Frank Jonen Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 Hi Frank, To anchor to the centre, just align your object to the centre and then turn off the width and height stretching, so your object cannot change size, but its position will remain in the centre as the container changes. Hope that makes sense? :) Thanks, Matt You mean like this? Still distorts the image when I adjust the parent object (vector rectangle). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted July 20, 2016 Staff Share Posted July 20, 2016 Hi Frank, No, basically you have to disable all the controls both outside and inside in the Constraints panel and simply place the object at the center of the rectangle. See screenshot below. Frank Jonen, MattP and smallreflection 3 A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MattP Posted July 20, 2016 Author Staff Share Posted July 20, 2016 That's the one, Miguel! :) We desperately need a good tutorial video for this feature as it can do so much - but you have to get your head around it first! :) Fortunately, the documentation team are in the process of getting tutorial videos sorted for it, I believe :) nravenlock 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CartoonMike Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 I'm finding that I'm hesitating to test out newer features, as they are so unfamiliar. Text/Paragraph styles are one thing, but this Constraints feature... To quote Airplane, "I picked the wrong week to stop drinking." :) I don't do UI design, just vector art, comics and lettering in AD... so maybe a lot of the new features are for the UI crowd? Mac OS X Catinlina, 2014 iMac, 3.5 Ghz Intel Core i7, Huion Kamvas Pro 22 Graphic Tablet, 16GB RAM, MacOS10.12 || Magic keyboard w/numeric keypad, wireless trackpad, Kengsington Edge Trackball || Flux Capacitor in a secure location --- I encourage kids to go ahead and play on my lawn. I mean, how else can I make sure the death-traps work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evtonic3 Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 I was doing the very same thing... The route is well traced. And my imagination just started taking off... So I put this in Feature Requests :P Is this GIF magic or how do I select like you have done here? paolo.limoncelli 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MattP Posted August 1, 2016 Author Staff Share Posted August 1, 2016 Is this GIF magic or how do I select like you have done here? I think Paolo was just making a demo for me of a potential new feature he'd like adding - a selection painter... :) evtonic3 and paolo.limoncelli 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paolo.limoncelli Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 Exactly... Personally I'd find it much more useful, precise and "contemporary" than a classic lasso for nodes. The white dog, making tools for artists, illustrators and doodlers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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