How do you resize the workspace/canvas?

[ahnay]

sorry cant seem to think of the correct term. When you open a new document/workspace you pic a size,  now after working in it I want to save it as a different size.  Oh canvas size? 

Thank you

[ahnay]

So I dont think designer has that option!  Are you kidding me! crap So searching further i see there is the document icon in affinity designer for the ipad!  Again, why is the ipad so special that it gets functions left out of the desktop designer?  

[Frozen Death Knight]

8 minutes ago, ahnay said:

So I dont think designer has that option!  Are you kidding me! crap

@ahnayYou can use an artboard to resize your canvas. If you don't want the artboard you can then delete it which will crop the canvas and give you the options to keep or discard whatever was inside it. Photo has the typical Crop Tool but no Artboard Tool and it has the options to change the canvas settings in the menus. If you own Publisher you can use both methods by switching Personas as long as you own all three programs.

[ahnay]

@Frozen Death Knight Thank youl  I havent used artboard yet.  Doesnt that have to be setup when you open a new document?  Ill google it next.

 

[Washishu]

Hello. I'm unclear whether you are refering to AffDes or Aff Photo here. I don't have AffPhoto but in AffDes I just set up an A4 document, then went to File>Document setup and resized it without difficulty.

[v_kyr]

7 hours ago, ahnay said:

When you open a new document/workspace you pic a size,  now after working in it I want to save it as a different size.  Oh canvas size? 

Did you looked and read the related "Affinity Designer for iPad" Online Help parts?

• Resizing document and canvas
• Designer for iPad online help
• Designer for iPad tutorials

Generally also always take a look into and search through the "Online Help" system for the coresponding Affinity app, it will show you what functions are available and how to use/setup certain things here in general ...

• https://affinity.help/

[ahnay]

8 hours ago, Washishu said:

Hello. I'm unclear whether you are refering to AffDes or Aff Photo here. I don't have AffPhoto but in AffDes I just set up an A4 document, then went to File>Document setup and resized it without difficulty.

Thank you, after searching online for more info and artboards i tried to find that option.  And did try it.

 

7 hours ago, v_kyr said:

Did you looked and read the related "Affinity Designer for iPad" Online Help parts?

• Resizing document and canvas
• Designer for iPad online help
• Designer for iPad tutorials

Generally also always take a look into and search through the "Online Help" system for the coresponding Affinity app, it will show you what functions are available and how to use/setup certain things here in general ...

• https://affinity.help/

designer on ipad and designer on desktop are two completely different animals!  they are not consistent from device to device.  Ipad has merge down in layers, and iirc the document icon in the top menu bar, those dont exist at all in desktop designer. I dont know any other company that does that, lol.  I have been with serif for years, and always liked their software, but this? no.  I was told in another post that they thought the designer/coder was the same for both.  I had just guessed someone new designed the code for ipad, and just added it those in as being required by any artist desgner using the software.  who knew.  

 

Thank you sorry i digressed.

[walt.farrell]

17 hours ago, ahnay said:

now after working in it I want to save it as a different size.  Oh canvas size? 

If you want to save it as a different size, you could try File > Export, and specify the size you want for the output file.

If you want to change the document's canvas size (assuming you have a canvas, not an Artboard), then in Designer File > Document Setup will let you do it.

[ahnay]

3 hours ago, walt.farrell said:

If you want to save it as a different size, you could try File > Export, and specify the size you want for the output file.

If you want to change the document's canvas size (assuming you have a canvas, not an Artboard), then in Designer File > Document Setup will let you do it.

Yep, i was exporting. but wanted something more simple, changing the canvas size, but i couldnt find that anyplace in designer, everything that said it was for designer in search gave photo. yeah. Then i saw someone used document settings and thats where i found it. Thank you again.

[walt.farrell]

You're welcome.