JimGoshorn Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 When you are trying to trace an image, if you change to outline view to align your paths precisely, the image turns invisible. Would it be possible to leave the image visible at all times unless the user hides it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hokusai Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 JimGoshorn, I agree with you, this would be a useful feature but I would prefer that the image not be in color, and instead be black white. This was brought up a while back by another member, Reminous. He said that Corel Draw makes the images appear as faded grayscale images when you view them in Outline mode. I think that something like that would be very useful in Designer, at least it would for me in my workflow. https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/5503-what-are-these-boxes-in-outline-mode/Hokusai Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimGoshorn Posted July 10, 2015 Author Share Posted July 10, 2015 The only advantage to color would be that if you have the opacity turned down, color would show better than black and white if you are trying to differentiate shapes in some circumstances. Of course we could request that it be a preference both for showing the background and which way we want it shown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hokusai Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 JimGoshorn, I see your point, you're right there are times when a colour image would be preferable. For me, the best solution would be a preference that allowed the user to choose. I think that being able to see the image in Outline mode (whether color or black and white) would be very useful. There are many times when I would like to be able to see the actual imagine that I'm using as a reference while I'm drawing in Outline mode. Hokusai Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MattP Posted July 10, 2015 Staff Share Posted July 10, 2015 Definitely very good, useful ideas - I'll jot them down on my list, thank you! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimGoshorn Posted July 10, 2015 Author Share Posted July 10, 2015 You're most welcome. It's really nice to see a company that wants to please it's customers so much :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jMaguire Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 You really need to be able to apply outline mode to specific layers in a file. This is a feature from illustrator that I really miss when working in Affinity Designer. Hopefully it will be included in a future update. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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