jackamus Posted December 3, 2014 Author Share Posted December 3, 2014 Hi Matt, The only reason I was asking about creating a custom 'dotted line' brush was so I can create dotted lines in the MAS version and then be able to print off a drawing. As it stands I can't do that until the new fixed BETA update is ready. When will that be? Quote If voting made any difference it wouldn't be allowed! Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the obedience of fools. To be ignorant of world happenings is forgivable - to be willingly ignorant is unforgivable. Truth does not need to be protected only lies do. Mac OS Monterey 12.6.4 AD version 2.3.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MattP Posted December 3, 2014 Staff Share Posted December 3, 2014 Are you printing locally? If so, an easy way to do it temporarily is simply to use the beta version and save the document as a PNG at something like 600dpi then print it - the output will be exactly the same on most home printers. I appreciate this is not an ideal solution, but if you want to use dashed lines then you have to use the beta version at the moment - and the beta version is exactly that, beta, and you are experiencing one of the known bugs in it. We can't rush out a beta build before we're ready because we would be compromising the quality of the product. If you wish to use the MAS version, you can indeed create a brush with the appearance of dotted lines - but this again will simply be printing as raster data so there is no benefit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackamus Posted December 3, 2014 Author Share Posted December 3, 2014 Ok Matt I don't have a problem with creating a bitmap of the drawing to get the dotted lines. Quote If voting made any difference it wouldn't be allowed! Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the obedience of fools. To be ignorant of world happenings is forgivable - to be willingly ignorant is unforgivable. Truth does not need to be protected only lies do. Mac OS Monterey 12.6.4 AD version 2.3.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrograde Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Wow that sounds very powerful Matt. Looking forward to that future! :) 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...
baccioly Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Any news on dotted lines? I just bought Affinity Designer and I really need it.I need dotted curves to connect cities on a map but my image brush keeps stretching the dots. To achieve what I want they should be perfectly round even when drawing curves. Is it possible? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackamus Posted February 10, 2015 Author Share Posted February 10, 2015 Hi, They are not available at the moment. If you download the Beta version of AF then you cab draw dotted lines. The Beta version is free and can be downloaded from the AF Forum. Quote If voting made any difference it wouldn't be allowed! Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the obedience of fools. To be ignorant of world happenings is forgivable - to be willingly ignorant is unforgivable. Truth does not need to be protected only lies do. Mac OS Monterey 12.6.4 AD version 2.3.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyelight Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Hang on. I've just purchased the retail version of AD, but it is the beta version has line styles. Why would you do that? Another question? How do you remove nodes from a path (i.e..anchor points). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted March 3, 2015 Staff Share Posted March 3, 2015 Hi eyelight, The beta version is a development version where we implement and test all the new features until they become stable and ready to be implemented in the retail version (MAS). Dashed lines, the new Corner Tool, text-on-a-path function plus other improvements/fixes are some of the new features that will be available in the next Affinity Designer update on the Mac App Store. To remove nodes from a path, change to the Node tool, click on the nodes you want to delete and press delete/backspace on your keyboard. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evtonic3 Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Don't know if you've answered this on any other forum but, why not add the descriptor text under each field of the dash settings? Like in AI. It would be such a great help. Of course once you get the AD way you get it. But it should be an easy thing not a confusing thing. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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