A_B_C Posted March 15, 2015 Posted March 15, 2015 Hi guys, first of all: thanks for these brushes, Ronnie ... and to go a little off topic: here’s another idea how to do arrow heads, which I had this morning. I created a custom font containing arrow heads as glyphs and used the new text-on-a-path feature to place them ... Now this *would* be quite smart, if using the text on a path feature did not strip all the stroke properties from that path ... :( Nevertheless, I wanted to add this little idea to this thread for your amusement ... ;) Cheers, Alex Arrows.mov ronnyb and ChristAlix 2 Quote
ronnyb Posted March 16, 2015 Posted March 16, 2015 Nice Alex! A_B_C 1 Quote 2021 16” Macbook Pro w/ M1 Max 10c cpu /24c gpu, 32 GB RAM, 1TB SSD, macOS Sequoia 15.1 2018 11" iPad Pro w/ A12X cpu/gpu, 256 GB, iPadOS 18.1
ronniemcbride Posted March 16, 2015 Author Posted March 16, 2015 That is a fabulous technique Alex! Thanks for sharing that. See how the mind works. there are shortcoming but with a little thinking you can figure anything out! A_B_C 1 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
A_B_C Posted March 16, 2015 Posted March 16, 2015 Thanks, guys ... have a nice day! :D By the way, I have just seen that this technique works perfectly in Indesign without doubling the path ... :ph34r: Quote
Staff MEB Posted March 16, 2015 Staff Posted March 16, 2015 Smart tip A_B_C. Works great :) A_B_C 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software
dwingb Posted April 2, 2015 Posted April 2, 2015 Thanks for all sharing and technique works. ronniemcbride 1 Quote
Johnny Chin Posted April 29, 2016 Posted April 29, 2016 Hey guys, I used the one arrowhead only line but there's a small "tail" in the end of the other side that's doesn't have the arrowhead, do you guys know how to fix this? please reply ASAP! Quote
ronniemcbride Posted May 2, 2016 Author Posted May 2, 2016 Hey guys, I used the one arrowhead only line but there's a small "tail" in the end of the other side that's doesn't have the arrowhead, do you guys know how to fix this? please reply ASAP! Hello, Johnny! Sorry, I was on vacation and I just saw your post. I hope you were able to figure out how to fix that issue. If you have not been able to figure it out all you need to do is go into you stroke setting and change the end cap to a butt cap. Let me know if you are still having issues. Cheers! Ronnie 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
Johnny Chin Posted July 23, 2016 Posted July 23, 2016 Hello, Johnny! Sorry, I was on vacation and I just saw your post. I hope you were able to figure out how to fix that issue. If you have not been able to figure it out all you need to do is go into you stroke setting and change the end cap to a butt cap. Let me know if you are still having issues. Cheers! Ronnie Thanks it work! Quote
Johnny Chin Posted July 23, 2016 Posted July 23, 2016 Hello, Johnny! Sorry, I was on vacation and I just saw your post. I hope you were able to figure out how to fix that issue. If you have not been able to figure it out all you need to do is go into you stroke setting and change the end cap to a butt cap. Let me know if you are still having issues. Cheers! Ronnie Thanks! It work! Hi guys, first of all: thanks for these brushes, Ronnie ... and to go a little off topic: here’s another idea how to do arrow heads, which I had this morning. I created a custom font containing arrow heads as glyphs and used the new text-on-a-path feature to place them ... Now this *would* be quite smart, if using the text on a path feature did not strip all the stroke properties from that path ... :( Nevertheless, I wanted to add this little idea to this thread for your amusement ... ;) Cheers, Alex Hi A_B_C, when I use the text on path feature, my text is displayed on top of the line, not like yours, I changed the baseline to adjust the text to the centre so I can get the arrow in the centre of the line, but I see you didn't change the baseline, so how did you do that? and if I need to change the baseline, what value should I use? I self publishing an ebook about origami tutorial, and I need to make a lot of "complicated" vector line which Affinity Designer is not yet able to make easily like the "Dash Dot Dot" line, "empty white half arrow head line", "rotate circle with 2 arrow line", etc, do you think which method from you guys is more suitable for my case? Does the arrow brush ronnie made is actually not a vector but a image? because when I zoom in a lot I can see the blurred pixel, while if I use the A_B_C method, since everything is using the font, everything is vector not rasterised image. Please reply as soon as possible! Thanks! Quote
