ivan lavosky Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 Hi, Please make changing the checkered background colour also possible. The current checkered background colour is too bight or too contrast with the darkest artboard background available. I know a workaround for this like using solid colour rectangle in order to cover the checkered background, but this workaround won't take effect in outline view which I always use when I draw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 6 hours ago, ivan lavosky said: I know a workaround for this like using solid colour rectangle in order to cover the checkered background ... or Transparency off in Document setup, or set Fill color to Artboard. Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan lavosky Posted June 20, 2022 Author Share Posted June 20, 2022 6 minutes ago, Pšenda said: ... or Transparency off in Document setup, or set Fill color to Artboard. Transparency off makes it worse. Background becomes plain white, unless there's a way to change the background colour. Is there any way to do that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 6 minutes ago, ivan lavosky said: Is there any way to do that? 17 minutes ago, Pšenda said: or set Fill color to Artboard. Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 8 hours ago, ivan lavosky said: The current checkered background colour is too bight or too contrast with the darkest artboard background available. As another possible workaround, do you have to have the Artboard background color that black? Perhaps if you lightened it slightly, the contrast would be better. Also, are you sure you don't have the brightness or contrast of your monitor adjusted too high for the lighting levels in your room? I agree it would be nice to be able to change the checkerboard, but realistically that won't happen for awhile, if ever, so investigating workarounds is also worthwhile. 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...
ivan lavosky Posted June 22, 2022 Author Share Posted June 22, 2022 On 6/20/2022 at 6:42 PM, walt.farrell said: do you have to have the Artboard background color that black? Yes, My eyes get tired easily if I work in a bright room. On 6/20/2022 at 6:42 PM, walt.farrell said: are you sure you don't have the brightness or contrast of your monitor adjusted too high for the lighting levels in your room? I adjusted my monitor's setting to "Contrast -> 12%" and Brightness "7%" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan lavosky Posted June 22, 2022 Author Share Posted June 22, 2022 On 6/20/2022 at 5:13 PM, Pšenda said: or set Fill color to Artboard - Fill color to artboard - Fill color using rectangular shape All work great, but unfortunately they don't take effect in Outline View. Those fill colors will be hidden too and the checkered artboard becomes visible once again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 8 hours ago, ivan lavosky said: All work great, but unfortunately they don't take effect in Outline View. Yes, but if with it background transparency is turned off, so in Outline View Mode the background is white and the outline lines are black - what could be more visible? Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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