ra.skill Posted September 28, 2020 Posted September 28, 2020 (edited) I have been using Illustrator professionally for the past 20 years and also educationally for the past 10, with a focus on Fashion Design and Technical Drawing. But much like everyone else on this forum I am utterly fed up with Adobe's systems and methods in recent years. I am 100% ready to jump ship and never look back but there's just a couple of features that are stopping me....1. Pattern Brushes The Ability to turn any vector shape into a repeating pattern brush. A feature commonly used to create stitching brushes in fashion design.2. Brush Profiles The ability to add a shape profile to a brush.3. Image Tracing The Ability to automatically trace a raster image and create a vector version.4. Pattern Creation The Ability to create a repeating pattern or print that can be saved as a swatch and used as a fill. Add these 3 features in the next edition and I'll jump the Adobe ship bringing my 120 students with me 🙂 Please Please Please Edited September 28, 2020 by ra.skill PaoloT, debraspicher, siruba747 and 2 others 5 Quote
Dazmondo77 Posted September 29, 2020 Posted September 29, 2020 - Yes please - ra.skill 1 Quote Mac Pro Cheese-grater (Early 2009) 2.93 GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon 48 GB 1333 MHz DDR3 ECC Ram, Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8GB GDDR5, Ugee 19" Graphics Tablet Monitor Triple boot via OCLP 2.2.0 - Mac OS Monterey 12.7.6, Sonoma 14.7.3 and Mojave 10.14.6 Affinity Publisher, Designer and Photo 1.10.5 - 2.6.2 Betas 2.6. www.bingercreative.co.uk
2989 Posted September 29, 2020 Posted September 29, 2020 Yes. Please PLEASE debraspicher and ra.skill 2 Quote
ra.skill Posted October 5, 2020 Author Posted October 5, 2020 On 9/28/2020 at 11:21 PM, ra.skill said: I have been using Illustrator professionally for the past 20 years and also educationally for the past 10, with a focus on Fashion Design and Technical Drawing. But much like everyone else on this forum I am utterly fed up with Adobe's systems and methods in recent years. I am 100% ready to jump ship and never look back but there's just a couple of features that are stopping me....1. Pattern Brushes The Ability to turn any vector shape into a repeating pattern brush. A feature commonly used to create stitching brushes in fashion design.2. Brush Profiles The ability to add a shape profile to a brush.3. Image Tracing The Ability to automatically trace a raster image and create a vector version.4. Pattern Creation The Ability to create a repeating pattern or print that can be saved as a swatch and used as a fill. Add these 3 features in the next edition and I'll jump the Adobe ship bringing my 120 students with me 🙂 Please Please Please In addition to the above I have another request.....5. Offset Path Tool A tool that automatically draws a path parallel to an existing path at a specified distance. Brian_J, Pieter Frank and PaoloT 3 Quote
CEJones Posted October 12, 2020 Posted October 12, 2020 I absolutely need the ability to create a repeating pattern that can be saved as a swatch and used as a fill in order to adopt Affinity Designer. In addition, I'd need the ability to bend the patterns and make them taper according to the 3-D perspective of the diagram. I'm a geologist, and we like to use a brick pattern to indicate limestone. The brick pattern should run parallel to the folded layers of rock, and it should taper if it is running along the side of a 3-D block diagram. Examples may be seen here: (This illustrator did not taper the blocks. I'd like taper my blocks to maintain a sense of perspective.) ra.skill, debraspicher and PaoloT 3 Quote
v_kyr Posted October 12, 2020 Posted October 12, 2020 3 hours ago, CEJones said: I absolutely need the ability to create a repeating pattern that can be saved as a swatch and used as a fill in order to adopt Affinity Designer. ... Would be fine to have, but in it's current state you can only do workarounds via symbols and assets for creating pseudo patterns. See for example ... Affinity Designer Pattern template Affinity Designer Pattern Template – Mensch Mesch etc. The 3D-Block stuff with bending is even more challenging here. And currently so far also just pseudo via isometric drawing. ra.skill and 2989 2 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