Harvey Posted July 27, 2016 Posted July 27, 2016 Thanks for brushes, it`s sad that I find it so late. I could not find arrow brushes for a long time. I was angry then and bought a graphics tablet :lol: Quote
Schubi63 Posted August 31, 2016 Posted August 31, 2016 Thanx to all of you for sharing your knowledge and your work. @A_B_C: that's really smart. ;) A_B_C 1 Quote Affinity Designer | Affinity Photo | Affinity Publisher macOS Sierra 10.13.6; MacBookPro (13 inch, Early 2015); 3.1 GHz i7 CPU; 16 GB RAM
A_B_C Posted September 8, 2016 Posted September 8, 2016 When I use the text on path feature, my text is displayed on top of the line, not like yours, I changed the baseline to adjust the text to the centre so I can get the arrow in the centre of the line, but I see you didn't change the baseline, so how did you do that? and if I need to change the baseline, what value should I use? I created a custom font in order to achieve my results. If you have a font editor like Fontlab or the open-source app Fontforge, you can simply go ahead and throw in some triangles or any other shapes you want to use as arrowheads. Center these shapes vertically around the baseline, and adjust the metrics as desired. If you have to use an existing font, you will need to know the exact font metrics in order to get perfect results for the baseline shift. But since the baseline shift is expressed as a percentage, you will also have to do perform some calculations to get it right. Personally, I would zoom in considerably and adjust the baseline shift by eye. I self publishing an ebook about origami tutorial, and I need to make a lot of "complicated" vector line which Affinity Designer is not yet able to make easily like the "Dash Dot Dot" line, "empty white half arrow head line", "rotate circle with 2 arrow line", etc, do you think which method from you guys is more suitable for my case? Unless I am completely mistaken, I fear it is currently impossible to create lines according to the “dash dot dot” scheme, since there are only four input fields for dashes and gaps. :( Hope that makes sense … :) Alex Quote
JimmyJack Posted September 9, 2016 Posted September 9, 2016 I self publishing an ebook about origami tutorial, and I need to make a lot of "complicated" vector line which Affinity Designer is not yet able to make easily like the "Dash Dot Dot" line, "empty white half arrow head line", "rotate circle with 2 arrow line", etc, do you think which method from you guys is more suitable for my case? Unless I am completely mistaken, I fear it is currently impossible to create lines according to the “dash dot dot” scheme, since there are only four input fields for dashes and gaps. :( Well, I think you're right........ But it can still (sort of) be done with "minimal ;) extra" work. Make two line styles..... Draw any shape you want using one of the styles. When done duplicate and apply the other style. B) As a group (or just selected together) they will be fully scaleable. And if you're lucky enough to be able to grab both nodes on top of each other the shapes will be adjustable together as well (not node handles though I afraid. You can do them independently of course, but I would just delete, make changes, and re-copy/paste). A_B_C, Alfred and ronnyb 3 Quote
A_B_C Posted September 9, 2016 Posted September 9, 2016 Wonderful idea … and I believe we can still improve this method when using the latest Beta: Create your two object styles. Draw a curve, apply one of the styles, and make it a symbol (A.). Drag another instance of the symbol exactly onto the first one (B.). Now adjust the curve inside one of the symbols, while Sync is active, and the other path will follow accordingly (C.). When you’re done, disable Sync, and apply the other style to the other path (D.). Done. Wow … :) paolo.limoncelli, JimmyJack and Alfred 3 Quote
Alfred Posted September 10, 2016 Posted September 10, 2016 Drag another instance of the symbol exactly onto the first one (B.). "Drag another instance ... exactly onto" implies careful alignment of a dragged copy of the symbol. If you duplicate the original instance with Ctrl+J (Strg+J), then the copy will automatically be exactly aligned. A_B_C and JimmyJack 2 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.5.1 (iPad 7th gen)
