[live paint or bucket tool]

To speed up the workflow there is necessity of a tool like illustrator's Live paint or Inkscape's bucket fill tool in the Draw persona of Affinity Designer. 

 

[Move tool selects curves only not layer]

Hi,

In Affinity Designer, The selection tool when clicked on something by default selects a curve only. I place a number of curves inside a layer. But then when I want to select the entire layer by move tool to move around or scale, it would select only a curve on which the cursor is clicked. Is there a setting by which we can make the selection tool select entire layer on clicking inside artboard rather than going to the layers panel and selecting the layer?

 

regards

[Is there any freehand/lasso selection tool in AD ?]

R-C-R  Thank you so much for the info. 

[Is there any freehand/lasso selection tool in AD ?]

Hi, 

Do we have any option to select strokes and shapes using a freehand selection tool in Affinity Designer?

When there are multiples strokes drawn near by and you want to select only a few you want to do it with a freehand selection method . but right the only option of selection (arrow tool) seems to select everything in rectangular selection when you drag the tool. Using shift select each stroke can be very tedious if you are working with a lot of strokes/shapes.

 

Please let me know  if I am missing something.

 

 

thanks 

[[AD] Allow pressure profile of dashed lines.]

Much needed feature. 

[adding curve profiles to dotted lines]

Hi,

Can we please have the option to add curve profiles/pressure profiles to dotted lines. Right now we can't make tapering dotted lines.

 

thanks

[Is there a way to create a dotted line that is tapering?]

This doesn't seem to be supported natively, however I have a suggested work around...

 

• Draw curve.
• Make it dashed.
• Duplicate.
• Make copy solid and add taper.
• Use the tapering copy to mask the dashed original.

 

Looks better with square ends than rounded, and is a hassle to reshape curve (as the mask doesn't reshape at the same time).

 

Tapering Dashed Lines.gif

 

But it kinda sorta almost works, and may get you out of a scrape.

That's an amazing work around. Thanks a ton! What I was doing is making a solid tapering line...then expand stroke... and then draw rectangles at equal distance... boolean add the rectangles to single shape.. and then boolean subtract this rectangles'shape from expanded tapering stroke. That was frustrating... Your solution is so much better. Thanks again.

[Is there a way to create a dotted line that is tapering?]

I am trying to create a dotted line that tapers at one end. I have created the tapering profile with the pressure curves but I am not able to assign that tapering profile to the dotted line.

 

 

[Pen tool keeps path selected]

Thanks a lot Callum and MEB.

That's an amazing speed of response.

You just made my life better.

[Pen tool keeps path selected]

Hi,

I am using AD to do some inking illustrations and it's doing the best job. better than Ai.

However there is one little thing that hinders the work.

When drawing with pen tool I don't always need to close a path (eg drawing a human figure)

But after finishing one stroke as you move far away to start new stroke it automatically joins to the last point.

 

In Ai what I would do is hit the shortcut 'p' on keyboard and I am able to draw a new stroke without closing the previous

path.

 

in AD as a workaround now after drawing a stroke with pen tool (unclosed path) I click 'v' for move tool and then click anywhere on canvas to get

rid of the continuous path, and then again clicking 'p' for

pen tool to draw new stroke.

This adds 2 new steps and when you have to draw a lot it is kind of annoying and slowing you down.

 

Is it possible to refresh the pen tool by clicking p so it drops the existing stoke and you are ready to draw new stroke.

 

I hope I am able to explain. Let me know if I am missing any setting for this.( eg. keep path selected).

 

Think of drawing something as simple as the attached jpg.

 

thanks and regards,

Raman

[why the exported jpg shows darker colours?]

Thanks for listening and clarifying doubts. Good to know it is already fixed in Beta.

[why the exported jpg shows darker colours?]

Hi,

 

I created an illustration in Affinity and now when I am export it as a jpg the colours are coming out very dark than

what I see in the workspace.

Please see attached screenshot of workspace and the exported jpg. You will notice the colour are different in working file

and the exported jpg.

Why is it happening and how can I fix it?

 

Also attached is the .afdesign file so you check.

 

regards

laborday.afdesign

[Illustration with Affinity designer]

Nice work @artistraman. Thanks for sharing with us. 

Glad to know you're enjoying the app. Some of the features you mention are already on Designer's roadmap or are coming later (tracing tool). Currently there's no plans for 3D tools.

Thank you for the encouraging words MEB. I will follow the roadmap posts.

[Illustration with Affinity designer]

I have downloaded the trial version of Affinity Designer on my mac and seriously considering to replace Adobe Illustrator with AD.
So far I have done some comic inking illustrations, a couple logo design and some coloured illustrations and I find the app amazing. 

 

I find Affinity Design the best App so far for inking purpose in vector.  I have tried inking in illustrator, corel painter, Manga studio, photoshop. 

For raster I like Manga Studio but for vector AD is definitely the best.

 

Though I miss some features of Adobe illustrator for example Auto trace, eye dropper tool, 3D extrude, blend tool to mention.

 

Still Affinity Designer's price is so attractive that it lures an illustrator/designer like me living in India.  I hope Affinity will come up with alternatives for  premiere pro and after effects also.

 

Thanks