I want to have my render stay the same dimensions as the canvas size but the render always changes canvas size. Is there a way to lock this?

Yes, you can disable "Trim" in the export menu to achieve that.

Thx! I was working with an older version that didn't have that feature my bad. Checking out the new version do you have plans to add layered nodes back in? I see you can have multiple inputs on 1 node graph now but I haven't figured out how to get it to function in the same way as layered nodes yet or if it is even intended too. I also can't seem to find the preset effects in the new version.