Bri-Toon Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 If you added the vector eraser, I'd buy AD right away and leave AI for good! How's that? And, I even changed my profile picture to an eraser to show how serious I am about it! :rolleyes: That is a very desired feature indeed. As discussed here, there is a work around. Select the layer or object you want and then select the mask icon. You can then make it look like you are erasing vector objects if you apply the eraser tool on it. One of the downfalls of this though is that you can't break apart and move the different erased sections since they are all the same object just in a mask. randomjames 1 Quote The website is still a work in progress. The "Comics" and "Shop" sections are not yet ready. Feel free to connect with me and let me know what you like or what can be improved. You can contact me here, on my contact page, YouTube channel, or Twitter account. Thanks and have a great day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianrobertdouglas Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 That is a very desired feature indeed. As discussed here, there is a work around. Select the layer or object you want and then select the mask icon. You can then make it look like you are erasing vector objects if you apply the eraser tool on it. One of the downfalls of this though is that you can't break apart and move the different erased sections since they are all the same object just in a mask. This is not a workaround because it doesn't output vector only content. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bri-Toon Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Well there will also be a Slice Tool coming to Designer. Perhaps that would be a more proper workaround. Quote The website is still a work in progress. The "Comics" and "Shop" sections are not yet ready. Feel free to connect with me and let me know what you like or what can be improved. You can contact me here, on my contact page, YouTube channel, or Twitter account. Thanks and have a great day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianrobertdouglas Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 My regular current workaround is Boolean subtract operations. How insane is that .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hokusai Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 ianrobertdouglas, I do the same as you. I use subtract (from the Boolean operations) to "erase" things. It doesn't work nearly as well as a vector eraser would but it does work. When I began my search for an alternative to Adobe Illustrator, I bought two programs. Affinity Designer and iDraw (sorry I forgot the company but they have sense been bought out by another company). After trying them both out, I decided on Affinity Designer and I'm glad I did. While I'm glad I did, I do miss the vector eraser in iDraw. It worked well. I hope that the development team can add a vector eraser soon! It would be much appreciated! Hokusai Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luciano-et Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 Actually, It's a shame. AD is a hope replacing adobe workflow but how a vector software can compete with Ai without a basic and useful tool like that? It's essential for illustration and logo design. (Sorry my English) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bri-Toon Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 Actually, It's a shame. AD is a hope replacing adobe workflow but how a vector software can compete with Ai without a basic and useful tool like that? It's essential for illustration and logo design. (Sorry my English) Hello, A YouTuber I had a chat with some time ago said that an Affinity staff member told him that a vector eraser tool is on the roadmap but it might be a while until it is implemented. If his words were true, then it is surely to come. Quote The website is still a work in progress. The "Comics" and "Shop" sections are not yet ready. Feel free to connect with me and let me know what you like or what can be improved. You can contact me here, on my contact page, YouTube channel, or Twitter account. Thanks and have a great day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megohannes Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 Hi, now that the 1.6 beta is going on, is there any update on the vector eraser? I mean a lighter ui is great but a dark one isn't really stopping me from using Designer. The lack of a vector eraser really shrinks the possible workflows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IgorLugosi Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 Hey, I love Affinity Designer! It's so great to break away from the Adobe CC madness and find a top quality vector program too! I'd like to add my voice to those asking for vector eraser. I'll be using the boolean subtract work around but it'd be great to have the vector eraser to edit the actual vector structure for situations where I can only use the exported vector data (for games and other programming projects). Thanks for fighting the good fight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bri-Toon Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 Looking back at my comment from last year, did I really say to create a mask? No, that wouldn't be the proper thing to do. I agree that booleans are currently a better choice, but also don't forget about the "Break Curves" feature for some other cases. Quote The website is still a work in progress. The "Comics" and "Shop" sections are not yet ready. Feel free to connect with me and let me know what you like or what can be improved. You can contact me here, on my contact page, YouTube channel, or Twitter account. Thanks and have a great day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatih19 Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 Vector eraser tool is a very important feature and I hope they add it soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misc33 Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Encouragement vibes!! I work with VERY large, detailed world map source files, and often need to cut small geographical regions out of them for use in various projects. They must be vector, so the pixel persona work around isn't an option. Masking is possible but would blow out the memory of each vector map to a crazy extent. I keep a tame copy of Illustrator around for the vector eraser - very much looking forward to this feature coming to Designer! Quote MacBook Pro 15" 32GB RAM, iPad Pro 12.9" + Magic Keyboard, Apple Pencil. Software tools of my trade: Affinity Designer | Affinity Publisher | PDF Expert | Drafts | The Archive | Plutio https://eandrpublications.com.au Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rider Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 love to see soon the vector eraser Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrograde Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 On 2014-11-13 at 11:27 PM, MattP said: It's fair to say that there will be a vector eraser in the future - all the code is already there except for just one tiny little bit that you wouldn't even think was that important - and it's that one little bit that changes the whole thing from being 'just another' implementation to a proper implementation - so until I can get that working (i.e. after I've delivered everything else I've promised, hehe) then it has to sit in my list - but at least it's there! Any news on this @MattP Quote http://www.kevincreative.com https://www.behance.net/kevincreative https://dribbble.com/kevincreative https://www.instagram.com/kevincreative/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bri-Toon Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 10 hours ago, retrograde said: Any news on this @MattP I'm listening. Quote The website is still a work in progress. The "Comics" and "Shop" sections are not yet ready. Feel free to connect with me and let me know what you like or what can be improved. You can contact me here, on my contact page, YouTube channel, or Twitter account. Thanks and have a great day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figmatt Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 Please finish this feature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boldlinedesign Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 On 11/14/2014 at 2:27 AM, MattP said: It's fair to say that there will be a vector eraser in the future - all the code is already there except for just one tiny little bit that you wouldn't even think was that important - and it's that one little bit that changes the whole thing from being 'just another' implementation to a proper implementation - so until I can get that working (i.e. after I've delivered everything else I've promised, hehe) then it has to sit in my list - but at least it's there! I know this quote is from 2014, but I still appreciate you sharing some of the thinking behind why certain tolls are not yet implemented. Would this snag with the eraser tool apply equally to what Illustrator calls the blob tool? When I design, I use different tools based on the kind of design I'm making. Sometimes its a technical pen tool task, other times I'm more free with the brush tool, but there are plenty of times I've used the blob tool in conjunction with the eraser tool to get what I'm looking for. Anxious to be able to have that level of control over my vectors in AD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorian Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 I’ve said this in a different thread, but I’ll mention it here again: ....how about creating polls for people to vote for different features? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted July 18, 2018 Staff Share Posted July 18, 2018 Hi dorian, Welcome to Affinity Forums The implementation/development of new features depends on development goals/constraints/time, takes in account user's requests but can't be dictated by a voting/poll system: certain features may not be implemented until some work/dependencies have been finished or expanded in the same or in other apps of the suite (they share code), certain bugs corrected first or may require heavy research/testing/time which have to be balanced with development and/or commercial goals. We have a list of frequently/common requested features here for reference (to avoid duplicates) and the dev teams checks/follows the Feature Requests/Suggestions section all the time. Eventually the most requested features will end up in the application whenever possible. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorian Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 I understand. Of course... it makes sense, MEB. Thanks for your reply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintone1 Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 almost 8 years later any progress on this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boldlinedesign Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 I wish we would just be given some basic answers by the serif team. I think after 8 years of waiting for basic but necessary tool functions in Designer, we deserve some respect and some updates. tomgreen and saintone1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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