jmsjms Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 I am confused. Few videos couldn't answer my question. I tried to hold down Ctrl or Shift (or both) when dragging down the top handle to crop the image, but the bottom handle doesn't mirror the action to go up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 That functionality seems to be working fine for me in Photo 2.3.1 on Windows. I’ve tried a few different scenarios but it works each time. Would you be able to attach a video recording of it not working so we can see what's happening? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 Works fine for me on my Mac using the CMD key, so I think it should work for you with that key if you are on a Mac or with the CTRL key if on Windows. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.2 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 Even a screenshot of the complete application window might help, if providing a recording is difficult. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmsjms Posted January 20 Author Share Posted January 20 I am using 1.10.6... version. Here is a screenshot, although it wouldn't show the action of holding the shift and/or alt keys when dragging the upper point down. walt.farrell 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 12 minutes ago, jmsjms said: ... although it wouldn't show the action of holding the shift and/or alt keys... You need to hold down the Control key, not either of those two. walt.farrell 1 Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.2 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmsjms Posted January 20 Author Share Posted January 20 Holding down the Control key and dragging the cropping point down, results in some kind of a line being created as I am dragging down. I don't know the name of it, but it's some kind of other cropping tool for reorienting the positioning of the items; nevertheless, that doesn't resolve the issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Ctrl works fine for me on Windows when cropping in the Develop Persona as you're doing. We may need to see a recording after all. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron P. Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 I noticed the same behavior in Version 1, as @jmsjms described. Version 2 it works fine. Quote Affinity Photo 2.4..; Affinity Designer 2.4..; Affinity Publisher 2.4..; Affinity2 Beta versions. Affinity Photo,Designer 1.10.6.1605 Win10 Home Version:21H2, Build: 19044.1766: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5820K CPU @ 3.30GHz, 3301 Mhz, 6 Core(s), 12 Logical Processor(s);32GB Ram, Nvidia GTX 3070, 3-Internal HDD (1 Crucial MX5000 1TB, 1-Crucial MX5000 500GB, 1-WD 1 TB), 4 External HDD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 2 minutes ago, Ron P. said: I noticed the same behavior in Version 1, as @jmsjms described. Version 2 it works fine. Good point. I hadn't tried on V1. The behavior with the Ctrl key is new in 2.1: https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/whats-new/ R C-R and Ron P. 1 1 Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 @jmsjms As mentioned above, in V1 and V2 of Photo, while using the Crop Tool, holding the Ctrl key before dragging gives you quick access to the Straighten functionality (the mouse pointer changes to a ‘spirit level’ icon). This is slightly different in some V2 versions where holding the Ctrl key before dragging a handle will give you a different result, which is the one you are looking for. If you are trying to follow V2 tutorials while using V1 you might come up against some problems where functionality has been added or changed in V2. There are sometimes ways to do the same thing differently in the different versions but, in this case, there is no analogue that I know of. When asking questions or reporting problems it will be better if you tell us, at the start, which version of the software you are using as that can help us to give you the right advice more quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmsjms Posted January 22 Author Share Posted January 22 I am using 1.10.6... version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 3 minutes ago, jmsjms said: I am using 1.10.6... version. Which is why you don't have this function, which is new in 2.1. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmsjms Posted January 22 Author Share Posted January 22 All right, so I am closing the discussion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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