Mr. K Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 I'm sure there's something I have set or locked that is stopping me from making document size adjustments, but I cannot figure out what it is. Can you make some suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted April 14, 2017 Staff Share Posted April 14, 2017 Hi Mr. K, You are using artboards. You can't change the document size for artboard-based documents, but you can change artboard's dimensions individually selecting the artboard in the Layers panel, chaging to the Artboard Tool and dragging the artboard's handles on the canvas (or use the Transform panel if you need to set specific dimensions). Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. K Posted April 15, 2017 Author Share Posted April 15, 2017 Hi Mr. K, You are using artboards. You can't change the document size for artboard-based documents, but you can change artboard's dimensions individually selecting the artboard in the Layers panel, chaging to the Artboard Tool and dragging the artboard's handles on the canvas (or use the Transform panel if you need to set specific dimensions). MEB, Where can I find my info of the differences between using and not using Artboards? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 Where can I find my info of the differences between using and not using Artboards? A good place to start is the built-in help. There is an entire section on artboards. In the menu on the left, it is the third section. 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...
Mr. K Posted April 15, 2017 Author Share Posted April 15, 2017 Thanks for the info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiichi77 Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 On 1/28/2016 at 1:37 AM, MEB said: To scale the artboard and its contents, select the Artboard in the Layers panel, select the Move Tool, go to the context toolbar and uncheck Lock Children. You should now be able to scale artboard and contents in one go. I pasted it, because it is related to the document resizing vs artboard resizing topic, but these are on totally different places in the UI and very hard to see the connection. (I don't really understand why lock children isn't also an option of the artboard tool. I don't understand the logic behind using the move tool to transform artboards, there is a dedicated tool for artboard tasks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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