Add extrusion into Affinity Designer

[Hedreon]

I ain't gonna buy the Affinity V2 upgrade until Affinity Designer has a feature similar to Illustrator Extrusion[1], it is essential, for creating good logos, since, after using Affinity Photo V1[2] for a year (from early 2021 to early 2022), I realized my primary, field of work that I'm interested in is Logo Design; I've created more logos than I've done for other, general things. Please up-vote this guys, if you want this cool feature

Notes:

• 1. I did not use nor buy Illustrator, I just saw videos of people using it, and that's it.
• 2. I only had and have Affinity Photo V1, and that's all I have.

 

If the title is too "spicy", let me know and I will change it. Edit: Title changed.

Edited March 17 by Hedreon
Change title and add note, it was too spicy

[Pšenda]

5 hours ago, Hedreon said:

If the title is too "spicy", let me know and I will change it.

[Hedreon]

3 hours ago, Pšenda said:

Done

[Bobby Henderson]

I'm not all that big a fan of the stock Extrude and Bevel effect in Adobe Illustrator because it only works in 3D perspective and doesn't do the basic "parallel" type of extrusion. The extrusions it does create are very good (there's now a "classic" version as well as a more advanced 3D version that renders a pixel-based result). But the effect just doesn't deliver the common "block shadow" effect we're used to seeing in things like logos or embellished type objects. Astute Graphics has a huge arsenal of plugins for Adobe Illustrator; one of them is AG Block Shadow and it does exactly what Illustrator's classic Extrude and Bevel effect cannot do. The plugin delivers very good results.

CorelDRAW has a decent Extrude effect; it will do the extrusions in parallel block shadow style or in a defined perspective. But I often have to go back and do quite a bit of clean-up work on the end results due to all sorts of node trash the effect generates.

It would be pretty nice if Affinity Designer had a decent Extrude effect. If such an effect is added I would recommend it include a variety of settings for different style results as well as parallel and 3D perspective options.

[Magicknees]

Please add extrusion. it is extremely time consuming to create this manually, especially for multiple letters or complex objects

i would suggest the process be 

1. select text or object
2. extrude (depth being a parameter slider or number)
3. select, convert to curves
4. user then cutomizes the shadows, gradients, etc.

[MoonaticDestiny]

Extrusion is something I've been wanting to see in AD since illustrator released it. Currently you only have the 3D fx in the effect studio thats only available. Its not really the same but it has the 3dness to it. I want to see Extrusion be an fx in the effect studio. Its gonna take time to build so you probably wont see this for another version build or two. 

[Magicknees]

9 hours ago, MoonaticDestiny said:

Extrusion is something I've been wanting to see in AD since illustrator released it. Currently you only have the 3D fx in the effect studio thats only available. Its not really the same but it has the 3dness to it. I want to see Extrusion be an fx in the effect studio. Its gonna take time to build so you probably wont see this for another version build or two. 

I like the FX idea, makes sense. I guess one would then convert the extruded object to curves to allow customization of the extruded shapes. 

[Martinos]

Hello everyone,

I'm a beginner in AD, and I have to say that I really like it: I find it simple and consistent, and it's been giving me great satisfaction in logo design (even though it's not my specific field). However, like you, when it came to creating some logos for a client, I encountered difficulties because there isn't actually an effective extrusion function.
I've watched some videos on YouTube on how to create an extrusion effect with AD. The first one is this:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvm97-Flm9U
Very interesting, and I must say it's incredibly perfect (tested).
However, I found this one to be even better. It allows you to control the direction both vertically and horizontally in real-time, simply by using the arrow keys (tested).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_QDoGy0cOA
And finally, there's this one, which, honestly, despite having read it several times, I can't fully understand the steps (perhaps it's a limitation on my part).
https://www.goodpassive.com/how-to-create-good-3d-extruded-text-affinity-designer/

However, as intriguing as these methods are, I would truly prefer if Serif introduced the extrusion feature or released a plugin that would allow for creating this effect (preferably as an FX function). Some clients have requested these kinds of logos from me, and I've had to go through hoops to create them, especially because I reject the idea of using Illustrator.

Martino

 

[Luzifr]

I was used to use Extrusion in Macromedia Freehand, and it was very nice. Used it a lot oft times, and it had a nice set of options/settings. 

Since Macromedia were bought ot by Adobe, i was expecting them to include the ame functionality in Illustrator. But it's still not the same … 

I was very puzzled when i found out, that my beloved tool from Affinity does not have this functionality, since i believed, this is  a standard tool in vector drawing software. 

Please add an Extrusion function! I also need it!

[AlainP]

My two cents... I don't like these extrusion feature. It gives a 70's look to logos or other designs. 

[Bobby Henderson]

Sometimes a 1970's look is desired for certain graphics projects. Extrusion/block-shadow effects can be added for other reasons. Sometimes the effects filter works as a way to speed up the drawing process of making isometric 3D designs. One person's taste should not be a reason to keep a certain effect out of a vector drawing application. Let's face it, people do all sorts of extremely tasteless things with graphics even with the most simple of tool sets. I strongly dislike the Arial typeface, but lettering in that typeface looks especially hideous when people squeeze and stretch it out of its normal proportions. I see that all the time on poorly designed signs. But I wouldn't ask software developers to prevent users from being able to squeeze or stretch lettering. There are certain cases where being able to squeeze, stretch or shear type is necessary (certain simulated 3D drawings come to mind).

[Evehne]

👍+1 Extrusion is musthave feature.  I would love to do without Blender to create them.

[loukash]

On 3/17/2023 at 11:25 AM, Hedreon said:

it is essential

8 hours ago, Evehne said:

Extrusion is musthave feature

Is it?
I had extrusion in Illustrator since version CS3, and I haven't used it once.

Nice to have for sure, but definitely not "essential".

[Evehne]

1 hour ago, loukash said:

Is it?
I had extrusion in Illustrator since version CS3, and I haven't used it once.

Nice to have for sure, but definitely not "essential".

When you jump from Blender to Designer 128 times in 2 hours, it's actually not essential, sure, it's vital. 
It's not because "Loukash" have only used it once in twenty years... that we do the same as "Loukash" ... "Loukash" does not have a monopoly on knowing what is essential to others. And "Loukash" forgets that the more functionality Designer has, the more we do without other software, the more productive we are and the quicker we invoice our customers. 😉

[loukash]

Just now, Evehne said:

It's not because "Loukash" have only used it once in twenty years

Exactly!
Congrats, it appears that you may have actually got my message between the lines.  

In other words, Serif may first want to figure out how many of the ±1000000 Affinity users are also Blender users, and whether it's worth to invest resources into such a complex feature, and whether to implement it in three, two, one…

As I said: 

2 hours ago, loukash said:

Nice to have for sure, but definitely not "essential".

The boolean operations "bugfix" via the paid v2 upgrade was desperately essential.
Vector warp was essential.
Next up a vector blend tool would be pretty much essential – and likely requested about from the start back in 2014.
Variable fonts support is essential.
The list is long, end everyone has other "essential" favorites.
Also, everyone is free to chime in and comment that they don't deem something "essential". That's the sheer nature of public forums.

[Pšenda]

5 minutes ago, loukash said:

That's the sheer nature of public forums.

... especially in the forum marked "Feedback".
It's interesting how some users feel the need to react aggressively if someone dares to express a different opinion.

[loukash]

6 minutes ago, Pšenda said:

some users feel the need to react aggressively if someone dares to express a different opinion

That's OK, I'm not always totally innocent either…