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jctremblay
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jctremblayCommunity Expert
Community Expert
April 5, 2019
Question

Moving Artboard without moving content

  • April 5, 2019
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Is there a way to move artboards without moving the layers that it content? Or adjusting the position and size of it using the properties panel without affecting the contents? Even if I lock the layers, they will move when I move manually the artboard or adjust X, Y, W & H in the properties panel.

Also, is their a way to export a empty artboard that sit on top of another one. I just need a second smaller artboard on top of a bigger one.

Thanks!

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ryan_edwards
ryan_edwards
Inspiring
April 5, 2019

yeah they don't have anything yet -- all the documentation seems to say as much

having 2 art boards to ping pong 1 folder (of content) to is your easiest bet for this -- so you can freely modify the 'main' art board. (either manual entry or freehand handles)

I am still waiting on a lot of features from Photoshop... so in the meantime do this workflow

Good luck on your project

ryan_edwards
ryan_edwards
Inspiring
April 5, 2019

and again to clarify my workflow allows you to change w/o the handles.. you keep mentioning the handle explicitly so just want to make sure you aren't confused

ryan_edwards
ryan_edwards
Inspiring
April 5, 2019

Are you talking about illustrator -- that is the only adobe app I am aware of using the word 'artboard'

if it is that I would recommend this

and if you want an additional 'smaller' artboard try this...

to get this panel...

jctremblay
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jctremblayCommunity ExpertAuthor
Community Expert
April 5, 2019

I’m talking about Photoshop!

Artboards have been introduced a while ago in CC2015 in Photoshop!

ryan_edwards
ryan_edwards
Inspiring
April 5, 2019

I would do what I describe above have an 'extra' artboard to temporarily house things in.. modify those setting and drop your art into after the change (all art in one folder makes for a rather quick toggle)

just seems really limited (illustrator's is insanely powerful)

possibly the coders that work on photoshop just need time to catch up./

when the tools don't work exactly how you want, you need to work within the limits... I think what I describe above works well (not ideal, but thats on adobe) and at the end of the day you can manually modify settings for artboard settings and then dump art back in

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the only other thing that might help is the converse of what you need...(not exactly)

here's a screen shot in documentation -- seems kind of clunky but if you don't like my workflow expalined above it maybe useful


and just to clarify my workflow explained allows for manual entry in the width/Height/x/y setting... so hopefully this is better than handle dragging

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