jonfuller1004 Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 I have drawn the outline of a character how do I change the thickness of the lines.i know I can use the graph but this affects the whole stroke how do I make it so it only affects a certain section of the stroke tonget thickness where I want it on only certain parts of the line Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdenby Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 Go to the stroke properties button, and select the brush size variance variable. You will see an even taper illustrated. Then go to the pressure control, and manipulate the graph to get the swelling that you want. You can many settings, and switch the profile as you like for every line. Quote iMac 27" Retina, c. 2015: OS X 10.11.5: 3.3 GHz I c-5: 32 Gb, AMD Radeon R9 M290 2048 Mb iPad 12.9" Retina, iOS 10, 512 Gb, Apple pencil Huion WH1409 tablet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonfuller1004 Posted February 24, 2017 Author Share Posted February 24, 2017 What about if I have one big line that is the outline of a pair of trousers and one small section in that par if trousers needs to get much thicker at one end how can I affect only that section of the whole line When making characters is it best to do lots of dogleg strokes all touching each other for this affect and then to go around the strokes for the colour after Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Because the pressure profile graph is so small & does not indicate where the nodes of the path are on it, it isn't really practical to use it to control the thickness of a small segment of a long path -- you would have to place multiple control points on it almost on top of each other, & move them individually by trial & error to the segment you want thinner. Also, since you can only fill individual paths but not the spaces between them, it usually is not practical to use lots of short strokes & try to fill each one individually to create the appearance of a single fully colored object. What works best depends on the shapes you use & where their edges overlap. Sometimes a single large outer shape with a constant thickness stroke can be stacked under a short, unfilled path with a different thickness, or for better detail using a small shape filled with the stroke color of the larger one. 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...
jonfuller1004 Posted February 24, 2017 Author Share Posted February 24, 2017 Briliant thanks RCR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Not really so brilliant, just a workaround for a tool I wish Affinity had, that being a Width tool that could be used interactively on selected line segments to smoothly increase or decrease their thickness. 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...
jonfuller1004 Posted February 24, 2017 Author Share Posted February 24, 2017 That would be awesome ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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