flipping and mirroring a bitmap
I must be missing something obvious. In an Designer Pro X10, I could click the Flip or Mirror buttons and my bitmap would flip (vertical) or mirror (horizontal). In Designer Pro X15, clicking these tools does nothing that I can tell.
Is there a setting or a different toolbar tool or menu choice I should be using? Or is it simply not doable in Designer Pro X15?
Thanks.
~ Bal
Re: flipping and mirroring a bitmap
Make sure that your bitmap is selected before you click the buttons. Perhaps the bitmap is on a locked layer?
Re: flipping and mirroring a bitmap
Bal, have you upgraded to v15.1, which overcomes this problem that Xara introduced?
Acorn
Re: flipping and mirroring a bitmap
Boy - I'm not sure what you mean. I paste a bitmap onto a Designer Pro canvass and then click to select it. Then I try the flip/mirror tools with no effect. I can rotate the bitmap; I can resize and skew it. But I can't flip or mirror it.
Acorn - I have the latest; probably got it when I purchased it just recently.
~ Bal
Re: flipping and mirroring a bitmap
After selecting the Image in the tip bar there is two triangle icons on flips vertical the the horizontally..
Jim
Re: flipping and mirroring a bitmap
Scotty - those tools don't work for me. That's the problem!
Here's a short video demonstrating what I'm experiencing.
https://youtu.be/QFyM5Sa9hik
I can, of course, use another tool to do the flipping or mirroring, including the earlier version of Designer Pro. Just seems strange that I can't do it here.
Interestingly, the flip and mirror tools do work on objects created with Designer Pro 15.1. But not bitmaps.
~ Bal
Re: flipping and mirroring a bitmap
Thanks for the additional information. That looks strange indeed. Have you tried to restart the program? Perhaps even bij right-clicking the program icon and selecting 'Run as administrator'.
Re: flipping and mirroring a bitmap
You have Smart Transform enabled.
With the Lock Aspect Ratio (lock icon) unselected, you get this failure.
Hiding in a totally spurious context menu of the Lock Aspect Ratio is an option for Smart Transform - right-click the lock icon and untick Smart transform.
I never have it selected.
Acorn
Re: flipping and mirroring a bitmap
Acorn - you nailed it! Thank you! It's all good now. :)
~ Bal
Re: flipping and mirroring a bitmap
Quote:
Originally Posted by
wordmuse
Acorn - you nailed it! Thank you! It's all good now. :)
~ Bal
Cheers Bal.
I wonder how Xara manages to advise all its other Customers with the same difficulties?
Acorn