Rotate document view

Rather than rotating the document permanently, you can rotate the document view instead. This allows you to view your document from a different angle without manipulating its layout.

About document view rotation

Being able to rotate the document view is beneficial for a number of applications:

Brush and fine detail work
Product design (e.g., product box/packaging layouts with content at 90/180 degree angles)
Tablet-assisted design (drawing at angles)

To rotate the document view:

On the View menu, select Rotate Left or Rotate Right. The document view will be rotated in 15° increments.

To reset the document view back to its original rotation:

Do one of the following:

On the View menu, select Reset Rotation.
Press +++R.
Press +++R.

To switch on document view rotation using a scroll wheel:

From Affinity Photo 2>Settings (or >Preferences) (Tools option), check Enable canvas rotation with +scroll wheel.

To switch on document view rotation using a scroll wheel:

From Edit>Settings (Tools option), check Enable canvas rotation with +scroll wheel.

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