Hoe ton "canvas" in Designer?

[Polygonius]

In PHOTO its relly esay easy to "Canvas" the open file... just select the CROP and do your settings...

Butv in DESIGNER... I miss a toll such this???? Am i blind?

[R C-R]

Please explain in more detail what you mean by "Canvas" the open file.

It might also help to correct the typos....

[thomaso]

In APhoto a document can have 1 "Canvas" only whereas in ADesigner a document can have multiple "Artboards" and of varying sizes. Thus the two apps don't work identically and the "clip/unclip canvas" option or the Crop Tool don't have the exactly same function and features on purpose.

To create an artboard in AD in the size of one ore more selected layer(s) choose the Artboard Tool, select "Selection" from the "Size" menu and click the "Insert Artboard" button. If your .afdesign contains artboard layers in the Layers Panel already you may need to move the selected object(s) into the newly created artboard layer and move an artboard to another position in the workspace area.

Alternatively you can create a new .afdesign by selected objects: Choose "Copy", then menu "File" -> "New From Clipboard".

[R C-R]

2 minutes ago, thomaso said:

In APhoto a document can have 1 "Canvas" only....

That isn't strictly true because AP can open a document made in AD that has artboards & saved in AP, like in this simple 2 artboards in AP.afphoto file. (It's V2 so you can't open it but I'm sure you get the idea.)

[thomaso]

5 minutes ago, R C-R said:

That isn't strictly true because AP can open a document made in AD that has artboards

I referred to "Canvas", you seem to talk about "Artboards". How many "Canvas" does your sample .aphoto contain? Again, canvas and artboards are different pairs of socks. If I open an .afdesign in APhoto than various options are simply disabled:

• Resize Document
• Resize Canvas
• Clip/Unclip Canvas
• Crop Tool

 

[Bit Disappointed]

1 hour ago, Polygonius said:

In PHOTO its relly esay easy to "Canvas" the open file... just select the CROP and do your settings...

Butv in DESIGNER... I miss a toll such this???? Am i blind?

Hei @Polygonius

I assume you use the crop tool to quickly and visually extend the document size, creating a margin around the image, perhaps as a mat/passepartout. Note that in Photo, you can also do this, albeit more mechanically and traditionally, by using Document -> Resize Canvas.

Designer operates a bit differently with documents - not so much technically, but the user interface assumes you're working with objects and handles a document differently - less like pixels more like paper with objects. But inside in the machine room Designer and Photo are very much alike.

In Designer, you can't do it as in Photo, from what I know, but you can do it in a somewhat roundabout way that's oookay if you don't have to do it often:

1. Open file in Designer: Edit -> Edit in Photo
2. (If your file is already open and in progress in Designer, save before continuing)
3. In Photo 1/2: Use this crop function as you usually do in Photo
4. In Photo 2/2: Edit -> Edit in Designer
5. You're back, now with a mat/passepartout in the document 🙂

 

[Polygonius]

Yes, i meanded the crop-tool in AP, but in AD there are Artboards, wich is must better than in AP, but i have first to thing different;-) 

 

Thank you Guys!