Darner Posted February 12, 2023 Posted February 12, 2023 To Affinity People. Perhaps something to have a look at for next update? Bit buggy Contour Tool. Bug_Countur_Tool.mp4 Quote
Old Bruce Posted February 12, 2023 Posted February 12, 2023 A bit more information about the bug for those of us who cannot see your video. 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.
Darner Posted February 12, 2023 Author Posted February 12, 2023 52 minutes ago, Old Bruce said: A bit more information about the bug for those of us who cannot see your video. Should work now, uploaded video again Quote
walt.farrell Posted February 12, 2023 Posted February 12, 2023 5 minutes ago, Darner said: Video should work? Some video formats work on some systems, with some browsers, but others don't. Your MP4 video works for me, on both Windows and iPad. But as it is not of the full application window, it's a bit difficult to figure out some of it. In any case, a basic description of the problem is often useful. First, because some of us might want to help, but don't want to spend the time to watch a complete video. Next, because without it we're left to wonder where within the video something is happening that you think is incorrect, and exactly what you think is wrong. We should not have to guess that information. It would also help to have your sample file, so we would not have to start from scratch trying to recreate the problem. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.3.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1
Old Bruce Posted February 12, 2023 Posted February 12, 2023 That problem is with the Expand Stroke, not with the Contour tool. What happens is the Expand Stroke will occasionally make coincident nodes or have two nodes extremely close together. Then when you try something like this, something like this happens. You have to zoom in find the bad nodes and delete them. Myself I would just make the shape and forget about the stroke/expanding and use the Force Open on the filled curve layer. 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.
Darner Posted February 13, 2023 Author Posted February 13, 2023 14 hours ago, Old Bruce said: That problem is with the Expand Stroke, not with the Contour tool. What happens is the Expand Stroke will occasionally make coincident nodes or have two nodes extremely close together. Then when you try something like this, something like this happens. You have to zoom in find the bad nodes and delete them. Myself I would just make the shape and forget about the stroke/expanding and use the Force Open on the filled curve layer. Tank you for the feedback Bruce. You're right with the work around. Still a bug I hope will get fixed. Quote
Darner Posted February 13, 2023 Author Posted February 13, 2023 14 hours ago, walt.farrell said: Some video formats work on some systems, with some browsers, but others don't. Your MP4 video works for me, on both Windows and iPad. But as it is not of the full application window, it's a bit difficult to figure out some of it. In any case, a basic description of the problem is often useful. First, because some of us might want to help, but don't want to spend the time to watch a complete video. Next, because without it we're left to wonder where within the video something is happening that you think is incorrect, and exactly what you think is wrong. We should not have to guess that information. It would also help to have your sample file, so we would not have to start from scratch trying to recreate the problem. Not sure how better to explain than buggy. Leaves a few unwanted elements / gaps from Contour Tool. Sorry if it was difficult to watch a video for you Walt. Again, is a bug report for Affinity. no intention on starting a debate on how to file a bug report. If you still would like a sample file, it should take about 10 sec for you to re-make similar issue with a rounded squared Contour Tool. If you still want me to send you one pls let me know and I'll upload. Thank you. Quote
Darner Posted February 13, 2023 Author Posted February 13, 2023 On 2/12/2023 at 9:05 PM, Old Bruce said: That problem is with the Expand Stroke, not with the Contour tool. What happens is the Expand Stroke will occasionally make coincident nodes or have two nodes extremely close together. Then when you try something like this, something like this happens. You have to zoom in find the bad nodes and delete them. Myself I would just make the shape and forget about the stroke/expanding and use the Force Open on the filled curve layer. Sorry Bruce, I might have misunderstood your feedback earlier as was bit in a hurry. Will have a new look at this one. You might be right. Thanks! Quote
Staff NathanC Posted February 13, 2023 Staff Posted February 13, 2023 Hi @Darner, I've been able to replicate your issue and it has now been logged with the developers. 🙂 Darner 1 Quote
Darner Posted February 14, 2023 Author Posted February 14, 2023 On 2/13/2023 at 4:48 PM, NathanC said: Hi @Darner, I've been able to replicate your issue and it has now been logged with the developers. 🙂 Looks like Bruce was right, and that it's more an issue with "expand stroke". As I recall, this was also an issue in Designer V1. Thanks! Quote
Darner Posted February 14, 2023 Author Posted February 14, 2023 On 2/12/2023 at 9:05 PM, Old Bruce said: That problem is with the Expand Stroke, not with the Contour tool. What happens is the Expand Stroke will occasionally make coincident nodes or have two nodes extremely close together. Then when you try something like this, something like this happens. You have to zoom in find the bad nodes and delete them. Myself I would just make the shape and forget about the stroke/expanding and use the Force Open on the filled curve layer. Had another look, and looks like you were right Bruce! I'll try and read more carefully next time Quote
Old Bruce Posted February 14, 2023 Posted February 14, 2023 28 minutes ago, Darner said: looks like you were right Bruce! I'll try and read more carefully next time And I should try and write more clearly as well. 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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