christovw66 Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 Hey guys - newbie here again, Trying to do a very basic operation by 'intersecting' 2 overlapping circles in order to create a simple 'leaf' shape. The Help instructions seem clear to me, except that all but 1 of the Boolean operation icons are greyed out and I cannot activate them. Additionally, in the Layers menu, all the manually accessed functions such as Add, Subtract, etc are also greyed out. What, this time, am I missing? Thanks in advance, I appreciate the help greatly. -Christo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 The only reasons I can think of for this are: 1. One or both circles have been rasterized so they are no longer vector shapes. 2. Both circles have not been selected in the Layers panel. 3. They are in different groups or one is in a group & the other one is not. Any of these things sound like an explanation for why this is happening? Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted February 8, 2017 Staff Share Posted February 8, 2017 Hi Christo, Welcome to Affinity Forums :) Can you please upload your file using this link so i can take a look? Thanks. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aammppaa Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 As an aside: the crescent tool is very good for creating a leaf shape, which saves you the steps to draw two shapes and intersect :) Quote Win10 Home x64 | AMD Ryzen 7 2700X @ 3.7GHz | 48 GB RAM | 1TB SSD | nVidia GTX 1660 | Wacom Intuos Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christovw66 Posted February 8, 2017 Author Share Posted February 8, 2017 ...both circles have been selected, but not grouped. I did not intentionally rasterize either circle so if they are I'm unaware of how that would have happened. *MEB - yes, I can upload the file to the link you provided but won't be back at my computer to do so for a few hours. Sorry, will do it then. *Ammmpamm - thanks for the tip on using the Crescent!...I'm just trying to learn and get comfortable with all the core tools, tricks, and functions. Much appreciated, -Christo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christovw66 Posted February 8, 2017 Author Share Posted February 8, 2017 Hi Christo, Welcome to Affinity Forums :) Can you please upload your file using this link so i can take a look? Thanks. MEB, Thanks for taking the time to look at this file for me. I uploaded it to the link you provided. Christo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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