ra.skill Posted October 12, 2020 Author Posted October 12, 2020 5 hours ago, CEJones said: I'm a geologist, and we like to use a brick pattern to indicate limestone. Turns out Geologists and Fashion Designers are not that far apart after all 😉😉 Yes this is a valuable feature that I hope will be coming soon. Quote
ESPR Posted October 13, 2020 Posted October 13, 2020 On 9/28/2020 at 5:21 PM, ra.skill said: 2. Brush Profiles The ability to add a shape profile to a brush. There is already a feature called Pressure in the Stroke Panel which you can use to give a stroke a shape and it can be saved as a Profile. It also works with custom vectorbrushes, but you have to enable the Size Variance. ra.skill 1 Quote
ra.skill Posted October 13, 2020 Author Posted October 13, 2020 44 minutes ago, ESPR said: There is already a feature called Pressure in the Stroke Panel which you can use to give a stroke a shape and it can be saved as a Profile. It also works with custom vectorbrushes, but you have to enable the Size Variance. Thank you ESPR, Didnt realise I could save the profiles, this is very helpful Quote
ra.skill Posted October 13, 2020 Author Posted October 13, 2020 Update to want list..... 1. Pattern Brushes - STILL WAITINGThe Ability to turn any vector shape into a repeating pattern brush.A feature commonly used to create stitching brushes in fashion design.2. Brush Profiles - FEATURE COMPLETEThe ability to add a shape profile to a brush.3. Image Tracing - STILL WAITINGThe Ability to automatically trace a raster image and create a vector version.4. Pattern Creation - STILL WAITINGThe Ability to create a repeating pattern or print that can be saved as a swatch and used as a fill.5. Offset Path Tool - FEATURE COMING SOONA tool that automatically draws a path parallel to an existing path at a specified distance. 2989, debraspicher, siruba747 and 1 other 4 Quote
ra.skill Posted February 7, 2021 Author Posted February 7, 2021 I see a “Pattern Fill” function has been added to Affinity Photo in the 1.9 update!!! Grrrrr why for photo and not designer! Hopefully it will come across soon. Still waiting on my Adobe free future. debraspicher, siruba747 and CM0 3 Quote
ra.skill Posted June 14, 2021 Author Posted June 14, 2021 Also need to add to this list the ability to measure curved and shaped lines. siruba747 1 Quote
Pieter Frank Posted July 2, 2021 Posted July 2, 2021 (edited) Hello There! I seem to be having more or less the same wish list. 1: I am desperately waiting for a pattern swatch tool. I design a lot of repeating patterns and I need to be able to make a swatch out of this in vector! I recently designed patterns for PUMA to be used in the summer olympics and to deliver the artwork as bitmap is a no go. PLEASE affinity developpers put this on your roadmap!!!!! 2: I sketch a lot of line work on my iPad or on paper and vector trace it to be edited in a Vector program. I used to do this in adobe illustrator but after 25 years of adobe I got fed up with their adobe antics and decided to go with to the Affinity suite. I would be helped a lot with a vector tracing tool, to convert drawings to vector. I am using Inkscape now for lack of a better tool in the affinity realm but I would prefer to be able to do it in affinity designer. THNX! Edited July 2, 2021 by Pieter Frank 2989, aizome and ra.skill 3 Quote
ra.skill Posted July 2, 2021 Author Posted July 2, 2021 Hi @Pieter Frank I hear you! Both are features that I’m waiting for also… but I get the feeling they won’t be in the 1.10 release that’s on its way. Hopefully not too far after that. 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻 Pieter Frank 1 Quote
Komatös Posted July 3, 2021 Posted July 3, 2021 I don't know how good this tool is, but maybe it will meet your needs (for now). https://vectormagic.com Quote MAC mini M4 | MacOS Sequoia 15.5 | 16 GB RAM | 256 GB SSD AMD Ryzen 7 5700X | Sapphire Nitro+ RX 9060 XT 16 GB | 32 GB DDR4 3200MHz | Windows 11 Pro 24H2 (26100.4351) Windows 11 Pro on VMWare Virtual Machine (on Mac) Affinity Suite V 2.6.3 & Beta 2.6 (latest) Interested in a free (selfhosted) PDF Solution? Have a look at Stirling PDF No backup, no pity.
