designer -align issue

[Levtrona]

Hi,

when doing these creatures i create one side and then mirror them. When i try to align them, i alwas get this flaw, this stripe in the middle. I have tried different setting for aligning, but nothing seems to work quite right. Any ideas or will i need a workaround?

thanks

Mags

 

 

[Wosven]

Hi @Levtrona and welcome!

It'sthe antaliazing that create this fine lighter line. You can get rid of it adding a colorfull shape below, or simply moving the nodes of one side to overlap the other side.

 

[edit] Really nice design! I like it. [/edit]

[NotMyFault]

You should check that the middle seam is perfectly pixel-aligned.

use the transform panel, select a layer of the left part, select the right middle anchor point in transfor panel, and check that the x position is .0 (no fractional digits).

if not, align all shapes accordingly. Snapping / force pixel alignment helps. But deactivate move by whole pixels.

This method might help

 

[Levtrona]

Wow, that was quick. Thank you.

The perfect pixel ailgnment did the trick.

I will look at the anitaliazing, too and the tutorial of course. 😀

 

34 minutes ago, Wosven said:

[edit] Really nice design! I like it. [/edit]

Thank you.

[SteveR_UK]

This issue was causing major headaches so this thread has helped me a hell of a lot, thanks

Great to know regards to using the transform tool to check fractional values however in most cases it seems to be mainly a antialiasing issue (according to this discussion).

Do I take this as a AD issue that needs addressing?

[SteveR_UK]

Also if I do create say a shape with integer values and select 'Move by whole pixel' I can still see fractional values in the X and Y of the transform tool sometimes when I move the shape on screen ?

Can someone please explain? 

[NotMyFault]

31 minutes ago, SteveR_UK said:

Also if I do create say a shape with integer values and select 'Move by whole pixel' I can still see fractional values in the X and Y of the transform tool sometimes when I move the shape on screen ?

Can someone please explain? 

Yes, the good old trap. Move by whole pixels will not remove fractional digits, it will preserve them. You will almost never need this feature, except you have a rectangle shape with 1px stroke width. These must be aligned to .5 positions to get a sharp stroke. If you move that shape, the option is valuable to avoid the stroke will be blurred across 2px.

Otherwise, always deactivate this snapping option.

[SteveR_UK]

28 minutes ago, NotMyFault said:

Yes, the good old trap. Move by whole pixels will not remove fractional digits, it will preserve them. You will almost never need this feature, except you have a rectangle shape with 1px stroke width. These must be aligned to .5 positions to get a sharp stroke. If you move that shape, the option is valuable to avoid the stroke will be blurred across 2px.

Otherwise, always deactivate this snapping option.

Thanks for the reply

[SteveR_UK]

I find the whole thing confusing