Fill an area that is not closed. Cartoon fills are often outlines that aren’t closed!

[Affinity Rat]

I’m using AD and AP, and would like to make cartoon like characters. Ofter these images are not closed but are filled.
Manga creation software like Clip Studio Paint have the ability to close fills (ex. paint can tool) given some user specified size gap constraints, is this possible in an Affinity product?

 

 

[GarryP]

Can you give us one or more visual examples which would explain what you mean?

[Affinity Rat]

Using the fill tool to do something like this.

This was obviously created with pixel art not vector, but vector solution good too!

[Affinity Rat]

Obviously there are time consuming workarounds to achieve this effect, but ideally controlled by the fill tool itself. 

[GarryP]

You can already do that with the Pen Tool (and others) – see attached screenshot.
Am I missing something from your explanation?

[Ron P.]

Adding to GarryP's example, you can even use gradient fills, and also for the strokes.

[Affinity Rat]

Ok, great thank you, I primarily use AP, not AD.

Very rusty on AD, Playing with AD, OK got it, that is default behavior, duh!

Is this behavior possible in AP?

AD maybe better for what I want to do, but so much more familiar with AP.

 

 

 

 

 

[GarryP]

The Pen Tool is available in all the Affinity applications and, in this specific case (unless I’m forgetting something), that tool works the same way in each.

Adding Strokes and Fills to shapes/curves is mostly the same in all applications but Photo doesn’t have a Stroke Panel, you need to use the Context Toolbar instead.

Edited December 31, 2021 by GarryP

[Ali]

AP being ... ? Photo or Publisher???

[GarryP]

Extra: If anyone reading this wants to partially (or wholly) fill a non-closed area of a Pixel layer then my attached video might be useful.
Note that the Curve Layer – used to ‘stop’ the fill – needs to be below the Pixel layer in the Layer Stack and you need to use Current Layer and Below in the Context Toolbar.
Note 1: There may be other/better ways of doing this.
Note 2: This might not work in all circumstances.
Note 3: Just thought I’d add this in case it was useful to anyone.

[Affinity Rat]

23 minutes ago, Ali said:

AP being ... ? Photo or Publisher???

Clarification, Affinity Photo

[Affinity Rat]

21 minutes ago, GarryP said:

Extra: If anyone reading this wants to partially (or wholly) fill a non-closed area of a Pixel layer then my attached video might be useful.
Note that the Curve Layer – used to ‘stop’ the fill – needs to be below the Pixel layer in the Layer Stack and you need to use Current Layer and Below in the Context Toolbar.
Note 1: There may be other/better ways of doing this.
Note 2: This might not work in all circumstances.
Note 3: Just thought I’d add this in case it was useful to anyone.

Thank you for that, thats interesting. My workflow would ordinarily do all the outlines then quickly fill, this while would work it would be cumbersome.

 

[NotMyFault]

If using pixel layers and pixel based fill tool, use the selection tools to limit the range of fill.

a generous rectangle should do in most cases.

[Affinity Rat]

4 hours ago, NotMyFault said:

If using pixel layers and pixel based fill tool, use the selection tools to limit the range of fill.

a generous rectangle should do in most cases.

Thanx Notmyproblem, I’ll give it a try.

[R C-R]

9 hours ago, Affinity Rat said:

Clarification, Affinity Photo

The Pen Tool & all the shape tools (like the Rectangle, Ellipse, & all of the Star tools) are available in all 3 Affinity apps, & for all of them filling them with solid colors or gradients works the same way. Layer objects created with the shape tools can be converted to curves & the Node tool can be used to change their shapes or open them via the Action item on the context toolbar.

So in this respect, if you become familiar with this in one of the apps, you can do it in all of them.