A_B_C Posted September 10, 2016 Posted September 10, 2016 Smart … :) I considered this as well, but I could have sworn duplicating a symbol would turn the duplicate into a group … which does not make sense indeed … seems it was too late yesterday night … :blink: Five minutes later, I see what was the problem: When you turn off syncing and use Cmd + J on a symbol, your duplicate will be a group. When you turn on syncing and use Cmd + J on a symbol, your duplicate will remain an instance of the symbol. Good to remember … ;) paolo.limoncelli, JimmyJack and Alfred 3 Quote
JimmyJack Posted September 10, 2016 Posted September 10, 2016 Symbols!! Now why didn't I think of that!! Handle control. Very Nice. :) FWIW, I ran into a small issue when trying to assign the second style on the second symbol. Nothing happened when I clicked on it. For some reason I had to click on a factory preset style FIRST and then on the custom made one. Then it took. A little weird. (Also, the drag option didn't bother me. Snapping eliminates the need for "careful alignment". But, of course, CMD J is quicker.) A_B_C 1 Quote
A_B_C Posted September 10, 2016 Posted September 10, 2016 Isn’t Matt always looking for creative and weird uses of his inventions, even more so, when people find them in collaboration? I guess this one will make it on his list … ;) Quote
Daniele Salvatore Posted October 15, 2016 Posted October 15, 2016 My opinion is that the first brush from ronniemcbride remains the easiest and the best the most effective. I have only one question: it is possible to draw it moving perfectly in line or at 90°? Quote
ronniemcbride Posted January 13, 2017 Author Posted January 13, 2017 My opinion is that the first brush from ronniemcbride remains the easiest and the best the most effective. I have only one question: it is possible to draw it moving perfectly in line or at 90°? Sorry I just seeing this now but did you ever figure out how to get the arrow to inline or at 90 degrees? Did holding shift and clicking work or changing your pen mode to line mode perhaps? Daniele Salvatore 1 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
brunzenstein Posted January 19, 2017 Posted January 19, 2017 The arrows are right here in Affinity Designer - just look under: View> Assets > Grade UI Basic elements or View> Assets > iOS 10 There you find a bunch of ready made arrows. Ready to be converted into paths Quote Mac print publishing X-Press & Adobe hostage, cooking on extrem high level, subscribing with joy to US Cooks Illustrated & Foreign Affairs, the british Spectator and the swiss Weltwoche - absolute incompatible publications
verysame Posted January 19, 2017 Posted January 19, 2017 And there's the arrow tool, too: With some nice options: Quote Andrew - Win10 x64 AMD Threadripper 1950x, 64GB, 512GB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD + 2TB, dual GTX 1080ti Dual Monitor Dell Ultra HD 4k P2715Q 27-Inch
ronniemcbride Posted January 19, 2017 Author Posted January 19, 2017 The arrows are right here in Affinity Designer - just look under: View> Assets > Grade UI Basic elements or View> Assets > iOS 10 There you find a bunch of ready made arrows. Ready to be converted into paths Everyone is aware of these versions of the arrow, but the type arrow feature that people need so badly is the type that automatically added to the end of drawn stroke. This type of arrow head offers the most flexibility. The type of arrows people are so desperately in need of are arrows required for technical drawing. Imagine this extreme scenario: A_B_C 1 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
Guest Posted January 22, 2017 Posted January 22, 2017 I have seen this topic come up pretty often and thought maybe I should post this resource here. I know some people need to have native vector arrow shapes in their work so I created a brush for that you can use until arrows are implemented fully in the the application. Just import them into your brush pallet. cheers :) Hi ronniemcbride, Thanks for this way of quickly drawing curved arrows, tool that is currently missing in AD. Quote
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