jameslbirke Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 How do I change the units shown on the rulers from pixels to inches? Thanks. Jim Birke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 2 minutes ago, jameslbirke said: How do I change the units shown on the rulers from pixels to inches? Thanks. Jim Birke Just change the units in the File > Document Setup pane. Go to the upper left where the Horizontal and Vertical rulers meet and control click this is only for the betas. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.1 | Affinity Photo 2.4.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 See: Rulers Affinity Photo Online Help Affinity Photo (Desktop) Video Tutorials Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 In Photo or Designer with the View Tool (Hand) selected, use the Context Toolbar "Units" field. In Designer, you can also use File > Document Setup. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jameslbirke Posted April 11, 2019 Author Share Posted April 11, 2019 7 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: In Photo or Designer with the View Tool (Hand) selected, use the Context Toolbar "Units" field. In Designer, you can also use File > Document Setup. Thanks Walt. Now, how do I position the rulers start point at the top left corner of the image? Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 7 minutes ago, jameslbirke said: Thanks Walt. Now, how do I position the rulers start point at the top left corner of the image? They should be there automatically, unless your definition of image is different from mine Screenshot? Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jameslbirke Posted April 11, 2019 Author Share Posted April 11, 2019 26 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: They should be there automatically, unless your definition of image is different from mine Screenshot? My definition of image is what I see on the screen. My first attempt at a screenshot wasn't very clear so I used a magnifier to make the screen bigger. Here is a screenshot Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 Looks odd placed, select the image with the move tool (arrow tool), look into the right side Transform panel and type there for the X and Y coordinates 0 inside. That should move the image to the x,y = 0,0 position on the canvas. Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 It seems to have no actual dimensions. Kind of like it is 0x0 units in size. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.1 | Affinity Photo 2.4.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted April 12, 2019 Share Posted April 12, 2019 (edited) 4 hours ago, Old Bruce said: It seems to have no actual dimensions. Kind of like it is 0x0 units in size. Good spotting. There's an Affinity Photo bug that gives you erroneous ruler values when you've rotated the View 90 degrees. You get the wrong value repeated in the horizontal ruler, and a different wrong value repeated in the vertical ruler. I'm pretty sure I remember seeing the report of that some time ago, and it seems not to be fixed yet, even in the 1.7 Beta. Perhaps @jameslbirke used View > Rotate Right/Left to try to reset the orientation of an image, rather than using Document > Rotate? Edit: If so, try View > Reset Rotation, then Document > Rotate. Screenshot from the Beta, after rotating the View of an image 90 degrees: Edited April 12, 2019 by walt.farrell Forgot to mention how to recover. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jameslbirke Posted April 14, 2019 Author Share Posted April 14, 2019 Thanks to everyone here for all the help especially on out to change the units of of the rulers. As I tried all the suggestions to get the zero point of the rulers in the correct orientation to the image. I gave up and closed the image without saving it. I opened the original JPG file and the rulers were correctly positioned. I re-opened the file I was working on and was surprised to see the rulers are in the correct position and reading the correct dimensions. I'm beginning to think that sometimes it's best to close up shop, go have a beer, and come back later. Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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