently Serif.

v2.2.1 has not fixed this issue.  

Can we have a Serif response please regarding if and when this issue outstanding since the launch of v2.0.0 will be addressed?

 

 

 

 

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It won't help everyone as it's presumably no longer downloadable: I have Affinity photo version 1 on this machine and if I'm doing some image straightening I'll go straight to that.

Mark

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2 minutes ago, Mark_A said:

It won't help everyone as it's presumably no longer downloadable: I have Affinity photo version 1 on this machine and if I'm doing some image straightening I'll go straight to that.

Exactly.  From v2.0.0 onwards getting a visible grid required several operations for EACH image opened.  This is so frustrating and time consuming that much as I love Affinity Photo it is pushing me back to Adobe Photoshop.

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I agree, we need this feature Grid to be put as a default! Is really annoying to need to activate it at each new photo!

And also IA is need in affinity...

But, is still a great software!

 

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 Hi All,

I'm pleased to let you know we have now added the ability to save a Default Grid Setting and is available now in the 2.5 beta...

 

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1 hour ago, len96 said:

Regrettably this does not work on Mac Sonoma 14.3.1

It should. Please show us more information (screenshots, screen recordings) and describe the problem you're having

-- 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 18.5, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard 
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Posted

>>Regrettably this does not work on Mac Sonoma 14.3.1

>(walt.farrell) It should. Please show us more information (screenshots, screen recordings) and describe the problem you're having

1) Screenshot of attempted default grid attached.

2) The new 'Default' works on new AP created images.

3) It does not work on pre-existing opened images - instead, the AP installed 32,8 pixel grid appears.

default grid.jpg

Posted
2 hours ago, len96 said:

3) It does not work on pre-existing opened images - instead, the AP installed 32,8 pixel grid appears.

Thanks for that clarification.

It's not about Mac, or Mac Sonoma 14.3.1. The default Grid function is simply not designed to work for that case. As mentioned in the beta announcement: 

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Within grid and axis settings you can now set any of your grid settings to be the default, meaning any new documents will have that grid set when first created.

You could comment over in that topic, or raise a new Feedback request. I can certainly see the value of being able to have the specified default Grid applied when you use View > Show Grid for a non-Affinity file.

Note, too, that separate Grid Presets are maintained for different document units. So, for example, if you set a Grid Preset for documents using Inches as their measurement units, that Grid Preset won't be available when you open a JPG file, because JPG files open with Pixels as the measurement unit. But if you change the units to Inches, that Grid Preset will become available.

You could, of course, create a Grid Preset for documents that use Pixels. In that way, it would be easy to select that setup when you open the Grid and Axis manager, as it will be available in the Preset pulldown field.

 

-- 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 18.5, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard 
Mac:  2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.5

Posted
20 hours ago, walt.farrell said:

It should. Please show us more information (screenshots, screen recordings) and describe the problem you're having

 

15 hours ago, walt.farrell said:

Thanks for that clarification.

It's not about Mac, or Mac Sonoma 14.3.1. The default Grid function is simply not designed to work for that case. As mentioned in the beta announcement: 

You could comment over in that topic, or raise a new Feedback request. I can certainly see the value of being able to have the specified default Grid applied when you use View > Show Grid for a non-Affinity file.

Note, too, that separate Grid Presets are maintained for different document units. So, for example, if you set a Grid Preset for documents using Inches as their measurement units, that Grid Preset won't be available when you open a JPG file, because JPG files open with Pixels as the measurement unit. But if you change the units to Inches, that Grid Preset will become available.

You could, of course, create a Grid Preset for documents that use Pixels. In that way, it would be easy to select that setup when you open the Grid and Axis manager, as it will be available in the Preset pulldown field.

 

Thanks for the fast clarification.  Appreciated.  I missed that fine print in the beta announcement.

The restriction of the 'Default' action to internally created files rather misses the function of a photo editor program and it is Affinity 'Photo' not Designer.   Just like ever since the demise of v1 it remains necessary to tediously reset the grid in 'Grids and Axes' whenever a photograph needs an alignment, lens correction or perspective adjustment.   Not good at all.

 

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