Richard S.

I like AD, and they do a great job of creating a professional vector app, but I get frustrated due to certain things not being implemented, and not being able to get plugins to compensate. I want to be able to use just one app for all my needs, so I keep going back to a certain other app. I want so much for AD to replace it, but it’s not feasible (for me at least), in its current form.

Shame, it seems I will have to go back to my usual vector program from now on, I’m fed up of keep having to switch between apps just to get simple things achieved. Maybe I’ll try AD again in a year or two. Thanks everyone.

I want so much to use AD as my main vector app, but I always have to go back to other apps to achieve certain things such as this Thanks anyway.

Hi, does anyone know if there is a way to automatically achieve these concentric circles, in AD. https://youtu.be/kxtXea266VQ Thank you all in advance.

Can’t believe it was already part of the OS, and I was searching for paid apps

Thanks Stefan, I will try that too.

I see that you both use the same screen recording app on iOS, which one are you using, as I need to get one. Thanks.

Thanks DM1. I noticed from your video that sometimes the dots are not equally spaced? I will try that out though and see what results I get. Thank you.

I will try that too. Thank you.

I was hoping there was some kind of option whereby I could enter the amount of repetitions, and have them automatically created. Wishful thinking I guess

In step 3, what flavour lollipop does it need to be? Thanks Alfred.

Hi, on the iPad version of AD, is there some kind of tool which allows you to easily create a circle of dots? Basically like a clock face, but composed of dots as opposed to lines. I can’t get used to the iPad UI and cant even get simple things accomplished. Any help appreciated. Thank you all in advance.

I appreciate all your advice. From what I have seen, the printing companies I looked into are mostly asking for jpgs, so I will create a large version initially, then shrink to required size and rasterise.

@toltec yes, that’s the conclusion I came up with. Start massive and then shrink. I’m just unfamiliar with fills, noise, shadows, blurs etc when it comes to vectors

@toltec I wanted to use vectors, as I want to make the image once, and then scale the size up and down for various uses, for everything from a small business card, to a t-shirt. Hence why I was asking about vector only.

Thanks, I appreciate the advice.

What I want to do is create a vector image with shadows, gradients, noise fills etc., which I can scale up or down as required, and then be able to send to a t-shirt printer whilst retaining the effects.

Hmm, It seems that I will have to make the basic shapes in AD to the size I need, then finish it off in AP or PS. Thanks for all he help.

Callum, I mean a similar effect to that which you get in AF when you use the noise fill to create a kind of dusty speckled fill, which will gradually fade out. Hope that made more sense Thanks for the help.

Confused now? Are you saying that it is possible to have a mottled type of shading which gradually fades out, which is somehow a vector? How is that possible? My brain is having trouble understanding how something with no clearly defined edges can be a vector?. Does anyone have any examples of 100% pure vector illustrations, which contain shading and shadows etc. Thanks in advance.

That’s what I thought. So basically, vector images are limited to flat, no effect illustrations Wanted to create a vector t-shirt design, but if I can’t even have any shading etc, it seems a bit pointless Thanks anyway.

Hi everyone. I’m relatively new to designing 100% vector images and have a question: How do layer styles such as noise fills, glows, shadows, blurs work in relation to remaining scalable? Surely styles such as these cannot be vectors, which would suggest to me that if you want to design a purely vector image which can be scaled up or down, then it can only be a flat image, and not contain any of the usual layer styles such as those mentioned above? Any info regarding this would be very much appreciated. Thank you all in advance.

Why doesn’t a simple subtract work? What does the alternate fill mode actually do? Thanks.

Thanks. I was hoping there was a similar command in Designerr, or at least some kind of step-and-repeat

Hi everyone, Does anyone know if it is possible to recreate this extrusion effect in Affinity Designer, I have provided the link below: https://youtu.be/Rt15_OclsyI In Illustrator it seems to use a “blend” command, which as far as I know is not in Designer. If it is possible, this would make Designer my go to app for vector design. Thank you all in advance for any help and suggestions.