Resizing Designs

Designs can be resized by going to the Canvas tab for the design. You can access this page in three ways:

1. Click on the Settings Design View button with the "gear" icon in the upper right corner of the Design Editor, then select the Canvas tab.
2. Right-click on the thumbnail image of a design on the Designs page and select See details. Then click on the Canvas tab.
3. Click on the thumbnail image of a design on the Designs page and then click on the More Details button in the Design Preview panel for the design.

When resizing a design, you have two options: 1) resize the canvas while also resizing the design elements with it, or 2) resize the canvas without resizing the design elements. Learn more about each of those options below.

Resize Elements with Canvas

To resize the design elements on the canvas along with the canvas, make sure the Design option is selected from the Resize Options setting. When resizing both the canvas and the elements, you will have the option to either maintain the current aspect ratio of the design (so the elements are resized in the same proportions) or not.

Keep Aspect Ratio – When this option is selected, the design elements on the canvas will be kept in their current positions related to each other and resized along with the canvas.

Uncheck Keep Aspect Ratio option – If you uncheck the Keep Aspect Ratio option when resizing, the elements will be resized with the canvas, but will not necessarily keep their relative positions to each other. Use the drop-down options to select from the following:

• Scale – the elements will be resized to fill the canvas without keeping the aspect ratio or proportions. Images may be distorted or stretched in the process.
• Scale Width – the elements will be resized and proportions will be kept to fit to edges of the new width of the design.
• Scale Height – the elements will be resized and the proportions will be kept to fit to the top and bottom edges of the new design size.

Resize Canvas Without Elements

This option will resize the canvas while keeping the design elements at the same size and location as they are currently. To resize the canvas for the design, change the Width and Height amounts to the desired new dimensions, then click the Resize button. The following options are also available:

Anchor – The Anchor feature allows you to designate the placement of the design elements on the resized canvas. Click in a quadrant/square of the Anchor widget to determine the placement of the elements. The elements will be placed in the center of the resized canvas by default.

Relative – Use the Relative feature to add a designated value to the Width and/or Height of the design. When this option is selected, the Width and Height fields will show zero “0” by default. The numerical amount entered into these fields will be added respectively to that side of the canvas.

• Using the Anchor options with the Relative feature – When using the Relative feature, the Anchor widget can be used to determine the distribution of the added canvas space to the design. The default setting with the Anchor point in the center of the grid will split this value evenly between the two sides of the design. Moving the anchor point on the grid will cause the added canvas space to be placed outward from the location of the anchor point. For example, placing the anchor point in the lower left corner of the grid will add space to the top and right side of the design.