Funghi Posted May 16, 2024 Posted May 16, 2024 (edited) Hey, Affinity Teams, I’d like to ask a feature add on for the compound shapes tool on the IPad. Now the compound shapes on the iPad works when the shapes are selected, while press option key and click one of the geometry tool, and the compound shape will be created. But, the thing is after the compound shape is created to be an add(or any other) compound shape, it can not be changed to the subtract(or any other) compound shape as it works on the Mac. Also, when a more complexed shape wants to be created by using the compound shape tool, for example, when i create two separate shape and use the compound shape tool to add them to one compound shape, and after, i create a new shape and i want to subtract from the previous add compound, i can not, but this kind of shapes could be created on the mac with the affinity designer. I’m wondering if the compound shapes tool could be modified to work just like it is working on the Mac. Thank you! Edited May 16, 2024 by Funghi
walt.farrell Posted May 16, 2024 Posted May 16, 2024 3 hours ago, Funghi said: But, the thing is after the compound shape is created to be an add(or any other) compound shape, it can not be changed to the subtract(or any other) compound shape as it works on the Mac. Yes, it can. Have you read the Help, to see how it is done? https://affinity.help/designer2ipad/en-US.lproj/pages/ObjectControl/compound.html Quote To change the compound mode subsequently: On the Layers panel, expand the compound and select an object other than the bottommost. From Layer Options, select an alternative Compound mode. -- 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 1: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 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 26.0, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.6.1
Funghi Posted June 6, 2024 Author Posted June 6, 2024 On 5/16/2024 at 6:47 PM, walt.farrell said: Yes, it can. Have you read the Help, to see how it is done? https://affinity.help/designer2ipad/en-US.lproj/pages/ObjectControl/compound.html I’ve read the instruction, thank you, Walt. but on the iPad version, it’s slightly different from the Mac version of the AD, i just figured it out after reading the instruction. i will upload my errors and trials from you guys if you are on the iPad like i do. on my first image, if I’d like to switch my compound shape from xor to add, by clicking on the text layer, while holding or not holding the opt key on the keyboard(because holding or not, it did not have any changes), it can’t be switched like it will do on Mac, but if i select both the text layer and the shape layer, while holding the opt key on the keyboard, a new compound shape can be created like i showed on the second image. Thank you Walt, for your link!
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