Cobalt7 Imaging Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 Howdy folks - I seem to run into this enough to warrant asking how I should do it. I want to fill in the top and bottom segments of this object with a solid color (indicated by the squiggly lines). I changed the outside curve to red to indicate the way this was created. Is it possible to select those top four corner points and create a single object? Or do I simply have to draw the shape manually? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lepr Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 You can use the Pen Tool to quickly extend the black open curve to an almost closed curve, as shown below, and then boolean intersect it and the red closed curve. Then give the resulting shape the required fill and stroke. If you need to keep the initial objects for later, then duplicate them before following my instructions. Cobalt7 Imaging 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobalt7 Imaging Posted April 20, 2020 Author Share Posted April 20, 2020 Interesting, thank you. I will try this out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G13RL Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 If it is not important that the lines are no longer lines but shapes, you can select the set, "Expand Stroke", "Add", "Divide". You can then color the different parts. Then group the whole. Cobalt7 Imaging 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobalt7 Imaging Posted April 20, 2020 Author Share Posted April 20, 2020 Ahh yes, the expand stroke routine. I had seen that once and forgotten about it. I think this is what I'm after. Thanks to both of you for your time. Seems like it'd be helpful to have a tool that did just what I mentioned - allow me to select multiple nodes and create an object out of it without any trickery. I'm sure it's a combination of difficult coding and me not fully understanding vectors/curves, but one can dream. Best Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G13RL Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 You can also extend the inner curve to make a shape protruding from the main shape and put it in color. With the new shape selected, "Ctrl/Cmd + X". Select the main shape, "Layer", "Insert", "Inside" then "Ctrl/Cmd +V". Cobalt7 Imaging 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G13RL Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 @Cobalt7 Imaging , thanks for the feedack! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quad Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 How do you actually use the magic wand, or brush selector... I have hollow text that I have converted to curves, and I am trying to select the white bits to infill... the brush selector in photoshop would just select the white and the whole task would take less than a minute.... THIS IS A NIGHTMARE.... the brush keeps falling over into the black outlines, and it won't just select the whole white part, I have to keep scrolling around with it..... I have been at for 15 mins and still can't make it work... If there is no way to just select a colour and specify a tolerance then affinity is bust as far as I am concerned... Please help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 Welcome to the forums. I don’t quite understand what you are trying to do but it sounds like you might be doing it ‘the long way round’. Would you be able to give us an example of what you want to do? Not how you are trying to do it, but what you want to do. Also, which Affinity application(s) do you have access to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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