View>Outline

[periwinkle]

I tried both a photo and a vector graphic and when I go to outline, all I get is a transparent canvas.  How do I make outline work?  I tried the split view and it still just showed the canvas. :)

[MEB]

Hi periwinkle,

The Outline View only shows the geometry/paths of the objects (without fill/strokes or other effects rendered on screen). If you have a vector object selected you should its geometry as thin lines. A photo will show up as a simple (empty) rectangle as it doesn't contain any geometry/path.

 

What do you want to achieve? If you want a similar rendering to an outline view you can simply set a thin stroke to all vector objects (without fills).

If you are refering to turning an image into vector - tracing it - there isn't a tracing tool available in Designer yet. You will have to use a third party application for that like Image Vectorizer or Vector Magic.

[periwinkle]

thanks.  I'll try another object.  The one I used was an old one not made on Affinity Design.

[periwinkle]

That worked!