Background Resize Question

[b1rd]

Hi, and thanks for taking the time to read over my question.

Is there a way to resize the background only, midway through a project?

For instance, if I wanted to design a flier, then discover I needed to add more room at the bottom to finish, do I have the ability to increase the size of the background itself, (widen / or lengthen) rather than "copy merged" then paste onto a new resized background?

Using PF Studio 10.2.0

Thanks,
b1rd

[Tom]

Hi bird,

i'm not sure to understand correctly the question
- Take a white sheet, draw a rectangular selection and right clic in the selection / Duplicate
- fill the layer with a red color, right clic on the layer thumbnail / Manual settings and note the size values of the layer.
- right clic in the image / Canvas size and modify seriously the values and validate
You can verify that the red layer keeps his size.
Have i mess something ?

[b1rd]

Let me see if I can clear it up so it makes sense.

Let's say I'm doing a flier. I'm using a white background.

I add a title with some effects, which is the first layer. I add some additional text, which is layer number two. I add an image, then another, so by now there 4-5 layers. At this point I realize I need more length added to the project because I misjudged the canvas size (background).

What I would do is to create another blank project (background) and increase the canvas, then "copy merged" and paste that to the new canvas, for the needed room.

I was wondering if there was a way to merely increase the size of the background, keeping the other layers in tact on that same project?

[Tom]

I don't know where is any matter ?
Why not use right click / Canvas size ?
Try it and say possibly what doesn't match.

[b1rd]

Why not use right click / Canvas size ?

OK, I'm an idiot

That was it. I had been trying that via the right pane (background) layer. I never thought to try right clicking and changing the canvas that way, as I figured it would increase everything along with it.

Problem solved and this will save me lots of time, as I often mis-judge the needed size, as I do these from scratch.

Thanks again Tom!

[Tom]

You can see how it's easy to be prisoner in his own ways.

as I figured it would increase everything along with it.
that is the case for "Image size" function, but not for "Canvas size"