Flipping the canvas

What features would you like to see in Pixelmator Pro?
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2021-07-02 06:47:32

Pixelmator Pro is really close to being an actually usable drawing program, but somehow it's still missing the option to flip canvas. We can rotate it, but not flip it unless there's some key combo that I don't know of.
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2021-07-02 13:37:07

Hey! Have you had the chance to check out the redesigned Crop tool in Pixelmator Pro 2.1? The flip (and rotate) options are now conveniently accessible just below the ML Crop button:

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2021-07-02 15:07:40

by Aurelija 2021-07-02 10:37:07 Hey! Have you had the chance to check out the redesigned Crop tool in Pixelmator Pro 2.1? The flip (and rotate) options are now conveniently accessible just below the ML Crop button:

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While this is a good temporary solution, it’s very clunky to use. Professional artists flip the canvas often, and they don’t do it because they want the product to be flipped, they do it to check does the art still look good when flipped (and if not, it needs to be fixed).

But really all that needs to be fixed here is add a keyboard shortcut to flip the canvas quickly.
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2021-07-05 13:39:57

This can be done too. In fact, since Flip Horizontal and Flip Vertical are options available from the Image menu, you can assign any custom keyboard shortcut to them you want. You can check this macOS User Guide article here for instructions on how to do that. Hope that helps!
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2021-07-05 15:22:47

by Aurelija 2021-07-05 10:39:57 This can be done too. In fact, since Flip Horizontal and Flip Vertical are options available from the Image menu, you can assign any custom keyboard shortcut to them you want. You can check this macOS User Guide article here for instructions on how to do that. Hope that helps!
I see, I thought it only flipped the active layer, thanks!
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2021-07-08 08:14:51

Yep, you can flip both, the active layer and the whole canvas. You'd need the flip options in the Image > Rotate Image menu. :)