MWD Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Hi forum....I vant to make a hole in the solid red shape. I will print my design on coloured paper so i need to get rid of info here. Just fill with another colour will not work. Please help 🙂 // Mats W Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarinC Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Make a separate ellipse. Put it on top of the rectangle, select both of them, then choose the boolean subtract. You will get a rectangle with an elliptical hole in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 1. Draw the red rectangle shape 2. Draw the ellipse on top filled with another color 3. Select the rectangle and ellipse in the layers panel and perform a geometrical subtract. Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rey_Art Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Hi MWD, here is a visual if you work with Affinity Designer. v_kyr provided you with written instructions. Here is the visual. Hope this helps you. Best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbrother Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 @MWD As an alternative to v_kyr proposal, I propose a non-destructive method and creating a compound shape. The steps are almost the same, but before you click the subtract geometry button in the toolbar, press and hold the ALT key. The advantage of this method is the possibility of subsequent editing. This method is greatly underestimated. Here are the steps to create compound shape: Draw the red rectangle shape Draw the ellipse on top (you don't need to fill it with other shape thats up to you) Select them both using the move tool. Press and hold ALT key and click on geometry substract on the toolbar. Video bellow (Creating compound shape)↓ ADe_compund_shape.mp4  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarinC Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 I have been searching for a way to do this non destructively. Thank you bbrother. This just solved my problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 3 hours ago, KarinC said: I have been searching for a way to do this non destructively. Thank you bbrother. This just solved my problem. The method you suggested earlier was also non-destructive, you can revert back to an ellipse and a rectangle using boolean/geometry divide, adjust position and size and reapply the boolean subtract. The benefit of a compound is you have the flexibility of movement and change without having to revert, so you can rearrange the elements of a compound and resize to suit on the fly. Quote iMac 27" 2019 Sequoia 15.0 (24A335), iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9   (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 13 minutes ago, firstdefence said: The benefit of a compound is you have the flexibility of movement and change without having to revert, so you can rearrange the elements of a compound and resize to suit on the fly. ... AND if you release the compound, the initiall shape/curve colors will be remembered, thus object colors will be again as they had been initially setup. firstdefence 1 Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWD Posted January 27 Author Share Posted January 27 Great help as usually friends. I was close to the soloution but did not get it right. Nov i will go on to put colour on my design. Have a nice weekend. // Mats W Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oufti Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 15 minutes ago, MWD said: Nov i will go on to put colour on my design. This tutorial could inspire you…  TrentL 1 Quote Affinity Suite 2.5 – Monterey 12.7.5 – MacBookPro 14" 2021 M1 Pro 16Go/1To I apologise for any approximations in my English. It is not my mother tongue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarinC Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 I remembered that Trent had a video on boolean and compound shapes which I didn't watch because I thought I already knew about it. I just found it and discovered he covers the non-destructible way of doing it. He is developing a great library of tutorials that are easy to follow. Â TrentL and Oufti 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentL Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 4 hours ago, Oufti said: This tutorial could inspire you…  Thanks for the link. I am also planning a video on the Vector Flood Fill tool which could be an even better solution for coloring in Affinity Designer (depending on how ones likes to paint). Hopefully it will be out in 1-2 weeks. Oufti 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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