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Blending tool and guides and knife cuts.


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Affinity Designer 2 does not have a blending tool (blending between different shapes).

The guides can only be positioned vertically and horizontally and not, for example, by 45 degrees.

The knife cuts straight lines only vertically, horizontally and at 45 degrees. It would be desirable if the knife could cut any degree straight.

These functions are desirable!

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1 hour ago, Designer1 said:

The knife cuts straight lines only vertically, horizontally and at 45 degrees. It would be desirable if the knife could cut any degree straight.

Here on Mac I can use the Control key to cut at any angle, or Shift to constrain to the settings I have set in the Grid and Snapping Axis manager.

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.

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1 hour ago, Old Bruce said:

Here on Mac I can use the Control key to cut at any angle, or Shift to constrain to the settings I have set in the Grid and Snapping Axis manager.

@Designer1 The same applies in iPad version as what @Old Bruce mentioned above, if that's what you're using . Use the Command Controller to select the Control key and you can get a straight line with the Knife tool in any degree.

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3 minutes ago, Designer1 said:

Unfortunately, this does not work for Windows.

Check the Status Bar for hints about using the Knife (or other Tools), while it is selected. Or, probably, the Help (but I haven't looked there for this).

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So, that would be: Press left mouse button and drag while also pressing right mouse button.

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11 hours ago, walt.farrell said:

Check the Status Bar for hints about using the Knife (or other Tools), while it is selected. Or, probably, the Help (but I haven't looked there for this).

image.png.c2b2e54955b9072128920be681bddaeb.png

So, that would be: Press left mouse button and drag while also pressing right mouse button.

If you press the shift key, the knife cuts horizontally, vertically or by 45 degrees. If the right mouse button is pressed, the cutting of straight lines works at any angle. Unfortunately, there is no help available.

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