Caramba Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 Document unit (in Document setup) is mm? Left/top corner in rulers in mm? Screenshot? Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.3.1.2217 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 22631.2506. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.2506. 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...
Caramba Posted March 31, 2023 Author Share Posted March 31, 2023 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Callum Posted March 31, 2023 Staff Share Posted March 31, 2023 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 Pšenda 1 Quote Please tag me using @ in your reply so I can be sure to respond ASAP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caramba Posted March 31, 2023 Author Share Posted March 31, 2023 (edited) 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomaso Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 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. Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 only Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 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. Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.3.1.2217 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 22631.2506. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.2506. 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...
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