BatteriesInc Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 Hi, I frequently need to create fairly light coloured designs, and that is a royal pain* on a transparent or white background, especially if parts of what I do need transparency. At present I draw a page-size box, colour it and lock it in the background (to stop it from being selected), but this feels a kludge - did I miss something? Is there an alternative to "white" for a non-transparent background? Is there a way in which I can set an alternative colour for the drawing background? Even just changing the grey boxes in the white-and-grey boxes that represent a transparent background would be a help. The idea is thus to define an alternative for what remains transparent in export. Cheers, P * presidential pain for nations without royalty :) Ariana M 1 Quote Regards, Binc Warning: dark, twisted sense of humour. Do not feed after midnight. Wheat and BS intolerant. Only use genuine Guinness to lubricate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted March 7, 2016 Staff Share Posted March 7, 2016 Hi BatteriesInc, Currently there's no way to change the background colour other than using a shape as you are already doing or using a Fill layer (menu Layer ▸ New Fill Layer) in Photo as an alternative way. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BatteriesInc Posted March 7, 2016 Author Share Posted March 7, 2016 Thanks for the reply. Oh well, workaround it is.. Originally I also had a question what the AD layer properties were for (in the layer ctrl-click menu), but I think I've just discovered it - it changes the object highlighting. Can't find any reference to it in the menu, nor what other effects it may have. Quote Regards, Binc Warning: dark, twisted sense of humour. Do not feed after midnight. Wheat and BS intolerant. Only use genuine Guinness to lubricate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted March 7, 2016 Staff Share Posted March 7, 2016 Hi BatteriesInc, Layer properties let's you "color code" object's bounding box (colors) and respective layers in the Layers panel so you can differentiate between several objects in a complex project. It's just for organisation purposes and has no other effects. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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