Josef Spitzlberger Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 Hi, I intend to realize a design from affinity designer with a laser engraver on wood. The design contains for example letters. I have converted these letters into curves. For the laser I now need a second version of this letter, shrunk by 1 pixel from all sides. I know this for example from Photoshop. There a selection can be selected 1 pixel narrower. Can I get that in the designer with a curve also somehow? Thanks for your help Regards Sepp Deutsch: Hi, Ich beabsichtige ein Design aus affinity designer mit einem Laser Engraver auf Holz umsetzen. Das Design enthält zum Beispiel Buchstaben. Diese Buchstaben habe ich in Kurven umgewandelt. Für den Laser benötige ich nun eine zweite Version dieses Buchstaben, der um jeweils 1 Pixel von allen Seiten geschrumpft ist. Ich kenne das zum Beispiel von Photoshop. Dort kann eine Auswahl um 1 Pixel enger gewählt werden. Kann ich das im Designer mit einer Kurve auch irgendwie hinbekommen? Danke für eure Hilfe Grüße Sepp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 Welcome to the forum @Josef Spitzlberger Use the contour tool. Make a duplicate of the letter curve select the contour tool and set the Radius to -1px and check the contour type for the style you want Bake the appearance You might have to check the nodes with some typefaces and letters, as in the example below... Oops, this happened on the letter B and typeface Avenir 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...
Josef Spitzlberger Posted February 22, 2021 Author Share Posted February 22, 2021 Thank you very much, I'll try this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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