Mr. Doodlezz Posted November 5, 2016 Share Posted November 5, 2016 Hey there! Not sure if this may come in handy or much of use, but it would be a cool feature I haven’t seen in any other App so far (if there are any pleas tell me): I was creating these sort of vines for an illustration in Designer and I tried several ways to create this »overlapping« effect, simulating depth. The vines were created with a regular outline/stroke with some pressure simulation. I then started to destructively split the path into several segments and apply gradients on some parts and place other segments on top (see images, I think you see what I’m talking about). Problem here is it needs further adjustments, cause every time the stroke width is slightly changing – that’s when I came up with the idea of a gradient that follows the form and curves of a stroke from start to end. Not sure if something like this is even possible, but let me now what you think. :) Also if anyone has a more convenient way for something this without necessarily cutting or expanding the stroke – I’m listening. ;) Have a nice weekend Dennis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 Illustrator can apply a gradient along and across a path (in addition to the "regular"gradient). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Doodlezz Posted November 7, 2016 Author Share Posted November 7, 2016 Hey MikeW, hmmm, can you give me an example? I know about Illustrators functions, but the specific option I was thinking about isn't there. What I was thinking about looks more like this … I tried to »mock up« my idea, maybe this will clarify what I mean. I broke the gradient down for easier explanation. Basically the position/percentage of one color on the gradient is adapted onto the length of the path, if that makes sense. It’s not super accurate, but it would look similar to this. Greetings Dennis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 Mike Mr. Doodlezz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Doodlezz Posted November 7, 2016 Author Share Posted November 7, 2016 Oooh wait, that’s exactly it! :o Hm, yeah, I’d like to see that in Affinity Designer :D What’s that nice function called in english? Apply vertical gradient to stroke or something? Awesome, thanks Mike for pointing it out, apparently I was misled by the tool hint while testing. :) Greetings Dennis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 The three options are... Mr. Doodlezz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Patrick Connor Posted November 7, 2016 Staff Share Posted November 7, 2016 third option again please MikeW, the OCD in me can't cope with option 2 twice. Alfred 1 Quote Patrick Connor Serif Europe Ltd Latest V2 releases on each platform Help make our apps better by joining our beta program! "There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man. True nobility lies in being superior to your previous self." W. L. Sheldon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 Edited. One needs to be smarter than filenames... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Doodlezz Posted November 8, 2016 Author Share Posted November 8, 2016 Hey Patrick, any idea if options like these will be implemented in the future? Greetings Dennis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronnyb Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 +1 for Contour Gradients davemac2015 1 Quote 2021 16” Macbook Pro w/ M1 Max 10c cpu /24c gpu, 32 GB RAM, 1TB SSD, Sonoma 14.4.1 2018 11" iPad Pro w/ A12X cpu/gpu, 256 GB, iPadOS 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Patrick Connor Posted November 8, 2016 Staff Share Posted November 8, 2016 Hey Patrick, any idea if options like these will be implemented in the future? Greetings Dennis No idea at all. I used to be a programmer in an earlier life, and this feature seems quite sophisticated to me... Quote Patrick Connor Serif Europe Ltd Latest V2 releases on each platform Help make our apps better by joining our beta program! "There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man. True nobility lies in being superior to your previous self." W. L. Sheldon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambiroa Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 +1 Right now I'm bouncing between AD and AI too much, will AD ever becoming a true replacement, it will need to 'clone' the majority of AI's most used features. There is no use to having both programs, especially with AI 2017 already out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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