[Selecting Layers/Groups in V2]

On 11/30/2022 at 7:48 PM, MEB said:

Hi @Guntram,
Welcome to Affinity Forums
Select the group in the Layers panel then in the context toolbar untick Allow selection to consider items inside a group in the context toolbar (it's the only button you ahve selected before the Convert to Curves button). It should then behave as in version 1.

Found it and nailed it :)
#thx

[Selecting Layers/Groups in V2]

On 11/30/2022 at 7:07 PM, Old Bruce said:

What is the Green circle on the mouse clicks in the top video and why is it missing in the bottom video?

That's a halo effect of the Screencsasttool "ishow“ - and in the first video i didnt activate it before ....
so it didnt had any influence of the handling in V2!

[substrate a contour from a curve...]

8 minutes ago, MEB said:

Hi der.guen,
Welcome to Affinity Forums
Select the dashed line go to menu Layer ▸ Expand Stroke (to convert the line to a curve/shape). You can then subtract it from the heart shape.
Another option you have is set the blend mode of the dashed line to Erase (the dropdown in the top of the Layers panel), however this will rasterise the objects if you export them to a vector format like PDF etc. To keep everything as vector use the first method instead.

Hi Meb ...

thx a lot ... i  missed the obvious
Works fine

[substrate a contour from a curve...]

Hi ...
first of all ---  i love using AD!
But now i am stucked :(

i want to use a contour - which shall look like a stitched seam - and substrate it from the main curve  - which is a heart.
So the background will "go through" - for example, if I want to use a transparent png

Are the any hint to substrate contours from curves ?
Cause if i use the normal way it looks like this ...

i didn`t found any option to convert the contour/curve into a normal curve.
Like i do with the "W" and cut it “of“ ...

#thx

[Set separat colors to layers....]

Hi stokerg...
 

thx for your feedback ...
i had a look at the post of nod74 ... and ok ... i see -> but it would be a really good option for a better structure of working
Uses PS since 20 years and AD since 3 years ... ...

[Affinity Designer - LayerPanel Options: Folders, Colors, Search (INTERFACE)]

i agree 100% with nod74 ...
for better teamwork and for the structure color labels are a really good option.
And i don`t understand the difference between text-, pixel- or "normal"-layers and why the "color"-option couldn`t set to all of the layers ...

Will be e very nice feature for the working process!

[Set separat colors to layers....]

Hi ....

First of all ... thx for that marvelous kind of software! #*welldone*

i have a question about colors and layers...
Looked up for a solution before at google and here inside the support  – but didn`t found an answer. :-(

Set different color at layers
For the better overview (and for sorting) i will set up colors to the layers inside the layerpanel.
i.e. all layers for PC should be green, for tablet orange and for the smartphone artboards (incl. the layers) should be blue!

As i found out -> it "only" works for "normal" layers and groups. both with a small "underline" color.
But not for pixel layers or Artboards :-(

Any solutions?
Any tips?
Anything at the next roadmap?

 

So separat the artboards i use a personal workaround...
So here my hint for an optic separation set up artboards with 1 px width