ArtMaker27 Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 I am in a document and used the rectangle tool to make a new second artboard but it is coming out Transparent. How do I change the color of an artboard once I am already inside a document? I also tried using the drag a rectangle method but still my first artboard is white and the second one is showing transparent?????? is this a bug in my app???? thank u! P.S. I am super new to Affinity so maybe this question is obvious but I cant find it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff DWright Posted January 16, 2020 Staff Share Posted January 16, 2020 Hi @ArtMaker27, If you originally created your document with a transparent background then applied a white fill to the original artboard any additional artboards that are added will have a transparent, background, you can turn off the transparency by tapping the Document icon then under Canvas tap Transparent Canvas and this will turn off the transparency ArtMaker27 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtMaker27 Posted January 24, 2020 Author Share Posted January 24, 2020 Yes that worked thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playz123 Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 If I create a document with a transparent background in the latest version of Designer, then create an artboard and cover it with a nested black rectangle, the rectangle isn't black, but partially transparent with background showing through (see image). IF I then "turn off the transparency by tapping the Document icon then under Canvas tap Transparent Canvas and this will turn off the transparency" the appearance of the rectangle is now solid grey, BUT it's still not black. The only way I can get a black rectangle on top is to create a NEW document with transparency turned off...BEFORE creating the artboard. THEN everything works. So unfortunately @DWright your solution doesn't work for me for some reason. Wondering why. I've even seen a tutorial where the instructor creates a (nested) black rectangle over a transparent artboard and the rectangle is then a solid black. I can't get that to work for me at all (again see image). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 If you select that rectangle in the Layers panel, @playz123, what opacity does it have? Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playz123 Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 Opacity is 100% black. If I unnest the rectangle, it's totally black. Only when nested under the artboard does it appear as shown above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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