rubs Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 Yet another bug with artboards. If you download the attached file and use the Slice selection tool to select the artboard, the area selected is 1477 x 879 pixels despite the artboard itself being 1366 x 768. Is there any reason for this behavior? Artboard export size bug.afdesign Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted February 26, 2018 Staff Share Posted February 26, 2018 Hi rubs, That's because you have an Outer Shadow applied to the artboard probably because it was originally a rectangle with an FX. Do the following: - select the artboard layer - go to menu Layer ▸ Convert Artboard to Object - remove the Outer Shadow FX for the now converted rectangle layer - go to menu Layer ▸ Convert Object to Artboard The dimensions should now be correct. stokerg and Mark Ingram 2 A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubs Posted February 26, 2018 Author Share Posted February 26, 2018 Thanks! This solved it. An easier solution would be just to open the Layer Effects dialog and remove the effect. Anyway there is some inconsistency here. The Effects icon is not appearing for artboards. In fact since artboards seem to ignore all effects anyway, the additional bounding box should also be ignored. Disabling effects altogether for artboards should be even better, don't you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted February 27, 2018 Staff Share Posted February 27, 2018 Hi rubs, There's no way to open the Layer Effects immediately since there's no FX icon in the artboard layer to do it after the conversion to an artboard as you noted. The shadow effect area should have been ignored for the (automatically) generated slice. This issue is already logged to be looked at. Thanks for reporting it. A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubs Posted February 27, 2018 Author Share Posted February 27, 2018 2 hours ago, MEB said: There's no way to open the Layer Effects immediately since there's no FX icon in the artboard layer to do it after the conversion to an artboard as you noted. Actually there is. Just click the cog icon next to the effect in the Effects panel. Thanks!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted February 27, 2018 Staff Share Posted February 27, 2018 You're right. Totally forgot about the Effects panel (i usually access them from the Layers panel). Thanks for the heads up. rubs 1 A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonopen Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 I have a slightly different example where the export size is different from the artboard size (example file attached) I have created an artboard 850x500px called 'template' I have duplicated the artboard and called it 'copy' Using File - Export and changing export Area to 'copy', the export size changes to 850x501px Edit: in the screenshot below, I think 'PDF' was also highlighted because the mouse pointer just happened to be resting there when I took the screenshot. info-box-copy.afdesign v2.4.1 Designer/Photo/Publisher | Mac mini (M1, 2020) | Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted March 5, 2018 Staff Share Posted March 5, 2018 Hi Jonopen, That's because the Y coordinate (on your screenshot) is not an integer value. Remove the decimal part (the .4) and it should export with the correct dimensions. A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubs Posted March 5, 2018 Author Share Posted March 5, 2018 At this point it occurs to me that AD could easily warn us if artboard sizes are not integer. This would be a message I'd be glad to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonopen Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Thank MEB. I must have just been lucky up until now. I had no idea the coordinates of an Artboard changed its export size. v2.4.1 Designer/Photo/Publisher | Mac mini (M1, 2020) | Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 On 3/5/2018 at 10:41 AM, rubs said: At this point it occurs to me that AD could easily warn us if artboard sizes are not integer. This would be a message I'd be glad to see. It actually shouldn't be possible to create and/or move an artboard to non-integers. At least I can not think of any reason where it would be beneficial. Mithferion 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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