abra100pro Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 Although I'm not sure whether this is a bug or I am plain stupid – I want to export an artboard with a transparent background and it does not work. See images: Setting and Export as PNG – no transparent Background. I am pretty sure this worked in AD before. Is it a bug or do I oversee the obvious? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Return Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 Is the background set to transparent in the menu>document setup>color? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abra100pro Posted October 26, 2023 Author Share Posted October 26, 2023 2 minutes ago, Return said: Is the background set to transparent in the menu>document setup>color? Perfect, that did the trick. However – it is confusing to select the artboard and to be able to make it transparent when in fact I have to do it in the Document Setup, no? I'd prefer the first – it is more intuitive than the Document Setup. Thanks, solved, so far. Return 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Return Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 You can workaround this by selecting the artboard itself and, Export>selection only from the dropdown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abra100pro Posted October 26, 2023 Author Share Posted October 26, 2023 Just now, Return said: You can workaround this by selecting the artboard itself and, Export>selection only from the dropdown. Thansk, but that doesn't work – the export needs to have exactly the size of the artboard, not the element. So I need the artboard taken into account at export. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Return Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 1 minute ago, abra100pro said: the export needs to have exactly the size of the artboard Select the artboard in the layerspanel. 2023-10-26 12-45-39.mp4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abra100pro Posted October 26, 2023 Author Share Posted October 26, 2023 2 minutes ago, Return said: Select the artboard in the layerspanel. 2023-10-26 12-45-39.mp4 2.41 MB · 0 downloads Wow, you're right. Although this makes no sense to me – why does it work? 🙂 Imagine taking away the Document Setup > Background transparent Thing, but being able to select the artboard and set it to transparent (as any other thing, too) - wouldn't that be much more straight forward? Return 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 2 minutes ago, abra100pro said: Imagine taking away the Document Setup > Background transparent Thing, but being able to select the artboard and set it to transparent (as any other thing, too) - wouldn't that be much more straight forward? Not all AD documents have artboards, so it's best to have a consistent setting for those that do and those that don't Likewise for consistency between all the 3 Affinity apps Return 1 Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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