Additional space around exported png

[Rembrandt]

Hi there,

when exporting a masked layer with transparent background I always have an additional area around the actual layer content. Why? How can I avoid it?

Thank You very much in advance 😊
-Rembrandt

[NotMyFault]

Affinity has some quirks, e.g. using the bounding box of the layer instead of the actual layer edge in some situations wrt clipping or masking and „export selection“.

it can help to use other methods, e.g.

• export selected area, combined with a rectangular parent shape (not rotated) to unanimously define export area
• use export persona and slices, or

[R C-R]

2 hours ago, NotMyFault said:

export selected area, combined with a rectangular parent shape (not rotated) to unanimously define export area

Doesn't this have to be by eye -- IOW no snapping options seem to be supported to get an exact fit to the pixels of the layer?

Same for using slices?

[walt.farrell]

With the object selected, Cycle Selection Box followed by Set Selection Box, followed by Exporting just the Selection, should work I think. (It does on my iPad, for my test file.)

[R C-R]

34 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

With the object selected, Cycle Selection Box followed by Set Selection Box, followed by Exporting just the Selection, should work I think. (It does on my iPad, for my test file.)

I tried that but it still left small gaps around rotated objects.

[Andy05]

Did you bake the appearance after rounding the rectangle's coners? It seems to me like the image got cropped to the (original/sharp) corners before rounding them.

[HCl]

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[Rembrandt]

@Return The export option already reads "selection only" (in German: "Nur Auswahl").

@NotMyFault Yes, I've meanwhile noticed: the masked area is exactly the size intended, but when I select the upper layer (containing the actual image) there is a wider area boxed: