Affinity Photo - Allow you to have the dimensions unlinked by default in "Resize Canvas"

[stroiman]

My printing workflow normally involves

1. Create a copy of the file for printing.
2. Resize the document matching the final output size at 300PPI (my printer's native resolution), often leaving one size overflowing a bit compared to the final print size.
3. Resize Canvas to trim the remaining part of the photo down to final print size.
4. Selectively sharpen the areas of the photo I really want to stand out on the print.

By default, the dimensions are linked in both resize document and resize canvas. However, I have more than once created a print that was cropped on the short edge because I forgot to unlink the dimensions.

So it would be nice if they could be unlinked by default, or you could set you preferred default in the options.

[Gripsholm Lion]

I think that such a change would impact many other users' ways of working and cause a great deal of annoyance. It certainly would for me at least, so I can only give my point of view.

A new option would, of course, be completely acceptable to all, but it is just my impression that Serif is not hugely enthusiastic about adding more preferences. Otherwise, I can think of a couple which I would request.

A keyboard shortcut to de-link would be handy here, I think. Type the first value; type shortcut; enter; job done.

In your case, as it stands, I think that I change in methodology is your only option. Perhaps crop to the print ratio if it matters which part of the photo is lost; or just resize to the shortest edge [I think] if it does not matter.

[PaulEC]

I certainly don't think the dimensions should be unlinked by default, but it would be good to have an option for people who do prefer it.

[stroiman]

Arg, just created a badly sized print again (fortunately on cheap luster paper) because yet again I forgot to unlink dimensions when resizing canvas. Fortunately, the original pixels were still there in the file, so I could easily fix my mistake. That is one of the reasons why I love Affinity Photo.

I'm not suggesting that the default behavior should change, just that it can be adapted to the individual user's workflow. Could also be that it remember the last used setting (it seems that the resample option for resize document now does that).

[moronic designer]

By default it is unlinked for "resize canvas" in Photoshop and linked for "resize document" and this is perfect in my point of view: You do not want to stretch your work when resize your document, but you usually need to change size of your canvas just from one side.

Anyway perfect solution would be to remember the latest user's selection - easy to code, no GUI changes, everybody happy.