2989 Posted July 3, 2021 Posted July 3, 2021 17 hours ago, Pieter Frank said: Hello There! I seem to be having more or less the same wish list. 1: I am desperately waiting for a pattern swatch tool. I design a lot of repeating patterns and I need to be able to make a swatch out of this in vector! I recently designed patterns for PUMA to be used in the summer olympics and to deliver the artwork as bitmap is a no go. PLEASE affinity developpers put this on your roadmap!!!!! 2: I sketch a lot of line work on my iPad or on paper and vector trace it to be edited in a Vector program. I used to do this in adobe illustrator but after 25 years of adobe I got fed up with their adobe antics and decided to go with to the Affinity suite. I would be helped a lot with a vector tracing tool, to convert drawings to vector. I am using Inkscape now for lack of a better tool in the affinity realm but I would prefer to be able to do it in affinity designer. THNX! Ditto !!! Affinity Please add these as a matter of Urgency !!! Thank You Pieter Frank, siruba747 and ra.skill 3 Quote
ra.skill Posted July 3, 2021 Author Posted July 3, 2021 For those who haven’t seen it…https://youtu.be/JnfxzknVK_0 Video about the 1.10 release. From the sound of things this next version is predominantly a stability and performance update. There may not be many new features. But… The feeling is that this version is about laying a strong foundation on which they will build rich features like the ones we’re all waiting for… So maybe release 1.11 or 2.0 we will start seeing the features we want. 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻 Dazmondo77 and debraspicher 2 Quote
siruba747 Posted July 9, 2021 Posted July 9, 2021 I am also a fashion design WHO DID JUMP a long time ago. Love you. Please include OFFSET PATH feature. I use this when I need to add "stitches" to technical drawings. I can copy the shape, transform which is a workaround, but it's not really the same. I love the options that ra.skill has asked for. I'm ready to follow him on Instagram. ra.skill 1 Quote
Pšenda Posted July 9, 2021 Posted July 9, 2021 32 minutes ago, siruba747 said: Please include OFFSET PATH feature. ???https://affinity.help/designer/English.lproj/pages/CurvesShapes/contouringShapes.html Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.5.7.2948 (Retail) Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 24H2, Build 26100.2605. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 24H2, Build 26100.2605. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130.
ra.skill Posted July 9, 2021 Author Posted July 9, 2021 35 minutes ago, siruba747 said: I am also a fashion design WHO DID JUMP a long time ago. Love you. Please include OFFSET PATH feature. I use this when I need to add "stitches" to technical drawings. I can copy the shape, transform which is a workaround, but it's not really the same. I love the options that ra.skill has asked for. I'm ready to follow him on Instagram. Pleased to say that the offset path tool came in version 1.9 😊😊 it’s called the ‘Contour Tool’ and it’s actually better than Ai version… with more functionality. what version are you on @siruba747 by all means join me on Instagram… https://www.instagram.com/ra.skill/ siruba747 1 Quote
siruba747 Posted July 9, 2021 Posted July 9, 2021 5 minutes ago, Pšenda said: ???https://affinity.help/designer/English.lproj/pages/CurvesShapes/contouringShapes.html https://creativescaledesigns.com/2019/04/05/design-series-adobe-illustrator-offset-path/ Quote
siruba747 Posted July 9, 2021 Posted July 9, 2021 30 minutes ago, ra.skill said: Pleased to say that the offset path tool came in version 1.9 😊😊 it’s called the ‘Contour Tool’ and it’s actually better than Ai version… with more functionality. what version are you on @siruba747 by all means join me on Instagram… https://www.instagram.com/ra.skill/ I didn't understand what it was when I got the update. Most of my work is physical. I'm in the process of digitizing all my patterns for overseas production. So I'm very happy to find that I'm not the only designer using Designer. Quote
ra.skill Posted July 9, 2021 Author Posted July 9, 2021 1 hour ago, siruba747 said: very happy to find that I'm not the only designer using Designer. Likewise 🙂 question… how do you get around measuring curves in Affinity Designer? Quote
siruba747 Posted July 9, 2021 Posted July 9, 2021 30 minutes ago, ra.skill said: Likewise 🙂 question… how do you get around measuring curves in Affinity Designer? I cheat. I start with the paper pattern in which I have created an interior set of measures including 45 degree angles with definite measures. An angle line is built linear first then transformed to a 45 angle. I built little interior structures of measurements. Using the pen tool (because there is no line tool) then transform into the correct measures and scale the photograph into the digital framework as best as possible. Then on a separate layer just trace it. curve workaround.afphoto Quote
ra.skill Posted July 17, 2021 Author Posted July 17, 2021 Update to want list..... 1. Pattern Brushes - STILL WAITINGThe Ability to turn any vector shape into a repeating pattern brush.A feature commonly used to create stitching brushes in fashion design.2. Brush Profiles - FEATURE COMPLETEThe ability to add a shape profile to a stroke or brush.3. Image Tracing - STILL WAITINGThe Ability to automatically trace a raster image and create a vector version.4. Pattern Creation - STILL WAITINGThe Ability to create editable repeating vector patterns or prints designs that can be saved as a swatch and used as a fill.5. Offset Path Tool - FEATURE COMPLETEA tool that automatically draws a path parallel to an existing path at a specified distance. In version 1.9 the “contour tool” was added and provides the functionality of Ai offset path tool. 6. Dashed Line Alignment - STILL WAITINGAbility to slightly stretch dashed lines so that every every corner and end point is even and the same. Pieter Frank and Wosven 2 Quote
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