lindstrom Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 Hi, I am a bit new to this and perhaps I am over looking some vector logic here as I am used to photoshop but I am trying to trace an image and then fill it in. I draw a few lines with the pen tool but when I try to combine these lines into a single path the start and end join via straight lines and it looks horrible, how to I colour between my lines? do I need to have my lines merged? here are some pictures to illustrate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacPinguin Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 Hi, I think, the easiest way to do this is leave your drawing lines as they are and not combine them. Just create a separate new path for the fill area behind you drawing, which should be closed. I’ve added a fast sketch to illustrate that (sorry for its uglyness) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted November 6, 2014 Staff Share Posted November 6, 2014 You can join curves selecting both paths, changing to Node Tool and dragging one of the end nodes over the other on the second path (make sure Snap to selected curves is activated in the Snap section on the context toolbar). Then click on Join Curves (Action section, 4º icon in context toolbar). Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lindstrom Posted November 6, 2014 Author Share Posted November 6, 2014 Hi thanks mac penguin, I did think of that but seems like a pain to draw shapes for every little part especially if there's lots of curves? Ok MEB I will try that when I get home, I think I did something similar with the result being the same as above but I'll give it another go, cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lindstrom Posted November 6, 2014 Author Share Posted November 6, 2014 Hi MEB the snapping works great but when I press join curves the ends still join creating diagonal line like above, I don't want to connect my curves end to end but end to middle as I would if I was drawing. I also wanted to keep the pressure as it is so that they're strokes joined together rather than one long stroke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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