Bildermensch

Hi there, the title says it all. how do i define the direction of a gradient in a shape defined by a curve? I can reorient the shape in general, but i did not find yet a way to maipulate the diretion in which the gradient shall point ... Best regards, Bildermensch

I am coming from a 3D background and use mainly 3D apps to animate characters and things like the one in the attached image. I am working in a couple of apps and my credo is: If the one app can not solve it the other can. Traveling on a budget i am also always looking for apps which are either open source or give me really a good bang for the buck like AD does ...

Hi Bri-Toon, until AD has the tools I need, i will use another app for what I need. Simple reason is, i want to get stuff done and working with vectors has its advantages, but workspeed is in my case none of it. So i go back and forth between the apps which I have to do anyway, since my final result is supposed to be an animation. Nontheless I enjoy AD quite a bit and I am happy to have that arrow in my quiver now, so to say ... Best regards, Bildermensch

Hi R C-R, thanks for the info, at least i can stop searching for something like that. Since english is not my first language I am a bit limited with it, especialy when it comes to abreviations! What stands ETA for? Thanks, Bildermensch

Ok, thank you guys, that after all gave me an idea how to archive what I want. Thank you so much! Is there aso a way o affect the line thickness on controlpoint level? I have quite often lines which need to get thick and thin on certain points. For exammple, take the image of a fist and the knuckles: The top area of an knuckle schould be thin, the lower area much thicker. Affecting the line thickness on controlpoint level would very a convinient way to do the trick. You could also archve what i am looking for by fiddeling with the thicknes graph, alas it would be rather difficult, wouldt it? Best regards, Bildermensch

Hello, holiday sale victim here, all new to Affinity Designer! I am trying to archive a vector sroke which works similar like a stroke with a metal ink feaher or brush: The sroke starts very thin, gets wide and then thin again, as if you execute just a little pressure while starting the stroke, give more pessure in the middle and less again in the end. Most exellent would be if it where possible to adress the thickness of the stroke afer drawing it. The attached image (done in another app) shows the kind of stroke i am talking about. Is that in Affinity Designer possible as well? Best regards, Bildermensch