jackwright Posted February 26, 2023 Share Posted February 26, 2023 (edited) Apoligise for the potentially noob question here, but I have tried searching for a while on how to round the corners of this simple triangle shape in Affinity Photo 2. Am I going crazy, this is such a simple feature that I usually find within seconds. Yet, the only shape that seems to have this feature is the rounded rectangle and Google does not seem to provide any answers. How can I round the corners of this triangle? Thanks, Jack Edited February 26, 2023 by jackwright Specify Affinity Photo 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hangman Posted February 26, 2023 Share Posted February 26, 2023 Hi @jackwright and welcome to the forums... Select the Corner tool from the toolbar on the left, this will allow you to click drag the nodes and create rounded corners... Quote Affinity Designer 2.4.2 | Affinity Photo 2.4.2 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.2 Affinity Designer Beta 2.5.0 (2415) | Affinity Photo Beta 2.5.0 (2415) | Affinity Publisher Beta 2.5.0 (2415) Affinity Designer 1.7.3 | Affinity Photo 1.7.3 | Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 MacBook Pro 16GB, macOS Monterey 12.7.4, Magic Mouse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackwright Posted February 26, 2023 Author Share Posted February 26, 2023 (edited) Ah thanks @Hangman sorry I forgot to specify I am using Affinity Photo 2. Seems to have disappeared! Edited February 26, 2023 by jackwright Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hangman Posted February 26, 2023 Share Posted February 26, 2023 In which case you won't have that option... if you have Designer as well you could select Edit in Designer from the file menu, edit your shape and then Edit in Photo to continue your edit... Quote Affinity Designer 2.4.2 | Affinity Photo 2.4.2 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.2 Affinity Designer Beta 2.5.0 (2415) | Affinity Photo Beta 2.5.0 (2415) | Affinity Publisher Beta 2.5.0 (2415) Affinity Designer 1.7.3 | Affinity Photo 1.7.3 | Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 MacBook Pro 16GB, macOS Monterey 12.7.4, Magic Mouse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackwright Posted February 26, 2023 Author Share Posted February 26, 2023 I cannot believe that 🤯 what was so simple in v1, now requires to pieces of software. Might as well switch back to v1 at this rate. Thanks for the help Hangman, at least it proves I am not crazy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackwright Posted February 26, 2023 Author Share Posted February 26, 2023 Ok I have Affinity Designer v1 on my machine, do I need Designer 2 to be able to edit this shape, as the option is greyed out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hangman Posted February 26, 2023 Share Posted February 26, 2023 4 minutes ago, jackwright said: I cannot believe that 🤯 what was so simple in v1, now requires to pieces of software. Might as well switch back to v1 at this rate. It wasn't possible to add rounded corners to a triangle in Photo V1 either so I don't think you've missed anything (unless I have of course)... Yes, if you're working in Photo V2 you would need Designer V2 as well... You could install the trial version as a workaround perhaps... Quote Affinity Designer 2.4.2 | Affinity Photo 2.4.2 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.2 Affinity Designer Beta 2.5.0 (2415) | Affinity Photo Beta 2.5.0 (2415) | Affinity Publisher Beta 2.5.0 (2415) Affinity Designer 1.7.3 | Affinity Photo 1.7.3 | Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 MacBook Pro 16GB, macOS Monterey 12.7.4, Magic Mouse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted February 26, 2023 Share Posted February 26, 2023 4 minutes ago, jackwright said: what was so simple in v1, How did you do it in V1 using Photo? The Triangle Tool in Photo (either version) has no provision for rounded corners. 2 minutes ago, jackwright said: do I need Designer 2 to be able to edit this shape, as the option is greyed out? Yes, you need Designer 2 if you want to invoke it directly from Photo 2. Or if you want to open .afphoto files saved by Photo 2. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted February 26, 2023 Share Posted February 26, 2023 20 minutes ago, jackwright said: the only shape that seems to have this feature is the rounded rectangle and Google does not seem to provide any answers. How can I round the corners of this triangle? 15 minutes ago, jackwright said: I am using Affinity Photo 2. Seems to have disappeared! That functionality of being able to round the corners of a Triangle in Photo version one does not exist in Photo or Photo 2. It is (and was), as you stated in your first post, available only for the rectangle shapes. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.1 | Affinity Photo 2.4.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackwright Posted February 26, 2023 Author Share Posted February 26, 2023 (edited) Thanks guys yes I think you're all right, I don't use v1 often but all of the resources online, showing the corner tool etc. led me to believe it was possible. Maybe it was a Photoshop patent or something that's caused this feature to be missing but I might use the trial for the time being. Thanks! Edited February 26, 2023 by jackwright Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted February 26, 2023 Share Posted February 26, 2023 About the only thing I can think of is to use a stroke. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.1 | Affinity Photo 2.4.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackwright Posted February 26, 2023 Author Share Posted February 26, 2023 Yes I think the stroke will get me by for the time being! Thanks Bruce 👍 I am only designing a simple theme/skin for a game I play, nothing professional or crazy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 It would also be useful if the polygon tool had a rounded corner option. I'd use that more than the 'curve' option it has currently, which produces bloated looking shapes. Nine times out of ten we want a rounded triangle: Not a guitar pick: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotMyFault Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 The contour tool in Designer works with all shapes. But decrease size of base shape by the radius of contour. R C-R 1 Quote Mac mini M1 A2348 | Windows 10 - AMD Ryzen 9 5900x - 32 GB RAM - Nvidia GTX 1080 LG34WK950U-W, calibrated to DCI-P3 with LG Calibration Studio / Spider 5 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 @jackwright, assuming you have Affinity Designer V1, won't the Corner Tool do what you want? V1 Corner Tool on poly (with History).afdesign Of course, it does change the polygon to a curve, so is that something you are trying to avoid? Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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