JackofDiamonds Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 So rotation is constantly preserved in an object. What if I want to bake that rotation in, and zero it for future transformation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted March 17, 2016 Staff Share Posted March 17, 2016 Hi JackofDiamonds, There's no way to bake it permanently, but you can zero the rotation temporarily clicking on the Reset Selection Box icon on the context toolbar with the Move Tool (two small arrows) selected. You can then perform the new transform starting from zero and it will be added to the original transformation value as soon as you deselect the object. JackofDiamonds 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gear maker Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 JackofDiamonds, when I have an object that I figure would be easier to control with the rotation permanently reset to zero, I find the easiest way is to draw a rectangle bigger than the shape and totally overlaps it. Then use the Intersect Operation. The resulting shape will be zeroed out. The color will be the same as whichever layer is on the bottom. Multi shape objects need each shape to be done separately. anon1 and superhaschi 2 Quote iMac (27-inch, Late 2009) with macOS Sierra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackofDiamonds Posted March 17, 2016 Author Share Posted March 17, 2016 That'll do it. Though an option for baking it in would be better. Perhaps Cmd-clicking? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superhaschi Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Thanks for this workaround, Gear maker :) Quote MacOS Big Sur AD + AP + APub Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JET_Affinity Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 JackOfDiamonds, I'm on Windows, so don't actually have Affinity yet. But if I'm understanding the videos I've been viewing correctly, you should be able to key a value with a math operator into the rotation field (ex: "+5"); effectively the same thing as would be zeroing the current value and just keying in "5." JET Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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