Wacom Touchwheel support / Select Previous/Next Layer command

[ronnyb]

Hey guys, would be awesome to have full support of my wacom intous pro's touchwheel; I can't get the Cycle Layers mode to work in AP; I'm thinking that Wacom uses keyboard equivalents for it's touchwheel, but in Affinity there is no Cycle Layers (Select Previous/Next Layer command) equivalent. It would be great to have these keyboard shortcuts in an upcoming Beta :)

 

Thanks for all you do!

[MaxHecks]

Hello ronnyb, Hello Team

 

I would also like a better support for the pro.

I love this wheel from Wacom, I would be able to use it more.

I also miss that you can not rotate pictures with the wheel.

[markw]

Hello MaxHecks
Rotating canvas/image is working for me with my Intuos4 (driver 6.3.15-3)
 

[MaxHecks]

Hello markw

 

Under windows with the current driver is not working for me.

[markw]

Ah of course, you’re using the current Windows beta. I should have realised things may not be not working the same as on Macs.
Sorry it’s not working for you yet :(  but give Serif time and it will do :)
Full Wacom functionality has actually only recently arrived for us Mac users in the current Mac beta series.
Maybe if you start a new thread for Windows & Wacom bugs it might help Serif in their bug hunting.

[MaxHecks]

Is it possible to rotate the image in Designer?
This also does not work here.

[markw]

Yes Rotation works in Designer on Macs.
But as both Photo and Designer share the same code base if something is not working in one app there’s a high probability that feature will not be working in the other as well :(

[MaxHecks]

Is there a key combination for the rotation? Until it is fixed. :)

[markw]

Well, in the Menu Bar, under ‘View’ for both Photo and Designer apps on Mac there are options for Rotate Left and Rotate Right. They only let you rotate the canvas/image by 15 degree intervals but that’s perhaps good enough for a “fake” rotation for now ;)
By default they have no key shortcut assigned to them.
So…
In Photo's and/or Designer's Preferences open the Keyboard Shortcuts and assign something suitable to each commmand.

In my experiment I opted for using alt combined with the left and right arrow keys.
Next open Wacom Preferences, choose a wheel position and select ‘Keystroke…’ (See screenshot)
I also found setting the Wheel speed to 'Fast' gave the best experience.

[markw]

@ ronnyb

Pleas forgive us but I fear our responses here have drifted somewhat from your original post :o

But I agree Cycling layers would be a good addition.

[MaxHecks]

Thank you for the effort. There were no shortcuts in the menu. Have some programming. Until a better solution comes it will work. :)

[MaxHecks]

@ ronnyb

Pleas forgive us but I fear our responses here have drifted somewhat from your original post :o

But I agree Cycling layers would be a good addition.

Would not open a new topic, had indeed to do with the wheel.^^

[SrPx]

Works here with Wacom Intuos Pro XL. I assign in Wacom panel a key (shift+f3 , shift +f4, whatever) to the ring up and down, and then in preferences/view/rotate, those keys. Works nicely.

 

Edit: I mean, I'm in Windows 7, 64 bits. Works perfectly. tested in A. Photo, but I bet will work just as well in A. Designer. 

In Windows, setting the wheel as fast -not sure we have that setting here-  will be worse, as is already too sensitive/ fast in our system.

 

Edit: yeah, we have it since long. Lol, never noticed...I only use the wheel for brush size.

[MaxHecks]

By the 15 ° somewhat jerky. But for me it's enough.

For the brush I use this also, simply beautiful to use.