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Otnaug
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February 9, 2023
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View flip upside down

  • February 9, 2023
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Hi~ 

I'm looking for a way to quickly flip a canvas upside down (like the "Flip Horizontal" menu option) 

Tried to record an action with the Rotate View Tool setting it to 180 but the actions are not registered. 

It's hard to research on this because every results tells me how to rotate the image 180 not just the view. (even the virtual assistant i talked to is stomped)

 

Thanks! 

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Semaphoric
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February 11, 2023

How about setting the vertical scale to -100% ?

jane-e
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February 11, 2023
@Semaphoric wrote:

How about setting the vertical scale to -100% ?

 

Hi, the OP said why not earlier in his reply to Myra to see why this won't work. He wants a View setting, not a Transform setting.

 

Jane

    Semaphoric
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    February 11, 2023
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    PECourtejoie
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    February 10, 2023

    Hi! Please also make a feature request thread to get View>Flip Vertical, I'd vote for it!

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    OtnaugAuthor
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    February 10, 2023

    feature request thread is tagging a post as "Idea" or is there another forum? 
    Thanks for the help dude 😮 

      jane-e
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      February 10, 2023

      Yes, to Ideas — as in my earlier instructions. Here's a screenshot:

       

      Jane

       

        Myra Ferguson
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        Myra FergusonCommunity Expert
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        February 9, 2023

        If you mean rotating, you could also do Edit > Transform > Rotate 180°

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        OtnaugAuthor
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        February 10, 2023

        Unfortunately no, the Rotate View Tool specifically rotates only the view and not transform the image, which is what edit does. 

        Thanks though~ but yea... this misunderstanding is exactly why it's pretty much impossible to find the answer~ it's a super subtle difference that only matters when the files is large with a hundred layers. 

          Myra Ferguson
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          Myra FergusonCommunity Expert
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          February 9, 2023

          Do you mean flip it vertically as in Edit > Transform > Flip Vertical?

          jane-e
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          February 10, 2023

          @Otnaug 

          One thing to note is that the two methods you listed: View > Flip Horizontal and Rotate tool > 180° are non-destructive.

           

          The methods in Edit > Transform should not be used repeatedly.

           

          I don't know of a way to "Flip Vertically" as a View setting, but you never know what our scripters can do unless they tell us. I've added the Scripting tag to your post just in case this can be done with scripting.

           

          Jane

           

            PECourtejoie
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            PECourtejoieCommunity Expert
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            February 10, 2023

            thanks! 
            I was also really surprised that "rotate view tool" is excluded by the macro/action recorder. 


            Hi, @Otnaug  on the Action panel flyout menu, select "Allow Tools recording", then rotate the view with the hand. I just tried, and was able to record it, then play it successfully!

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