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Hi Walt. Yes, this worked! Except for the hair, which has a shade layer. The color has to be 56% opacity to overlay in order to keep the shade and internal lines showing. I think this would be a different question, but I want to know how to replace the color at 100% opacity without overlaying the shade and inside lines. Thanks again for your help.

Hi Walt, Thanks. I will try this. I appreciate it.

After a recent update, I'm having an issue with the selection brush tool as you can see by the attached image. It changed the whole image to red. But it should have only changed the hair color to red where the "marching ants" are. The picture also shows the settings and layer. What am I doing wrong? Thanks for your help!

Hi Toltec, Thanks. Took some searching, but I found it. Thanks so much!

Unfortunately, kerning would work if I typed all the letters at one time, but it's more about taking objects (each individual letter is an object) and placing them next to each other. Thanks.

Thanks. I'm not sure this is what I need. I did use the Artist shape tool and understand how to work with it and convert to curves, etc. I am typing on a straight line, but my question is about spacing between letters. For instance, if I am typing the word "dog" as three different letters of artistic text, not one single piece, then I need to align the "d" next to the "o" next to the "g." I'll look further at your suggested links though. I appreciate the help. Susan

Thanks to all of you in this great forum, I'm moving along with my t-shirt designs. Really grateful. So let's say I'm doing a single word for the design. I know how to align the top and bottom and arrange as well. But how do I ensure there is equal space between the letters? I've just been eyeballing it and I'm sure there is a better way that is as precise as using toolbars for the top and bottom. But I couldn't find anything when I searched. Thanks, Susan

Thank you!

Oh good grief. I'm such a newbie. Didn't even think to check that that panel! Thank you. As for the ellipse tool, yes, I started with those tools and broke the nodes. But I'm trying to match my drawn shape, in this case a letter G. Would Affinity designer have a better way to keep the roundness of the letter smooth? Thanks again. Really appreciate the help. Susan

I'm learning how to use the pen tool to create an outline on scanned hand-drawn artwork. I created a couple of extra nodes to show you how the end is rounded off instead of flat. I'm trying to outline the letter "G." So notice that the bottom part of the image showing the nodes circled in red is the rounded piece. So the upper circled part is where I'm trying to overlap another section, but because it's rounded, it won't fit properly. Plus, even when I do a straight line, as in the part above it, the corners are rounded, but I drew straight lines. In this case, I like it, but I think there must be a setting. Also, I'm struggling to have the rounding look smooth in general. It's so hard to eyeball it and just pull on the curve here and there. I took a look at Designer, but don't see any way in there either. Thanks, as always, for your help. Susan

OK. Thanks.

Thank you. :-) That's great.

Gdenby, this is terrific. But I'm unsure of how to do most of the steps you suggest: 1. You wrote, "All nodes selected, and turned to smooth." I don't know how to do that. Can you please explain a bit more? 2. You wrote, "Nodes reduced by using the smooth curve widget." I see it (in screenshot), but don't know how to use it. Can you please explain? 3. You wrote, "Select a few nodes, and make them sharp again." I'm not sure what you mean. 4. You wrote, "This example probably would have been better if I'd bothered w. the stroke miter options to get a tighter alignment for the stroke to the outer curve." What are the stroke miter options? And I don't understand about tighter alignment to the outer curve. 5. An overall question: I have been able to do some of the curving, but the handles on other nodes seem to mean that when I fix one area, another goes out of alignment. Is there a way to remove the handles, so just the node is left so if I pull up the other side doesn't curve down? Thank you again. Susan

Thanks. I'll try that. I just don't have a steady hand and am doing this with a mouse. But I see why it's a good idea. I appreciate the help, Dutchshader.

I really am searching what help is out there before posting my questions. But I can't find what I need or at least I can't make it work on my own. So I'm hand drawing my art and scanning in. Then, because the drawn black outline looks cruddy , but I want to keep the color inside, I'm using the pen tool to create the outline. This is the top of a letter "D" and you can see how uneven the curves are. I know how to move a node, but moving one doesn't shift the rest properly. I tried using the Segment tool, but again, when I converted it to curves, I couldn't get a smooth curve when I moved it. Bear in mind it's still all uneven because I wanted to figure this out first. I can do straight lines fine, but these curves are a problem. I saw something called a corner tool but it seems only to be in Designer. I couldn't find it in Photo. Do you have any suggestions? Thanks, Susan

Yes, I was heading toward that, but you all continued to patiently help me and it would have been bad form for me to lose it when you all kept going. :-) What a brilliant and simple solution! I think I'm done now. :-) I really appreciate the help. I'm sure I'll be back though. Thank you for all your time and effort. Susan

Thanks. Yes, I had watched that previously. I think I understand how to work with the pen and nodes basically now. But my question is more about how to make sure one side equals the other after creating all the curves. So I would need more help, I think, with the guides and measuring and each side. For instance, if one side is 1/4" how to make the other side 1/4". So this would happen after I create all the shapes and subtracted for empty space, etc. Thanks for your help. Susan

I'm slowly learning Affinity Photo and now how to use the pen tool. I'm scanning in hand-drawn art and using the pen to make the outline. But how do I make each side even? The gold in the image is from my hand-drawing. The black outlines are using the pen. It's ok if it's off somewhat to give it a quirky look. But I would like to know how to measure the sides to make them the same width. See how the left border of the A is thicker than the white border, for instance? I haven't found any tutorials on this because I'm not sure what to look for. Also, was able to use the guides a bit, but now, they don't appear when I pull down or across from the ruler. Screenshots would be helpful for how to do this. Thanks so much! I really appreciate all the great help I've gotten in this forum. Susan

Hi firstdefence, I think I'm getting there. But I'm struggling with the guides to measure that the pen strokes are straight and things are even. Should this be posted as a new question or can you help me with that here? I don't think it has to be perfect, as it may contribute to making it look hand-drawn. But it would be nice to be able to work with the nodes to make the thickness the same on both sides of the A. Thanks!

That is just fabulous, first defence. I wanted to keep the hand-drawn look, but I have tried this and at least this will keep the color in the middle. I'd love to keep it as it originally was, but I think this will be a better option for tee-shirts. Thank you for taking the time to do this. Susan

Thanks! I appreciate the screen shot. But I edited my comment because I realized that it's still got that uneven halo and I can't really eliminate much more. I think I'm going to use the pen tool to make it more vector-like and just leave the color showing in the middle. Thanks again for all the help.

Ah, that makes sense. So I set the smooth slider to 50px. That did work, but the edges are still too light (like an uneven halo). I think now I'm seeing that I have to work on darkening the edges (dodge or hard light) or overwriting them with the pen tool. Thanks again.

Hi ianrb, Can you please screenshot the steps to get your result? I can't find the slider or the RHS. I see a smooth slider in the Refine menu and it says 50 there. This continues to look like the simplest best solution. Thanks for your ongoing help. Susan

it worked! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!! WOW that is excellent.

Hi ianrb, Well, it's not working out as I'd like. In theory, it's perfect, but it's making each letter look too ragged when I grow or shrink the selection. I may try to zoom in really really close and try to delete the bits left behind. Or I may have to create a vector out of it and lose the hand-drawn quality and colors. Thank you again for your help, Susan