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How to resize canvas and background layer in GIMP?
If you want to resize the contents as well (layers, paths...) see Image>Scale image. If you want to just reduce the canvas size, see Image>Canvas size. If you have a 16x16 layer in the middle of ...
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How to add canvas margins to canvas in Inkscape 1.2
This feature is currently not available, which is a known issue (also, bug report). It will be re-added in a future version, likely inside the new page-tool.
In the meantime, you'll have to click the '...
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Illustrator: how to only export artwork inside the artboard and ignore what falls outside
If you must use JPG:
Go to 'File → Export'
Choose 'JPG' from the 'Type' dropdown menu
Tick 'Use Artboards' (this excludes the fall off)
Click 'Save'
Since you mentioned needing this for print, choose ...
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Fill Canvas with background in GIMP
Use the color picker tool to sample the color of the background on the existing layer
Layer>New layer, have it filled with the foreground color (ie, the one you just set with the color picker)
Move it ...
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Illustrator: how to crop artwork and save as SVG?
Hit Shift+O and adjust canvas size to your liking
Hit Ctrl+Shift+S to 'Save as', choose SVG format and tick 'Use Artboards'
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In GIMP is there a way to make selection start from the canvas border?
For both rectangle selection and crop tool: use View>Snap to canvas edges, then click sufficiently close to a corner (IIRC 8 pixels or less, by default) and your selection will start exactly on the ...
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How to add canvas margins to canvas in Inkscape 1.2
EDIT This answer is now outdated as of the release of Inkscape 1.3 in which it is now possible to add margins while using the Pages tool. The margins are accessible via the Margins dropdown on the ...
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The exact and best canvas size when creating a logo
The best solution is to work in a vector application where canvas size means nothing. You work at whatever is comfortable for you. Since it's vector, you can always resize as needed without any ...
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Convert Photoshop Layers to Artboard and keep artboard the same size as original canvas
Try this:
Select all of the layers.
From the drop-down to the right of the layers panel, select New Group from Layers. This will place all of the layers within one group folder.
Make a selection of ...
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In Photoshop CC 2017, how do I draw outside the image, in the bordering canvas space?
All pixels in Photoshop are restricted to the Canvas Size. You can't draw outside the canvas.
However, there is a way to draw outside a particular area via Artboards within Photoshop.
Set the Canvas ...
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What's the opposite of cropping an image?
Theoretically you can't "uncrop" an image. That would entail pulling image data out of thin air. As far as I'm aware, there is no direct opposite term for "crop" - as in a term to mean "keep existing ...
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What's the opposite of cropping an image?
I'd call that padding, in that you pad your logo with some empty space. Much like you pad fragile contents of the box with protective soft (but otherwise useless) material to avoid getting it damaged.
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what is the resolution setting mean in adobe photoshop?
It tells how to convert your artwork to physical units. So essentially its how many pixels form an inch. If you design for print you should set it to 150-300 and type physical dimensions of your ...
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Expand canvas to the left or upwards in Inkscape
Here's a simple method
Make sure Snapping is enabled, and Snap to Page Border is also enabled, then draw a rectangle to fit the page size. Snapping will help you get it exact.
Change to the Select ...
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My Canvas Size Showing Different when I am trying to change the units
A pixel has no size.... a pixel is not a physical measurement. That unit converter is bogus. It's not possible to tell you the size of a lone pixel in relation to some physical dimension. In addition, ...
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Making the most of 72 dpi images
No. There is no magic you can do.
I must explain something. 72 ppi does not mean anything regarding picture quality.
You can shot a photo using a 50,000 USD camera and it can be 72 ppi.
What you ...
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I'm trying to automatically crop my canvas size to a square
This might work for you, and this will work on both landscape and portrait images, cropping a 1.1 ratio square to your largest width or height.
If you record these steps below it will give you the ...
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I need some software that has a continuous page to draw on
It sounds like draw.io is what you're looking for.
A quick preview:
As you can see it's just a simple, intuitive browser tool. It's got some handy features like copy and pasting cell styles, ...
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How to fit canvas to the actual image?
If you want to trim the surrounding pixels that are outside the canvas boundaries there is Trim to Image size in the image menu.
This will crop out all the pixels on all layers that are outside the ...
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How to set canvas size in MyPaint?
The canvas size is infinite.
However, you can create a frame, so you can draw for a certain resolution, using the "Edit Frame" toolbar icon (or via menu in File >> Edit Frame), setting the ...
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Setup an A2 canvas
Sketch has preset A size artboards (not A2 though), but you can change the size of your artboard easily enough.
Sketch Documentation – Artboards
If you are unsure of the pixel size you need your ...
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How to change background colour of an image in GIMP after increasing canvas size
You:
add a new layer (Layer>New layer)
fill wit with the required color: in the layer creation dialog, some of the choices are the current Foreground or background color, or white. And in any case ...
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How can I crop a layer in GIMP without shrinking the canvas?
Yes, there is a mundane explanation, if by default the crop tool deals with the image, it also has a Current layer only option:
You can also make a selection (any shape) and use Layer > Crop to ...
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Fill Canvas with background in GIMP
There is a difference between the canvas and the layers. If you open an image and resize the canvas, the layers won't be re-sized to match it unless you tell it to. Area that doesn't have a layer over ...
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How do i export the whole canvas of the layer with photoshop "export as" feature
To export each layer into a separate jpeg (or other format) you need to go to
File -> Scripts -> Export Layers to Files.. like so:
Tested with exporting to jpeg and it will keep the size of your ...
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Fill Canvas with background in GIMP
If have a more complex image (e.g. photo) instead of a single color, you might want to check the heal selection tool.
It does an incredible job filling up unwanted/empty parts with a surrounding '...
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I'm trying to automatically crop my canvas size to a square
This was a really handy question for me, even though 3 years old...
The script example given is a little out of date for current CC versions, so I thought I'd update it here with my tweaked version.
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How to hide offcanvas elements in Gravit Designer
Well, I found a solution, so if anyone else finds this question in the future, this is how it works:
Go to View -> Viewmode and set it to Output View
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