Bri-Toon

Thank you for your response. For my take on this feedback, I would say that everybody is different, and has different preferences. So I guess it depends on Affinity’s target audience. So this is personally my take on design and just products in general. When I was learning about software back in school, I was taught what was expected of modern design, and the dos and don’ts. Even though instructors had the best of intentions, I respectfully disagreed, since those things are personal decisions and are very relative. I feel that the direction design is going, not just for Affinity, but all applications, are under the assumption that all people have the same preferences and learning styles. Or what works for “most” people, rather than “different” people. But I like applications that stand out from others, and break the rules. Not just for the sake of breaking them, but to appeal to particular crowds. I mean I’m sure Affinity knows what they’re doing, since they have a particular goal to be the new industry standard, but I do wonder if other designers get with the times just out of pier pressure. I mean we are all very individualized. What works for me may not work for you, and vise versa. I also feel the same with movies, animation, music, but that’s not relevant here. So I guess that is the best way I can put it. Feel free to share your thoughts.

That’s pretty clever, my friend. Not bad. And oh man, it sounds like he’s spiraling.

Thank you for the welcome. I had a feeling that my jokes would catch your attention, since you have the same sense of sass. And thankfully for you, you’re off the hook, since a clever dad joke is not coming to me.

Hello everyone, I know what you’re thinking. “Brian, you haven’t shown your face here for a long time, so you need to leave.” “Well the truth is, I love you too. Sure, I have been two or three years absent, but don’t worry, I’m still kicking. But I appreciate your concern. Hahaha!” Okay, jokingly introductions aside, I thought that I’d mention two requests for the user interface. I have always loved Affinity since I was first introduced to it, and wow, version two has really improved big time. As someone who is big into design and simplicity, these two requests are both design-based. They are very small ones, but still important to me. 1) Colored Icons The tools on the toolbar were the first thing that caught my attention, specifically for the iPad versions of Affinity Version 2. I was not a fan of the interface for Version 1, because of the layout options and lack of color. Not bad, just not great. But there were two design choices that I was not a fan of in version 2. The iPad version of Affinity does not have the same colored icons as the desktop version. The icons such as transform, order, or insert, are colored for desktop, but not for iPad. For both Desktop and iPad: The tool icons, like in the Stroke Studio, are black and white. I understand that those icons are not the primary ones, so they may not need the same color styles as the others, but I miss them having an offset of blue. That way, they’re not too distractive, but not too plain either. I’m personally not a fan of modern interfaces going more black and white in color style. 2) Renaming Layers Easier on the iPad Other applications, including the desktop version of Affinity, does not require too much work to rename a layer. All you need to do is double tap/click, or long press/click. With the iPad version of Affinity, there are not too many steps, but just two too many, in my opinion. Sure, it’s not too bad of a hassle, but when your are working with many layers, it can get just a tad bit tedious. So these are my two suggestions. Please let me know what you think. Otherwise, I may have to tell you terrible dad jokes.

That is great news! Thank you for informing us!

That can be done with the Shape Builder Tool. It works with overlapping open paths as well.

I think I see what you mean. I was confused from the video as well to be honest. It made sense up until the 0:38 mark. It looks like Prophet right clicked the “add” icon on one of nested layers, and changed it to “subtract.” I’m aware of adding and subtracting shapes, but not like that. Replicating it on the iPad, it is not clear what to do.

Hopefully this helps. RPReplay_Final1721873206.mov

I use a similar technique to Brian_J, but I use a black color to shade in objects. So let’s break this down. 1) Have the “Insert Inside” button selected to clip an object. 2) Draw a closed shape that overlaps your shaded area (no stroke, black fill). 3) Lower the opacity of that new clipped shape.

I don’t know why that is, but to be honest, you might be better off creating a new post for that. The Affinity forum usually has one problem per post, otherwise they might get lost.

Google Translate can mix up words now and then since the translation is not 100 percent accurate. The intention was to say bug. Someone should probably report this bug. If the pressure window is not on by default when brush strokes are made, there is no way to add different variations of stroke later.

Es sieht so aus, als hättest du dir einen Käfer eingefangen. Wenn Sie mit dem Pinselwerkzeug beginnen, einen Strich zu zeichnen, können Sie die Strichvariablen nicht anpassen, selbst wenn Sie den Pinselstrich in einen Linienstrich umwandeln. Eine Möglichkeit, dies zu umgehen, besteht darin, Ihre Striche mit dem Bleistift-Werkzeug statt mit dem Pinsel-Werkzeug zu zeichnen. Und wandeln Sie die Striche dann in Pinselstriche um.

With both strokes selected, you can use the Shape Builder Tool to subtract the intersection of one of the strokes. Do I understand you correctly? RPReplay_Final1720901316.mov

With the Stroke Width Tool selected, double tap a stroke width node to delete it.

Someone can correct me if I’m wrong since I don’t have version 2 on desktop, but I believe you go into View > Studio Presets > Add Preset. This was at least the case for version 1.

I have a suggestion. If you use the Fill Tool and insert a PNG image, you can create a pattern over your photo. Then rotate the pattern, and lower the opacity. I’m thinking a result similar to this.

I’m a little lost with your question. Are you asking to create a watermark that is not text based? And then asking what the advantages of that would be as oppose to text?

There is also a Paragraph Panel if go to Window > Text, and then the panels you need for text will be there.

It looks like the face object’s fill is transparent. Just to be sure, check what the what opacity is on that object’s fill.

Hello all, About a year ago, I made a video on some interesting techniques on the Shape Builder Tool. Rather than adding and subtracting shapes, I teach how to create shapes from open paths, and subtract line intersections. Using these techniques, I realized that it would make cartoon creation a lot easier. Let me know what you think.

I’m glad I could help.

I’ll pass on the pity, but I took a screen recording of what I meant. I hope it helps. RPReplay_Final1717161637.mov

Well the reason I asked is because with the sculpt mode, you have to draw over the line in order for the shape to close, as oppose to connecting a continued path to the starting anchor point.

Oh well. I am just happy to see Affinity’s progress.

I too would like to voice for this bug to be resolved. Being able to join paths is very important for vector design. I understand that selecting the “sharp” curve button can resolve the issue for two lines to join into one, but when you have more than two, that sharp button does not work. The Pencil Tool is one of my most used tools, so it is hard using Affinity Designer without this issue being fixed. Edit: I found a workaround. If you intersect the lines that you want to join, and then subtract the parts that stick out with the Shape Builder Tool, the paths join easily.