# issue with scale layer **URL:** \ **Category:** Debugging\ **Created:** [October 20, 2016, 11:33am UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/issue-with-scale-layer/4029 "2016-10-20T11:33:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ugajin](https://forums.synfig.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/e47774/32.png) [@ugajin](https://forums.synfig.org/u/ugajin)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2016, 11:33am UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/issue-with-scale-layer/4029/1 "2016-10-20T11:33:48Z")
Is there a known issue with the Synfig scale layer? Setting the scale layer amount to 1.0 seems to scale by more than 200% (double) and and closer to 300% I am running pre-built SynfigStudio 1.0.2 on OSX Thanks. -u [wiki.synfig.org/Scale\_Layer](http://wiki.synfig.org/Scale_Layer) states: The parameters of the Scale Layers are: The parameters of the Scale Layers are: Name Value Type Amount 1.000000 real Origin 0.000000u,0.000000u vector For Amount, a positive value will scale up and a negative value will scale down. A value of 1.0 will double the original size of the object. A value of 0.5 will increase the object by 50%. While a value of -1.0 will reduce an object to half its original size. The Origin is the center of the scale. ---
**Author:** ![caryoscelus](https://forums.synfig.org/user_avatar/forums.synfig.org/caryoscelus/32/182_2.png) [@caryoscelus](https://forums.synfig.org/u/caryoscelus)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2016, 10:09am UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/issue-with-scale-layer/4029/2 "2016-10-21T10:09:42Z")
Looks like someone mixed up 2 and e 😃 Should be easy to fix, but please file an issue on [github.com/synfig/synfig/issues](https://github.com/synfig/synfig/issues) so that it’s easier to track and not forget about it. Also, as easy as it might be to fix, we should consider compatibility issues. Some investigation would be required before actually doing anything. ---
**Author:** ![d.j.a.y](https://forums.synfig.org/user_avatar/forums.synfig.org/d.j.a.y/32/113_2.png) [@d.j.a.y](https://forums.synfig.org/u/d.j.a.y)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2016, 6:18pm UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/issue-with-scale-layer/4029/3 "2016-10-21T18:18:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Setting the scale layer amount to 1.0 seems to scale by more than 200% (double) and and closer to 300% yep … easy to reproduce ! (single figure origin 0,0 , note the size with rules, add scale layer, set amout to 1 , check figure size with rules) > [@caryoscelus](#): > > please file an issue … the official bug tracker is’nt still [this one](http://www.synfig.org/issues/thebuggenie/synfig) (buggennie) ? ( [wiki.synfig.org/FAQ#FAQs\_relatin … ig\_release](http://wiki.synfig.org/FAQ#FAQs_relating_to_the_current_Synfig_release) ) ---
**Author:** ![caryoscelus](https://forums.synfig.org/user_avatar/forums.synfig.org/caryoscelus/32/182_2.png) [@caryoscelus](https://forums.synfig.org/u/caryoscelus)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2016, 6:26pm UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/issue-with-scale-layer/4029/4 "2016-10-21T18:26:06Z")
I’ve got turned down from that bugtracker 😃 [synfig.org/issues/thebuggeni … issues/983](http://www.synfig.org/issues/thebuggenie/synfig/issues/983) [github.com/synfig/synfig/issues/235](https://github.com/synfig/synfig/issues/235) ---
**Author:** ![d.j.a.y](https://forums.synfig.org/user_avatar/forums.synfig.org/d.j.a.y/32/113_2.png) [@d.j.a.y](https://forums.synfig.org/u/d.j.a.y)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2016, 6:35pm UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/issue-with-scale-layer/4029/5 "2016-10-21T18:35:40Z")
> [@caryoscelus](#): > > I’ve got turned down from that bugtracker 😃 i may have mess any other info about the subject from regular develloper discution canal (mailing list … ) … ---
**Author:** ![ugajin](https://forums.synfig.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/e47774/32.png) [@ugajin](https://forums.synfig.org/u/ugajin)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2016, 7:43pm UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/issue-with-scale-layer/4029/6 "2016-10-21T19:43:51Z")
I can file a bug report. Is the official list at [synfig.org](http://synfig.org), or [github.com](http://github.com)? Thanks. -u ---
**Author:** ![caryoscelus](https://forums.synfig.org/user_avatar/forums.synfig.org/caryoscelus/32/182_2.png) [@caryoscelus](https://forums.synfig.org/u/caryoscelus)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2016, 10:53pm UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/issue-with-scale-layer/4029/7 "2016-10-21T22:53:25Z")
Depends on what counts as official, i guess. But discussion in the links above and the fact that github issues were in fact opened (they used to be closed) and a lot of recent activity there suggests that it’s a better idea to post new issues on github. ---
**Author:** ![BobSynfig](https://forums.synfig.org/user_avatar/forums.synfig.org/bobsynfig/32/175_2.png) [@BobSynfig](https://forums.synfig.org/u/BobSynfig)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2016, 7:27am UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/issue-with-scale-layer/4029/8 "2016-10-22T07:27:37Z")
Except that there are already a lot of opened bugs in buggenie and we don’t need redondancy… Especially when bug reports are duplicates and concerning outdated 1.0.2 ---
**Author:** ![ugajin](https://forums.synfig.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/e47774/32.png) [@ugajin](https://forums.synfig.org/u/ugajin)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2016, 9:44am UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/issue-with-scale-layer/4029/9 "2016-10-22T09:44:32Z")
Yup, I guess it does. Re this: ‘For Amount, a positive value will scale up and a negative value will scale down. A value of 1.0 will double the original size of the object. A value of 0.5 will increase the object by 50%. While a value of -1.0 will reduce an object to half its original size.’ If 0.5 up-scales by 50%, one might anticipate -0.5 will down-scale by 50%. Posted on github #263 -u ---
**Author:** ![Darkspace\_be](https://forums.synfig.org/user_avatar/forums.synfig.org/darkspace_be/32/71_2.png) [@Darkspace\_be](https://forums.synfig.org/u/Darkspace_be)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 8:06am UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/issue-with-scale-layer/4029/10 "2016-11-01T08:06:47Z")
Hi! Don’t think that the stretch layer should be renamed to scale layer, cos most people I know that use Synfig use the stretch layer as a squash and stretch method to squash and stretch their animation and as such its name is more or less relevant. I do think however that the name zoom layer is more appropriate then scale layer, because again, most people I know that use Synfig use the scale layer in a relative way as a workaround of the lack of a proper camera in Synfig and as such zoom layer would be more appropriate. To scale I mostly use the multi functional Group Transformation Widget. Greetz!