Canvas
Size Clive R. Haynes FRPS To
change canvas dimensions, go via: However, this tends to be a little confusing at first. Changing the canvas size creates additional space to work in as extra pixels are added to the total picture area (the ‘canvas’ is part of this) - this increases file size. Remember: once the canvas size has been changed the whole area, that is the so-called 'canvas' and the original picture content all now become the new image size and from this point (unless changed again) both image size and canvas size will be the same. Reducing canvas size will chop / crop into the image area – the program will warn you about this and ask if you wish to proceed. Placing
the Image in the Canvas Area |
Above:
Photoshop
CS includes the 'Relative' tick-box. When ticked, this allows the amount of extra
canvas size required to be typed into the width & height boxes rather than
the total amount - a useful option. Canvas
as a 'Border' |
What?
No Background Layer? If the image you're working on does not have a Background Layer, then any expansion in Canvas Size will be transparent. To expand the canvas and simultaneously adopt the Background Colour you'll need to make the bottom layer 'Background', do this via Layer > New > Layer from Background see below: |
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