Dazmondo77
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Original post blurb:- The only thing is with Intaglio Vectorize is it's best to have a very large page in affinity to paste into and work on (I either go for A1 or A2)
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On 12/2/2020 at 10:28 PM, various.an.mar said:
thanks a lot for my art in vectors. I really like it. I will try how i can work with the different layers.
Sorry various.an.mar - I originally tried to respond to this yesterday morning (3rd Dec) and just made quick screen grab to illustrate the settings - but just can't get it to upload - tried about 5 times then gave up I just get: "! -200" every time (just tried again now) I'll see if I can try again later
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Yes I also miss the knife tool but the current workarounds aren't that taxing - I dont see it as something I need to go to another app for - (unlike Vector distortions and warps) surely we can all get by with the pencil tool and divide for the time being
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2 hours ago, Magicbean said:
Does this work in Affinity Designer? I tried it in Affinity Publisher (Windows v1.8.5) and I can't get that to work either. Specifically, I select the Move tool, click on the group in the windows panel and then CTRL-right click on the image but I don't get that group pop-up that you have in your video.
It should work Magicbean I'm just not sure what the windows command key equivalent is - have you tried the window or alt key?
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Another way is to create your vector shape of brushstrokes or whatever, then group it, then drag to the side of whatever it is you want to mask and release, then to add to the mask or edit the mask, make sure you have the move tool selected (v) click on the new mask in the layers panel then hold the ⌘ key while right mouse clicking on the page which gives you a list of whatever in in the group - you can then edit or add or blur without the need to make a regular layer mask - very powerful
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3 hours ago, Kuttyjoe said:
Judging by this image, it doesn't look like it does what the knife tool typically does. When you cut across an object with the knive tool, the resulting objects are closed. That green object looks like what you'd get if you were to select a node and break it except in this case you'd be breaking a segment where no node existed beforehand. Also, the knife tool closes the objects as it cuts through which means you can do freehand cuts with the knife tool in Illustrator. I'm just guessing based on what I see in the image above, and also the fact that it's called a segment cutter.
Yes a knife tool is still needed, as the original stroke / expand / divide workaround is still a faster option for trimming shapes with curves and wotnot - I assume most users are using this workaround?
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Hey MattP I think you forgot to mention anything in the added features list about the 'segment cutter' spotted by haakoo - this is a great feature (Ctrl+Click path, deletes that part of the path between two nodes) Bye Bye break curve hello delete segment 👍
- Boldlinedesign, Mithferion, matt and 3 others
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3 hours ago, Mithferion said:
This is something that they really need to think about, for future Beta versions:
- Don't just say there is a new feature, but do a little explanation about how they work
- Say something about improvements like this, and also show how they work
That way many things wouldn't be overlooked.
Best regards!
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4 hours ago, william said:
Hopefully plans are also under way to enable same node tool to copy, cut and paste path segments.
Yes please 👍
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32 minutes ago, Fixx said:
You can also cut path with Context Toolbar action Break Curve but as I seldom use toolbars it is a bit harder to access than simple knife too
Yes Break Curve has been a good friend ---- bye bye break curve hello ctrl+click - segment cutter 👍
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Artboards don't currently show viewable bleed (which is annoying) but it does output if your bleed is setup - the only way around this is to setup your Designer pages separately and make sure NOT to tick the 'create artboard' box on page setup then you'll be able to view the bleed - once theres an artboard setup you'll lose viewable bleed, I don't think theres a way to convert an artboard doc to a page doc, although you can create a non artboard doc and copy paste the content.
I suspect the way that Artboards currently work is kind of like a mask or a vector container as if you place or move content in a layer above the artboard, you can see its full un-clipped size. I don't think the boffins have worked out a way yet to expand the artboard for viewable bleed so you could view a page size guide and then the artboard container - I usually set-up all my multi-page stuff in publisher as I really want viewable bleed - then use studiolink personas for designer and photo
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1 hour ago, haakoo said:
It's called the segment cutter ( on windows in all three programs )
Blimey this is a pretty big deal - why didn't they big this up, can't remember seeing any blurb regarding this on the beta pages, who cares about screen recording when theres slicing to be done? HA HA HA! very funny - tried it and it works great - must have been a sneaky dev test to see who reads all the blurb at the bottom of the screen ---- thanks for that haakoo
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1 minute ago, LondonSquirrel said:
This is really my point. Knife tools have been around forever. It is a missing basic for me (and others). It is so basic that no 'pro' tool should be without it.
Yes you're right boss - a knife tool would save a ton of faff
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6 minutes ago, LondonSquirrel said:
I haven't insulted anyone here. I have asked whether the Affinity range of products can really be termed 'pro' given that they lack so many tools, and that my opinion is 'no'.
I am not alone in asking or complaining about the lack of a knife tool in Designer. If you had read my post a little more thoroughly it would have been clear to you that I have used Designer for some time, BUT I ran into a job where Designer would simply not work. I needed a knife tool. Knife tools in vector graphic apps have been common for years. I showed an example of a program which had this 21 years ago. There are no doubt others. Apparently Serif Draw had a knife tool too (I don't know, as I didn't use it). Yet Designer does not have it.
