pullapooh Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 Hi, It would be really nice if you could move the placed anchor point immediately if you press the spacebar. Like in Illustrator if i place a anchor point i can immediately move it if i hold spacebar. rihardsr and waveman777 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted November 15, 2014 Staff Share Posted November 15, 2014 Hi pullapooh Welcome to Affinity Forums. You can do that in Affinity too. Instead of space press and hold cmd (the cursor will change to the Node Tool), drag the node you want and release the cmd key to get back to the Pen Tool. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pullapooh Posted November 15, 2014 Author Share Posted November 15, 2014 Hi, Meb Thats true but you have to place it and then press the cmd key. It would be so much better that you could immediately move it. In Illustrator if you place a anchor point and press spacebar you can move it and then it gives back the bezier handles. But in Affinity you place anchor point then release selection press cmd key and move it then you have go back and select the anchor to edit the bezier handles. There is one step more. I have made an video of the difference. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duGsgn2X6_E&list=UUv-eGam3wWih5ZQFTCPMHIA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pullapooh Posted November 29, 2014 Author Share Posted November 29, 2014 Meb Is it possible that Affinity Designer is going to add this functionality? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted November 29, 2014 Staff Share Posted November 29, 2014 Only Ben or MattP can reply to your question. I'm unsure if this is possible. We already use space for panning. I know Illustrator does allow both behaviours but i'm not aware of the details to give you a definite answer. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pullapooh Posted December 21, 2014 Author Share Posted December 21, 2014 MEB , Ben , MattP It does not have to be spacebar but the functionality in my opinion is really important. Because Pen tool is one of the most used tool in a vector editing program. It has to be quick and easy to use. I don't know is it me but i really love the Pen tool in Adobe Illustrator and i hate the Pen tool in Adobe Photoshop it really sucks. At the moment Affinitys Pen tool is more like Photoshop. The video explains the difference. Video: http://youtu.be/duGsgn2X6_E Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MattP Posted December 22, 2014 Staff Share Posted December 22, 2014 Hi pullapooh, We do intend to add this functionality - and it's probably going to be off the space bar too (there's no point us adding functionality to help Illustrator users but then putting it off a different modifier, hehe) it's just a matter of time. I absolutely couldn't agree more that the Pen Tool is the most important for vector creation - but we obviously have different methodologies because I have been designing in vector packages since around GEM desktop days (I even wrote a vector drawing program for my Acorn Archimedes back in school!) and I wasn't even aware of the space modifier so didn't know that people found it so useful. I have always placed my nodes where I wanted them and then dragged out from that - if I made a mistake I enjoy the hassle-free Cmd modifier to move it to somewhere else or modify any part of my curve at will - much easier than my productivity when I try to use Illustrator. Your use-case is every bit as valid as mine though so we'll try to get this in - but please don't think it's because we've tried to 'scrimp' on our design or implementation with our tools - we simply don't have that use case because I don't work that way so I didn't know it was possible and none of our designers or featured artists have come back with this as a request. It will get done as soon as I can find time to add it - which hopefully won't be that long. Thanks, Matt pullapooh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikhiljangala Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 For anchor points, we can enter the x,y coordinates manually in the transform window. Can we do the same with handles too? Can we enter numbers to give them the required curves? That is possible in sketch. How about the same in designer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted June 21, 2015 Staff Share Posted June 21, 2015 Hi nikhiljangala, No, currently it's not possible to enter coordinates for control handles, only for nodes. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MattP Posted June 22, 2015 Staff Share Posted June 22, 2015 We will allow for off-curve handles to be selectable in the future, I think. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted June 22, 2015 Staff Share Posted June 22, 2015 Thanks for the info Matt. I wasn't aware this was being considered :) Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rihardsr Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 Hi! I would really like to see this functionality implemented as well - it could be space or different key, but it is super handy when positioning anchor points! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rihardsr Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 Please make this dream possible :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harbortype Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 I believe it is best to seek inspiration for the Pen Tool on type design software. Granted, I use them for a living, but I really would like to see some of these features in AD: spacebar while putting down an anchor to reposition it, moving anchors while keeping off-curve handles in place, being able to constrain handles to right angles afterwards (shift key will only constrain to the original angle). Take a look at this short video from Glyphs: Maybe download its trial and use it for a while. It is fantastic! Bauke 1 Quote Harbor Type | Fonts made in Brazil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted July 14, 2016 Staff Share Posted July 14, 2016 Hi hbeier, Welcome to Affinity Forums :) You can perform your second point already (in 1.5 Beta): change to the Node Tool (or press and hold ⌘ (cmd) to change temporarily to the Node Tool), then press and hold ⌃(ctrl) and drag the node. The others are not available yet. Thanks for your feedback. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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