nullpointer Posted February 12, 2020 Posted February 12, 2020 I'm new to Affinity Designer and so far my experience has been exceptionally good! There is however one technique that has me stumped. I need to be able to cut one SVG (placed) shape from another SVG (placed) shape. Suggestions? Quote
firstdefence Posted February 12, 2020 Posted February 12, 2020 Open both SVG files and copy and paste one to the other, they will both be curves and you can boolean subtract them. Or create a new document and copy and paste each SVG into the new document then boolean subtract. Quote iMac 27" 2019 Sequoia 15.0 (24A335), 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
nullpointer Posted February 12, 2020 Author Posted February 12, 2020 Thank you I appreciate it! Does this operation apply to text? If I have text and need to subtract a placed SVG shape from it, is the procedure the same? Quote
firstdefence Posted February 12, 2020 Posted February 12, 2020 You would have to convert the text to curves first, and copy/paste the SVG into that document. Maybe if you can give an example of what you are doing we can give you other ideas. Quote iMac 27" 2019 Sequoia 15.0 (24A335), 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
nullpointer Posted February 12, 2020 Author Posted February 12, 2020 I have a large black text and I'm placing an SVG of a flower over the text with the intent of being able to subtract the SVG of the flower from the text. Quote
gdenby Posted February 12, 2020 Posted February 12, 2020 Hi, nullpointer, After converting the text to curves, add the text curves to make 1 text like figure. Subtact the flower shape from that Quote iMac 27" Retina, c. 2015: OS X 10.11.5: 3.3 GHz I c-5: 32 Gb, AMD Radeon R9 M290 2048 Mb iPad 12.9" Retina, iOS 10, 512 Gb, Apple pencil Huion WH1409 tablet
nullpointer Posted February 12, 2020 Author Posted February 12, 2020 Hi, gdenby, Are you aware of any vids that show this technique? Quote
gdenby Posted February 12, 2020 Posted February 12, 2020 21 minutes ago, nullpointer said: Hi, gdenby, Are you aware of any vids that show this technique? No, tho' it is a basic subtract operation. S'pose theres something relevant out there. I mentioned adding the text curves together so that the flower shape would not need to be subtracted over and over for each character. Just the whole mass at once. Quote iMac 27" Retina, c. 2015: OS X 10.11.5: 3.3 GHz I c-5: 32 Gb, AMD Radeon R9 M290 2048 Mb iPad 12.9" Retina, iOS 10, 512 Gb, Apple pencil Huion WH1409 tablet
nullpointer Posted February 12, 2020 Author Posted February 12, 2020 You're right - worked like a charm! Quote
nullpointer Posted February 15, 2020 Author Posted February 15, 2020 Hey gdenby, You mentioned adding the text curves together so that the flower shape would not need to be subtracted over and over for each character. How do you add text curves together? Thanks! Quote
firstdefence Posted February 16, 2020 Posted February 16, 2020 20 hours ago, nullpointer said: Hey gdenby, You mentioned adding the text curves together so that the flower shape would not need to be subtracted over and over for each character. How do you add text curves together? Thanks! When you convert a word to text it creates a group of the letters, just expand the group, select the letter curves and boolean/geometry: Add them together. Quote iMac 27" 2019 Sequoia 15.0 (24A335), 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
nullpointer Posted February 16, 2020 Author Posted February 16, 2020 firstdefence Thank You! Outstanding! firstdefence 1 Quote
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