Affinity Designer v1 Ipad - When I Drag The Node The Height Changes Rather Than The Shape

[Mainecoon364]

I’m trying to make the tip of the letter i just like in the visual B.

 

However when I drag down the node in the mid tip of the letter i the height of the letter i changes rather than its shape.

 

So why I can not change the shape of it?

 

How can I do it?

Affinity Designer - The Letter i Problem.afdesign

[walt.farrell]

You have an Ellipse and a Rectangle. Neither of those have Nodes.

To get Nodes, so you can do what you want, you would need to convert the Rectangle to a Curve (Layer > Convert to Curves), then add a Node where you want to adjust the shape, then (probably) convert it to a Smooth Node, and then adjust it.

[DM1]

15 hours ago, Mainecoon364 said:

I’m trying to make the tip of the letter i just like in the visual B

Rough and ready but you should get the idea.

[Mainecoon364]

Aren’t Shapes vectors?

 

So created images with the shape tool?

[walt.farrell]

33 minutes ago, Mainecoon364 said:

Aren’t Shapes vectors?

 

So created images with the shape tool?

Shapes are vectors, but they do not have nodes; they are created by parametric operations rather than Bezier operations.

You're trying to adjust the shape of a shape, and you can only do that within the constraints provided by the shape's parameters. You have to convert them to Curves before you have Nodes that you can adjust.

[Mainecoon364]

@DM1

 

I can not do what you did on your screen recording.

 

???

 

[walt.farrell]

15 minutes ago, Mainecoon364 said:

I can not do what you did on your screen recording.

You still have not converted the shape to a Curve.

In the Help, search for Convert to Curve which will provide this: https://affinity.help/designeripad/en-US.lproj/pages/ObjectControl/converttocurves.html

[v_kyr]

1 hour ago, Mainecoon364 said:

I can not do what you did on your screen recording.

Another way here, without converting shapes to curves at all, would be to use a compound (see creating compounds). - I show here quickly how to do that on ADe v1 desktop, you would have to do that on the ADe iPad version instead.

• compound.afdesign

[Mainecoon364]

@V_kyr

 

Where is Compound Layer setting on Affinity Designer v1 Ipad?

 

 

 

 

[v_kyr]

2 minutes ago, Mainecoon364 said:

@V_kyr

Where is Compound Layer setting on Affinity Designer v1 Ipad?

I don't use an iPad, but the Online Help for it should usually tell you ...

Quote

To create a Compound:

1. Select multiple objects.
2. From the Edit menu's Geometry section, long press on the Add, Subtract, Intersect or Xor command.

To change the compound mode subsequently:

1. In the Layers Studio, expand the compound and select the topmost object.
2. From Layer Options, select an alternative Compound mode.

The compound will be created as a Compound layer entry in the Layers Studio containing the original objects.

To add an object to a Compound:

• In the Layers Studio, drag the object entry on top of the Compound layer entry and release.

The object is included in the Compound using the default Add mode.

To remove an object from a Compound:

• In the Layers Studio, drag the object entry from inside the compound object to a new stack position outside the compound.

 

[Mainecoon364]

Which Geometry Mode do I choose for the thing you did? (Add, Substract vs.)

 

???

 

[Mainecoon364]

I couldn’t do It what v_kyr’s did on ipad.

 

???

 

[walt.farrell]

20 hours ago, Mainecoon364 said:

Which Geometry Mode do I choose for the thing you did? (Add, Substract vs.)

 

???

 

@v_kyr used Subtract, so that should work for you, too.

But Convert to Curves is simpler, unless you really need the non-destructive aspect that Compounds provide.

[v_kyr]

7 hours ago, Mainecoon364 said:

I couldn’t do It what v_kyr’s did on ipad.

Use (-) Subtract ...

... as anything else doesn't make much sense here for what you're after.

[Mainecoon364]

It works. Thank you very much.