NotMyFault Posted July 8, 2022 Posted July 8, 2022 I would like to have the option to transform a selection (e.g. created by magnetic lasso tool) into a curve. It would be a small step into the direction of assisted bitmap to vector trace tool. Selections created by lasso tools are always edge-sharp, so creating a curve from them should be really easy. Quote Mac mini M1 A2348 | MBP M3 Windows 11 - AMD Ryzen 9 5900x - 32 GB RAM - Nvidia GTX 1080 LG34WK950U-W, calibrated to DCI-P3 with LG Calibration Studio / Spider 5 | Dell 27“ 4K iPad Air Gen 5 (2022) A2589 Special interest into procedural texture filter, edit alpha channel, RGB/16 and RGB/32 color formats, stacking, finding root causes for misbehaving files, finding creative solutions for unsolvable tasks, finding bugs in Apps. I use iPad screenshots and videos even in the Desktop section of the forum when I expect no relevant difference.
Old Bruce Posted July 8, 2022 Posted July 8, 2022 1 hour ago, NotMyFault said: Selections created by lasso tools are always edge-sharp, so creating a curve from them should be really easy. But how many nodes would be needed and where would they be placed? It is not easy. It is hard. Here is a quickly done (so far from accurate) simple example of circles done with the pen tool. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6 Affinity Designer 2.6.0 | Affinity Photo 2.6.0 | Affinity Publisher 2.6.0 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that.
NotMyFault Posted July 8, 2022 Author Posted July 8, 2022 6 minutes ago, Old Bruce said: But how many nodes would be needed and where would they be placed? It is not easy. It is hard. Here is a quickly done (so far from accurate) simple example of circles done with the pen tool. the lasso tool is actually making a huge number of nodes - just use them as there were created. I don't care if there will be 2 nodes for every pixel. Quote Mac mini M1 A2348 | MBP M3 Windows 11 - AMD Ryzen 9 5900x - 32 GB RAM - Nvidia GTX 1080 LG34WK950U-W, calibrated to DCI-P3 with LG Calibration Studio / Spider 5 | Dell 27“ 4K iPad Air Gen 5 (2022) A2589 Special interest into procedural texture filter, edit alpha channel, RGB/16 and RGB/32 color formats, stacking, finding root causes for misbehaving files, finding creative solutions for unsolvable tasks, finding bugs in Apps. I use iPad screenshots and videos even in the Desktop section of the forum when I expect no relevant difference.
Old Bruce Posted July 8, 2022 Posted July 8, 2022 3 minutes ago, NotMyFault said: the lasso tool is actually making a huge number of nodes - just use them as there were created. Only with the Magnetic option. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6 Affinity Designer 2.6.0 | Affinity Photo 2.6.0 | Affinity Publisher 2.6.0 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that.
NotMyFault Posted July 8, 2022 Author Posted July 8, 2022 15 minutes ago, Old Bruce said: Only with the Magnetic option. yes as I said in the opening post of the thread: 1 hour ago, NotMyFault said: would like to have the option to transform a selection (e.g. created by magnetic lasso tool) into a curve. It would be a small step into the direction of assisted bitmap to vector trace tool. Quote Mac mini M1 A2348 | MBP M3 Windows 11 - AMD Ryzen 9 5900x - 32 GB RAM - Nvidia GTX 1080 LG34WK950U-W, calibrated to DCI-P3 with LG Calibration Studio / Spider 5 | Dell 27“ 4K iPad Air Gen 5 (2022) A2589 Special interest into procedural texture filter, edit alpha channel, RGB/16 and RGB/32 color formats, stacking, finding root causes for misbehaving files, finding creative solutions for unsolvable tasks, finding bugs in Apps. I use iPad screenshots and videos even in the Desktop section of the forum when I expect no relevant difference.
Chruge Posted October 19, 2022 Posted October 19, 2022 Photoshop has this feature. It's called "make work path" what translates to "make curve" in Affinity... Am I right, that this is not yet present in Affinity Photo? To see how they overcome the problem with the number of points you can search for "Hate Using the Pen Tool? Make it Automatic!" in youtube. Go to 2:50, there you are... Let me know, if that is available in Affinity Photo and I have just not found it. Quote
Old Bruce Posted October 19, 2022 Posted October 19, 2022 1 hour ago, Chruge said: Am I right, that this is not yet present in Affinity Photo? You are correct, it isn't in the Affinity applications. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6 Affinity Designer 2.6.0 | Affinity Photo 2.6.0 | Affinity Publisher 2.6.0 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that.
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