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    Can't add gradient to shape - don't think I made it correctly

    in Pre-V2 Archive of Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)

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    Hi all,

     

    I wanted to create a ring inside another ring, but only at the bottom. So I created both rings and wanted to place the bottom of the blue ring inside the larger green ring. This is what I did:

     

    Image#1 - Put blue ring on top of green ring in layer panel. 

    Image#2 - Copied green ring and created throw-away shape. Used "Intersect" boolean command.

    Image#3 & #4 - Put resulting shape on top of layer stack

    Image#5 - I wanted to add gradient to the green ring but cannot because of the shape I created to block out the bottom on blue ring.

     

    Does anyone have any idea how I can add a gradient to the bottom green ring, without the shape I created blocking the blue ring out, affecting the gradient?

     

    Thanks for reading

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    ADD feature freezing up when trying to combine

    in Pre-V2 Archive of Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)

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    I thought that might be the case too but when I do the same technique with a small section, maybe one or two stroke pieces, it works fine. It makes me think there is something else going on.

     

    Another technique I use is to erase the section of the overlapping stroke (I actually prefer this method) but it pixelates the result. It must rasterize when I export to PDF. It's funny because when I do this in AI, or even Autodesk Graphic (formerly iDraw), it does not. Any ideas on how to use the erase tool and not have the resulting PDF rasterize or pixelate? 

    AD workflow questions and issues

    in Pre-V2 Archive of Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)

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    Hi all,

    I am having some frustrations, which are probably due to my not knowing AD as well as I should ( I have searched and watched some AD videos thou), so I would like to ask for some help and clarification.

     

    In the past, using AI, I was able to create my characters with the pen tool, not worrying about overlapping corners, etc... I would then click on the various custom brushes I have created and apply that stroke (and width) to specific line work. Then, I would expand all the line work and delete the extra (overlapping) pieces to create clean corners. Then using live paint I could color in the various parts of the artwork.

     

    I have tried to do this in AD but can't seem to get the same workflow.

     

    First, I cannot apply a custom brushes (meaning I created the taper) to the line work. I have to do it via the pressure tab where I have to save the profile. Is this the only way? And is there a way to save the width in the profile? I also saved a version of the "brush" in the "Styles" panel  but it did not give me consistent widths.

     

    Next, after I created my line work, I used the "convert to curves" function, then Layer > Expand Stroke. Then I used the "Divide" function to create individual pieces so I could delete all the extra pieces. After that I marque selected everything and used the "Add" function to unite all the pieces. Which seemed to take forever with a larger piece.

     

    Next, I went to the Pixel Persona to used the "Flood Fill" tool in the hope of coloring in the artwork but it doesn't work. The only way I got it to work was to rasterize it which defeated the whole purpose of trying to create a vector art piece.

     

    I found a youtube video that shows my workflow almost exactly. Here is the link:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sPuXmTLBj4

     

    The only way I found to do this in AD was to create different parts of the character on different layers and use the standard fill and stroke tools in the Draw Persona. Ten I switched to the Pixel Persona to erase the extra overlapping line work. Yes it does the job but takes considerably longer and if mistakes are made, it takes a lot longer to correct than the method I am trying to figure out. 

     

    Can someone please help me figure this out?

     

    Thanks :)

    Drawplus question

    in Pre-V2 Archive of Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)

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    I know this is the AD forum but wanted to get some feedback from people who have used this, especially compared to AD. I love AD but, because of work I am using a Windows system more and more. The vector illustration programs to choose from are AI, Drawplus, Corel, and Inkscape. I'd really prefer not to rejoin Adobe's CC, so that brings my choices to 3. Corel seems like a combination of AI and PS and the price tag is pretty steep. Will Drawplus catch up to AD?

     

    Any advice would be appreciated

     

    Thanks :-)

    Pattern & Pattern along a path question

    in Pre-V2 Archive of Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)

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    Hi all,

    I did not see these features on the Roadmap so I was wondering how people are handling this. I want to create some seamless patterns and also I wanted to create a graphic and have it placed along a path. For instance to create a rope - create one segment and have it repeat over the bezier curve I created. And, yes I know there is an brush image of a rope but I wanted to create something different.

     

    Thanks

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