MGT Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 I tried to duplicate and flip an object and it keeps flipping from the middle, no matter which anchor point I choose. So instead of a mirrored object it keeps overlapping the original Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted November 8, 2016 Staff Share Posted November 8, 2016 Hi MGT, Welcome to Affinity Forums :) There's no option to flip in relation to an anchor point. When you flip an object in Designer/Photo it keeps the same position. The anchor point grid in the Transform panel is used for the input fields on the right on the same panel. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Ben Posted November 8, 2016 Staff Share Posted November 8, 2016 Hopefully I'll be adding some on-page tools for alignment and mirroring in 1.6. MEB, Alfred, paolo.limoncelli and 1 other 4 Quote SerifLabs team - Affinity Developer Software engineer - Photographer - Guitarist - Philosopher iMac 27" Retina 5K (Late 2015), 4.0GHz i7, AMD Radeon R9 M395 MacBook (Early 2015), 1.3GHz Core M, Intel HD 5300 iPad Pro 10.5", 256GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paolo.limoncelli Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 Hopefully I'll be adding some on-page tools for alignment and mirroring in 1.6. Could these include an Alignment Studio maybe? Please, pleas, please, please, please... ronnyb 1 Quote The white dog, making tools for artists, illustrators and doodlers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Ben Posted November 9, 2016 Staff Share Posted November 9, 2016 I'll be open to suggestions as and when. ;) Quote SerifLabs team - Affinity Developer Software engineer - Photographer - Guitarist - Philosopher iMac 27" Retina 5K (Late 2015), 4.0GHz i7, AMD Radeon R9 M395 MacBook (Early 2015), 1.3GHz Core M, Intel HD 5300 iPad Pro 10.5", 256GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paolo.limoncelli Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 In this case if you ask us to dream... :) Aside a very welcome Alignment Studio (which can be always open and floating around, without forcing me to access a pop-up anytime) I'd love to see an "abstract replicate tool". I'll try to explain this chimera the best I can: Basically you select an object with a tool that can define if you want a matrix/radial distribution, and a mirror checkbox With Matrix You have on-page controls to define columns/rows, spacing, maybe relative object rotation too. With Mirror ON each clone result in a mirrored copy alternately. With Radial You have N axis to clone it. You can place as much axis as you need, also you can offset/rotate axis with on-page controls. With Mirror ON all these instances are mirrorred copies. So with Radial - 1 axis and Mirror On you have a Mirror Tool Radial - N axis and Mirror On you have a sort of Kaleidoscope Tool Radial - N axis and Mirror Off you have a Radial Replicate Tool If this could be packed as a sort of Symbols' extension (*) too, or a Smart Group that allows to rig these parameters and modify later it would be awsome. Does it make any sense? (*) Matt I know you're reading, so this could make your mind spin a bit... :) houseofdeadleg and Aammppaa 2 Quote The white dog, making tools for artists, illustrators and doodlers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted November 9, 2016 Staff Share Posted November 9, 2016 :D Paolo, that's a "flip" tool on steroids... would be pretty nice to have one! paolo.limoncelli 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houseofdeadleg Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 In this case if you ask us to dream... :) Aside a very welcome Alignment Studio (which can be always open and floating around, without forcing me to access a pop-up anytime) I'd love to see an "abstract replicate tool". I'll try to explain this chimera the best I can: Basically you select an object with a tool that can define if you want a matrix/radial distribution, and a mirror checkbox With Matrix You have on-page controls to define columns/rows, spacing, maybe relative object rotation too. With Mirror ON each clone result in a mirrored copy alternately. With Radial You have N axis to clone it. You can place as much axis as you need, also you can offset/rotate axis with on-page controls. With Mirror ON all these instances are mirrorred copies. So with Radial - 1 axis and Mirror On you have a Mirror Tool Radial - N axis and Mirror On you have a sort of Kaleidoscope Tool Radial - N axis and Mirror Off you have a Radial Replicate Tool If this could be packed as a sort of Symbols' extension (*) too, or a Smart Group that allows to rig these parameters and modify later it would be awsome. Does it make any sense? (*) Matt I know you're reading, so this could make your mind spin a bit... :) This sounds a bit like the Transform effect in AI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paolo.limoncelli Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 This sounds a bit like the Transform effect in AI. Obviously some parameters are the same... But in terms of ux I'd love something totally different. I imagine a direct manipulation tool (something that allows you to act on the canvas), also I'm not sure AI Transform tool can offset the transformation point out of the cage. I think DrawPlus has something closer, but only for matrix distribution as far as I remember... Quote The white dog, making tools for artists, illustrators and doodlers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aammppaa Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 +1 for the ability to flip about the rotation / anchor point. Very useful to me, do it all the time in Xara Designer (or 'my old design software' as I now call it ;) ). LCamachoDesign 1 Quote Win10 Home x64 | AMD Ryzen 7 2700X @ 3.7GHz | 48 GB RAM | 1TB SSD | nVidia GTX 1660 | Wacom Intuos Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCamachoDesign Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 Hopefully I'll be adding some on-page tools for alignment and mirroring in 1.6. You could use the Rotation Centre as the pivot point for the object flip. Even this simple tweak would help. You could rename it "Transformation Centre" or something like that. Kal 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JokerMartini Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 any progress on this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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