Peter Werner Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 By default, all images are set to fit to the viewport when they are opened. For images that are smaller than the viewport, this leads to a zoom percentage greater than 100%. Personally, I usually prefer images not to be enlarged as it gives a wrong impression about the pixel-level quality. It prevents checking if the file is sharp, while not giving any real benefit since enlarging them does not provide any additional information, unlike in the case of larger-than-screen images. So fitting larger files by default is fine, but I find myself routinely pressing Cmd+1 every time I open a low-res file in Photo. DenalB, Jowday, revanmj and 3 others 6 Quote www.peterwerner.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruben Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 I totally agree with this one. For me it's really annoying, so stick with Photoshop for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howdytom Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Totally agree on that. I rather prefer to open documents in original size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex_M Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Count me in on that! It would be best to open at 100% when they are smaller than the screen size. Quote Affinity Photo 2.4.2 for Windows ◾ OS: Windows 10 Pro x64 ver. 22H2 ◾ CPU: AMD Ryzen 7950X 16-core ◾ RAM: 64 GB DDR5-6400 ◾ GPU: MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Suprim X 24GB / driver 526.98 ◾ NVMe SSD Samsung 980 Pro 1 TB ◾ Monitors: 2x Eizo ColorEdge CS2420 24" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afff Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 I totally agree. Not only for opening images, but zooming over 100% is really annoying after cropping small images too. I use Cmd+1 all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Rostron Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 I would support this (but not retreating to Photoshop). John Cecil and harrym 2 Quote Windows 10, Affinity Photo 1.10.5 Designer 1.10.5 and Publisher 1.10.5 (mainly Photo), now ex-Adobe CC CPU: AMD A6-3670. RAM: 16 GB DDR3 @ 666MHz, Graphics: 2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickfmc Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 Put me on the list of wanting this small but very frustrating thing, The worst is when you crop or open something that is very close to full screen and you just think you did something wrong for a second, then you realize ohh crap the zoom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anon1 Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 Licking the zoom to max 100% would be completely dump in AP Many filters such as Denoise are applied to a downscaled bitmap for performance reasons at zoom < 100% So it is advisable to zoom further than 100% to judge the outcome. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickfmc Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 We are referring to the auto zoom applied to images when they are opened/cropped/resized, no saying you shouldnt be able to go above 100% if you want to. if you have an image say 2000px wide and its zoomed to fit an you resize the document to say 600px wide you dont even see a size change on your screen you simply see the quality of the image become pixalated because you are now zoomed to 300ish percent, its just a visual que that could operate better no one is trying to stop you from "Licking your zoom" :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anon1 Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 ok I just press cmd + 9 but if this seems cumbersome to you, well most of the time I want the image to fill the screen to actually see what is going on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickfmc Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 I agree it should be an option to choose if you want it how it currently is or to prevent auto zoom past 100% I dont think its fair to take your workflow and apply that theory of thinking to others, what may not be cumbersome to you in YOUR workflow may very well be a huge inconvenience to someone else as you don't know what they are using the program for, someone processing images all day that has to zoom out 3 time per image yes it could become cumbersome for them to press a keyboard shortcut 1000 of times a day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medwds Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 Thanks Peter for starting this topic. I'm glad I found it, as I'd come here to make the same suggestion myself. Thanks also Afff for quite rightly pointing out the similar situation (cropping) in which the zoom should not default to over 100%. Another time it happens is after using the Resize Document or Resize Canvas commands. It's maddening! I'd go as far as saying this doesn't even need to be a preference; it should just be the default. Too many preferences increases complexity. I can't imagine that wanting a raster graphics editor to default to over 100% zoom is a very common use case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidww Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 I find this behaviour super-annoying - crop a document & suddenly I'm looking at it zoomed to 2000%. I might be missing something but it make any sense to me why that is the default behaviour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted April 5, 2018 Staff Share Posted April 5, 2018 Hi davidww, Welcome to Affinity Forums Yes, currently we fit the document to screen after a crop operation. Press ⌘ (cmd) + 1 (or CTRL+1 if you are using Windows) or double-click the Zoom Tool to quickly switch to 100% zoom. It's now up to the dev teams to decide/implement this thared's suggestion for a future version. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidww Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 Hi! I'm aware of CTRL+1 in fact I'm writing a help page for our team - and just wrote this: Quote Affinity Photo has an annoying habit of zooming images to fill the screen after a crop or resize. Just do Ctrl-1 to return to normal zoom. It is actually quite alarming behaviour ! We are dealing with small logos most of the time - 60x120px and so do a quick crop and whoa - it's zoomed to 2000% and takes up the whole of a 27" monitor! Xzenor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Xander Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 Another vote for having the default zoom to 100%, or at least make this a configurable option. Little things like these matters IMHO.Registered just to make this post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nezumi Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 Just found that thread when looking for an option to change that default behavior. It is not the end of the world, I am using Affinity for a quite long time now so I used to double click on zoom tool, but most definitely it would be better if I had not have to do it each time I am using something smaller. Minor annoyance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revanmj Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 +1 for this. It's super annoying to do Ctrl + 1 almost on every launch of an app (I rarely need zoom on launch, most of the time only for a few seconds when doing precise edits). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walking Black Bear Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 Another vote for max initial zoom to be fit to screen UP TO 100% zoom. If it's larger than the screen allows, of course it makes sense to zoom down to fit. But if you're working on small images (like a 300x250 banner ad), BLAM!! It's all up in your face. I appreciate having the Ctrl+1 shortcut a lot, but it would be great if there was at least an option to override this default behaviour. It's not a big show stopping bug, but it would be a HUGE usability improvement for a whole lot of users. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomasp Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 +1 for this request. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkXKR Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 Count me in to add this as a standard preference default zoom option Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M911 Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 I just bought Affinity, long time PS refugee... is hard to believe this is a thing +1(bazillion) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B2OOO Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Came here to ask the same question. +1 for this request Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobanian Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 Would love to see this an option in preferences instead. Would love to turn off the automatic zoom on crop, especially Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jowday Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 +1 Quote "The user interface is supposed to work for me - I am not supposed to work for the user interface." Computer-, operating system- and software agnostic; I am a result oriented professional. Look for a fanboy somewhere else. “When a wise man points at the moon the imbecile examines the finger.” ― Confucius Not an Affinity user og forum user anymore. The software continued to disappoint and not deliver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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