PeterBreis Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 The purpose is to have the vector cropped to exactly its bounds when converted to a pdf (in my case) with a transparent background. This means that logos fit perfectly to the frame they are placed in with no accidental cropping or undersize due to ill fit. Not just logos but also illustrations that I need to drop into a layout and know exactly its size or scale. It is a matter of fast, efficient, and accurate work. I am forced to go back to use Adobe Illustrator CS6, where all you need to do is double click on a grouped object with the Artboard tool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 Drag the layers outside of the artboard in the Layers Panel, then resize the Artboard, then drag the layers back in. See attached video. 2021-03-01 13-22-35.mp4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 Or: Select the objects. Switch to the Artboard Tool. Change Document to Selection in the Context Toolbar. Click Insert Artboard. Finally, if the objects were already in an Artboard at step 1, go to the Layers panel and drag the objects into the new Artboard layer you created. PeterBreis and GarryP 2 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...
PeterBreis Posted March 1, 2021 Author Share Posted March 1, 2021 Thanks Walt. 😁 Took a bit of poking around to find where everything is and find out what I was doing wrong, but finally got it to work. It is not accurate on objects with effects and it involves several steps where in Illustrator it is one quick action (double click on each object), but it works... some of the time. Where there are a number of objects I need to add Artboards to, it will still be quicker to go back to Illustrator. Illustrator also lets me set up documents with a neat array of Artboards when I create documents. That is a huge time saver. Something for the Affinity team to work on I guess. Thanks again for the quick response. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterBreis Posted March 1, 2021 Author Share Posted March 1, 2021 8 hours ago, GarryP said: Drag the layers outside of the artboard in the Layers Panel, then resize the Artboard, then drag the layers back in. See attached video. 2021-03-01 13-22-35.mp4 Thanks Garry but not what I was after. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 13 hours ago, PeterBreis said: The purpose is to have the vector cropped to exactly its bounds when converted to a pdf (in my case) with a transparent background. Maybe I have misunderstood what you want but won't it work if you just select the object(s) with the Move Tool & in the File > Export window change "Area" from "Whole Document" to "Selection with (or without) background"? Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterBreis Posted March 2, 2021 Author Share Posted March 2, 2021 R-C-R Yes I followed Walt's advice. It doesn't work all the time though. For example if you have an effect on your artwork that causes the bounds to be well outside the artwork. Be nice if Affinity made this faster and easier to use. I do this a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 3 hours ago, PeterBreis said: For example if you have an effect on your artwork that causes the bounds to be well outside the artwork. Then why use artboards at all? Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterBreis Posted March 2, 2021 Author Share Posted March 2, 2021 8 hours ago, R C-R said: Then why use artboards at all? It works in Illustrator. Artboards are extremely useful for branding and exploring many variations on a design and dividing up sets into individual file exports. You don't use them? Despite Affinity Designer's relative clumsy application of Artboards I spent most of today creating several templates to recreate my basic work files from Adobe Illustrator and Pages. Azure Sea 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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