: Convert Photoshop Layers to Artboard and keep artboard the same size as original canvas I'm a dev working with some .PSDs given to me by our designer. We use Zeplin, a fancy tool that can
I'm a dev working with some .PSDs given to me by our designer. We use Zeplin, a fancy tool that can give us a dev head start, but requires the designer to have created an artboard to export. Unfortunately, our designer did not use artboards while creating these PSDs. I'm OK in photoshop (CC 2015) but am running into trouble keeping the created artboard the same size as the original canvas.
My goal is to create an artboard the same size as the canvas delivered by our designer. When I select all layer groups and choose 'New Artboard from Layers' from the context menu, the artboard expands to include all layers that are positioned off-canvas. These layers include images and shapes. If I manually punch in the desired artboard size in pixels, I can't choose where to 'anchor' the artboard and have to manually line everything up.
Although this flow works, I'd really like to be able to do this faster. Is there a way to create an artboard the size of and in the same position of the current selection?
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I was struggling with this, but found a quick, lazy solution:
Create a new layer on the canvas at the top of your layers, fill with white. Select that layer and create Artboard from that layers. Then once that's done, delete the layer. You should have a new Artboard that the same size/location as your canvas was previously.
Make sure you place your white fill layer at the top of your layers and outside of any groups, otherwise it seems to muddle your layer structure. Apart from that, seems to work fine!
I'm still trying to figure this out as well, well the easy way to do this anyway. Unfortunately the above instructions don't maintain the original canvas size. Anyone else figure this out?
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.
Now select the group folder you just created, go to the drop-down to the right of the layer panel again.
Select Artboard from Group.
Your grouped folder should now be an artboard.
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