matsunekori Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 Hey, I wondered if there is an easier way to do pattern designs now in v2 software. I find it quite laborious how it is now with manually doing this duplicating and offsetting thingy at the borders. I think of a more automatical way to achieve a seamless pattern and I think it should be possible for the software to calculate the needed offset and whatever is needed to make this a dynamic experience on the fly. Even the preparations with creating 2 artboards and creating a symbol layer in artboard 1 and copying it to artboard 2 and everything could and should be possible with one click/decision when generating a new document. It's not very intuitive how it is handled in the current state. Seeing so many crazy new features it's weird something so simple and important isn't part of these, so maybe I have just missed it. Thanks a lot Lisa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron P. Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 @matsunekori welcome to the forums I see you're using Designer, do you also have Photo? In V2 of Affinity Photo, there's the Pattern Layers. Affinity Photo Pattern Layers-Online Help Pattern Layers Tutorial (YouTube) Quote Affinity Photo 2.4..; Affinity Designer 2.4..; Affinity Publisher 2.4..; Affinity2 Beta versions. Affinity Photo,Designer 1.10.6.1605 Win10 Home Version:21H2, Build: 19044.1766: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5820K CPU @ 3.30GHz, 3301 Mhz, 6 Core(s), 12 Logical Processor(s);32GB Ram, Nvidia GTX 3070, 3-Internal HDD (1 Crucial MX5000 1TB, 1-Crucial MX5000 500GB, 1-WD 1 TB), 4 External HDD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 There are no "shortcuts" to making a seamless pattern in any Affinity apps. Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.4.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tantababy Posted June 7, 2023 Share Posted June 7, 2023 This method is how I am creating Seamless patterns in V2, hope it helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickbatz Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 Notwithstanding all of the above, it seems to me that the thin frame in the middle is an unwanted artifact (aka bug in the art world)? In case it's not clear, this is a new pattern layer from selection. It's not a feature I'm likely to use, I was just checking it out, but it seemed worth kvetching about anyway. Or is it supposed to be a feature? EDIT: I see it doesn't appear in the output file, so maybe it's not the highest priority anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tantababy Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 36 minutes ago, nickbatz said: Notwithstanding all of the above, it seems to me that the thin frame in the middle is an unwanted artifact (aka bug in the art world)? In case it's not clear, this is a new pattern layer from selection. It's not a feature I'm likely to use, I was just checking it out, but it seemed worth kvetching about anyway. Or is it supposed to be a feature? EDIT: I see it doesn't appear in the output file, so maybe it's not the highest priority anyway. Is this in Affinity Photo - as in using the pattern layer feature? The thin line in your photo does show in Affinity Designer when you are not 'clipped to canvas' and is basically just showing you where the edge of the canvas is but as you say when you export it as png or jpg it only exports the canvas so doesn't show anyway. nickbatz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickbatz Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 Just now, tantababy said: Is this in Affinity Photo - as in using the pattern layer feature? Yes, Affinity Photo 2 (latest beta). Feature or bug? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tantababy Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 I would say feature as it's just showing you the outline of the canvas....or in photo I think it's the outline of the pattern tile. firstdefence 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickbatz Posted June 10, 2023 Share Posted June 10, 2023 Okay, thanks. As I said, I'm unlikely to use the feature anyway. But that box would annoy me if I were using it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Rostron Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 I don't know if this would suit your needs: Quote Windows 11, Affinity Photo 2.4.2 Designer 2.4.2 and Publisher 2.4.2 (mainly Photo). CPU: Intel Core i5 8500 @ 3.00GHz. RAM: 32.0GB DDR4 @ 1063MHz, Graphics: 2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tantababy Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 Thanks John, I have used this method in APhoto for seamless textures and it works brilliantly for that. For pattern making I prefer ADesigner as I can keep the elements as vectors, but I love the ability in Affinity to be able to combine different features of the suite.... John Rostron 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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