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by gte910h 4759 days ago
Does someone have a good app that does "Change canvas size" a la Fireworks? I use this function of the app more than any other by an order of magnitude.
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Can you explain this feature? I'm not familiar with fireworks but would like to understand what you mean.
So in many applications, you can strech the entire raster image by changing the image size.

So say it's 100x100 px, and you have a picture of an A on it

When you change it to 100x120 px, you will then have a stretched A

Change canvas size has a selection of 9 buttons specifying where to put the original image, then increases picture size, without stretching the image. So if you click the top middle button, you will then get your extra 20 pixels added to the bottom with no deformation of the art on the rest.

This is FANTASTIC in UI work when something is one or two pixels off, or you're decomposing one image into many.