Petar Petrenko Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 The text that follows is borrowed from CreativePro.com that explains Adobe tips & tricks. It would be nice to be part of Designer: Drawing Instant Abstract Art in Illustrator Did you know the tilde key has magical powers in Adobe Illustrator? Yes, the humble, unassuming tilde key that sits near the top left of your keyboard. By pressing and holding it as you drag with any of Illustrator's shape tools, you can draw instant abstract art. When the tilde key is pressed Illustrator creates a new shape each time the screen redraws. So if you move your mouse or pen tablet slowly, you get a lot of densely packed shapes. If you move it faster, you get fewer shapes spaced farther apart. The results look a little bit like an old school Spirograph (if you're a child of the 70s-80s). Experiment with different starting shapes, like polygons and stars. Just make sure you set no fill before you start drawing, otherwise you may not see all the shapes. Hope you enjoy this week’s articles and tip! ~ Mike Rankin, Editor in Chief Uncle Mez 1 Quote All the latest releases of Designer, Photo and Publisher (retail and beta) on MacOS and Windows. 15” Dell Inspiron 7559 i7 ● Windows 10 x64 Pro ● Intel Core i7-6700HQ (3.50 GHz, 6M) ● 16 GB Dual Channel DDR3L 1600 MHz (8GBx2) ● NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M 4 GB GDDR5 ● 500 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD ● UHD (3840 x 2160) Truelife LED - Backlit Touch Display 32” LG 32UN650-W display ● 3840 x 2160 UHD, IPS, HDR10 ● Color Gamut: DCI-P3 95%, Color Calibrated ● 2 x HDMI, 1 x DisplayPort 13.3” MacBook Pro (2017) ● Ventura 13.6 ● Intel Core i7 (3.50 GHz Dual Core) ● 16 GB 2133 MHz LPDDR3 ● Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 1536 MB ● 500 GB SSD ● Retina Display (3360 x 2100) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sDuccio Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 :) If they plan to do that, just consider that italian keyboards do not have tilde :) Quote OS: windows 10 home 64 bits Lenovo core I7 6700HQ 8Gb Ram Nvidia GTX 950 4 gb Memory SSD 256Gb HD 1TB 5400 rpm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petar Petrenko Posted January 20, 2017 Author Share Posted January 20, 2017 Well, they can assign some other character. ;) Quote All the latest releases of Designer, Photo and Publisher (retail and beta) on MacOS and Windows. 15” Dell Inspiron 7559 i7 ● Windows 10 x64 Pro ● Intel Core i7-6700HQ (3.50 GHz, 6M) ● 16 GB Dual Channel DDR3L 1600 MHz (8GBx2) ● NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M 4 GB GDDR5 ● 500 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD ● UHD (3840 x 2160) Truelife LED - Backlit Touch Display 32” LG 32UN650-W display ● 3840 x 2160 UHD, IPS, HDR10 ● Color Gamut: DCI-P3 95%, Color Calibrated ● 2 x HDMI, 1 x DisplayPort 13.3” MacBook Pro (2017) ● Ventura 13.6 ● Intel Core i7 (3.50 GHz Dual Core) ● 16 GB 2133 MHz LPDDR3 ● Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 1536 MB ● 500 GB SSD ● Retina Display (3360 x 2100) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Mez Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 Relaunching this topic guys/staff. is there a way to assign a Key for ADesigner to make the same? This would be helpful for time until new version with blend tool is released, i mean it will help drawing complex but beautiful forms just by pressing and holding a simple key then focus on coloring the thing etc ... Time saving functionality. Please if Affinity Designer can already do that; tell us what key or combo key to play with or where it sits in the preference (how you named it) so we can play with a bit then tell you guys (staffs) what we think about and how to improve it for better. Quote Never be the Same Again ! ---Dell Optiplex 5090 SFFIntel Core i5-10500T @2.30GHz with 12GiB 2666MHz DDR4Intel UHD Graphics 630 for 10th Generation M.2 2280, 512 GB, PCIe NVMe Gen3 x4, Class 40 SSDWindows 11 Pro x64 22H2 + LibreOffice 7.5.3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted July 3, 2018 Staff Share Posted July 3, 2018 Hi Arnaud Mez, No. The closest features we have able to create "similar" effects is Power Duplicate and Symbols. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gh.xyz Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 Bumping this to see if we can add this to AD 2? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 The 2.3 beta now has a Spiral Tool which can create some interesting patterns Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gh.xyz Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 That's cool but its really not the same thing. See how the 'tilde trick' can be used: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CyyBivWMwyT/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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