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AppleFall
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Aug 10, 2020 11:08 AM UTC
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Pan on Fresco Desktop

Hey guys. I love love Fresco, I've been using it on my iPad Pro for a long time and was so excited to see the desktop version. I have a Wacom Cintiq 16 and it is smooth as butter to draw in Fresco, however I can't figure out how to pan around the document. I looked in the app settings and I can only find how to pan with finger gestures which my Cintiq doesn't have.

 

The canvas isn't centered on the board it's off to the left, and I can't find any info on how to pan with the mouse or a keyboard shortcut. I can use the MMB to zoom on the document, but without panning it's just zooming on the corner. Pressing and holding MMB draws on the canvas.

 

Thanks for any help in advance.

Sue Garibaldi
Sue GaribaldiCorrect answer
Inspiring
Aug 10, 2020 10:05 PM UTC

Hi Apple.

 

Glad you're loving Fresco.

 

Unfortunately, right now there is currently no easy way to pan. The team is working on adding stylus support for this functionality but it is not yet in the app.  If you're using a touch-enabled device  you can move around the image using your fingers.

 

Sorry for the inconvenience.

 

Sue. 

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Participant
Mar 11, 2022 7:23 PM UTC

Simply press the "shift" key and use the pen to drag the canvas around. I have mapped the shift key to one of the Cintiq 16 short cut keys because I don't like using the keyboard. The 8 mappable buttons are amazing and very handy for all kinds of shortcuts that make drawing much faster, undo is super handy. 

 

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Participant
Jan 31, 2022 6:45 PM UTC

Hi guys. You can do it using the space bottom from de keyboard. Just hold on it. Bless

 

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Participant
Jan 20, 2021 11:02 AM UTC

Hi finally I discovered it!!!
Really simple, you just need to choose shapes, than grab anywhere besides the marked shape and than you can pan like no big deal.

I hope I helped

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Jan 20, 2021 4:12 PM UTC
Thanks. Yeah I eventually figured it out by accident. It was remarkably
hard to find instructions for this particular need.
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Participating Frequently
Nov 20, 2020 2:22 PM UTC

2020/11/20

Using Windows 10 on Desktop with Logitech mouse. Fresco version 2.0.1

Mouse scroll wheel zooms -- albeit slowly. I have not tried to adjust the zoom speed.

As someone else suggested, holding the space bar allows panning -- even though the hand cursor did not appear.

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Participant
Oct 21, 2020 6:10 PM UTC

This is really upsetting that the new update to Fresco did not solve this problem. Why should it just be exclusive to designers with touch screens? We all pay good money to have the creative suite and expect it to function correctly. Really disappointed.

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Sue Garibaldi
Inspiring
Oct 21, 2020 6:47 PM UTC

Nicholas. 

 

Spacebar + stylus/finger should allow you to pan. Does that work?

Sue.

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Participant
Oct 28, 2020 6:53 PM UTC

Sue, 

 

I'm so sorry for my previous message. After further looking into it I was able to get it to work. I do have a problem with slowness however, and am working on a machine that should be more than cabable of handling it: 32gb ram, 1tb hard drive, gtx 2080, 6 core processor. 

 

Any ideas why that might be happening?

 

Best,

 

Nick

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Imaginerie
Community Expert
Community Expert
Oct 6, 2020 9:54 AM UTC

Hello,

Pan is using the spacebar keyboard shortcut which you can set up as an express key on the wacom, and you can use other moving tools like "rotae" all the keyboard shortcuts are listed under "app settings" > "help" where you can see touch shortcuts paraameters, Keyboard shorts (cannot be changing as of today) and have a list of all the avaiable gestures for Ipad/tablets users.

For windows users: Be sure "windows Ink" us enabled in your graphic tablet settings.

Hope it helps!

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Imaginerie
Community Expert
Community Expert
Oct 6, 2020 9:57 AM UTC

Sorry for the typos, The page doesn't let me edit the message 🙂

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Participating Frequently
Aug 27, 2020 9:21 AM UTC

I found a way to pan.  You have to use the move tool but drag from outside the  rectangle and it will pan. Discovered by mistake. It was clearly not their intention.

 

 

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Participant
Sep 5, 2020 1:41 AM UTC

Thanks for posting this, it's a good workaround. Panning really is a necessary feature and I'd love to see it added soon.

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Participant
Aug 21, 2020 10:29 PM UTC

You simply cannot do so at this time.  I have a Wacom tablet, the Intuos Pro, which is also great for Fresco but one cannot pan at all with it.  Too bad.  It essentially renders the program useless for a number of tasks.

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Participant
Oct 1, 2020 7:32 PM UTC

What tasks is it useful for? I can't understand how this isn't a tool. I can zoom in to do detail work, but only on part of the image. I can't zoom in on any other part of the image?

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Sue Garibaldi
Sue GaribaldiCorrect answer
Inspiring
Aug 10, 2020 10:05 PM UTC

Hi Apple.

 

Glad you're loving Fresco.

 

Unfortunately, right now there is currently no easy way to pan. The team is working on adding stylus support for this functionality but it is not yet in the app.  If you're using a touch-enabled device  you can move around the image using your fingers.

 

Sorry for the inconvenience.

 

Sue. 

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AppleFall
AppleFallAuthor
Participant
Aug 10, 2020 10:24 PM UTC

Hey Sue thanks for the clarification. It's no inconvenience at all I will continue to use the iPad app for now. ☺️ 

Thank you for getting back to me. 

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Community Expert
Aug 11, 2020 2:48 PM UTC

Not wanting to sound like an Apple fan,  but Fresco is the best on the iPad 🙂

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Participant
Aug 10, 2020 9:48 PM UTC

I also have the same question. Is there no hand tool for Fresco on Desktop version?

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