Patrick Kayser Posted March 12, 2019 Posted March 12, 2019 Please add a functionality that duplicates Photoshop's canvas rotate feature using a shortcut and multitouch gestures to your desktop/windows app. This feature should not permanently change the documents bound like cropping would do, but rotate the view to make certain lines/strokes more easily reachable. Currently the lack of this feature slightly impedes my ability to work quick and acurate with affinity, as i am using a graphics tablet, not a tablet/touch device with an active screen. (As I had this discussion before, where this misconception came up, just rotating the graphics tablet wouldn't do it, since you are not looking at your tablet, but your screen and you rely on your muscle memory. I might have been doing it wrong though for a decade) DDesignDude 1 Quote
Old Bruce Posted March 12, 2019 Posted March 12, 2019 6 minutes ago, Patrick Kayser said: Please add a functionality that duplicates Photoshop's canvas rotate feature using a shortcut and multitouch gestures to your desktop/windows app. This feature should not permanently change the documents bound like cropping would do, but rotate the view to make certain lines/strokes more easily reachable. Currently the lack of this feature slightly impedes my ability to work quick and acurate with affinity, as i am using a graphics tablet, not a tablet/touch device with an active screen. Preferences > Tools and enable the "Enable Canvas Rotation with Trackpad" option. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6 Affinity Designer 2.5.7 | Affinity Photo 2.5.7 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.7 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that.
Patrick Kayser Posted March 12, 2019 Author Posted March 12, 2019 There is no such feature in Windows 10 and i don't own a trackpad. Quote
Old Bruce Posted March 12, 2019 Posted March 12, 2019 Caveat: I haven't used Windows for years so really truly I don't know what I am talking about. 45 minutes ago, Patrick Kayser said: There is no such feature in Windows 10 and i don't own a trackpad. Wow, those are different. I would try the bottom two if only because I don't see them here on the Mac and the wording is suggestive of further capabilities for your tablet. Start with "High precision tablet input" and then try "Enable Dial support". Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6 Affinity Designer 2.5.7 | Affinity Photo 2.5.7 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.7 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that.
Patrick Kayser Posted March 12, 2019 Author Posted March 12, 2019 High Precision relates to your tablet's DPI for the pen and the Dial would be something like the Surface Dial or equivalents Quote
carl123 Posted March 13, 2019 Posted March 13, 2019 Try the following menu commands. You can add your own shortcuts. View > Rotate Left View > Rotate Right View > Reset Rotation 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.
Patrick Kayser Posted March 13, 2019 Author Posted March 13, 2019 You can only rotate in 15° increments which is hardly useful and slow if you want to rotate it quite a bit. You have to hammer your keyboard repeatedly until you find something mildly useful. Also you have to work around the default shortcuts, which seem to clustered on the left side of keyboard (being right handed ). eg.: ctrl+shift+alt+q/e are not very intuitive to use all day long... This is bad UX design that needs some developer action to be resolved. It seems on the mac side something has been implemented already. I make this a request for feature parity then.... What i expect from any 2d design app these days is the ability to draw a stroke, rotate, draw, rotate back, continue and not getting carpal tunnel issues to do very basic work. Quote
TEEWORKS Posted August 4, 2019 Posted August 4, 2019 Yes please +1 from me. Working with the Wacom Tablet and Cintiq Screen professionally all the time, it is MANDATORY to me to have a continuously variable rotation option. This was desperately missing in Photoshop for almost decades, now they implemented it just to not have it in my now to become favourite application that is affinity photo... but first you have to implement THAT FEATURE before i will be all with you! :) Best, Flo Quote
Intuos5 Posted June 23, 2022 Posted June 23, 2022 It should be possible to do this by moving the pen and holding a button (e.g. MMB + spacebar or Shift+MMB). Quote
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