Crosby Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Something I use in the other app a lot is to do a screen capture to clipboard, then when I type Command-N the new document window opens with the size of my capture as the default (based on the clipboard). Then I just paste the capture into the new document. See attached as an example. Quote "You're never too old to create refrigerator art..." - crosbymultimedia.com <- site's being tweaked. "I have been wrong before." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazintosh Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Where is the +10000 emoticon :D I definitely vote for this, it's a tremendous time saver feature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted February 27, 2015 Staff Share Posted February 27, 2015 Hi Crosby, This was requested a couple times already but there wasn't time to implement it yet. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff TonyB Posted February 27, 2015 Staff Share Posted February 27, 2015 Apart for creating a document that you will then paste the contents of the clipboard into it, is there another use for creating a document the size of the clipboard? If not then wouldn't it be better to have a 'Paste as new Document' menu command instead? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazintosh Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 If not then wouldn't it be better to have a 'Paste as new Document' menu command instead? That's one smart solution. Which already would be quite ok (default would be paste as layer + transparent background + color profile of the capture or a default one, etc.) Still, the "new document" set at clipboard size would allow to choose other options like transparent background or not, profile (if change is needed), margin, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crosby Posted February 27, 2015 Author Share Posted February 27, 2015 Apart for creating a document that you will then paste the contents of the clipboard into it, is there another use for creating a document the size of the clipboard? If not then wouldn't it be better to have a 'Paste as new Document' menu command instead? I use this feature quite often to show clients what I'm doing, and getting clarifications and approvals -- often using arrows, notes and comments on the document itself -- sometimes enlarging the canvas for my notes. I've used it to illustrate articles, as well as send things to friends that can't open the TIF files copy/paste creates. I use it to send pictures in this forum, etc. So however it's implemented in a way that saves steps it would be fine. If it's a Paste as New Document menu command then I'd love it if there's also a simple keyboard shortcut (versus something like Command+Option+Shift+Left Arrow twice+J) and that it's accessible from a non-opened document state. Meaning, that if I run AP, with no documents open, I can still access the menu item and the keyboard shortcut and create the new document to the clipboard's size. Won't be as easy as just pressing Command-N but workable. Quote "You're never too old to create refrigerator art..." - crosbymultimedia.com <- site's being tweaked. "I have been wrong before." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff TonyB Posted February 27, 2015 Staff Share Posted February 27, 2015 I use this feature quite often. So however it's implemented in a way that saves steps it would be fine. If it's a Paste as New Document menu command then I'd love it if there's also a simple keyboard shortcut (versus something like Command+Option+Shift+Left Arrow twice+J) and that it's accessible from a non-opened document state. Meaning, that if I run AP, with no documents open, I can still access the menu item and the keyboard shortcut and create the new document to the clipboard's size. Won't be as easy as just pressing Command-N but workable. I guess it's actually CMD+N > OK > CMD+V but I agree it needs to be quick and easy to remember. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crosby Posted February 27, 2015 Author Share Posted February 27, 2015 CMD+N+Return+CMD+V took longer to type than to do. :) A_B_C 1 Quote "You're never too old to create refrigerator art..." - crosbymultimedia.com <- site's being tweaked. "I have been wrong before." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrayFH Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 Agree agree agree. Paste & create image into New Doc using image dimensions is what we need. I create training material using screen captures and this feature would save me a lot of time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 I would also like to see this feature added. Ideally the clipboard object (if it's an image type) should be used to set the dimensions in the a new document dialogue box. This would save a whole load of time, especially when transferring assets out of a final design for web development. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crosby Posted July 10, 2015 Author Share Posted July 10, 2015 The feature I wanted is in the retail version, File menu --> New from Clipboard (Command+Option+Shift+N). Thank you! Quote "You're never too old to create refrigerator art..." - crosbymultimedia.com <- site's being tweaked. "I have been wrong before." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazintosh Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Indeed! Such a good thing! It even paste the clipboard content for you. Yeah… that's obvious right? but this was obviously not enough obvious for Adobe team ^^ Thanks guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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