Busenitz Posted July 11, 2014 Posted July 11, 2014 I would love to see a contour / offset option. On some shapes you can make a smaller version of the same (see rectangle) for an offset outline, but for the letter R, and other shapes, making a scaled down version would not work. (let me know if I am missing this option) affinityfan 1 Quote
Staff MEB Posted July 11, 2014 Staff Posted July 11, 2014 Hi Busenitz, As far as i know there's no contour or offset tool in Affinity Designer yet, and i agree it's useful for a lot of situations. The only thing that comes close in Affinity is if you apply a stroke filter to the shape. Make sure you have alignment set to inside. This however is an effect applied to the object and cannot be converted to curves, so if you need to edit or change it in any way you're stuck. That's why an offset tool would be a good addition. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software
Staff TonyB Posted July 13, 2014 Staff Posted July 13, 2014 Contour/offset tool will come but not in the initial release, Nichod 1 Quote
Busenitz Posted July 13, 2014 Author Posted July 13, 2014 WONDERFUL! Non-existent in all other vector programs (except AI - way out of my price range!) Quote
retrograde Posted August 11, 2014 Posted August 11, 2014 This is great news, very useful in type design... Quote http://www.kevincreative.com https://www.behance.net/kevincreative https://dribbble.com/kevincreative https://www.instagram.com/kevincreative/
Staff MEB Posted August 11, 2014 Staff Posted August 11, 2014 WONDERFUL! Non-existent in all other vector programs (except AI - way out of my price range!) Drawplus, Coreldraw and Xara (all versions) on PC offer this feature. On the Mac, besides Illustrator, i don't know one that can do it too. Which is surprising since it's a rather simple feature. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software
Busenitz Posted August 11, 2014 Author Posted August 11, 2014 Yes, there are options for Windows programs, I'm moving from CD/win7 to iMac. Quote
CorkyO Posted March 22, 2015 Posted March 22, 2015 Just adding a +1 for the contour tool. Years ago I used it extensively in CorelDRAW and use path offset in Illustrator. The contour tool was really great as you could apply contour > break apart > apply a fill to the contour to create really neat text and object outlines or inner reflections. :) Quote
00Ghz Posted March 22, 2015 Posted March 22, 2015 any updates on this? Quote UI Designer, CG Artist Macbook Pro 15" 2014 2.5 Ghz, 750M https://www.behance.net/VladMafteiuScai
Staff MEB Posted March 22, 2015 Staff Posted March 22, 2015 No, not yet @00Ghz We are finishing/preparing to submit the next Affinity Designer MAS update. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software
steven.reed.smith Posted July 22, 2015 Posted July 22, 2015 Just adding my +1 as well for the offset tool. Any updates on when this might be added? Quote
Busenitz Posted October 4, 2015 Author Posted October 4, 2015 This feature is not on the Roadmap. Earlier, I was thinking it had been stated that it would be easy to implement. Is it still on the list? Quote
Staff MEB Posted October 4, 2015 Staff Posted October 4, 2015 Hi Busenitz, Yes, although this is not on the roadmap it's something we plan to add later. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software
Busenitz Posted October 4, 2015 Author Posted October 4, 2015 Great, it's a feature I really miss. Thankful for the "workaround" but..... :-) Quote
kenknight Posted February 11, 2016 Posted February 11, 2016 My first project ever in affinity designer and I needed the blooming contour, couldn't find it anywhere, only to come here and see it appears it is not available. Had to switch back to windows / Drawplus 8x to get the job done. It was a vinyl cutting job of a medallion type logo, so I needed a larger perimeter black border around the entire logo. While I certainly am excited about the prospects of Affinity Designer, that was certainly disappointing. Ken gypsiwoman 1 Quote
Staff MEB Posted February 11, 2016 Staff Posted February 11, 2016 Hi Ken, Welcome to Affinity Forums :) A contour/offset tool will be available in a future version. Affinity is a new software built from scratch. It doesn't share anything with DrawPlus codebase so not all feature are available from the beginning. We will get there ;) Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software
aemerson7 Posted May 17, 2016 Posted May 17, 2016 +1 for offset as well. It's something available on the basic craft design programs I used before upgrading to Affinity (Cricut and Silhouette), thinking I'd have more options here. Thanks! Busenitz 1 Quote
Busenitz Posted May 18, 2016 Author Posted May 18, 2016 I use the offset / contour very often for crafting, cutting vinyl, etc. Expand stroke is a workaround, but a hassle. :-) gypsiwoman 1 Quote
00Ghz Posted May 18, 2016 Posted May 18, 2016 Don’t worry, we will have this tool...... eventually :D Quote UI Designer, CG Artist Macbook Pro 15" 2014 2.5 Ghz, 750M https://www.behance.net/VladMafteiuScai
JamesB Posted July 5, 2016 Posted July 5, 2016 + 1 on this It was the first thing i tried to do on AD as I frequently use it in illustrator (offset path) as it's great for borders and icons in my UI artist job. I agree adding and outline and expanding it is a pain, especially on complex objects having to delete the inner most nodes to make it solid. Busenitz 1 Quote
davezub1 Posted February 20, 2017 Posted February 20, 2017 +1 on this as I used this feature extensively in Xara since i do a lot of sports logos, etc... Quote
folivio Posted October 6, 2017 Posted October 6, 2017 This is an absolute must for my workflow. I've been creating them in CorelDraw and importing the vector into Designer to add the excellent f\x features. DrawPlus had a super cool Filter Effects dialog similar to the one in Photoshop. Since it remained a vector, I considered it better than Photoshop's. Busenitz 1 Quote
Alfred Posted October 6, 2017 Posted October 6, 2017 2 hours ago, folivio said: DrawPlus had a super cool Filter Effects dialog similar to the one in Photoshop. Since it remained a vector, I considered it better than Photoshop's. That's interesting, Frank! I was under the impression that all DrawPlus filter effects were rendered as bitmap. Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.5.1 (iPad 7th gen)
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