document resize?

[ROBERT ALVAREZ]

Once a document is started can you resize it?

Tried going to Document Setup and change the size and it does not change.

[walt.farrell]

53 minutes ago, ROBERT ALVAREZ said:

Once a document is started can you resize it?

Tried going to Document Setup and change the size and it does not change.

Which Affinity application are you using?

[ROBERT ALVAREZ]

designer.

are there different results in publisher and photo

[walt.farrell]

28 minutes ago, ROBERT ALVAREZ said:

designer.

are there different results in publisher and photo

There are different considerations, and methods, in all 3 applications.

In Designer, Document Setup should let you change the size of the document if you have a canvas-based document. But if you use Artboards, I think you need to resize each Artboard individually using the Transform panel.

[ROBERT ALVAREZ]

looking in help for CANVAS only found clip to canvas.

when starting a new document is document and canvas the same??

before resizing back ground is 1712 x 103 , it is wht/gray squares with a png text on top.

change to 1712 x 250 and background is still the same.

 

[walt.farrell]

If you have a solid gray background it is probably the workspace or pasteboard, and is not related to the size of your canvas or document.

A white/gray checkerboard would be part of your document, and indictes transparency.

How did you create the document? Did you use File > New, or did you use File > Open? If you used File > New and did not select the Create Artboard option, or if you used File > Open, then you have a canvas.

But if you have a white/gray checkerboard, with an image on top of it, you probably used File > New, and then used File > Place or drag/drop to get an image on top of it, and the image is smaller than the canvas.

Can you give a screenshot including the workspace and the Layers panel, and describe further what you're trying to accomplish?

[ROBERT ALVAREZ]

I did new file in pixels, here is the file. had height 103 , tried to change to 250

change did not happen.

 

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[walt.farrell]

Thanks. Having the document makes the structure clearer to me.

Your document is 250px in height, so you were apparently successful in changing it.

There is one aspect that may be confusing you: If you change the document height the height is changed, but the appearance of the document on the screen does not change. All that visibly changes is the markings on the rulers (if the rulers are displayed) that show the document's size.

[ROBERT ALVAREZ]

ok, but when I first started the document it was smaller in height.

did transparent background. , so how to change the transparent background (checkered wht/gray) to fit the new height 250?

[walt.farrell]

1 hour ago, ROBERT ALVAREZ said:

did transparent background. , so how to change the transparent background (checkered wht/gray) to fit the new height 250?

Your transparent background is 250px in height in the .afdesign document you attached above. Here is a screenshot showing part of it, next to the ruler:

[ROBERT ALVAREZ]

then when document was resize in height the text also was changed in height.

there are two things, the background which is the checkered wht/gray and the text.

I wanted to increase the background so there would be more space on top and bottom of the text. did not expect both to be resized.

 

[ROBERT ALVAREZ]

I just increase the height to 500 and the ruler still shows 250. Looks like nothing happened.

[ROBERT ALVAREZ]

looked again at document size and it was 250, changed to 500 and saved file. still had 250 instead of the 500 that I changed. program malfunction??

now about the fourth time I changed to 500 and now it stayed at 500. did fiddle with the lock / unlock icon. should it be locked or unlocked. had it unlocked all the time.

the text size looked the same, and the space about looked the same. you would think the the size would taller and the width narrow. looks like it stretched when it was unlocked.

[ROBERT ALVAREZ]

ok see what happening , I change to 1000 and 500 and presto I could the the changes . so looks like if you only change one (w or h) then the display does not change correctly

if you change only the h then the w is stretched when locked or unlocked

the original text size gets changed too.