Gear maker
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I'm not sure if I'm understanding your question. In the snapping options do you have Snap to object geometry selected? This should allow you to snap to the exact corners of the rectangle.
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@VectorCat That's because there are so many reasons for dragging a layer below another. So the blue bar shows what it will do with the layer if the move is accepted (dropped) at that time.
If the bar is all the way to the left edge of the layer panel then the layer will be dropped at where it's at but at the top level in the hierarchy.
If the blue bar extends to the left edge of the thumbnail of the layer above it, it will be inserted at the same level of the hierarchy as the layer above it.
If the blue bar extends to about the middle of the thumbnail of the layer above it, then it will become a child of the layer above it. As in a clipping mask.
If the layer is dropped onto the thumbnail of another layer the blue bar will be vertical, then it will become a child of the layer above it. As in a layer mask.
I hope that helps.
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@big smile Glad it worked. I almost forgot to mention it as I'm used to not having intersects enabled. The habits we get into...
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4 minutes ago, big smile said:
For issue 2: I just don’t seem to be able to extend objects (like the pencil in my example) no matter what I do. I've read the docs, but still no joy.
When you are grabbing the selected nodes, make sure one of the selected nodes is actually under the cursor. If not then you will add a new node, which will deselect the other nodes and that will be the only moved node, as the video seems to show.
Also when you select the nodes, have you previously selected all shapes that contain nodes these nodes. Otherwise depending on your preferences you will only get the shapes that are fully contained in the selection box you draw. After selecting the nodes take a look at your layers panel to see if it got every layer selected. If you want this changed, in Preferences> Tools>Select object when intersects with selection marquee can be checked. AD doesn't use the rule AI does when selecting with a left drawn marquee vs a right drawn marquee.
The transform Mode wouldn't really be necessary in the instance of the pencil. Unless you want to change the ratio of the node spacing.
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1 hour ago, big smile said:
Here are the tasks I am struggling with:
Sorry you are having a problem. In the first AI example you select the shape then delete it. But in the AD example you add some nodes before trying to delete the shape. This is where your problem starts. When the shape is first selected none of the nodes will be selected (all nodes will be hallow), and if delete is hit with no nodes selected then all nodes are deleted. If any nodes are selected then only the selected nodes will be deleted. If you have nodes selected then you can press esc to deselect all nodes, but you shouldn't have to if you do exactly as shown in the AI example.
In the second one the I don't understand what is happening. It's showing that you have selected the nodes, but then when you grab one node only that node is selected. Could you be double clicking that node? Are you pressing any modifier key at the same time as that last node is grabbed? Oh I see after selecting the nodes, you are not grabbing a node, you are grabbing between the nodes. You need to grab a node to move all the selected nodes.
Give those a try.
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4 minutes ago, GrammyMarcia said:
Here is a screen shot. No adjustment handles. It works just fine on my MacBook but not in my iMac.
If this image is in the Move tool then it is normal. If this is in the Shape tool then there is an issue. Can you give us more information?
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30 minutes ago, Josie said:
If I wanted to use the pen tool how would i trace this coffee photo with the handle attached to it?
Open your image in AD. Then pick an area, such as the medium brown side of the cup. Using the pen tool put a node in the 3 corners, and then close the shape. Switch to the node tool pushing and pulling the paths to match the actual shape. Use the color sampler to sample the brown color and fill the shape. Turn off the stroke. Do this for each shape.
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Se ho capito la domanda ... c'è una selezione nel pannello Tratto Scala con oggetto che farà ridimensionare tutti i tratti se ridotti o aumentati di dimensione.
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@anon2 I had gotten to this point when playing but hadn't noticed the fill was missing so I figured it didn't work. Thanks for pointing this out.
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38 minutes ago, superhaschi said:
I´d like to cut out (subtract) WORLD from HELLO.
You are right in trying it with the text converted to curves. When you do it you can not use groups though. You will have to expand the groups or ungroup them then select the H W O R L D. The H must be the lowest in the layer panel. If after doing all this it still doesn't look to have worked go into the menu Layers>Fill mode and make sure the Alternate is selected. It should then be working.
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Hi Bruce, all made with the pen tool in AD. With fine adjustments in the node tool, and rotations in the move tool. I've never run into this before. Mike
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I'm assuming this is a bug. AD version 1.9.1 on a mac sierra. File attached. In the attached file when the 4 groups are selected there are other blue boxes showing other than the normal bounding box.
Whereas if everything inside the group is individually selected there is just the normal bounding box as expected.
Why are there extra blue boxes shown, which aren't useful? They can't be snapped to. Or selected. No elements exist outside the standard bounding box.
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What problem are you having? You say it's not possible, can you not open the App Store? Do you not find the updates? Can you please give us more details. What is your OS? I had to try twice when I loaded AD, the first time the download and install seemed to work but I got an error when I tried to run it. Is there an error message you are getting? My second try worked fine. APh I had no problems.
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3 minutes ago, camloken said:
Yes, I just turned it off. It doesn't fix the problem for people who want to use it though. Users will inadvertently press the wrong key like me all the time.
So you want to use the rotation?
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@camloken If you don't like it, then disable it as Sean P explained above. It's not something that needs to be fixed, some people like it.
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1 hour ago, lb Cake said:
Since I'm not sure how to gain beta access I'll have to look into it, in the event I have issues with a future update.
It's extremely easy to load the beta. You go to the link below, download and install the beta. It resides in the computer along side your current released version. It doesn't share anything, which could be the biggest issue if you have a lot of brushes, assets, swatches that you have added. You can switch back and forth between the versions. You can run them both at the same time even. If there is a major version difference between the two then the affinity files may not be able to be read by the oldest version (like 1.8.5 and 1.9.1). But if you are already using 1.9.1 then 1.9.1.971 should be fine. As always it's probably best to make a copy of your affinity file, just in case.
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I just found out the other day.
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@LGG, drag the adjustment layer so that it is a child of the layer it will affect.
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5 hours ago, Gigatronix Pete said:
thanks very much for the quick reply
You are welcome.
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5 minutes ago, Gigatronix Pete said:
But sadly i don't seem to have that pressure button on my screen (image B) at the mo
In your second picture you have your style set for dashed lines, the pressure isn't available for dashed lines. Set it for Solid Lines (as it is in the first picture) at the very top of the stroke panel and you'll see the pressure setting.
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12 hours ago, CDxyz53 said:
Found it! I didn't realize you meant "more" in the export screen but thank you! That fixed the problem
Great!
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Designer Performance Question
in Pre-V2 Archive of Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)
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@lb Cake I've done some pretty good sized drawings and have had nothing near the 9 minutes to load. Are all the objects vectors or are there a lot of pixel layers? What typically are the objects like in your drawing? Do you use a lot of fx on most layers? Adjustment layers? How much ram do you have in your system? Are you working from an SSD or HD? How much open drive space do you have?