affinity designer Redraw the Apple logo!…

[sansnom]

🇬🇧 Hi, I propose a little challenge…
Could you redraw the Apple logo as precisely as possible with the minimum number of control points?...

In the solution (see the attached .zip file), and for the less experienced, I illustrate a visual method that works quite well so as not to waste too much time positioning the minimum number of control points as relevant as possible.

🇫🇷 Bonjour, je vous propose un petit challenge…
Sauriez-vous redessiner le plus précisément possible le logo Apple avec le minimum de point de contrôle ?...

Dans la solution (voir le fichier .zip joint), et pour les moins aguerris, j'illustre une méthode visuelle qui fonctionne assez bien pour ne pas perdre trop de temps à positionner le minimum de points de contrôle les plus pertinents possible.

Redraw-Apple-Logo.zip

[GarryP]

A nice little challenge.

I don't think I'll be trying it because I’m absolutely terrible at drawing and manipulating curves precisely – my attempt would probably look more like a squashed pear – but I’ll be interested in seeing any results.

Just out of interest, by “control points” do you mean nodes, or node control handles, or both together?

And what about if someone uses a quick shape?

For instance, the leaf could be drawn (maybe not precisely) with a Crescent shape with no nodes, and therefore no node control handles. Should the quick shape handles be added to the total number of “control points”?

[sansnom]

@GarryP: “Just out of interest, by “control points” do you mean nodes, or node control handles, or both together?”

I hear nodes first AND then the node control handles to refine the curves. I admit I didn't ask myself the question, your remark is judicious @GarryP.

Otherwise, we are still on a solution based on simple vector curves drawn manually. 🙂

[Komatös]

I offer 12 nodes.

[sansnom]

Hi @Komatös, very nice gesture, but we can still do better !… 😉

[Komatös]

OK, it is possible with even fewer nodes.

I can do it with 10 nodes. 

[sansnom]

Hi @Komatös, congratulations to you... I thought (very pretentiously) that you could only do it with 11 points, and you demonstrated the opposite with 10 points. Congratulations again to you. You can download the compressed file in .zip: you will find something to optimize a few points (with tangents). 🙂

[Komatös]

32 minutes ago, sansnom said:

I thought (very pretentiously) that you could only do it with 11 points

I actually only wanted to do it as an exercise for myself, but when you wrote that it can be done even better, my autism came through and my ambition was awakened. 🤔

[prophet]

Challenge Accepted. How about 9 nodes?

[sansnom]

Hi @prophet, definitely bravo!... Are you folding the match?... 🙂

[G13RL]

Finally, I tried and obtained eight nodes

[sansnom]

Hi @G13RL, Well done!... Can we go even further and reduce the path to 7 points?... 🤔

[G13RL]

I've tried seven nodes and I think that's the limit (at least for me), it's getting hard to follow the model exactly!

[sansnom]

Hi @G13RL, I just tried your plot with 7 points... and it wasn't easy or quick (a good 2 minutes), but once again, you have a perfect command of the Bézier Curves. Otherwise, what a great plotting tool !... 🙂

[G13RL]

10 hours ago, sansnom said:

I just tried your plot with 7 points... and it wasn't easy or quick (a good 2 minutes), but once again, you have a perfect command of the Bézier Curves. Otherwise, what a great plotting tool !... 

Hi, yes, I had to make several attempts before finding where to put the left-hand knot, which also took me some time.