Danod53 Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 Hi All, I am looking for a solution for this specific issue but have been unable to find a reference. I am designing a simple logo made of overlapping artistic text letters but find that there are artifacts, (stroke lines), left over when I export the document. These lines are visible in the .afdesign file even when no layer is selected. The process I was following is: 1. Create and overlap individual text elements. 2. Added outer glow and 3D effects to the letters. 3. Select convert to curves for all elements. 4. Select the divide function. 5. Color individual curves to my liking. 6. Export as png or jpg - same result. See the png file I have included. I am on a Mac running version of 1.7.3 of AD. Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Dan C Posted February 5, 2020 Staff Share Posted February 5, 2020 Hi Danod53 Sorry to hear you're having trouble - we're aware of a few issues with the Divide command and we hope to release an update to address this shortly. In the meantime, could you please upload a copy of your .afdesign file to the following link so I can look into this further for you? https://www.dropbox.com/request/r4fKUxaOS1b6nCGjKMX0 Many thanks in advance! 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...
GarryP Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 Danod53, I don’t get what you get by following your instructions. After step 3 – Divide – I get the first attached result where the overlapping areas are no longer part of the letter shapes, see second attached image. Am I missing a step or are the instructions wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markw Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 @Danod53, If you switch to Outline View and select the node tool do you see stray leftover nodes like these? If so this was a reported issue regarding some Boolean operations in 1.7.3 Maybe try the same task in the current 1.8 beta. Dan C 1 Quote macOS 10.15.7 | 15" Macbook Pro, 2017 | 4 Core i7 3.1GHz CPU | Radeon Pro 555 2GB GPU + Integrated Intel HD Graphics 630 1.536GB | 16GB RAM | Wacom Intuos4 M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danod53 Posted February 5, 2020 Author Share Posted February 5, 2020 8 hours ago, Dan C said: Hi Danod53 Sorry to hear you're having trouble - we're aware of a few issues with the Divide command and we hope to release an update to address this shortly. In the meantime, could you please upload a copy of your .afdesign file to the following link so I can look into this further for you? https://www.dropbox.com/request/r4fKUxaOS1b6nCGjKMX0 Many thanks in advance! I have uploaded a copy of the file. Thanks for looking into this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danod53 Posted February 5, 2020 Author Share Posted February 5, 2020 6 hours ago, GarryP said: Danod53, I don’t get what you get by following your instructions. After step 3 – Divide – I get the first attached result where the overlapping areas are no longer part of the letter shapes, see second attached image. Am I missing a step or are the instructions wrong? I checked again and it appears that you hit XOR instead of divide which will give you the result above. Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danod53 Posted February 5, 2020 Author Share Posted February 5, 2020 5 hours ago, markw said: @Danod53, If you switch to Outline View and select the node tool do you see stray leftover nodes like these? If so this was a reported issue regarding some Boolean operations in 1.7.3 Maybe try the same task in the current 1.8 beta. Hi Markw - I looked and didn't notice any stray nodes under version 1.7.3 - Thanks for the suggestion. Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G13RL Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 Hello Danod53, Do you have a particular reason for not using a mask? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danod53 Posted February 5, 2020 Author Share Posted February 5, 2020 Hi G13RL, No particular reason, I was just trying what looked the easiest at the time. I am still learning this program and if you can post the instructions on how the mask would fit into this workflow I would appreciate the info. Thanks, Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 11 minutes ago, Danod53 said: how the mask It is not "mask", it is clipping. - copy letter D (same position, same fx), - draw Rectangle above letter cross, - move/clip D copy under rectangle. All is visible in G13RL image. https://affinity.help/designer/en-US.lproj/pages/Layers/layerClip.html G13RL 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...
G13RL Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 For example, type your two letters D and S. Duplicate the lower letter (D) and place the copy on the S. Draw a shape without filling or outline over the whole. Then mount the letter D (which is on top) in the thumbnail of the shape (obtaining a horizontal blue rectangle to the right of the thumbnail). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danod53 Posted February 5, 2020 Author Share Posted February 5, 2020 Thanks - that was the trick. I just didn't think of this method although I have seen it used many times in videos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danod53 Posted February 5, 2020 Author Share Posted February 5, 2020 Thanks for the help - was easy once I played with it a bit. Dan Dan C 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 I definitely pressed the Divide button – see attached GIF. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G13RL Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 @Danod53 Thanks for the feedback. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danod53 Posted February 6, 2020 Author Share Posted February 6, 2020 I see the problem/difference - I didn't delete the crossover objects as you are doing, but instead just coloured them to match the upper letters color. Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 That could be where the problem comes from; you’re trying to have objects with different effects/formatting to look like they join up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 There is a glitch with using the rectangle method. 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...
lacerto Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 (...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G13RL Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 38 minutes ago, firstdefence said: There is a glitch with using the rectangle method. There is no problem if the rectangle is without fill and contour, which I pointed out in my previous message. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 I know, my rectangle is set to none on both fill and stroke. Very odd. Attached file to look at: Text mask issue.afdesign 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...
G13RL Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 Thanks for the file, the only difference with mine is the radius of the external glow of the clipped part of the 😧 to hide the rectangle, the radius is decreased compared to the other parts of the drawing. Unfortunately this also decreases the external glow on the bridge above S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyJack Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 8 hours ago, firstdefence said: Very odd. Not so much. Two things are happening: the rectangle isn't big enough to block out the glow of the blue D. And wherever it overlaps the outer FX of the yellow D the effect is compounded. In order to address both issues the clipping shape should look more like this... lacerto, firstdefence and G13RL 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G13RL Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 @JimmyJack you're right, it's the right thing to do, thank you. JimmyJack 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 Nice solution as always Jimmyjack. 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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