Oatmeal Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 setting up pre-sets is ok but the landscape/portrait toggle at the top-right of the preset list gets in the way when you have a varied workload. It simply does not need to exist and causes a second mouse click when creating a new document based on a portrait aspect ratio preset after working on a previous landscape aspect ratio preset. This problem was created with version 2.0 and still exists in Photo 2.2 and Designer 2.2. Is there a workaround that I'm missing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 3 hours ago, Oatmeal said: Is there a workaround that I'm missing? No. This was a big mistake in my opinion. Make a pair of presets, Landscape and Portrait orientation. Make them 8" x 10" with margins set to give a 6" square dead centre. I challenge the folks at Affinity to explain to me why this new method is an improvement. PaulEC and loukash 2 Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6 Affinity Designer 2.5.5 | Affinity Photo 2.5.5 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.5 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 53 minutes ago, Old Bruce said: I challenge the folks at Affinity to explain to me why this new method is an improvement. I doubt the developers will explain their decisions to you. For me, this is clearly the right step, because it was completely wrong to have to create two identical templates just for different orientations of an otherwise completely identical document. Unfortunately, the possibility of creating a template for only one orientation was not remembered, which is definitely needed in some cases. So it is the right approach (the possibility of creating one document definition for both orientations), but it needs to be finished. Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.5.5.2636 (Retail) 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 22631.4317. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.4317. 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...
Oatmeal Posted September 24, 2023 Author Share Posted September 24, 2023 such a waste of time if you work with different aspect ration presets. the only workaround I can think of is to create a folder, fill it with blank *.afphoto files at the resolutions and orientations you want. Then make a copy of the one you want before opening it to start your work. What they've built now is simply incompetent. Old Bruce 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oatmeal Posted December 6, 2023 Author Share Posted December 6, 2023 and still not corrected... 🤦 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted December 6, 2023 Share Posted December 6, 2023 On 9/23/2023 at 8:34 PM, Oatmeal said: the only workaround I can think of is to create a folder, fill it with blank *.afphoto files at the resolutions and orientations you want. Then make a copy of the one you want before opening it to start your work. What they've built now is simply incompetent. You can simplify that by making .aftemplate files of the sizes/orientations you need, and adding the folder in as a Template folder. Oatmeal 1 Quote -- 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 18.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oatmeal Posted December 6, 2023 Author Share Posted December 6, 2023 24 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: You can simplify that by making .aftemplate files of the sizes/orientations you need, and adding the folder in as a Template folder. Thanks. that is a better workaround walt.farrell 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oatmeal Posted February 28 Author Share Posted February 28 2.4 didn't change or fix this and am still using the .template workaround. Bit Disappointed 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fernand0n Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 I had no idea till now that I could choose between landscape and portrait. Poor design choice IMHO Brian_J and Bit Disappointed 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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