anemos Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 how do you design a circle around a shape or letter like in this sample file I downloaded this file from the internet and would like to create my own designcircle around letter.afdesign Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 To help others understand the question without needing to download that .afdesign file, here's a screenshot: G13RL 1 Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 Make a circle with a thick stroke and no fill. Duplicate it and offset the location, set the blend mode to Erase. Now put the appropriately sized letter underneath those two circles with a cropped copy on top of the stuff. Group the four of them to ease moving it around. G13RL 1 Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.1 | Affinity Photo 2.4.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anemos Posted March 8, 2022 Author Share Posted March 8, 2022 Old Bruce thank you very much for your reply. Can you or somebody else please do a step by step instruction on how to create that circle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe_l Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 Study the attached document to see how it could be done. @Old Bruce Why do you use the Blend Mode Erase? Works without IMO. circle-design.afdesign GarryP and anemos 1 1 Quote ---------- Windows 10 / 11, Complete Suite Retail and Beta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 circle-design Bruce.afdesign Because in my opinion it breaks with a coloured background. joe_l and anemos 2 Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.1 | Affinity Photo 2.4.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anemos Posted March 9, 2022 Author Share Posted March 9, 2022 Old Bruce thank you very much again for creating the design for me. I was able to recreate your design using parts of your design. But I was not able to create that circle. I would really appreciate if you could show me in more details how you created that beautiful circle. I am still a newbie to Affinity Designer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G13RL Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 @anemoshere's how to do it. If the background is colored, group the two ellipses together before setting the blend of the top one to "Erase" so as not to pierce the rectangle @Old Brucemay want to add some more details. Old Bruce, walt.farrell and anemos 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anemos Posted March 10, 2022 Author Share Posted March 10, 2022 G13RL thank you very much for showing me how to create the offset circle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G13RL Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 1 hour ago, anemos said: G13RL thank you very much for showing me how to create the offset circle You're welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anemos Posted March 10, 2022 Author Share Posted March 10, 2022 On 3/8/2022 at 5:11 PM, joe_l said: Study the attached document to see how it could be done. @Old Bruce Why do you use the Blend Mode Erase? Works without IMO. circle-design.afdesign 1.72 MB · 6 downloads joe_l thank you very much for document, sorry for the late reply joe_l 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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