Moving Artboard without moving content

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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

Inspiring

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

Inspiring

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

Inspiring

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...

jctremblayAuthor

Community Expert

I’m talking about Photoshop!

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

ryan_edwards

Inspiring

sorry new to me... seems like manually draggin the handles change it (not as exact as manual entry)

autonesting/locking seem to do nothing for me (they are childen of their respective art board... I've tried dragging the art out of it resizing and then dragging art back inside it... the artboard seems to act like a clipping mask

here's my work flow.. I will look into it more