ratrogue Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 Hi, how about being able to resize a document or canvas by typing in a percentage? I truly hope this feature can be added. - ratrogue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted October 2, 2017 Staff Share Posted October 2, 2017 Hi ratrogue, Welcome to Affinity Forums You can perform math operations in the input fields. So if you want to reduce the width by 50% for example just enter *50% after the existing value. Alternatively you can also use *=50% replacing the existing value. Both notations will work. For more info about expressions for field input check this Help topic. ratrogue 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratrogue Posted October 2, 2017 Author Share Posted October 2, 2017 Interesting, thank you. I recommend adding a hint screen or similar to that dialogue, about these options. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 1 hour ago, MEB said: You can perform math operations in the input fields. So if you want to reduce the width by 50% for example just enter *50% after the existing value. Alternatively you can also use *=50% replacing the existing value. Both notations will work. As someone pointed out me when I posted something similar quite a while ago, replacing the existing value with 50% (without the *= prefix) will also work. ratrogue 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...
Prizm Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 Yes, please add the ability to resize by percentage. It's nice that that other method works, but it's more of a workaround. If I put in 50% but decide I'd rather make it 40%, I can't just type in 40% because it would then make it 40% of the 50%. The only way I can get the original size back is by typing the original pixel size again, or exiting the Resize Document window and going back in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papanorts Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Input fields are useful, but as someone else said on another thread - it is apparently not possible to set up a macro to resize by a set percentage. I used this a lot in Photoplus to resize photos straight from the SD card to attach to emails, sometimes as a batch job. As I still have Photoplus I revert to that for resizing, but it would be a handy facility in Photo - or a resize (with input of percentage) macro readymade! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatih19 Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 On 10/3/2017 at 8:40 PM, Prizm said: Yes, please add the ability to resize by percentage. It's nice that that other method works, but it's more of a workaround. If I put in 50% but decide I'd rather make it 40%, I can't just type in 40% because it would then make it 40% of the 50%. The only way I can get the original size back is by typing the original pixel size again, or exiting the Resize Document window and going back in. Can't you just type in 200%? 200% times 50% is 100%. Which is the normal size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatih19 Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 But yeah, I think although this feature is already applied, I would suggest add more user interface to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 On 15 January 2018 at 2:13 PM, papanorts said: Input fields are useful, but as someone else said on another thread - it is apparently not possible to set up a macro to resize by a set percentage. ... Macros can resize by percentage using the Equations filter e.g. r=r*100/75 will resize to 75% r=r*100/50 will resize to 50% r=r*100/25 will resize to 25% Within the macro you will need to clip the canvas afterwards and do a bit of inpainting to get rid of any transparent pixels around the edges Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Patrick Connor Posted January 19, 2018 Staff Share Posted January 19, 2018 11 minutes ago, carl123 said: Macros can resize by percentage using the Equations filter e.g. r=r*100/75 will resize to 75% r=r*100/50 will resize to 50% r=r*100/25 will resize to 25% Within the macro you will need to clip the canvas afterwards and do a bit of inpainting to get rid of any transparent pixels around the edges surely r=r*75/100 will resize to 75% r=r*50/100 will resize to 50% r=r*25/100 will resize to 25% Quote Patrick Connor Serif Europe Ltd Latest V2 releases on each platform Help make our apps better by joining our beta program! "There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man. True nobility lies in being superior to your previous self." W. L. Sheldon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 Nope, and don't call me surely Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 17 minutes ago, carl123 said: Macros can resize by percentage using the Equations filter e.g. r=r*100/75 will resize to 75% r=r*100/50 will resize to 50% r=r*100/25 will resize to 25% Within the macro you will need to clip the canvas afterwards and do a bit of inpainting to get rid of any transparent pixels around the edges Does r=r*100/25 give a different result from r=r*4? 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...
Staff Patrick Connor Posted January 19, 2018 Staff Share Posted January 19, 2018 1 minute ago, Alfred said: Does r=r*100/25 give a different result from r=r*4? obviously not, he was giving a generic answer for any percentage, with 3 examples that factorize, but not all numbers would.... Quote Patrick Connor Serif Europe Ltd Latest V2 releases on each platform Help make our apps better by joining our beta program! "There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man. True nobility lies in being superior to your previous self." W. L. Sheldon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 1 minute ago, Alfred said: Does r=r*100/25 give a different result from r=r*4? No, same result But I deliberately used the 100/25 notation to show the mathematically challenged amongst us how to equate it to percentages Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 1 minute ago, Patrick Connor said: obviously he was giving a generic answer for any percentage, with 3 examples that factorize, but not all numbers would.... 1 minute ago, carl123 said: No, same result But I deliberately used the 100/25 notation to show the mathematically challenged amongst us how to equate it to percentages Thanks, both. I wondered whether I was missing something there, just as Patrick and I both initially missed the fact that it should be r=r*100/25 rather than r=r*25/100. 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...
eobet Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 I still would like a resize with percent option (second thread with this ask I found, btw). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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