Manipulating SL Photo Characters - strangenss...

Bruce,

You crack me up.

What happens if you use the rotate, flip horizontal tool?  I'm seeing same aspect ratio when I do that.  Maybe you're just not pulling that left handle far enough to the right?

Mike

Mike - I think I am!

Look at the attached video, you will see what I mean.

If you change the dimensions using the numeric entries, the ratio seems to automatically change, unless I am doing something REALLY dumb.

Have never used the "Rotation" tool - this is always the way I flip images. Maybe I just need to change that?

Bruce

Bruce, to make this easier, select the image, then in the ribbon under the Format menu, select Rotate-Flip Horizonatal

Thanks Magnus - I get that now.

Just odd behaviour, that's all. I assumed there would (as usual...) be many ways to do the same thing, but this "same way" doesn't.

Thanks

Bruce

Bruce, 

Here's another response from our tech peeps....

"Lock aspect ratio" is enabled by default on characters (see Size and Position window). So, when you change the width or height using the the pixel measurements, the other dimension changes accordingly (whether you use the Character Tools or the Size and Position window). However, Bruce is manually dragging the left sizing handle to resize (or flip). To maintain aspect ratio when using the sizing handles, he'd need to use one of the corners. 

Thanks Mike.

To your tecchies - the point here is that I was not trying to alter anything, I kept the height identical, and then tried to replicate the width, and yet it was changing.

I will use the technique as advocated by Magnus or flip using the corners.

Thanks

Bruce