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Why this is happening? Copy and Paste disaster!


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There are scaling bugs when pasting, which become apparent when the destination document has different DPI (which is really PPI, but that's another story) than the source document.

Workaround: ensure the destination has the same DPI as the source before pasting.

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12 minutes ago, Bryan Rieger said:

Along with the countless other issues that users have been complaining about for years.

What I meant is that this isn't just a feature request or a minor bug; it's a serious hindrance when working on commercial projects. Copying and pasting should work seamlessly in creative tools.

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47 minutes ago, lepr said:

It was bad for years then became even worse in 2.5 :(

And to think, 2.0 was supposed to be this crucial rewrite which was to provide a better foundation from which the future of the Affinity apps would be built upon.

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7 minutes ago, albertkinng said:

A normal file, nothing different from the other document. It's an artboard, inside is a group with text, pngs and geometric figures. Why?

The original is a Designer file?

edit: I copy and paste from artboards in Designer frequently. I have not seen that sort of mess. I guess you could share the file and see if others experience the same thing.

another edit: or show the layers panel

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5 hours ago, Bryan Rieger said:

Copy the artwork and text from the 72dpi document and paste them into the 300dpi

well... yes the size will be different, but I didn't find any other differences between them. Note: I always turn on 'scale with object' before copying curves.

 

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I found out 'Scale with object' was on.

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@albertkinng scale with project? Where is that setting found?

When I copy it the line weights are all much thinner, and the size is much larger than expected. If I also copy the text, it’s much larger still, and doesn’t appear to be positioned where it should be.

Anyway, copy/paste between documents in the Affinity apps could definitely use some improvement.

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Fix autocomplete errors.
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I am currently working on an illustration for a website in 72dpi. It has a text box. When I copy and paste it to a 300 DPI the text stays the same large size which messes up the design. 

The scale with object is for the line width.

I am searching to find if you can scale the text when copying from a different resolution, but I don't think there is a way.

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4 hours ago, albertkinng said:

Note: I always turn on 'scale with project' before copying curves.

I think it is now clear you mean "Scale with Object." If so, note that only affects the width of the stroke of the object when rescaling that object. If you copy that object to the clipboard & paste it into another document, that option will still be enabled, but it will not have any effect in that document unless/until you rescale it there.

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