Ianduplessis Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 Hi. I have been a user for long while of Affinity designer, but did not spend time figuring this out, so I am using CorelDraw still for some work. Please help me - How can I easily Het a border of an images to make an outline for example Laser cutting line and maybe give inside border of about 1mm. In Coreldraw they call it Contour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petar Petrenko Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 There is no Contour tool in Designer, yet. It is on their roadmap AFAIK. Quote All the latest releases of Designer, Photo and Publisher (retail and beta) on MacOS and Windows. 15” Dell Inspiron 7559 i7 ● Windows 10 x64 Pro ● Intel Core i7-6700HQ (3.50 GHz, 6M) ● 16 GB Dual Channel DDR3L 1600 MHz (8GBx2) ● NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M 4 GB GDDR5 ● 500 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD ● UHD (3840 x 2160) Truelife LED - Backlit Touch Display 32” LG 32UN650-W display ● 3840 x 2160 UHD, IPS, HDR10 ● Color Gamut: DCI-P3 95%, Color Calibrated ● 2 x HDMI, 1 x DisplayPort 13.3” MacBook Pro (2017) ● Ventura 13.6 ● Intel Core i7 (3.50 GHz Dual Core) ● 16 GB 2133 MHz LPDDR3 ● Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 1536 MB ● 500 GB SSD ● Retina Display (3360 x 2100) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 You can use the expand stroke to get a similar effect. Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 You can try Appearance Panel. Petar Petrenko 1 Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ianduplessis Posted October 28, 2019 Author Share Posted October 28, 2019 8 hours ago, firstdefence said: You can use the expand stroke to get a similar effect. Where do I Find this 7 hours ago, Pšenda said: You can try Appearance Panel. Im Stuck here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 The Expand stroke option is Layer > Expand Stroke from the top menu bar. The appearance Panel can be shown by going to View > Studio > Appearance (should be second option down) From your latest screenshots you have the graphic as an embedded document, you can draw around the graphic with the pen tool give that curve an inside stroke of approx 1mm and then use the Expand stroke option. So the process to get two lines using the expand stroke option is as follows. Draw around the shape with the pen tool Give the curve a stroke of 1mm and align to the Inside. (No fill) Now go to Layer > Expand Stroke Now do a Boolean Divide and in the colour panel flip the fill and stroke to get two lines I know this is a bit long-winded but it's all we have until we get something like contours/Offset paths/curves. Petar Petrenko 1 Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ianduplessis Posted October 29, 2019 Author Share Posted October 29, 2019 I Appreciate you help. Is there any way I can upload the file and you can make me video please 1403.afdesign Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 4 hours ago, Ianduplessis said: I Appreciate you help. Is there any way I can upload the file and you can make me video please 1403.afdesign Yes, I'll make one for you Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 Here you go. Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 The advantage of the contour through the Appearance panel is that you can adjust its width. Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 6 minutes ago, Pšenda said: The advantage of the contour through the Appearance panel is that you can adjust its width. You can split the expanded stroke by using boolean: Divide then you have independent control over the inner and outer strokes thicknesses. Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 2 hours ago, firstdefence said: You can split the expanded stroke by using boolean: Divide then you have independent control over the inner and outer strokes thicknesses. Yes, but the width of the contour (distance between lines) is given by the strength of the original line before it is converted (Expand stroke). Then it is not easy to edit. firstdefence 1 Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 I made a follow-up video because after Sever Van Snugg commented on my reply video I realised I'd cocked up, Id wrongly assumed this was a raster image when in fact it was an embedded vector, so this video deals with that. I also offer an alternative idea in the form of bleeds. Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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