hellobill Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 Hi, This comes up often for me as I am a member at the noun project and use a lot of their art for something I'm working on. When I import it into Affinity designers, it's not usually shapes that I can fill. The "line" sort of is the shape. I've attached a screenshot of it with node selection tool so you an see what I mean. You can also get the SVG free at the noun project: https://thenounproject.com/term/cat/1023807/ I want to fill the inside of the cat so that I can place it over other objects and cover them (instead of having them show in the body of the cat). I could put the cat into photoshop and use a quick erase to remove a white background outside the cat, but that seems soooo wrong. Is there an easy way to do this in Affinity Designer? I'm on Windows, latest everything. Thanks! -hb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Dan C Posted January 17, 2020 Staff Share Posted January 17, 2020 Hi hellobill I've downloaded the SVG you've used and provided one solution in my screen recording below - 2020-01-17 17-37-02.mp4 Here, I duplicated the Curves layer and then divided this object, which resulted in a 'filled' shape, exactly the same as the outline, alongside a few spare layers I deleted. I then set the colour for this layer and made sure it was beneath the outline. I hope this helps! hellobill and Gabriel P 1 1 Quote Please note - I am currently out of the office for a short while whilst recovering from surgery (nothing serious!), therefore will not be available on the Forums during this time. Should you require a response from the team in a thread I have previously replied in - please Create a New Thread and our team will be sure to reply as soon as possible. Many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellobill Posted January 17, 2020 Author Share Posted January 17, 2020 Wow, that's great. Just what I needed! Thank you soooo much!!! And thanks so much for taking the time to make a little video. This Affinity Designer community truly rocks! -hb 28 minutes ago, hellobill said: Dan C 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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