ℓurié Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 Hello, I've found a bug. The Knife tool doesn't work correctly with fonts, even after converting them to curves. As also reported by another user, the bug only happens when I use Shift for straight line. With freehand mode it's ok. With the other shapes I haven't noticed any problems for now. Thanks for your attention. Knife Bug 1.mp4 Knife Bug 2.mp4 Knife Bug 3.mp4 Knife Bug 1.afdesign Knife Bug 2.afdesign Knife Bug 3.afdesign Patrick B and debraspicher 2 Quote AMD Ryzen 3 3100 / RX 6600 / 16GB DDR4 3200 / Windows 10 Home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AffinityMakesMeSad Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 FYI - the above problem with Knife Tool doesn't effect Designer on MAC... Works like a charm on both Mac and my iPad Pro 12.9" M1... Quote Happy amateur that playing around with the Affinity Suite - really love typograhics, photographing, colors & forms, AND, Synthesizers! Macbook Pro 16” M1 2021, iPad Pro 12.9” M1 2021, iPad Pro 10.5” A10X 2017, iMac 27” 5K/i7 late 2015… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Komatös Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 @ℓurié I also have no problems with the knife tool. Quote AMD Ryzen 7 5700X | INTEL Arc A770 LE 16 GB | 32 GB DDR4 3200MHz | Windows 11 Pro 23H2 (22631.3296) AMD A10-9600P | dGPU R7 M340 (2 GB) | 8 GB DDR4 2133 MHz | Windows 10 Home 22H2 (1945.3803) Affinity Suite V 2.4 & Beta 2.(latest) Better translations with: https://www.deepl.com/translator Interested in a robust (selfhosted) PDF Solution? Have a look at Stirling PDF Life is too short to have meaningless discussions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ℓurié Posted November 14, 2022 Author Share Posted November 14, 2022 12 hours ago, AffinityMakesMeSmile said: FYI - the above problem with Knife Tool doesn't effect Designer on MAC... Works like a charm on both Mac and my iPad Pro 12.9" M1... Hello @AffinityMakesMeSmile, thanks for your reply. Perhaps it's an exclusive bug for Windows users, because I'm not the first. But thanks again. Quote AMD Ryzen 3 3100 / RX 6600 / 16GB DDR4 3200 / Windows 10 Home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ℓurié Posted November 14, 2022 Author Share Posted November 14, 2022 11 hours ago, Komatös said: @ℓurié I also have no problems with the knife tool. Hello @Komatös, thanks for your reply. But in your video I can see the same bug. Look carefully and let's analyze it. The first cut leaves behind some curves. It's the line outside the fonts. The left side of & isn't cut. You can check this with the Node tool (press CTRL+Y to see if you use Windows). The second cut only works with the left side of B. The right side of B and & aren't cut, despite you have selected all three elements. A correct cut is this: Correct Cut.mp4 But I've noticed that it works correctly only with a straight fonts (A in the last video is totally straight). Instead, with the other shapes I haven't see any bugs for now. Eventually sorry for my english and thanks for your attention. mrshrike, 4dimage and Andreas Sobel 3 Quote AMD Ryzen 3 3100 / RX 6600 / 16GB DDR4 3200 / Windows 10 Home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Komatös Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 @ℓurié Well, you are right. If I'm observing correctly, it seems to me that when you cut over or just short of nodes with the knife tool, the cut is skipped. ℓurié 1 Quote AMD Ryzen 7 5700X | INTEL Arc A770 LE 16 GB | 32 GB DDR4 3200MHz | Windows 11 Pro 23H2 (22631.3296) AMD A10-9600P | dGPU R7 M340 (2 GB) | 8 GB DDR4 2133 MHz | Windows 10 Home 22H2 (1945.3803) Affinity Suite V 2.4 & Beta 2.(latest) Better translations with: https://www.deepl.com/translator Interested in a robust (selfhosted) PDF Solution? Have a look at Stirling PDF Life is too short to have meaningless discussions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nezumi Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 I have posted about this bug too in other thread. In my experience its not about fonts - its about straight line. Try to use knife tool without shift, just freehand cut through font/objects. If you use knife tool on its own, without shift all should be fine. Kindly let me know if this is the case for you too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ℓurié Posted November 14, 2022 Author Share Posted November 14, 2022 12 hours ago, nezumi said: I have posted about this bug too in other thread. In my experience its not about fonts - its about straight line. Try to use knife tool without shift, just freehand cut through font/objects. If you use knife tool on its own, without shift all should be fine. Kindly let me know if this is the case for you too. Hello @nezumi, thank you too for your reply. It looks like the same bug. As I specified above it only happens when I press SHIFT for straight cut (vertical, horizontal, 45° degree). But in my case it only happens with fonts, even after converting them to curves (only with the straight letters it's ok). With the other shapes I haven't noticed any issue for now. Look this video: Correct Cut 2.mp4 Instead, with freehand mode it's ok with all shapes and all fonts. Chrix and nezumi 2 Quote AMD Ryzen 3 3100 / RX 6600 / 16GB DDR4 3200 / Windows 10 Home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nezumi Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 I didnt noticed - true. Same here. I can cut other shapes with straight line too, no problem here. Exactly like you say - just text is affected, both as text and even changed to curves. ℓurié and saraartist 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ℓurié