Jim Monson Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 After many trials I found that by holding down CMD and OPT (Mac) in AD I could resize my selection proportionally, including text which otherwise would be distorted. Today, however, this appears not to be working as it did in the past. I've looked over Preferences but as yet find nothing there that I could have changed. Is it true that CMD/OPT should maintains all proportions while resizing? ... Aha! I've just discovered that it appears the Frame Text does not resize (probably due to the constraints of the box) but that Artistic text does. Thus I will have to redo all of my Frame Text into Artistic Text. Related Issue: One of my map docs is 96 DPI in Doc Setup, while earlier work on the same map was 300 DPI (my fault for not discovering this earlier). I thought that I could simply change my earlier doc to 96 DPI, adjust the Doc Setup size to the 312.5% larger size on screen, save it and then be able to copy/paste it into my 96 DPI doc for finer adjustments. However, when I copied/pasted my revision into my 96 DPI doc, it reverted to the 300 DPI larger size on screen. Some basic tips on these issues above would be much appreciated. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 As far as I know, there has never been an option to use CMD + OPT to resize anything proportionally in Affinity Designer. On a Mac, holding down the CMD key resizes from the center (as indicated in the Status bar), & Option-dragging or CMD-dragging on a selected object (not on its bounding box) drags out a duplicate. To resize Frame text or a group or Layer containing Frame text, use the extra control handle that appears below & to the right of the selection bounding box. Jim Monson 1 Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Monson Posted August 15, 2017 Author Share Posted August 15, 2017 Thanks, R C-R. That little extra control handle did the trick. Your prompt and wise responses are always appreciated. The 96/300 DPI issue is still outstanding, but I can live with that with the extra control handle. Many thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 By default, objects with a natural aspect ratio (e.g. images) will scale proportionally when you drag on a corner handle, but other objects (e.g. shapes from the toolbar) will not. To override the default behaviour, hold down the Shift key as you drag. If you prefer the default aspect ratio constraint behaviour to be the same for all objects/layers regardless of their type, go to 'Preferences > Tools' and change the Move Tool Aspect Constrain setting accordingly. Jim Monson 1 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Monson Posted August 15, 2017 Author Share Posted August 15, 2017 Works great, Alfred. I only wish that there were a way to enter a number in the Transform box (with constraints on) and have an exact resizing rather than having to drag the corner node (with OPT down) to get to the desired Transform number. Again, this appears to work but not with Frame Text. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 You can't do it in a single operation, Jim, but if the text is all the same size and you resize the text frame by a percentage (with constraints on) you can resize the text by the same percentage to keep everything in proportion. Jim Monson 1 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Monson Posted August 16, 2017 Author Share Posted August 16, 2017 Good idea, Alfred. I'll try this. Get some sleep.... Alfred 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 LOL. G'night, Jim! Jim Monson 1 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle808us Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 @Alfred:Thanks for the tip. Quote If you prefer the default aspect ratio constraint behaviour to be the same for all objects/layers regardless of their type, go to 'Preferences > Tools' and change the Move Tool Aspect Constrain setting accordingly . Alfred 1 Quote Mac MacBook Pro 15 in. OS X 10.9.5, Mid 2012 456.77 GB Affinity Design and Photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raskolnikov Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 Can somebody tell me how to scale proportionally when using the corner mode? (with the strokes is easy) (on the image, what happends now.... and I want to avoid while transforming the size of that fence) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raskolnikov Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 Well I think i have descovered... there is a button (don't know the name in english... and that fix the cornes. the only thing is that it doesn't look reversible... once is done, is done... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gear maker Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 It's the "Bake Corners" button in english. And yes it is nonreversible. Too bad the corner button doesn't have a scale with object option. Raskolnikov 1 Quote iMac (27-inch, Late 2009) with macOS Sierra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 1 hour ago, Raskolnikov said: Well I think i have descovered... there is a button (don't know the name in english... and that fix the cornes. the only thing is that it doesn't look reversible... once is done, is done... Even without using the "Bake Corners" button, as soon as you use the Corner Tool on any of the nodes on shapes created with the shape tools (polygon, cog, star, diamond, whatever) it loses its identity as that kind of adjustable shape & you no longer have the parametric adjustments for that type of shape in the Context toolbar. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raskolnikov Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 Thanks R C-R , I have now realize of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tavia Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 On 8/15/2017 at 6:28 PM, Alfred said: If you prefer the default aspect ratio constraint behaviour to be the same for all objects/layers regardless of their type, go to 'Preferences > Tools' and change the Move Tool Aspect Constrain setting accordingly. Thanks, this helped me with sizing photos within frames in Publisher. Shift key wasn't working! Alfred 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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