Matt James Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 I have the attached icon as an svg file, but I want it to be thinner. Is it possible to do this, perhaps convert it to a stroke so that I can then easily adjust the stroke width like if I just drew a line? thumbs-up.svg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 If you remove the fill and set some contour it will look like this ... ... you can then adjust the Contour of those, or in order to have no outline here, you can delete the inner or outer curve nodes via the node tool (select nodes and delete them). After deleting the inner or outer curve shape, you will have what you are after and then can adjust the stroke (contour) size of the remaining curve. Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 Welcome to the Serif Affinity Forums, Matt. If you open your SVG file in Affinity Designer and apply the ‘Divide’ command to the shape, you’ll end up with three layers: a base layer and two shapes on top which are subtracted from it to create the outline effect. Delete those two shapes and then apply a thin stroke to the remaining shape and set its fill to ‘None’. Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 Yes, what @Alfred suggests will yield to the same, even easier, you just have to remove fill and adjust contour size afterwards. - BTW contour = stroke here. Alfred 1 Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt James Posted May 20, 2020 Author Share Posted May 20, 2020 Thanks for the replies, it helped and is much appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PixelPest Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 I´m not getting how "dividing" in parts help with a thinner line here: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 19 minutes ago, PixelPest said: I´m not getting how "dividing" in parts help with a thinner line here: If you ‘Divide’ the original shape and discard the two upper layers, you’re left with a single layer which is like the one in @v_kyr’s second screenshot, but instead of having a stroke and no fill it has a fill and no stroke. Removing the fill and applying a stroke gives you an outline shape whose stroke weight you can adjust (and if you want the vertical line between the cuff and the fist it can easily be added). Fred C 1 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PixelPest Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 ... and this will give the same shape? Interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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