Posted November 15, 2022 Author Share Posted November 15, 2022 Hello, I have some news. Unfortunately I don't have much time, but I tried again and again. Unluckily the bug also affects the straight letters. But... I've noticed that it doesn't affect all font families. Look the next video: Knife Tool - Font Families.mp4 I also tried with others font families and it seems that only some of these are affected. I attach the file, but you can try with others font families. Knife tool bug - Font Families.afdesign Quote AMD Ryzen 3 3100 / RX 6600 / 16GB DDR4 3200 / Windows 10 Home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mithferion Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 It works well with Inter: Best regards! ℓurié 1 Quote AMD FX 8350 :: Radeon HD 5670 :: Windows 10 :: http://mithferion.deviantart.com/ Oxygen Icons :: GCP Icons :: iOS 11 Design Resources :: iOS App Icon Template :: Free Quality Fonts (Commercial Use) :: Public Domain Images How to do High Quality Art :: Mesh Warp / Distort Tool Considerations :: Select Same / Object - Suggestions :: Live Glassmorphism Effect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasper-V Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 I've had the same issue. So far I've only found it with text -- it doesn't happen with shapes, however complex. (As far as I've been able to find out.) ℓurié 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick B Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 (edited) I am using an M1 iMac running macOS 11, and I'm able to replicate the problem on my end. As has been said, the bug seems to only occur when cutting a straight line (holding Shift) across curved paths, seemingly at specific areas. This only happens on curves that were converted from fonts, but not every font and not every glyph has this problem. Hope this gets fixed. Edited November 17, 2022 by Patrick B added the computer & OS I'm using for context ℓurié 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff EmT Posted November 23, 2022 Staff Share Posted November 23, 2022 Hi @ℓurié We are aware of this issue and I've passed over your example to the devs to help with their investigation. @Patrick B We've currently only been able to replicate this issue on Windows, could you provide a screen recording of this issue in action on your mac so we can try to recreate it? ℓurié and nezumi 2 Quote How to format a bug report | List of V2 FAQ's | Affinity Photo (V2) Tutorials | Affinity Designer (V2) Tutorials | Affinity Publisher (V2) Tutorials Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick B Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 4 hours ago, EmT said: Hi @ℓurié We are aware of this issue and I've passed over your example to the devs to help with their investigation. @Patrick B We've currently only been able to replicate this issue on Windows, could you provide a screen recording of this issue in action on your mac so we can try to recreate it? Hi EmT, Here are some screen recordings. I am working with the document "Knife Bug 1.afdesign" that OP posted. 01.mp4 02.mp4 EmT 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick B Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 I also noticed that when you are doing consecutive cuts in a particular direction, it won't let you cut back in the opposite direction (unless you select that area that has been cut). As seen here: 03.mp4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ℓurié Posted November 23, 2022 Author Share Posted November 23, 2022 On 11/16/2022 at 2:13 PM, Mithferion said: It works well with Inter: Best regards! Hi @Mithferion, thanks for your info. But unfortunately in my case I've found the same bug with this font family: Knife Bug - Inter.mp4 Greetings to you! Quote AMD Ryzen 3 3100 / RX 6600 / 16GB DDR4 3200 / Windows 10 Home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ℓurié Posted November 23, 2022 Author Share Posted November 23, 2022 8 hours ago, EmT said: Hi @ℓurié We are aware of this issue and I've passed over your example to the devs to help with their investigation. @Patrick B We've currently only been able to replicate this issue on Windows, could you provide a screen recording of this issue in action on your mac so we can try to recreate it? Hi @EmT I'm glad to know it. Thank you very much! Quote AMD Ryzen 3 3100 / RX 6600 / 16GB DDR4 3200 / Windows 10 Home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lepr Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 Workaround is to scale the document to 1 pixel wide, do the operation, then scale the document back to original size. That should give the devs a clue. ℓurié 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SrPx Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 Yep, perhaps common issue with the booleans and shapebuilder. For the record, just tested that also works the trick of 'clipboard->copy as svg' activated in preferences, "paste special" as svg (it also treats "holes" as expected, after making such copy). ℓurié 1 Quote AD, AP and APub. V1.10.6 and V2.4 Windows 10 and Windows 11. Ryzen 9 3900X, 32 GB RAM, RTX 3060 12GB, Wacom Intuos XL, Wacom L. Eizo ColorEdge CS 2420 monitor. Windows 10 Pro. (Laptop) HP Omen 16-b1010ns 12700H, 32GB DDR5, nVidia RTX 3060 6GB + Huion Kamvas 22 pen display, Windows 11 Pro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ℓurié Posted February 21, 2023 Author Share Posted February 21, 2023 It seems to work fine in the 2.1 Beta. Excellent work Serif 👌. SrPx 1 Quote AMD Ryzen 3 3100 / RX 6600 / 16GB DDR4 3200 / Windows 10 Home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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