Lara Starchild Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 Is it possible to draw vector drawings in Affinity Photo (I don't own Affinity Designer)? I want to draw a vectorized version of a drawing I made by hand. I have imported a photo of the drawing (to use as a guide when making a digial version) and I have tried to draw on top of it in a new layer. But the new layer is very pixelated and I don't know which function to use to make nice, flowing and vectorized lines. Also, when trying to fill the outlines, the filling "bleeds" to the outside. See the little snapshot of a part of the drawing attached. Is this something I can do in Affinity Photo or do I have to use another program? Thankful for answers, I have ADHD so I have a bit of a hard time to read instructions and manuals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Komatös Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 Hi, @Lara Starchildand welcome to the forums. Affinity Photo is very limited in terms of vector editing. You should consider buying the Designer for your project. Quote AMD Ryzen 7 5700X | INTEL Arc A770 LE 16 GB | 32 GB DDR4 3200MHz | Windows 11 Pro 24H2 (26100.2161) Affinity Suite V 2.5.5 & Beta 2.6 (latest) Interested in a free (selfhosted) PDF Solution? Have a look at Stirling PDF I am not old, I have matured like a good scotch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 1 hour ago, Lara Starchild said: I have tried to draw on top of it in a new layer. But the new layer is very pixelated and I don't know which function to use to make nice, flowing and vectorized lines. You are not going to see the smooth lines because the view in Photo is always Pixelated. It is primarily a raster (pixel) editor. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6 Affinity Designer 2.5.5 | Affinity Photo 2.5.5 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.5 | 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...
R C-R Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 2 hours ago, Old Bruce said: You are not going to see the smooth lines because the view in Photo is always Pixelated. It is primarily a raster (pixel) editor. But you can create vector based objects in AP anyway, using the Pen Tool & the various shape tools (Cog, Rectangle, Triangle, etc.) Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.5.5 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 All 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Komatös Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 @R C-R But there are no vector brushes and the vector objects scaled like raster objects. Better to use Affinity Designer for vectorisation Quote AMD Ryzen 7 5700X | INTEL Arc A770 LE 16 GB | 32 GB DDR4 3200MHz | Windows 11 Pro 24H2 (26100.2161) Affinity Suite V 2.5.5 & Beta 2.6 (latest) Interested in a free (selfhosted) PDF Solution? Have a look at Stirling PDF I am not old, I have matured like a good scotch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 5 hours ago, Komatös said: But there are no vector brushes and the vector objects scaled like raster objects. There are no vector brushes in AP but vector objects created with its shape tools still scale just like any vector object created in AD. It is just that AP always displays the document in Pixel View Mode. So for example, I created this Vector Curve.afphoto file totally in AP using the Pen Tool, but if you rescale it there & then open in in AD, you will see scales like any other resolution-independent vector object. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.5.5 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 All 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lara Starchild Posted June 22, 2022 Author Share Posted June 22, 2022 Thanks for all of your responses! I should look into designer then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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