FSalla Posted June 14, 2024 Posted June 14, 2024 Hi, I'm facing an issue trying to define the width of a stroke to 1px. But it takes x4 the size I indicate. Is this a bug? Or am I missing some setting I need to change? Thanks! Line Width Bug.afdesign Quote
carl123 Posted June 14, 2024 Posted June 14, 2024 It's actually 4.166px which is 1pt in a 300 DPI document If it was a 72 DPI document the pt value would match the px value If you want a 1px value for the stroke type that (in full) as the stroke value, not 1pt Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time.
walt.farrell Posted June 14, 2024 Posted June 14, 2024 You are defining it as 1 pt not 1 px. There's an application Setting that controls whether lines are displayed in document units or points. 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
FSalla Posted June 14, 2024 Author Posted June 14, 2024 Thanks @carl123 and @walt.farrell for your replies. Changing the Doc settings to 72 DPI solves the problem. Quote
Rebecca1234 Posted June 24, 2024 Posted June 24, 2024 (edited) I use 300 DPI for print on demand. I’m moving from Illustrator to Affinity Designer and I do not see a solution for this setting. I setup my document for pixels and can’t find a way to set my stroke width to 3 pixels. Adobe allows me to set my stroke and see my stroke as pixels at as 3 px 300 DPI. So besides having to find a converting calculator, which is not the best solution, how can I change my stroke width to pixels and not have to use 72 DPI? I’m using a MAC with AD V2.5.3. Thank you. Edited June 24, 2024 by Rebecca1234 My question might have been unclear. Quote
Hangman Posted June 24, 2024 Posted June 24, 2024 Hi @Rebecca1234 and welcome to the forums, Go to Settings under the Affinity Designer 2 menu then User Interface and uncheck 'Show lines in Points'... This will now display your stroke width in pixels in the Stroke Panel, the Context toolbar and across the UI... Quote Affinity Designer 2.5.7 | Affinity Photo 2.5.7 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.7 Affinity Designer Beta 2.6.0.3106 | Affinity Photo Beta 2.6.0.3106 | Affinity Publisher Beta 2.6.0.3106 MacBook Pro M3 Max, 36 GB Unified Memory, macOS Sonoma 14.6.1, Magic Mouse HP ENVY x360, 8 GB RAM, AMD Ryzen 5 2500U, Windows 10 Home, Logitech Mouse
Old Bruce Posted June 24, 2024 Posted June 24, 2024 @Rebecca1234, you can also just use the suffix px in the strokes panel. Or the suffix mm or in etc. The display will still be in Points (pt) but the stroke will be the number of pixels you entered. Having said that, if you work in pixels it may well be worth your while to set the User Interface as Hangman suggests to use Pixels for the stroke and maybe even for the text as well. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6 Affinity Designer 2.5.7 | Affinity Photo 2.5.7 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.7 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that.
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