Affinity Photo - Transform tool switches to pixel although document is set to millimetres [macOS]

[Caramba]

Hi,

the title describes my problem pretty much. I am on macOS with Affinity Photo 2 and have set my document to millimetres. However, everything I do with the transform tool is in pixels. This drives me crazy, since I have to place and select items by the millimetre. 

Even If type the value with "mm" attached - it transforms it into pixels - e.g. I type "10 mm" and it will show "118,1 px".

Can anyone help me to get this to millimetres?

[Pšenda]

Document unit (in Document setup) is mm? Left/top corner in rulers in mm? Screenshot?

[Caramba]

 

Thanks for the quick reply. Please see the screenshots attached. According to the top left corner and the ruler it is set to millimetres. Still, the transform box show up in pixels. 

 

[Callum]

Hi Caramba,

This is by design when using a selection tool. You can read more about this here: https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/103810-affinity-photo-designer-units-in-transform-panel-switch-from-millimeters-to-pixel-when-selecting-marquee-or-lasso/

Thanks
C

[Caramba]

What? I have Affinity Photo 1.10.5.1342 on Windows and can work with millimetres. So you are telling me that Serif has changed this in Affinity Photo 2? 

 

Edited March 31, 2023 by Caramba

[thomaso]

54 minutes ago, Caramba said:

What? I have Affinity Photo 1.10.5.1342 on Windows and can work with millimetres. So you are telling me that Serif has changed this in Affinity Photo 2? 

Apparently it got changed in V2: In Callum's link MEB wrote 2019 "There's an issue on Windows preventing it from displaying the selection size in px in the Transform panel."

I agree this may disturb in certain workflows. Nevertheless, as workaround we can enter the values in mm (by typing the unit, too), also a switch to the Move Tool shows these values in the document units, e.g. millimetres, while they are displayed in the Information panel exclusively in the current document unit.

[Pšenda]

1 hour ago, thomaso said:

Apparently it got changed in V2: In Callum's link MEB wrote 2019 "There's an issue on Windows preventing it from displaying the selection size in px in the Transform panel."

... just to clarify - the "change" (ie displaying px for pixel selections) was already done in V1, but there was a bug in the Windows version (the document unit was still displayed) that was "fixed" in V2.