# Fit canvas to all layers without trimming?

**URL:** <https://krita-artists.org/t/fit-canvas-to-all-layers-without-trimming/126823>\
**Category:** General Questions\
**Tags:** linux, version-5\
**Created:** [June 15, 2025, 8:22pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/fit-canvas-to-all-layers-without-trimming/126823 "2025-06-15T20:22:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![AhabGreybeard](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/ahabgreybeard/32/2969_2.png) [@AhabGreybeard](https://krita-artists.org/u/AhabGreybeard)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2025, 10:48am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/fit-canvas-to-all-layers-without-trimming/126823/2 "2025-06-17T10:48:48Z")

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It’s not just you.  
Here is that Wishlist bug report. You can do an advanced search where you can specify many parameters including the names of people involved, which is how I found it:

> **[415600 – Wishlist: Improved and additional Image Resize functions](https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=415600)**

There has been some work on a script for this and scripts can be activated by custom keyboard shortcuts:

> [@Canvas Expander , resize canvas based on all paintlayers and active view](https://krita-artists.org/t/canvas-expander-resize-canvas-based-on-all-paintlayers-and-active-view/76109):
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> Canvas Expander A krita extension that supplies helpful canvas related operations to help speed up workflow. Features Resize the document to fit all paint layers and viewport bounds, With options for just the layers or just the selected layer. Note that this does not trim the layers unlile ‘trim to selection’. The main utility of this function is to have something akin to mypaints infinite canvas. Scale the document to zoom, dynamically re-scale the document based on current zoom makin…

With regard to my reply in the topic:

> [@Canvas Expander , resize canvas based on all paintlayers and active view](https://krita-artists.org/t/canvas-expander-resize-canvas-based-on-all-paintlayers-and-active-view/76109/10):
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> Thank you @TLTAA +1 I’ll try this later in the day when I have time to concentrate on it and I’ll let you know if I have any difficulties with it.

I didn’t get around to trying it and testing it. 😬 Maybe you could do that?

P.S. Thank you for your excellent tutorial/information websites that you’ve recently posted links to. I’ve bookmarked this one and will try it one day when I have time:

> **[How to Install DaVinci Resolve in Linux Mint](https://www.virtualcuriosities.com/articles/1784/how-to-install-davinci-resolve-in-linux-mint)**
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> Tutorial, learn how to install DaVinci Resolve 19 in Linux Mint 22. It's not easy, but it's possible.

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