Julian Robbins wrote: > Hi > > I've been using Scribus 1.2 and 1.3 series for a while, but still havent > found if there is a way to uniformly scale images, by dragging a handle. > Usually, I just end up accidently changing the aspect ratio which isn't > what I want to do. > > Inkscape have implemented this nice and simply (you grab the diagonal > stretcher), but in Scribus I have to goto the Properties, click the lock > to ensure the scaling is identical, and increase the spinner but this is > a bit long winded and gives less control for such a simple job to perform. > > Is it me, or is there a simpler way? > > What you really have is many ways to accomplish this: There actually is a way to grab the corner (any corner) and stretch whatever way you want. Perhaps a bit more tricky to locate with your mouse arrow than you expect. But if you lock the proportion in Image or in XYZ, you can either use the built-in arrows at the side, the up and down arrows on the keyboard, or the mousewheel. I like to work with points so that the gradations are finer.
Generally I find that grabbing and stretching is less precise than I would like and end up tweaking in Properties anyway. Greg
