The great thing now is that the pixel grid is separate to the main grid, with options to turn either of them on or off as well as independently control their appearance.Īll Affinity apps now allow you to create and place password-protected PDFs. In Affinity Photo, the main grid was previously set to be a pixel grid. Moreover, using a different grid colour can help when there is little colour variance in the image.įor both Affinity Designer’s Pixel Persona and Affinity Photo, the pixel grid also acts as a visual aid when drawing pixel art using the Pixel Tool.

When using Force Pixel Alignment, objects will snap to whole pixels so the pixel grid acts as a supporting visual aid for this, along with pixel-based view modes.įor Affinity Photo, this new option is especially useful when editing zoomed-in images as it helps you visualise its pixels.

By default, the grid is set to grey, but you can customise the colour and opacity of the pixel grid, along with the colour of standard grid lines, within Grid and Axis settings.įor Affinity Designer, this is especially useful when doing UI work like designing icons. If turned ‘on’, this will expose a pixel grid (as per the DPI of your current document) when zoomed in beyond a certain threshold.

A new pixel grid option is available in all apps under the View menu.