keowlicreations Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 I'm new to Affinity Designer so this might not be a bug but just a gap in my understanding. When trying to perform boolean add with text, if letters overlapped, then the middle of letters (like an o) get filled. However if I do a compound Add (option + add) the o looks correct. Attached is a screen record of the issue as well as the file. Thanks for any help or feedback Screen_Recording_2020-08-28_at_9_01.57_PM.mov TestAD2.afdesign Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lepr Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 The destructive Add produced an object with Winding fill mode. Layer > Fill Mode > Alternate will change that to the result you expected. However, destructive Boolean operations in the current Affinity apps are more bug-ridden than the non-destructive Compound alternative, so you'll often need to use a Compound even when you want a destructive result. A Compound can be converted to a single Curve or Curves object by Layer > Convert To Curves. telemax, Artistwright and Alfred 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 2 hours ago, anon2 said: However, destructive Boolean operations in the current Affinity apps are more bug-ridden than the non-destructive Compound alternative An interesting observation! Thanks for sharing it here. 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...
keowlicreations Posted August 30, 2020 Author Share Posted August 30, 2020 Thank you, I will keep playing around with it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keowlicreations Posted October 27, 2020 Author Share Posted October 27, 2020 It seems I am still having issues with this. I thought I had it figured out, but there are still some instances that have me wanting to pull my hair out. I will attach a video and the file. I was able to successfully merge each word together with the compound add except for the word "for". compound_boolean_add.mov TEST Jesus is the reason for the Season.afdesign Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 Use Layer > Geometry > Merge Curves 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...
firstdefence Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 Did a bit of rejigging of the layers as you had curves within curves, compounds and groups all over the place. the final result once the layers were sorted was to use Layer > Geometry > Merge curves. I had to change the fill mode to winding but once that was done it was all good. Trojan layers Layer > Release Compound Ungroup the season curves. Then select all the layers CMD (⌘) + A on Mac, (Ctrl + A On Windows) and Layer > Geometry > Merge curves You may also have to Layer > Fill Mode: Winding (Non Zero) Saved with history so you can jog back and forth in the history panel. TEST edited - Jesus is the reason for the Season.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...
keowlicreations Posted October 28, 2020 Author Share Posted October 28, 2020 9 hours ago, firstdefence said: Did a bit of rejigging of the layers as you had curves within curves, compounds and groups all over the place. the final result once the layers were sorted was to use Layer > Geometry > Merge curves. I had to change the fill mode to winding but once that was done it was all good. Trojan layers Layer > Release Compound Ungroup the season curves. Then select all the layers CMD (⌘) + A on Mac, (Ctrl + A On Windows) and Layer > Geometry > Merge curves You may also have to Layer > Fill Mode: Winding (Non Zero) Saved with history so you can jog back and forth in the history panel. TEST edited - Jesus is the reason for the Season.afdesign @firstdefence I thought I had figured out all of the lettering except for the "for", but it seams I actually just complicated all of them. Thank you for your help. It seems like the following steps are the way to do it. Convert to Curves, Ungroup, Layer > Geometry > Merge Curves, and then Add Thank you again! firstdefence 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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