Bianca Esteban Posted December 28, 2019 Posted December 28, 2019 Hi So one annoying thing I can’t seem to work out is selecting a new colour for the pencil tool without changing the colour of the shape I just drew. I’m having to draw the new shape the same colour and then change it and I can’t see where I’m drawing. Is there a way to auto deselect a shape and then pick a new colour to draw the next shape? Or some other work around? I have a massive deadline with loads of illustration to do and it’s taking up valuable time. Quote
DM1 Posted December 28, 2019 Posted December 28, 2019 Hi Bianca, try double tapping the last node in the drawing before selecting a new colour. Quote M1 IPad Air 10.9/256GB lpadOS 17.1.1 Apple Pencil (2nd gen). Affinity Photo 1.10.5 Affinity Design 1.10.5 Affinity Publisher 2, Affinity Designer 2, Affinity Photo 2 and betas. Official Online iPad Help documents (multi-lingual) here: https://affinity.https://affinity.help/
Bianca Esteban Posted December 28, 2019 Author Posted December 28, 2019 7 minutes ago, DM1 said: Hi Bianca, try double tapping the last node in the drawing before selecting a new colour. Hey thanks for replying! What will that do? I just tried it and nothing happened except the addition of two more nodes right on top of the node I double tapped. Quote
Bianca Esteban Posted December 28, 2019 Author Posted December 28, 2019 Nvm. I figured it out. In the bottom right corner there’s three icons: X, magnet, garbage. Tapping the X deselects what you just drew so you can select a new colour and draw. Quote
DM1 Posted December 28, 2019 Posted December 28, 2019 3 hours ago, Bianca Esteban said: What will that do? I just tried it and nothing happened except the addition of two more nodes right on top of the node I double tapped. Like this. EDIT seems it works with just a single tap too. FullSizeRender.mov Quote M1 IPad Air 10.9/256GB lpadOS 17.1.1 Apple Pencil (2nd gen). Affinity Photo 1.10.5 Affinity Design 1.10.5 Affinity Publisher 2, Affinity Designer 2, Affinity Photo 2 and betas. Official Online iPad Help documents (multi-lingual) here: https://affinity.https://affinity.help/
Bianca Esteban Posted December 28, 2019 Author Posted December 28, 2019 I see! Yes, it does work, but only because you’re creating two new ‘shapes’ by adding new node points on top of the last node from the shape you drew. So that when you change colour, the last new node you created is changing colour because it’s still selected. You’re basically adding two new nodes but they don’t appear on screen because you need more than one node connecting to it to make a coloured area. Working that way will only litter your drawing with orphaned nodes. Expand your layers and you’ll probably see them Quote
DM1 Posted December 29, 2019 Posted December 29, 2019 11 hours ago, Bianca Esteban said: Expand your layers and you’ll probably see them I see what you mean. Better to tap the 'x' to deselect. Thnx. Bianca Esteban 1 Quote M1 IPad Air 10.9/256GB lpadOS 17.1.1 Apple Pencil (2nd gen). Affinity Photo 1.10.5 Affinity Design 1.10.5 Affinity Publisher 2, Affinity Designer 2, Affinity Photo 2 and betas. Official Online iPad Help documents (multi-lingual) here: https://affinity.https://affinity.help/
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