Affinity Designer: Can you create/add multiple vectors/objects on the same layer?

[Emmill]

Hello everyone,

I´m using Affinity Designer since a month or two and I´m wondering if there´s a setting or way to create multiple objects or vectors on the same layer. For example I´d like to use the Vector Paint Brush tool on one layer, without creating a new one every time I add a new vector. I know that you can group and classify layers, but that´s not really what I´m looking for.

Well, AFD is not a ´traditional´ digital painting programme like Clip Studio Paint etc. (actually it´s totally not), but maybe you can use it as such in some cases. So, what I´m looking for is a feature to ´paint´ like in pixel-mode without ´separating´ each ´line´.

 

I don´t really think that there´s a setting or feature like that, but maybe I´ve overseen something...

(I´m sorry if there is a similar topic like that in the forums, but I didn´t find anything.)

[prophet]

You could try Layer > Geometry > Merge Curves to get multiple vectors to behave as a single unit.

[Emmill]

12 minutes ago, prophet said:

You could try Layer > Geometry > Merge Curves to get multiple vectors to behave as a single unit.

That helps a lot, thanks!

I think it will do it for now, but do you know if there´s a setting to apply this also to every new curve so that you don´t have to do it afterwards? I mean, it´s not a huge effort, but... I´m kida lazy^^ My major problem with this is the organization of my layers panel and projects. Grouping/Classifying layers doesn´t help because it creates a kind of mask onto the existing layer.

Well, I think that Affinity Designer or at least the vector graphics mode really isn´t made for a lot of this kind of work...

[prophet]

Another approach could be to create an empty layer first. Then, with it selected in the Layers panel, all future objects created will belong to that layer. That's essentially what Illustrator does.