jadoob Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Hi I have Just bought affinity to replace illustrator and i am loving it but i am still trying to figure out how to do certain things. I have started to create a ad for new balance as a project for college i traced the shoe using the pen tool but i didn't close the shapes i just started new lines. Is there a way of colouring the shapes or will i have to close each line and make a shape. the attachment might make this make more sense. Thanks Untitled.afdesign Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted November 4, 2014 Staff Share Posted November 4, 2014 Hi jadoob, Welcome to Affinity Forums. Ideally yes, you should close your shapes. Although you can check Use FIll in the context bar for the Pen Tool, you will have a hard time later if you need to clip objects inside others or perform boolean operations, since those actions require closed shapes. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jadoob Posted November 4, 2014 Author Share Posted November 4, 2014 okay thanks i will give it a go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 Good job there jadoob. What I would suggest is this: Draw a circle say Give it a fill, but no stroke/line Copy shape on top Add a stroke/line on top, with no fill Convert top layer to curves Trim top layer's path to fit... Hope that helps. John Lennon glasses.afdesign Quote MacBook pro, 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 256 MB, OS X 10.11.6 http://www.pinterest.com/peter2111 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 Hi I have Just bought affinity to replace illustrator and i am loving it but i am still trying to figure out how to do certain things. I have started to create a ad for new balance as a project for college i traced the shoe using the pen tool but i didn't close the shapes i just started new lines. Is there a way of colouring the shapes or will i have to close each line and make a shape. the attachment might make this make more sense. Thanks Like the trainers; mine are white/green. I've just converted your pic to blue print...Hope you enjoyed it. AD: buy it, download it, run with it. :) New Balance blue print.afdesign Quote MacBook pro, 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 256 MB, OS X 10.11.6 http://www.pinterest.com/peter2111 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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