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My feature/improvement request is that when the Background is set to Check (checkerboard) that the checkerboard pattern would be a uniform size , no matter what the project resolution.

The reason I am requesting this is because I've noticed that if the project resolution is low (such as 800 x 600) , the checkerboard pattern is very distinct and easily
seen , but if the resolution of the project is higher (for example 3750 x 3150) the checkerboard pattern becomes almost invisible unless you are zoomed-in closer .

the first screenshot shows the Check background at a low-resolution (800 x 600) the second screenshot shows the Check background at high-resolution (3750 x 3150)
The checkerboard pattern is barely visible at this high resolution.
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We will see how the checkerboard background can be improved according to new and bigger working resolutions. Thank you for your feedback

Bumping up this request from four years ago. I understand this is not a high-priority interface improvement , but I still think it would be good to make the checkerboard display adjust the size of the checkerboard squares to the resolution of the project.

D.T. Nethery wrote: ↑03 Oct 2018, 18:58 My feature/improvement request is that when the Background is set to Check (checkerboard) that the checkerboard pattern would be a uniform size , no matter what the project resolution.

The reason I am requesting this is because I've noticed that if the project resolution is low (such as 800 x 600) , the checkerboard pattern is very distinct and easily
seen , but if the resolution of the project is higher (for example 3750 x 3150) the checkerboard pattern becomes almost invisible unless you are zoomed-in closer .

the first screenshot shows the Check background at a low-resolution (800 x 600)

(click images to view them full size)

the second screenshot shows the Check background at high-resolution (3750 x 3150)
The checkerboard pattern is barely visible at this high resolution.

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melanie wrote: ↑07 Nov 2018, 11:34 We will see how the checkerboard background can be improved according to new and bigger working resolutions. Thank you for your feedback

Another example:

This is in Photoshop. Resolution of the project is 6163 x 4622 . The checkerboard pattern is clearly visibly underneath the transparent image.
In Photoshop the checkerboard pattern stays a consistent size no matter what the pixel resolution of the project is set to.

(click on images to view full size)


Here is the same image in TVPaint , resolution 6163 x 4622. The checkerboard pattern display is very small. It's hard on the eyes.


Here is the same image downscaled to 1920 x 1440 in TVPaint. The checkerboard pattern is much more visible and comfortable to view at this size. This size of the checkerboard squares should be constant , whatever the project resolution is , from 640 x 480 to 1920 x 1440 to 4096 x 3072 to 6163 x 4622 or whatever the case may be.



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