How do i separate two shapes?

[MWD]

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

[KarinC]

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.

[v_kyr]

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.

[Rey_Art]

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.

[bbrother]

@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:

1. Draw the red rectangle shape
2. Draw the ellipse on top (you don't need to fill it with other shape thats up to you)
3. Select them both using the move tool.
4. Press and hold ALT key and click on geometry substract on the toolbar. 

Video bellow (Creating compound shape)↓

 

[KarinC]

I have been searching for a way to do this non destructively. Thank you bbrother. This just solved my problem.

[firstdefence]

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.

[v_kyr]

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.

[MWD]

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

 

[Oufti]

15 minutes ago, MWD said:

Nov i will go on to put colour on my design.

This tutorial could inspire you…

 

[KarinC]

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.

 

[TrentL]

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.