Peregrin 63 Posted August 4, 2016 I know I've suggested a similar feature, but all this talk of smoothing curves brought this up in my mind; in addition to a tool to smooth a curve, Affinity Designer should also have the opposite. I am of course referring to Midpoint Displacement, which would allow illustrators to make non-uniform curves more easily than having to draw each node individually. Being able to smooth curves is indeed important, but as it is, it's really hard to produce a line that doesn't look uniform, and a roughening tool to add pseudorandom midpoint displacement would make illustrating much less time-consuming. 14 scatterbrain73, BennyD, anon2 and 11 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CartoonMike 344 Posted August 5, 2016 Big +1 Now that's the stuff. There's a few occasions (sometimes a lot) when I need to have roughened curves for a word balloon (like when the person's in pain, or a demon's talking, for example). Normally I just roll up my sleeves and just do it in AD, because I won't go back to the big A. But a feature like this would be quite the time-saver for comic letterers. 2 Fisherlassie and Peregrin reacted to this 2014 iMac, 3.5 Ghz Intel Core i7, Secondary Samsung SyncMaster B2430 display, 16GB RAM, MacOS10.12 || Magic keyboard w/numeric keypad, wireless trackpad, Kengsington Edge Trackball, Wacom Pro Large tablet || Flux Capacitor in a secure location --- I encourage kids to go ahead and play on my lawn. I mean, how else can I make sure the death-traps work? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peregrin 63 Posted August 5, 2016 Big +1 Now that's the stuff. There's a few occasions (sometimes a lot) when I need to have roughened curves for a word balloon (like when the person's in pain, or a demon's talking, for example). Normally I just roll up my sleeves and just do it in AD, because I won't go back to the big A. But a feature like this would be quite the time-saver for comic letterers. I imagine many aspects of comicbook illustration would be easier if you could draw a rough line quickly. 2 Fisherlassie and CartoonMike reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fisherlassie 2 Posted August 6, 2016 This feature sounds like it would be really helpful for making maps that don't look like they are made with a machine!! I write adventure stories and this would be fantastic for making my maps!! 2 Peregrin and CartoonMike reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herbert123 106 Posted August 8, 2016 Here are examples of possible roughen effects that work on vector shapes. In the two applications that I used to create these, the effects remain live and can be stacked for combinations. These should provide food for thought for the developers. 5 Peregrin, anon2, ea0723 and 2 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BobsDaubs 28 Posted August 9, 2016 +1...this is an effect that can help a lot to make lines look less digital and more like hand drawn lines. 2 Peregrin and ea0723 reacted to this AMD A12-9700P Radeon R7 10 Compute Cores 4C + 6G 12 GB Ram, AMD R7 Graphics Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peregrin 63 Posted August 10, 2016 Here are examples of possible roughen effects that work on vector shapes. In the two applications that I used to create these, the effects remain live and can be stacked for combinations. These should provide food for thought for the developers. It's good to know that we're not the only ones who think this'd be useful. I think it's a great idea for it to be a non-destructive property. I'd also like to add that you should be able to bake roughening the same way you do with corners so you can then make more precise edits afterward. +1...this is an effect that can help a lot to make lines look less digital and more like hand drawn lines. Agreed! It would also be good for drawing mountains, speech bubbles, maps, hair, and "ripped paper" effects. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peregrin 63 Posted October 7, 2016 Now that the new update's finished, I thought it would be a good time to bring this up again. 1 Alfred reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
klumme 2 Posted January 21, 2017 It would be amazing to have stuff like roughen or smooth line as layer effects -- tweakable and non-destructive. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MisterLee 1 Posted January 23, 2017 I would also love this capability!!! Pretty please! Lee 1 Peregrin reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peregrin 63 Posted January 24, 2017 It would be amazing to have stuff like roughen or smooth line as layer effects -- tweakable and non-destructive. I was thinking of something more along the lines of how the corner tool works would be more versatile than an effect that encompasses the whole layer. MattP has actually said that he intends to add it as a roughen tool that can be 'rubbed over' an area to roughen it (and likewise a smoothing tool to do the opposite) which sounds even better than what we were all thinking. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
klumme 2 Posted January 25, 2017 I was thinking of something more along the lines of how the corner tool works would be more versatile than an effect that encompasses the whole layer. MattP has actually said that he intends to add it as which sounds even better than what we were all thinking. Very useful in some cases, but perhaps not that convenient when trying different styles for the whole layer, changing your mind etc.? I wouldn't mind both ;) . 2 Peregrin and Alfred reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peregrin 63 Posted January 27, 2017 Very useful in some cases, but perhaps not that convenient when trying different styles for the whole layer, changing your mind etc.? I wouldn't mind both ;) . I couldn't agree more! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikeill 2 Posted October 9, 2017 Another vote for this feature. In the meantime looks like Inkscape can do: http://www.eyedrawit.com/use-inkscape-extensions-to-roughen-outline/ 1 Peregrin reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peregrin 63 Posted October 10, 2017 22 hours ago, mikeill said: Another vote for this feature. In the meantime looks like Inkscape can do: http://www.eyedrawit.com/use-inkscape-extensions-to-roughen-outline/ I've been using Inkscape, but it would be good not to have to use a windows computer when I do most of my work on Affinity for Mac. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scatterbrain73 3 Posted December 4, 2017 Oh, yes please. I miss stackable roughen effects. So useful. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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Peregrin 63 Posted December 5, 2017 23 hours ago, owenr said: Why not use the Mac version of Inkscape? (It takes only a few seconds to install XQuartz.) That's actually a really good idea. What's XQuartz exactly? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
anon2 900 Posted December 5, 2017 . 1 Peregrin reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
matt 64 Posted December 24, 2018 Another "please" for this feature! Illustrator also has it. 1 Peregrin reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jowday 178 Posted June 16 +1 Still missed "Men are like sheep, of which a flock is more easily driven than a single one." "Experienced vector artists and infographic designers will find a noticeable lack of the more advanced tools found in Illustrator CC." (source) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pointery 3 Posted June 16 1+ for both: Smoothing tool and Roughen tool... Both are important for a vector application. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
