Change default ruler?

[MikeMoyle]

Hi, all -- New to Affinity software, so bear with me, please, if this has been asked already -- I didn't see it in the forums or help files, but may have missed it.

 

Is there any way to change the default ruler in Photo? I'd like to have images automatically open with the ruler in inches rather than pixels.

[MEB]

Hi MikeMoyle,

Welcome to Affinity Forums :)

Affinity will display the rulers in the units you set for your document. So if you change you document units to inches the rulers will also display in inches. You can change the document units in the context toolbar when the View Tool is selected (Photo and Designer) or in the Document Setup dialog in Designer (menu File ▸ Document Setup...).

[tiago1801]

Hi MikeMoyle,

Welcome to Affinity Forums :)

Affinity will display the rulers in the units you set for your document. So if you change you document units to inches the rulers will also display in inches. You can change the document units in the context toolbar when the View Tool is selected (Photo and Designer) or in the Document Setup dialog in Designer (menu File ▸ Document Setup...).

 

I was wondering that DPI tool. I still don't understand very well how that modify my work. Would you mind defining what happen to document when changing it?

[MikeMoyle]

MEB -- 

 

Thanks, but what I was hoping for was something like a program preference that could change the default rulers globally so that they would already be set to what I wanted, rather than having to change it in the file every single time that I create a new APhoto document, or open a previously-created image for the first time in AP. (I've been in this job for 15 years -- I have a LOT of legacy images backed upI)

[MEB]

Hi MikeMoyle.

There's still no way to do it other than changing document units, but things like these should be addressed/polished as the application matures.

We are implementing/working on sticky settings already and I believe custom document presets will come at some point too.

[Ben]

You can quickly change the document units when in the View or Zoom tools - it's on the tool bar. You don't have to do it in the document setup dialog.  That unit setting will be applied to all measurement input and display, so affects the transform panel, etc.

[Oval]

You can quickly change the document units when in the View or Zoom tools - it's on the tool bar. You don't have to do it in the document setup dialog.  That unit setting will be applied to all measurement input and display, so affects the transform panel, etc.

 

But this must be repeated 42 times if MikeMoyle has opened 42 pictures, right?

[pixelstuff]

I think a better option is to do like Photoshop and build a right click menu on the rulers themselves so no matter what tool you are using you can go to the ruler and right click to change the units. Also create a percentage option.  I can't even count how many times I've used percentage based rulers when setting guides in Photoshop.

 

From a persistence perspective just leave the rulers at whatever they were last set to. Ignore the document units.

 

Same goes for dropping a guide. It would be nice if we could do it no matter what tool was selected.  Just go to the ruler, click and drag out to create a new guide.

[Rob123456789]

I think a better option is to do like Photoshop and build a right click menu on the rulers themselves so no matter what tool you are using you can go to the ruler and right click to change the units. Also create a percentage option.  I can't even count how many times I've used percentage based rulers when setting guides in Photoshop.

 

From a persistence perspective just leave the rulers at whatever they were last set to. Ignore the document units.

 

Same goes for dropping a guide. It would be nice if we could do it no matter what tool was selected.  Just go to the ruler, click and drag out to create a new guide.

 Agree with all of this - please implement these features they would be so useful. It is really odd why you chose to force us to switch tools to drag a guide from the ruler.

[RaRa]

I have read the posts, but have not figured how to change the rulers to show the photos in inches. Apparently it is showing it in pixels, I suppose, as at upper corner of ruler, there is a px.   I am used to working with inches and feet, not mm or pixels. To me is would be one of the basic settings to have on this program. I am disappointed with in 30 minutes of downloading this program. I was using an ancient program Picture Publisher on a PC that was great. Dealing with dpi and the rulers  are in inches, not px. The new windows editions won't run it, but when I used it if I wanted to set a photo to 4 x 6 inches, I simply did that. I ask: Is there a way to do this with this program. If so, please tell me in steps of how to do it or I won't use it or purchase it.  

Thanks for any help

Rob 

[RaRa]

I went back and played with this program again and suddenly I answered my own question! The answer is to go up the the left where the vertical and horizontal measurements lines are and you will see one of the following: px, in, ft, and more. Right click on the letters and a menu will come up with all the different measurement values that anyone wants. Click on the one you need like I did.  Guess I just did not try hard enough to find the answer. I am old and have a short attention span, so pardon me.  Hope this helps the rest of you

[pixelstuff]

52 minutes ago, RaRa said:

I am old and have a short attention span

Or you have gotten used to context sensitive controls on the rulers of other programs and aren't used to going back to the more clunky method.