Huelo Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 Hi there at Affinity, Just making the transition from Illustrator, and after doing help searches, I do not think Affinity has an option to Simplify Paths, like illustrator does? Think this would be a really good feature to implement, as converting strokes creates zillions of nodes, and need to simplify these. Thanks Huelo MACE5cm, bures, Affinityconfusesme and 13 others 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted April 17, 2017 Staff Share Posted April 17, 2017 Hi Huelo, Welcome to Affinity Forums :) If you select the Node Tool and go to the context toolbar Action section, there's an icon - Smooth Curve (third icon) - that may help a little in some situations, but it doesn't do/clean as much as you'd expect. This has been requested quite a few times and we hope to implement it later in a future version. bobwal, CRWillow, MACE5cm and 3 others 6 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvis Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 On 4/17/2017 at 10:44 AM, MEB said: we hope to implement it later in a future version. Hi MEB. I'm having a difficult time finding out if this is on your roadmap or if it's still just something you are hoping to do at a later time? I'm very curious since it's a feature I very often need and I can't find any recent topics about it.. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted February 17, 2019 Staff Share Posted February 17, 2019 Hi luvis, This is something we hope to implement at a later time. The focus is on the features listed in the current roadmap, sorry. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tullywhistles Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Any word on this? commaimagination 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted January 13, 2020 Staff Share Posted January 13, 2020 Hi Tullywhistles, Welcome to Affinity Forums There's no controls for this is the current version yet, sorry. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvis Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 Just in case someone else is looking for a solution to this still. There is still no equivalent to illustrators simplify path but there is one alternative that I have been using lately that works fairly well. You'll have to try it out to see what works for you. 1. Select object with the node tool and make sure all nodes are selected 2. in the action tool bar, select "convert -> smooth" or "convert -> smart" to convert all the selected nodes. (in my experience convert->smooth has the biggest impact) 3. Now press the "action -> smooth curve" If done in this way it actually removes quite a few unneeded nodes. The only way to customize the outcome is by manually selecting/deselecting nodes and choosing smooth or smart in the convert section.. You can do like MEB mentioned earlier and just use the action -> smooth curve but in my experience it never really changes much unless combined with "convert". I truly hope a better option comes soon, so *bump* to the devs, simply path is a super useful tool. l254, wtrmlnjuc, scatterbrain73 and 2 others 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Przemysław Sztoch Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 It is very important feature. I am waiting, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sylvan Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 Another vote for this feature! Would be so helpful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manandmouse Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 Please add a great simplify path tool. Illustrator built-in vector "cleaners" is a start. But if Serif is serious about this, check in Astute Graphics plugins for Illustrator. They are really good. I've been using them. Unfortunately they don't make any plugs for Affinity. https://astutegraphics.com/plugins/vectorscribe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joao Silva Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 Also looking for this... specially if the clean process has a "straight line" option based on node angles.. that would be PERFECT!! Just like as in the Serif's Draw Plus (legacy product) the "Clean Curves" option should have some degree of customization.. however with a few more options... such as node angle configuration and optimization by straight line only. This is how Illustrator does it... and to be quite honest .. it works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steppenwolf Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 Please make this real. Simplify path is a very common operation in Illustrator (sometimes your hand drawing has too many points, sometimes a figure imported from other software comes with too much complexity), and it would be great if Affinity implements this. Details like this make my transition between tools a little harder 😬. +1 for upping the game like AstuteGraphics tool VectorScribe 😁 Jowday and Milo Wildcat 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isabelle Lafontaine Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disprint Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 There is a way around but changes path shape, which is not useful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaxonov Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 Still waiting on this one Meztli 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meztli Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 The given link to see the roadmad doesn't work anymore. I wonder how far they are from implementing this tired of deleting nodes one by one.https://affinity.serif.com/forum/index.php/?/topic/842-affinity-designer-feature-roadmap/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted November 6, 2020 Staff Share Posted November 6, 2020 Hi Meztli, Welcome to Affinity Forums We don't publish the roadmap anymore. To learn about new features/improvements/fixes please refer to the logs published along the Betas annoucements in the Beta section of the forums. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrubbyFingers Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 I'd like to see a Simplify Curve function, too. felipevaz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tytus 01UNIT Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 ...ok so what should I do with shapes like that? After expanding stroke (that is still broken), then geometry divide /add, I've got millions of points. I will probably save it as a PNG and open it in https://www.autotracer.org/ ...trace it and import to Affinity... so again I will work around the lack of basic vector options. MEB, please, release 2.0 already because I have a feeling that there is no road map for 1.x ... (sorry to be pessimistic but I'm trying to be realistic too and I've been with affinity for a year and not much has changed. Plus it is tough to read forum’s posts that area years old and nothing is chaining). Raptor Swire 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chessboard Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 @tytus If you've inkscape installed, you can copy the shape in AD and paste it in inkscape. Then use "Simplify" from "Path"-menu, copy the shape again and paste back it in AD. At least on Windows this works well. I would love to see this functionallity in AD as well. In my opinion this is a kind of core feature. Jowday, Przemysław Sztoch and Aphil-personal 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicolaide Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 This really needs to be implemented. Is this going to happen soon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan K. Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 It's a bit ridiculous for a paid vector editor not to have a function to simplify vector curves. Please implement this ASAP. felipevaz and fabiogil 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brownfox Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 Ended up here looking to see if this feature was in affinity and I had somehow missed it over the last few years, nope. I've never really needed it, until recently while using expand stroke and then subtracting from other objects. That end up producing an insane number of nodes sometimes. Also, when working with a converted dxf I'm left with the same insane amount of nodes at times. Would love to see a simplify option implemented. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mala Mi Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 We need simplify curve function or smooth tool asap because the feature smooth curve doesn't work as it should. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazmondo77 Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 VectorStyler does a good job predick 1 Quote Mac Pro Cheese-grater (Early 2009) 2.93 GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon 48 GB 1333 MHz DDR3 ECC Ram, Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8GB GDDR5, Ugee 19" Graphics Tablet Monitor Triple boot via OCLP 1.4.3 - Mac OS Monterey 12.7.3, Sonoma 14.1.1 and Mojave 10.14.6 Affinity Publisher, Designer and Photo 1.10.5 - 2.4.0 Betas 2.5.0(2430) www.bingercreative.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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