yban Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 Can someone tell me if this software already has the option "Outline" ( see the video) ? I worked with the "trial version" but was not. Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacPinguin Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 As far as I can see in the video, there is nothing special about it: • Place your tracing background and set its opacity in the layers panel to 50% • Lock this layer with the lock button or cmd+L • Add a new Layer • In the colour panel set the fill colour to none and the line color to black • Use the pen tool to trace (maybe adjust the line width) – that’s it. Or did you mean anything else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted November 6, 2014 Staff Share Posted November 6, 2014 In Affinity Designer we call that "outline" stroke. You have to set it to black. Apart from this just follow MacPinguin's instructions and you shouldn't have problems. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yban Posted November 6, 2014 Author Share Posted November 6, 2014 I understand what they say but in Illustrator not working that way, it is very complicated to do this for large works as it says MacPinguin, is what I mean, I can not explain well, English is not my forte, but should put more attention to the video is not the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yban Posted November 6, 2014 Author Share Posted November 6, 2014 friends to see this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HQOa0oiJaE It is different from what they say, this way is much faster to draw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted November 7, 2014 Staff Share Posted November 7, 2014 What's being shown in the videos is someone tracing manually an image using the pen tool. Maybe you are talking about automatic bitmap to vector conversion? You select an image and let the software automatically create the outlines for you. Is that what you're referring to? Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yban Posted November 7, 2014 Author Share Posted November 7, 2014 Thanks for responding MEB, really what I speak, I try to write to see if you understand: in the last video, image (picture) in the background is placed, then becomes "template" layer, this means it can work with the photo in "outline" mode and no longer see the photo, this facilitates better see the line that is on the picture, and it is much faster to copy the color with the dropper. All this makes the route faster and is more accurate (I think) in Illustrator i use the shortcut "CMD + Y" to go to "outline" mode at all times. So do the last video tutorial. Sorry for my english, i hope you will understand, your app looks amazing but I think it lacks this option. This is work done in Illustrator, try doing something in your app and I can not for lack of this option... IMAGE Regards :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 All this makes the route faster and is more accurate (I think) in Illustrator i use the shortcut "CMD + Y" to go to "outline" mode at all times. So do the last video tutorial. Sorry for my english, i hope you will understand, your app looks amazing but I think it lacks this option. This is work done in Illustrator, try doing something in your app and I can not for lack of this option... IMAGE Regards :) Hi yban, you can switch to this view in Affinity Designer using the "Outline view mode" button on the top toolbar or by using the "View > View Mode > Outline" menu command. I don't think there's a shortcut right now but it's worth suggesting one. Dale. Quote Twitter: @Writer_DaleAffinity apps run on: Ryzen 5 3600, 32GB RAM, GTX1650 Super Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yban Posted November 7, 2014 Author Share Posted November 7, 2014 Hi yban, you can switch to this view in Affinity Designer using the "Outline view mode" button on the top toolbar or by using the "View > View Mode > Outline" menu command. I don't think there's a shortcut right now but it's worth suggesting one. Dale. Thanks Dale, I know "Outline view mode", but that's not practical, I see that not everyone works like me, I think this "technique" suggesting slower to work, but i see that many use. The option is missing in the layer, to put it as "template" then I can see the "Outline" mode with the shortcut CMD + Y and my picture on the bottom is still visible. Sorry for my English again!! XD Greetings! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted November 7, 2014 Staff Share Posted November 7, 2014 What Illustrator does when you place an image as a template is to lock down the layer with the image and reduce it's opacity to make the lines you draw more visible. You can simulate this in Affinity Designer. Here's how to do it: 1. Create a new document; 2. Drag the image you want to trace to the canvas; 3. In the Layers panel reduce the Opacity of the layer with the image to 75% or 60% as you prefer, and lock the layer; 4. Create a new vector layer (third icon counting from the right on the bottom of layers panel) - this is where you will draw the lines; 5. Now use the Pen Tool and/or Pencil Tool to trace over you image. Here's a sample file to demonstrate this. You should draw on Lines layer. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yban Posted November 7, 2014 Author Share Posted November 7, 2014 Thank you MEB, the problem with your points (to what I say) I do not want opacity of 75 or 50%, I want to opacity 0, and changing the "Outline" mode to keep having the image visible. in "Affinity" switch to "Outline" mode and the background image can not be viewed. Thanks for your patience guys, I can not explain it better, maybe make a video when you have time to see what I mean. Greetings! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 Aaaah ok, cool thanks for that. A layer unaffected by outline view... Quote Twitter: @Writer_DaleAffinity apps run on: Ryzen 5 3600, 32GB RAM, GTX1650 Super Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yban Posted November 8, 2014 Author Share Posted November 8, 2014 Aaaah ok, cool thanks for that. A layer unaffected by outline view... Exact Dale, finally! , thank you, i will be pending when they put this in an update, need a shortcut for the dropper also, in the mode "Outline" is very useful. Regards! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yban Posted July 20, 2015 Author Share Posted July 20, 2015 Hi friends, can now do this at the latest upgrade ? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikko Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 Hi, 2 years after... I have the same problem and the same question! Can we hope an update to work with outline mode and see a bitmap layer? (Really missing to AFD : / ) Or should we be content with the "Blender Range" option? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 2 hours ago, Nikko said: Can we hope an update to work with outline mode and see a bitmap layer? There have been a few requests for some method of excluding individual layers (not just raster image ones) from outline mode, but no word on if or when this will be implemented. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yban Posted September 7, 2017 Author Share Posted September 7, 2017 It's surprising that a vector application does not have this working mode, it will not be a real alternative to Illustrator until you have this option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yban Posted August 31, 2018 Author Share Posted August 31, 2018 Another year and even without this option, I am very interested in giving the change to the entire suite of Affinity, now with the next arrival of Publisher it gets better, but this basic and necessary option does not come, we are talking about saving several minutes of work. Reducing the opacity of the layers is not effective in terms of time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yban Posted August 31, 2018 Author Share Posted August 31, 2018 I mean this, in Affinity it is much less comfortable doing it with the option to reduce the opacity of the layer, it would be much simpler if the contour mode would not affect my photo or I would ask to see it to continue working on it. Greetings, add this option to be completely with Affinity :D vector.mp4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yban Posted October 23, 2019 Author Share Posted October 23, 2019 Is the Outline with the Pen Tool mode still incomplete? Buy the iPad version but it's still the same, it doesn't work as it should. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted October 24, 2019 Staff Share Posted October 24, 2019 Hi yban, There wasn't changes here, sorry. It's still not possible to see an image layer with the View Mode set to Outline. I advise you to create a new thread in the Feature Requests section if you haven't done it yet. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jowday Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Quote "The user interface is supposed to work for me - I am not supposed to work for the user interface." Computer-, operating system- and software agnostic; I am a result oriented professional. Look for a fanboy somewhere else. “When a wise man points at the moon the imbecile examines the finger.” ― Confucius Not an Affinity user og forum user anymore. The software continued to disappoint and not deliver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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