exporting graphics with transparent canvas preserving size

[Ana Mendes]

I want to export a graphic from DESIGNER to PUBLISHER.

This file has many artboards, and I want seperate files. With transparent canvas. Preserving the size of the canvas.

Tell me howd you do it as fast and automatic and directly as possible.

 

(as in, Ive tried PNG and so on, but it has - idk why - a background, white, that I've never added to the file - where Illustrator would give the chance to see it gone - Idk where I'd find an option like that in Affinity. Please help)

[GarryP]

You can tell Designer to give the Artboards a transparent background by going to Document Setup and checking “Transparent Background” in the Colour tab – see attached image.

You can export multiple Artboards at the same time via the Export Persona.

However, I’m wondering why you are doing this.
Can you explain more about the process so we can see if there is a better way to do what you want to do?

[Ana Mendes]

Thaaanks!

Other issue I've been having is that idk how to, with the pen tool, I can finish a line and start other, with one button/key/whatever. It'd be great to add these hints - as a user to other users - to the support manual:  https://affinity.help/designer/en-US.lproj/index.html?page=pages/Tools/tools_pen.html?title=Pen Tool

[David in Яuislip]

10 minutes ago, Ana Mendes said:

Other issue I've been having is that idk how to, with the pen tool, I can finish a line and start other,

PRESS eSCAPE AFTER , whoops, finishing a line then the next line will be on a new layer

[R C-R]

4 hours ago, Ana Mendes said:

Other issue I've been having is that idk how to, with the pen tool, I can finish a line and start other, with one button/key/whatever.

An unconventional way is to click on the Split Curves button in the Context Toolbar -- since only the last placed node is selected doing that deselects the curve, leaving the Pen Tool free to start a new curve.

[GarryP]

14 hours ago, Ana Mendes said:

idk how to, with the pen tool, I can finish a line and start other

In addition to the advice above, if you want to draw straight lines – you don’t say whether you want straight lines or curved lines – you can put the Pen Tool in Line Mode – via the Context Toolbar – which will let you draw separate straight lines (each on its own layer).

[Ana Mendes]

On 5/11/2023 at 11:00 PM, R C-R said:

An unconventional way is to click on the Split Curves button in the Context Toolbar -- since only the last placed node is selected doing that deselects the curve, leaving the Pen Tool free to start a new curve.

I like to be as agile as possible when drawing, hence why I rather give commands through the keyboard. But thanks!

[Ana Mendes]

On 5/11/2023 at 6:13 PM, David in Яuislip said:

PRESS eSCAPE AFTER , whoops, finishing a line then the next line will be on a new layer

Thats exactly what I wanted! Thaaaaaanks!

Can we add this to the pen manual? https://affinity.help/designer/en-US.lproj/index.html?page=pages/Tools/tools_pen.html?title=Pen Tool

[Ana Mendes]

On 5/12/2023 at 8:31 AM, GarryP said:

In addition to the advice above, if you want to draw straight lines – you don’t say whether you want straight lines or curved lines – you can put the Pen Tool in Line Mode – via the Context Toolbar – which will let you draw separate straight lines (each on its own layer).

Yes, I'm vectorizing drawings, it's curves.

Thanks for the hints, good to know.

Again, it'd be really cool to be able to add to the manual.

 

Thanks y'all  

[GarryP]

The link you gave is to the V1 application Help, so that’s unlikely to change.

If you are using Designer V2, try looking at https://affinity.help/designer2/English.lproj/index.html for the Designer V2 Help (note the “2” at the end of the application name).

The information about the Line Mode is in the Help in the “Draw curves and shapes” section (which is linked at the bottom of the page you gave a link to, and elsewhere), but I think it could be worded better.

The same goes for the use of ESC to create separate curves but, again, it could be worded better.

[lacerto]

On 5/11/2023 at 8:01 PM, Ana Mendes said:

Other issue I've been having is that idk how to, with the pen tool, I can finish a line and start other, with one button/key/whatever.

An alternative to using ESC would be deselecting using the menu command Select > Deselect, or rather its shortcut, Ctrl/Cmd+D. The benefit is that you can customize the shortcut key to your liking (it may be that ESC can be changed, too, but did not check). Personally I like Ctrl+D as that requires less stretching, and is the same shortcut I am accustomed to use for deselection in Photoshop (and Illustrator, where I have changed the default Ctrl+Shift+A to Ctrl+D).

Note that when you draw, you can use the "Add new curve to selected Curves object" toolbar option to have drawn segments added to the existing object on the same layer, instead of having segments added as new Curve objects on separate layers. This may be useful in certain situations, and to have the Layers panel less busy. The Curves object can later be separated to individual Curve objects, if needed, by using Layer > Geometry > Separate Curves.