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Remove canvas size limit

Can we please have the possibility to set bigger canvas size to incorporate large sized artwork.

(Please note: This item is NOT for more number of artboards per document)

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  • Marcos commented  ·   ·  Report

    Please increase the canvas!!! This is my contribution to the forum!

  • sam commented  ·   ·  Report

    Canvas size

    Make it infinite

  • Matt Johnson commented  ·   ·  Report

    Are we talking about ARTBOARD size, or CANVAS size? They are different. Canvas being the outer boundaries of the document, artboards being your "live" documents. I for one would love an infinite CANVAS size, because I like to have all of my collateral for let's say an ad campaign with multiple deliverables, on one canvas across multiple artboards. There's no reason to have a canvas limit that restricts the number of artboards you can have on the screen.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    YES. CD has had set scale for more than 20 years. you would think that Adobe might get the hint.

  • Mike commented  ·   ·  Report

    I moved to CorelDraw years ago because I could design a 12' x 48' billboard without scaling. Why not just make the canvas a real-world size? It doesn't have to be infinite. Even large exterior signage for the sides of buildings wouldn't be much larger than 200 ft. Just make the canvas 250 ft x 250 ft. Done.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    I agree this is necessary. I often deal with Large exterior signage, sometimes 60-100 feet wide, and scaling is fine but becomes a hassle. We end up having to use proprietary sign software just because it can go larger (Flexi Sign) Please Adobe fix this

  • c_jk commented  ·   ·  Report

    Awesome to hear this is on the road map. I've seen a number of production errors due to this limitation in Illustrator.

  • sam commented  ·   ·  Report

    Bless you Anna

  • --Anna-- commented  ·   ·  Report

    Good news! I messaged Adobe through Social Media with a link to this thread. I also mentioned how some users are migrating to Affinity Designer. In response, Adobe staff wrote:

    "Hi Anna,

    Just got a confirmation from the product engineering team that the feature is under consideration and should be implemented in future. "

    I'll still be migrating to Affinity Designer, but I hope this is positive news for other users!

  • Jay Pea commented  ·   ·  Report

    Please make it unlimited. I work with banners and billboards that are 20+ feet wide and it's a nightmare every time when trying to scale the graphics down for the printer, i need 100% size!!!

  • Edgar commented  ·   ·  Report

    Unlimited canvas size is a must for outdoor Sign companies like the one i work for. Even CorelDraw has had this feature for ever!!! They make fun of me cause i keep a PC side by side with my mac and use CorelDraw for a lot of what i design because Illustrator just wont make the cut ...or it does, in this case. Cuts my artwork if it falls off the canvas... nice? Not...

  • Sigurd Mannsåker commented  ·   ·  Report

    @anita denig: I had a similar issue recently, just had to do everything at 1:100 scale. Whoever is printing it should be able to take it from there. If that's not an option you could look at Affinity Designer – never used it myself, but lots of people swear by it and from what I understand their canvas is less limited..?

  • anita dening commented  ·   ·  Report

    Hey everyone , I'm in over my head i have to create an artwork for where i work and it needs to be 15metres long 1.2 high and has a massive dan chain down the centre and heaps of text

    im pulling my hair out please

    can we please have the canvas size bigger

    or should i not be making this in illustartor

  • Jim Johnston commented  ·   ·  Report

    i guess the limitation is on floating point accuracy. if you made an option to adjust this it would mean we could have as big a workspace as we want, just with a small compromise on point accuracy.

  • Jason McMinn commented  ·   ·  Report

    Was just testing the canvas limits of Affinity Designer this morning. Affinity Designer canvas size limits are around 2,500 inches each axis (width / height) - about 10x the size of current Illustrator limits.

    It also allows zoom levels up to nearly 100,000%.

  • sam commented  ·   ·  Report

    Does anyone know if Affinity Designer has a size limit? Can't find anything online, but might be worth checking out if it doesn't. It's cheap and seems pretty full-featured, and it's not a billion years old like Corel

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    I must agree. Increasing the canvas size limit would be of great help and improvement for a lot of reasons which I'm sure 135 comments have already covered.

  • --Anna-- commented  ·   ·  Report

    To everyone who wants an unlimited canvas - try out "Affinity Designer". It's a vector program with a one time payment. A free trial is available. Hopefully it'll resolve my workflow issue.

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