Garrison Gunter Posted December 19, 2019 Posted December 19, 2019 I've worked in Illustrator for twenty years. I'm excited to try out Affinity Designer and will likely pick up the remaining tools in the suite. I knew I would have a little struggle moving from the key commands and design terminology used in Illustrator. I have tried to take a letter like the M in the word SAMPLE and I want to modify parts of the letter- say outline the middle of the M but keep the other parts filled (This M is broken into 3 pieces). In Illustrator you would break the compound path of the individual letter to modify each piece but I cant seem to do that in Affinity Design. If I fill one piece of the M after converting it to curves, it fills all 3 parts of the object. I'm sure this is me not understanding the next step to breaking the M into parts beyond converting the letter to curves. I don't see an equivalent to "Release" compound path and then ungroup to allow for individual editing. first affinity design.afdesign Quote
Old Bruce Posted December 19, 2019 Posted December 19, 2019 Select the layer with the M then use the divide command. Either on the toolbar (I coloured your M) or use the menu Layer > Geometry > Divide. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6 Affinity Designer 2.5.7 | Affinity Photo 2.5.7 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.7 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that.
Garrison Gunter Posted December 19, 2019 Author Posted December 19, 2019 Awesome thank you! I knew it was simply a language barrier! Feature request! the help manu should include language we used in Illustrator to do these actions- I kep searching for ungroup, Release compound path since Illustrator really just uses those 2 terms to describe objects that are bound to eachother or are part of a complex shape like an O to create that knockout. Quote
Garrison Gunter Posted December 19, 2019 Author Posted December 19, 2019 In same vein- I don't see a scissor tool or vector severing tool if I wanted to seperate parts of an existing letter like the A and turn it into 3 pieces... Quote
Old Bruce Posted December 19, 2019 Posted December 19, 2019 17 minutes ago, Garrison Gunter said: In same vein- I don't see a scissor tool or vector severing tool if I wanted to seperate parts of an existing letter like the A and turn it into 3 pieces... That is missing and is missed. There are work arounds but they are cumbersome compared to simple slicing. Use the pen tool to make a shape which intersects your letter (A) where you want it cut and use the divide option. Then remove the the unwanted parts. Duplicate the layer first incase you remove the wrong parts. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6 Affinity Designer 2.5.7 | Affinity Photo 2.5.7 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.7 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that.
Garrison Gunter Posted January 7, 2020 Author Posted January 7, 2020 this is not a feature I could live without! Affinity please fix this! Quote
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