RobS Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 I have an object that is an S hand drawn and not text. The "S" is stylized and the bottom end wraps around crossing over itself: Where it crosses over itself it drops out the fill. How do I get it not to do this? the whole S needs to be blue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MattP Posted November 27, 2014 Staff Share Posted November 27, 2014 Hi Rob, Go to the 'Format' menu, choose 'Fill Mode' and then 'Winding' - that should sort it out! :) Thanks, Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobS Posted November 29, 2014 Author Share Posted November 29, 2014 I looked around the menus and found that. I gave it a try but it did not seem to change anything. I set the fill to none and changed fill to winding then added color, nothing seemed to change. I made sure I had the path selected from the layer panel. A portion of the S (more to the right) overlaps another object that I set to divide with because I needed that portion a contrasting color to the object below. I imagine that when I hit divide it also divided the portions of the S that overlapped as it put nodes at the intersections where the paths cross. I would think this would be perfect because I could just select the path segments, delete them and make the object fill (and simpler). I can not figure out how to select the path between the nodes. The node tool just adds more nodes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MattP Posted November 29, 2014 Staff Share Posted November 29, 2014 If you post the file (or at least this part of it) I'm sure we can help :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobS Posted November 30, 2014 Author Share Posted November 30, 2014 I came up with a solution. Not the right one but it works. The file is below. Logo_book_dark.afdesign Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j-hill Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 I wanted to follow-up on this question. I have the same issue after creating overlapping letters. The intersection/overlapping points have a white outline around each piece. I changed the Fill Mode to Winding and then Fill each of the pieces but the white outline persists. RobS was able to fix it but I'm not sure how to fix it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronniemcbride Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 I am curious to know what does fill mode mean and do? Winding and Alternate? Even Odd and Non Zero? Math terms scare me lol :P Quote LEARN AFFINITY DESIGNER TODAY. Follow me on twitter:@mixmediasalad or WATCH my FREE Youtube Channel Content Also check out my Affinity Designer Essential course on Lynda.com or Affinity Designer UX tools course and get a 30-day FREE!! trial to Lynda.com entire LIbrary by clicking this link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted December 17, 2014 Staff Share Posted December 17, 2014 Hi j-hill, Welcome to Affinity Forum. Are you sure you don't have s stroke applied to the object? Make sure you have set it to none. If this still doesn't solve your problem, can you attach the .afdesign file so we can take a look? Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Harris Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 I am curious to know what does fill mode mean and do? Winding and Alternate? Even Odd and Non Zero? Math terms scare me lol :P They are rules used to decide which points are inside a shape and which outside. The Non-Zero rule is more subtle and takes into account the direction in which edges of the shape are drawn, so that more points lie inside the shape. See the pictures at http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG/painting.html#FillProperties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j-hill Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Unless I'm looking at the wrong setting, I don't think I have stroke on any of the pieces. I'm attaching a picture showing what I think is 'no stroke' selected. I'm also attaching the afdesign file. Thanks A-D Forum.afdesign Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted December 17, 2014 Staff Share Posted December 17, 2014 @j-hill, This is a different situation from the posts above. You don't have a shape that intersects itself here. You have independent shapes with overlapping boundaries. The thin white lines you're seeing is the result of antialiasing the shape boundaries against the white background. You can overcome this by adding (boolean operation) the parts of the objects that share the same color. Check the linked file. I've joined (added) the separate elements back. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j-hill Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 Thank you for the help. I was able to reproduce the solution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted December 21, 2014 Staff Share Posted December 21, 2014 You're welcome :) Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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