I am well aware of what Designer can do. I bought it and I use it. I know that people do use it for professional purposes. But using something for professional purposes is not the same thing as being a 'pro' tool. If I was competent enough, I could use my mobile phone to make a film which people would buy. Is my phone an Alexa? No.
I am not being disrespectful to Affinity users if I point out some obvious deficiencies in Affinity apps. The apps do some things well, in other places features are absent.
Thats fair enough LondonSquirrel 👍
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I reckon @JET_Affinity and Bryan Rieger are both spot on here - I believe I've done some of my best "professional" 🥴 work using Affinity - StudioLink really is an innovative solution and is something I now take as for granted as vector distortions and warps, upon trying out and loving the Affinity user experience 6 years ago - still loving it, I just didn't think it would take this long to implement some of the missing basics - I find now when I need to perform an edit that can't yet be done in Affinity, (usually switching to Illustrator or VectorStyler), I really miss it - so I alway aim to get the deed done as quickly as possible and pasted back in its rightful place in Affinity to complete the job.
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4 hours ago, anon2 said:
I thought it would be obvious that I meant features that would be new to Affinity Designer.
Sorry boss - yes I see your point : maybe ye olde features from the previous millennium new to Affinity Designer in 20?? maybe never?😭 maybe next week?🤞
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1 hour ago, Gabe said:
The shortcut will only work if you don't have a cell highlighted. Otherwise, it can't differentiate between a shortcut and text input.
Very odd - surely the shortcut should just be a "shortcut" to the Menu / Table / Delete commands
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16 hours ago, anon2 said:
New features:
- non-destructive vector warping
- calligraphic vector brushes
- true vector texture brushes
- vector patterns in the Fill Tool
- freeform gradients (see Illustrator)
- curvature continuous corners in Corner Tool
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squircle smart shape (instead of another cat shape
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- spiral smart shape
- path simplification
- path roughening
- shape builder (built on robust Boolean operations)
mmmmmm 20 odd years ago I would have called them new features --- today (or even 6 years ago):= basic essentials ---
Sorry for sounding bitter🤮
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On 11/28/2020 at 7:43 PM, Boldlinedesign said:
I agree with much of what you are all saying. I love so much of what Affinity is doing and after so many years of waiting, we are finally seeing a contender in the ring to keep adobe honest and compete. I am excited to see the way the three apps work together, the universal file format, the ipad apps working seamlessly with the computer versions, the lack of subscription slavery, the intuitiveness of many of the ways it works. I generally prefer affinity’s pen tool to illustrator’s pen tool.
i love the addition of the time-lapse video and I think it will be really useful to so many artists as They share their work. I’m glad to see they are adding find and replace and contour path to this next update - those were on my “need” list for a long time.
All that said, it’s hard to understand and be patient with affinity when there are core features we feel are missing. My main goal is to be able to do my professional work without the need for adobe at all. Time-lapse is great, but it is not a necessity in the goal to leave adobe behind.
Fixing the Boolean operations once and for all, adding a “merge” Boolean option so we can “cookie-cutter” shapes behind another (great for filling sections of negative space within a fill), the Boolean operations need to result in clean results, not missing sections and tons of extra nodes. We desperately need 100% pure vector brushes, text warp and shape warp, smooth tool, blob brush equivalent and vector eraser, a vector trace at some point (i bought vector magic a while back, so this one matters less to me personally). I’d love to be able to create bit maps like I currently do in photoshop and then import into illustrator - that can have some vector-like principals to them. I’m sure there are a few more that others deem indispensable as well. It feels like Designer has been somewhat neglected over the last few years. Although I also love Photo, I have not kept up with what they are offering as most of my professional work is pure vector.
I understand why they removed the list of goals from the forum a while back - it can add a certain amount of pressure to their lives and apparently people were giving them grief on the forums over it. It’s equally hard for us to wonder how long these features will take to implement. Do i need to buy another intel Mac to keep CS6 alive another couple years or hold out and buy the next generation M1 apple computers? Will these needed features be added in the next year? Two years? I’d rather have these core functions and then add the extras like time lapse and other things later. I have other things I’d love to see added to affinity that can wait for the core features to be added first - like 3D text for example.
perhaps many of these features are in development for version 2.0? I understand these things can take time, but many of us have been waiting several years for some of these features. We see others like Vectorstyler with many of these core features already implemented and frequent updates - if they can accomplish this, what keeps Affinity from doing the same? I don’t want to be overly critical of the Affinity team - I just want them to understand what is important to me and many and to acknowledge our concerns and maybe even give us an updated ideal set of goals.EXACTLY well said Boldlinedesign
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9 hours ago, Xzenor said:
I think the lack of communication is a huge contributer to the frustration.
After the roadmap got buried, It set my mind aflight with all kinds of rammell - maybe the whole engine needs re-writing from scratch in order to simply drag the corner node of a group of vector objects? - maybe the capability is all in place, it just needs switching on once the comedy value has died down and the Affinity gods have done laughing? - maybe "professional" designers and Illustrators dont need this capability has it's just cheating?
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