jdj Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 Hi, I'm trying to create a shape that looks like a "C" letter with colored bubbles inside. (see attachment) I tried using the "Pie Tool" however I can't get the edges right. And how do I create the different color bubbles inside the shape? Hope someone could provide guidelines or a template file to work from. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telemax Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 Hi What app you use? Affinity Photo or Affinity Designer? Quote Non-destructive Mask https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/150439-non-destructive-mask/Image layer & Pixel layer https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/146720-image-layer-and-pixel-layer/Brushes | Stars https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/135202-brushes-stars/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 28 minutes ago, telemax said: What app you use? Affinity Photo or Affinity Designer? It doesn’t really matter, does it, apart from slight differences in the locations of the tools and commands used for something like this? In both apps you can Boolean ‘add’ circles to the open ends of the donut to round them off, and in both apps you can create a group of coloured circles which will be clipped to the ‘C’ shape when you move the group layer to the nesting position on the ‘C’ layer. C-bubbles.afdesign Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.5.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telemax Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 Yes. But the "C" shape created in AP will be only raster. Right? Because in AP, there is no Expand Stroke. Quote Non-destructive Mask https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/150439-non-destructive-mask/Image layer & Pixel layer https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/146720-image-layer-and-pixel-layer/Brushes | Stars https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/135202-brushes-stars/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 20 minutes ago, telemax said: Yes. But the "C" shape created in AP will be only raster. Right? Because in AP, there is no Expand Stroke. You can find a nice font for a round C (Gotham Rounded) and convert it to curves, or you can use the doughnut shape to create a nice C and nest the bubbles. 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdj Posted August 17, 2020 Author Share Posted August 17, 2020 Thanks for all the feedback guys. I'm using Affinity Designer. @Alfred Looks good but I'd like a bit more more space between each end like in the example picture. If I just use the Node Tool and pull it's difficult to maintain the right 'C' shape. Please tell me if there's a good way to adjust this spacing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telemax Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 Corner Tool C.mp4 firstdefence and Palatino 2 Quote Non-destructive Mask https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/150439-non-destructive-mask/Image layer & Pixel layer https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/146720-image-layer-and-pixel-layer/Brushes | Stars https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/135202-brushes-stars/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palatino Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 Quote Thanks to DeepL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 21 minutes ago, jdj said: Please tell me if there's a good way to adjust this spacing. Like all the other parametric shapes, the donut has little red dots that you’ll see when you select the shape after choosing any of the Shape Tools from the flyout where the the Pie Tool and the Donut Tool reside, and there are corresponding numerical controls on the Context toolbar. Having said that, it occurs to me that you must have already discovered those if you started with the Pie Tool but ended up with a donut! https://affinity.help/designer/English.lproj/index.html?page=pages/Tools/tools_dnut.html?title=Donut Tool Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.5.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telemax Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 38 minutes ago, jdj said: If I just use the Node Tool and pull it's difficult to maintain the right 'C' shape. C2.mp4 Quote Non-destructive Mask https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/150439-non-destructive-mask/Image layer & Pixel layer https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/146720-image-layer-and-pixel-layer/Brushes | Stars https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/135202-brushes-stars/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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