djvflyfish Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Hello I am a new user and I am trying to convert a picture into a drawing. I have seen several utube videos on this and it looks simple. I'm doing everything as directed except when I get to the point where I am suppose to... got to the top bar, choose layer and then "New Live filter Layer", this print screen is from the training on Utube. My new Affinity Designer version shows this. Where is the "New Live filter Layer"? I'm then to choose Gaussian Blur but my screen versions appears different than what I'm seeing in the Utube trainings. Is there a way to get this accomplished...turn a picture or photo into a drawing? The attach doc will have my print screens. Demetrio Doc2.doc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 The Youtube video is for Affinity Photo, you appear to have purchased Affinity Designer, which is a related but different product. You may be able to get the software swapped if you purchased the wrong one in error 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...
Staff Callum Posted February 19, 2017 Staff Share Posted February 19, 2017 Hi djvflyfish, Welcome to the Forums :) It sounds like you have purchased Designer instead of Photo if you contact affinityreturns@serif.com they will be able to refund you so you can purchase the correct app. C Quote Please tag me using @ in your reply so I can be sure to respond ASAP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djvflyfish Posted February 21, 2017 Author Share Posted February 21, 2017 Thanks guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djvflyfish Posted February 21, 2017 Author Share Posted February 21, 2017 I do want the Designer and not the photo version because I doing lots of drawings but is there a way to convert a picture to a drawing with Affinity Designer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 No. Just redrawing it. Or use InkScape to autotrace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted February 21, 2017 Staff Share Posted February 21, 2017 Hi djvflyfish, Welcome to Affinity Forums :) If you are referring to an automatic tracing tool, no, this is not available in Designer yet. There's plans to implement/develop one but it will only be integrated if the development teams are happy with the quality of its output. Currently you have to use a third-party application like Inkscape (open source), Super Vectorizer 2, Vector Magic or a web service. Check those threads for more info: - [ADe] JPEG, bitmap tracing to covert to vector - Image Trace - Raster to Vector conversion KiyoonBaek and Spoiled by design 2 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoiled by design Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Thank you @MEB for the links to alternatives to help out with tracing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayC Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 For thwe record. I kept my Serif DrawPlus X8, which has a decent AutoTrace built in. DrawPlus X8 can still be had for about $25.00 US. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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