ExplodingJay Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 Add a setting to Preferences -> User Interface that allows you to set a darker checkerboard background for transparency. How you do it is up to you. It can be a slider or a menu of preset choices. I have attached an image of how photoshop does it (in an old version). When it is white, it's hard to work with art that is white. I am aware of workarounds like adding a fill layer. I do not want a workaround. adius, lepr, AgentSimon and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jens2 Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 I was looking for this (in the latest 1.7 beta) and couldn't find it. Please add this feature! (Or has it been added and I just can't find it?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snugsound Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 +1. There are scenarios where this is absolutely essential, like when working on white icons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gafvert Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 Was just looking for this, is there really no such option in 1.8.3 either? I'm working with texture files that are white symbols on transparent background, and it's very hard to see anything with the light tile transparency background. Alec20 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 21 minutes ago, gafvert said: Was just looking for this, is there really no such option in 1.8.3 either? I'm working with texture files that are white symbols on transparent background, and it's very hard to see anything with the light tile transparency background. No, there's no setting for that. But perhaps you could put an appropriately colored rectangle underneath your symbols, rather than having the transparency checkerboard. That would let you see them. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwst Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 +1 to this. I'm doing white text in Publisher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Ess Posted May 16, 2021 Share Posted May 16, 2021 I made a similar request recently. I have some visual impairments and making the existing grid darker won't make a great deal of difference, except to hide a different set of graphic elements. For me, what would be useful would be being about to set both colours used in the transparency grid (and you could easily have grey and dark grey in that) and being able to change the SIZ of the squares in the grid. lepr 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuvMyDesignTools Posted May 1, 2022 Share Posted May 1, 2022 +1 ... want to be able to distinguish between white design objects without stroke and the transparent background which pretty much just looks white. Without a stroke, it's very difficult to visually position a design onto a white shape behind it. Adding a stroke for just the purpose of design alignment is risky because you have to remember to then remove the stroke. Desktop Windows version, if it matters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted May 1, 2022 Share Posted May 1, 2022 2 hours ago, LuvMyDesignTools said: and the transparent background which pretty much just looks white If you're not clearly seeing the checkerboard, that may indicate your monitor's brightness is adjusted too high, or the contrast is too low. Adjusting them has fixed that issue for other users. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 A very basic, quick test to check monitor colours, brightness, contrast http://www.w4zt.com/screen/ Windows also has an inbuilt display calibration function Search for "calibrate display colour" in Windows (Windows 11, I assume it's the same search phrase on Windows 10) Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 22 hours ago, walt.farrell said: If you're not clearly seeing the checkerboard, that may indicate your monitor's brightness is adjusted too high, or the contrast is too low. ... or Color profile for monitor in OS is wrong. Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuvMyDesignTools Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 Thanks everyone, I was able to make some changes to be able to see it now. Obviously something buggy in my old system, just set it again to the same thing it was and the transparency contrast showed up again. Ugh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 2 hours ago, LuvMyDesignTools said: I was able to make some changes to be able to see it now. For users with a similar problem, it might be interesting and beneficial to know what changes you've made. Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuvMyDesignTools Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 It was probably unique to my ancient AMD Catalyst Control Center. But contrast setting was at 100. Lowered it as a test and put it back to 100 where it was and the transparency was suddenly visible. Obviously the same value should produce the same results, but with old hardware, sometimes unexpected results just happen. That said, I decided to make the transparency grid additionally visible and moved my contrast setting to 90. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgentSimon Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 On 8/28/2018 at 8:48 AM, ExplodingJay said: Add a setting to Preferences -> User Interface that allows you to set a darker checkerboard background for transparency. How you do it is up to you. It can be a slider or a menu of preset choices. I have attached an image of how photoshop does it (in an old version). When it is white, it's hard to work with art that is white. I am aware of workarounds like adding a fill layer. I do not want a workaround. Yes please! I need this feature too. Otherwise I'm creating temporary layers beneath just to see what I'm working on. On 4/21/2020 at 1:33 AM, snugsound said: +1. There are scenarios where this is absolutely essential, like when working on white icons. Agreed. White icons are very difficult to work with as it stands. This is a very common problem for game developers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loukash Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 On Mac, it's possible to "hack" the app resources and replace the checkerboard PNGs. (Yep, been there done that.) However, only proceed if you know what you are doing. You have been warned.forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/177152-transparent-background-both-designer-photo-and-publisher-v2/&do=findComment&comment=1019756 AgentSimon 1 Quote MacBookAir 15": MacOS Ventura > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // MacBookPro 15" mid-2012: MacOS El Capitan > Affinity v1 / MacOS Catalina > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // iPad 8th: iPadOS 16 > Affinity v2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgentSimon Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Ess Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 The workaround I did was to make my own chequered pattern layer at the bottom of the document. See this DeviantArt page Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sphax Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 I need this exact feature/option too... Working with white sprites is a nightmare and having to do a workaround everytime is annoying Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dock Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 Came here looking for this feature. It's frustrating every day. It's especially annoying because I have to manually turn off my dark background layer when exporting via slices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StickyFrog Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 Yes please! Such a simple thing to add in, I don't understand the hesitance to add this feature which would save so much time. Can't imagine time lost over the last few years working around this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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