Susan Castle Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 How do I change the background colour? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 Using the rectangle tool on your left hand side, make a shape to fit your canvas, apply your colour using swatches pallet and then lock in place using the layers pallet to prevent accidental shifting. Susan Castle 1 Quote DART | Twitter | Dribbble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted October 12, 2014 Staff Share Posted October 12, 2014 Hi Susan, Welcome to Affinity Forums, There's no way to change the document background colour. Just do as FLOKK suggested. If you are referring to the pasteboard (the area around the canvas) go to Affinity Designer -> Preferences, User Interface tab and change the Backgroud Gray Level slider. AKIRA801, Dr_Zaszus, xman and 2 others 4 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan Castle Posted October 12, 2014 Author Share Posted October 12, 2014 Thanks Flokk! That worked :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VincentLakes Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 I can't figure out how to set the background for a new image through swatches. I'm looking for affordable option for Photoshop for very casual usage, but I have to admit Affinity is giving me grey hair straight from the get go. Can anyone help a dum-dum? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted October 18, 2017 Staff Share Posted October 18, 2017 Hi VincentLakes, Welcome to Affinity Forums There's no way to define a background colour for the canvas in Affinity apps. You have to create a shape (rectangle) with the same dimensions as the canvas or a Fill Layer (affinity Photo only going to menu Layer ▸ New Fill Layer) and then selecting the colour you want from the Swatches panel. Not sure if I've addressed your question properly... Let me know if not. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Kogler Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 Come on folks - don't tell me changing the background colour is that complicated in Affinity Photo! I think, I might not have bought it, had I known this! Please add an easy option! That's a real feature request! You need that so often! Ellgeh and stratboy2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toltec Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 The original OP didn't state Affinity Photo or Designer, Mac or PC so the answer was a bit more complicated Likewise, are you talking about the user interface background colour, or the document background colour ? If you are specific, then it is possible to give a specific (and simple) answer. In Photo, if you want to set a document background colour, just go Layer > New Fill Layer and click on a colour. Dead simple ! If you use it that often, you can even set a keyboard shortcut. You can change the colour at any time, apply a gradient etc etc. Quote Windows PCs. Photo and Designer, latest non-beta versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Kogler Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 I meant the document background, yes! Okay - that's really simple! Sorry! Imagine - I bought Affinity Photo despite work is paying me for photoshop, but I like Affinity more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roku Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 On 16/11/2017 at 8:17 AM, toltec said: In Photo, if you want to set a document background colour, just go Layer > New Fill Layer and click on a colour. And in Designer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 1 hour ago, Roku said: And in Designer? As was mentioned in several of the posts here, add a rectangle shape with the desired fill color the same size as the document & send it to the back. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impossiblecolor Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 The feels like a pretty clumsy solution. I expected something more modern from affinity for something that is used so frequently Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toltec Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 Why not create a background as an Asset, or two? It could have any colour, or a gradient. You can then drag the background to the document. That's quite modern Quote Windows PCs. Photo and Designer, latest non-beta versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 3 hours ago, impossiblecolor said: The feels like a pretty clumsy solution. I expected something more modern from affinity for something that is used so frequently If you mean the lack of a fill layer in Affinity Designer, it is just a consequence of its focus on vector based, resolution independent graphics. It isn't something that is needed for vector graphics all that often to begin with, but with snapping enabled, it takes maybe two seconds to create a rectangle snapped to the margins or spread (effectively, the page size) & send it to the back or wherever else in the layer stack you want it to be. If you are outputting to a raster format, you can set the matte color at export time to anything you want -- there is no need to create any other background. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impossiblecolor Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 12 hours ago, R C-R said: If you mean the lack of a fill layer in Affinity Designer, it is just a consequence of its focus on vector based, resolution independent graphics. It isn't something that is needed for vector graphics all that often to begin with, but with snapping enabled, it takes maybe two seconds to create a rectangle snapped to the margins or spread (effectively, the page size) & send it to the back or wherever else in the layer stack you want it to be. If you are outputting to a raster format, you can set the matte color at export time to anything you want -- there is no need to create any other background. I can start a new file in Adobe Illustrator and have a white background from the start instead of a checkerboard without doing anything. Every second counts when you have a busy day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 1 hour ago, impossiblecolor said: I can start a new file in Adobe Illustrator and have a white background from the start instead of a checkerboard without doing anything. If you want a white background for new files, just make sure the Transparent background box is not checked: Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stanislav Granovskiy Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 (edited) I found a way to do all this stuff, but was not so intuitive. Edited May 14, 2020 by Stanislav Granovskiy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tullywhistles Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 I see that this is long dead, but there are reasons to want a real background color. For example, if you are using a object as an "erase" mask and want the background color to show through, it's really the only way. Otherwise, it exports as transparent area in a file format that allows transparency or as grey in a raster image. Or, if you deselect a transparent background, then you get white. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tullywhistles Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 Oh, and never mind... I just figured out a work around What I said is true, but to fix it I just limited the scope of the "erase" by making that object a child of the object(s) that I was needing to effect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveLawrence Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 This is a must have for the artboard. It's really difficult without this. I'm on a project where I have 61 artboards, that all need to be resized a bit different to vertically fit the content, while the horizontal has to stay the same. I have to adjust 61 rectangles up and down a bunch of times, if I accidentally make them too small. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveLawrence Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 Oh yeah, and not to mention the tons of tool switching. But otherwise, really like the program. The artboard tool is overall good, and the exports is really the shining star of the program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom2022 Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 A must have like the bitmap tracing which free inkscape has but Serif is ingnoring for years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Maps Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 In publisher how do I make a heading that has a background color which stretches across the length of the Text Frame Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 58 minutes ago, Dread Maps said: In publisher how do I make a heading that has a background color which stretches across the length of the Text Frame Use the Text Frame panel, View > Studio > Text Frame. The factory default is clear. Note that there is an offset we can set for the Frame Text text frame but not for the Art Text text frame. Top is Art Text bottom is Frame Text; Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.1 | Affinity Photo 2.4.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Maps Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 So if a heading is inside a text frame already with other text this is not possible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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