KTDN Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 On opening the new Designer 1.7 for iPad, when I grabbed a handle with the move tool I was able to skew the object left to right and also up and down. However, I can’t figure out why or how this happened!? Subsequently, I have tried to replicate skewing and most of the time it just goes to rotate or does regular transforms. Does anyone know how this skew option works and how to engage it reliably as it will very useful to utilize. thanks! KTDN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff DWright Posted June 13, 2019 Staff Share Posted June 13, 2019 Can you please send me a screen recording of this with the show touches enabled as I have been unable to replicate this can you also please let me know the iPad model you are using. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KTDN Posted June 30, 2019 Author Share Posted June 30, 2019 Hello DWright, Sorry for taking so long to reply, but I was unable to replicate this until today. Attached is an example of skewing left to right. This must be a bug since there seems no reason for it engaging for any other reason besides pure chance, that said Designer could really use this feature! KTDN 8875D065-4E1A-473B-8715-F88DFFEC3424.MOV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DM1 Posted June 30, 2019 Share Posted June 30, 2019 13 minutes ago, KTDN said: that said Designer could really use this feature! Designer already has this feature in Transform studio. It’s called Shear. DEC910E9-F41E-4518-AB1E-0DEBAE530884.MP4 Quote M1 IPad Air 10.9/256GB lpadOS 17.1.1 Apple Pencil (2nd gen). Affinity Photo 1.10.5 Affinity Design 1.10.5 Affinity Publisher 2, Affinity Designer 2, Affinity Photo 2 and betas. Official Online iPad Help documents (multi-lingual) here: https://affinity.https://affinity.help/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KTDN Posted June 30, 2019 Author Share Posted June 30, 2019 That is useful to know! Thanks! I was also able to do the same up and down (on the Y plane) is that also possible using the shear controls? It seems as though it’s only possible to shear on the X plane. KTDN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Dave Posted June 30, 2019 Share Posted June 30, 2019 Even after looking through the in-app help and online (was probably looking in the wrong place), I found this by accident - switched to the Move tool and hovered just above a control handle, it converted to shear/skew (?). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Patrick Connor Posted June 30, 2019 Staff Share Posted June 30, 2019 The in app help in Photo and Designer are still being updated for 1.7 and will appear in a later update, sorry. However, Skew (shear) on the side handles is not new, so does skew not show when searching the (1.6) help I think it's a common enough thing to put under "shear" Dr. Dave 1 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...
KTDN Posted June 30, 2019 Author Share Posted June 30, 2019 Not for iPad. The weird thing is — not simply that one can shear — but that (as in the video I shared) it engages using the move tool, and unlike the shear feature in transform studio which only shears on the x plane, it is also possible to shear on the y plane. Basically, being able to shear using the move tool (by accident), is a bug, or this feature was being developed and code that enabled it at some point, hasn’t been fully removed. would be great to see this make it to a future update but for now, I was just hoping to let the people at Serif know about the bug. KTDN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KTDN Posted June 30, 2019 Author Share Posted June 30, 2019 On 6/13/2019 at 8:51 PM, DWright said: Can you please send me a screen recording of this with the show touches enabled as I have been unable to replicate this can you also please let me know the iPad model you are using. I am using the iPad Pro (12.9-inch) (2nd generation) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Patrick Connor Posted June 30, 2019 Staff Share Posted June 30, 2019 1 hour ago, KTDN said: I was just hoping to let the people at Serif know about the bug Not a bug, 100% by design to grab a side handle close to scale and slightly further away from the object to shear. Same as the desktop. Difficulty in seeing what you are doing (near a side handle) with a finger can be improved using a pencil on devices that support one. Ulysses 1 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...
Alfred Posted June 30, 2019 Share Posted June 30, 2019 24 minutes ago, Patrick Connor said: Difficulty in seeing what you are doing (near a side handle) with a finger can be improved using a pencil on devices that support one. Or any capacitive stylus with a pointed tip on an iPad that doesn’t support an Apple Pencil. (I use a Meko stylus on my iPad Air 2.) 9 hours ago, KTDN said: That is useful to know! Thanks! I was also able to do the same up and down (on the Y plane) is that also possible using the shear controls? It seems as though it’s only possible to shear on the X plane. KTDN To shear on the Y plane, you need to use a combination of rotating and shearing: 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...
DM1 Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 8 hours ago, Patrick Connor said: Not a bug, 100% by design to grab a side handle close to scale and slightly further away from the object to shear. Nice to know. Any chance this could be added to the Help file Shear info? Patrick Connor 1 Quote M1 IPad Air 10.9/256GB lpadOS 17.1.1 Apple Pencil (2nd gen). Affinity Photo 1.10.5 Affinity Design 1.10.5 Affinity Publisher 2, Affinity Designer 2, Affinity Photo 2 and betas. Official Online iPad Help documents (multi-lingual) here: https://affinity.https://affinity.help/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Patrick Connor Posted July 1, 2019 Staff Share Posted July 1, 2019 @acapstick is side handle shear/skew on the iPad part of the changes coming for 1.7 iPad help ? 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...
AlsoCalvin Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 Late to discussion... I also thought it was a bug as it's hard to duplicate and no documentation. I finally was able to do it consistently. The area beside the bounding box for shearing is very small, a bit too close to the box it will scale, a smidge too far it will de-select. Will need tablet specific UI to mark the shearing spot outside the bounding box. Unlike desktop there is no cursor in iPad version that will change when "hovered" over the right location. Patrick Connor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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