KipV Posted March 30, 2023 Posted March 30, 2023 I haven't used Designer in a long time but it seems like it had some modifier button that let you change adjust a point after you laid it down? I might have been another drawing tool that did that but it has been such a long time since I needed to draw vector graphics that my memory is hazy. This is a fairly basic function but I didn't come across it when I was going through the Designer book recently (which is several years old.) Am I right to think that feature was available in Designer? I mostly use Affinity Photo. Quote New Internet Book Project | Another New Website Project
NotMyFault Posted March 30, 2023 Posted March 30, 2023 Hi, https://affinity.help/designer2/en-US.lproj/pages/Tools/tools_pen.html To edit curves as you draw: With the Pen Tool active, press the CMD key to move nodes and adjust control handles when fine tuning of your curve is needed. With CMD key pressed, you can edit other segments in the same way by clicking them. Quote Mac mini M1 A2348 | MBP M3 Windows 11 - AMD Ryzen 9 5900x - 32 GB RAM - Nvidia GTX 1080 LG34WK950U-W, calibrated to DCI-P3 with LG Calibration Studio / Spider 5 | Dell 27“ 4K 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. I use iPad screenshots and videos even in the Desktop section of the forum when I expect no relevant difference.
KipV Posted March 30, 2023 Author Posted March 30, 2023 Okay I see how that works. Was there also a way to adjust the point location before you let go of the trackpad? In other words when you click you have access to the how the line is bent with the handles, is there a modifier that can let you switch from adjusting the handles to moving the node? Or do I have to set the point and then command click it afterwards? Again I might be thinking of another drawing tool. I'm sorry that I can't remember if I am confusing different apps. I just had a lot of logo work to do and those little subtle changes in the pen tool can make a fairly big change when doing the same operation over and over. Thanks Quote New Internet Book Project | Another New Website Project
NotMyFault Posted March 31, 2023 Posted March 31, 2023 You can do all what you listed. I would recommend to read the help page, and watch one of the tutorial videos where everything is explained. Quote Mac mini M1 A2348 | MBP M3 Windows 11 - AMD Ryzen 9 5900x - 32 GB RAM - Nvidia GTX 1080 LG34WK950U-W, calibrated to DCI-P3 with LG Calibration Studio / Spider 5 | Dell 27“ 4K 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. I use iPad screenshots and videos even in the Desktop section of the forum when I expect no relevant difference.
KipV Posted March 31, 2023 Author Posted March 31, 2023 9 hours ago, NotMyFault said: You can do all what you listed. The closest thing I came across is the "show orientation" feature guiding what you point will look like before putting it down. That feature helps since I can see what the line will look before I click but once I drag out the handle it looks like I have to commit to its placement at that time. It is okay that way it just means that I have to redo the line. Quote New Internet Book Project | Another New Website Project
lepr Posted March 31, 2023 Posted March 31, 2023 23 hours ago, KipV said: Was there also a way to adjust the point location before you let go of the trackpad? In other words when you click you have access to the how the line is bent with the handles, is there a modifier that can let you switch from adjusting the handles to moving the node? On Mac at least, hold down spacebar to move node. KipV 1 Quote
walt.farrell Posted March 31, 2023 Posted March 31, 2023 21 minutes ago, ,,, said: On Mac at least, hold down spacebar to move node. Above, pressing Cmd was also mentioned as allowing that. 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, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1
lepr Posted March 31, 2023 Posted March 31, 2023 2 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: Above, pressing Cmd was also mentioned as allowing that. No, Cmd doesn't help in the situation that I explicitly quoted, which is when the Pen is dragging a handle. Holding down spacebar makes the node move as the handle is dragged. walt.farrell and Old Bruce 1 1 Quote
KipV Posted April 1, 2023 Author Posted April 1, 2023 2 hours ago, ,,, said: On Mac at least, hold down spacebar to move node. Yes! Thank you! That is what I was looking for. I don't think it was mentioned in either the Pen tool feature description page or the video. I just ran through the pen tool tutorial in the book I don't remember it being brought up there either. That surprises me for such a basic function! Quote New Internet Book Project | Another New Website Project
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