RNKLN Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Hi, I'm in the process of re-creating a company logo as a vector drawing. I've done so by taking a bitmap of the logo (which by itself is skewed), putting the characters upright (by skewing in the opposite direction in AD), drawing the characters using the Pen tool, and, finally, skewing the logo back from its upright position to the original position. This worked quite well and i'm happy with the result. One thing that bothers me is that some of the elements have a purple outline while others haven't. I also noticed that the purple outlines remained in their original upright position. I'm wondering what this is? I've seen before in AD that these purple outlines are there, but having seen this behaviour i'm really confused. Who can help? Quote Affinity Photo - Affinity Designer - Affinity Publisher | macOS Sonoma (14.5) on 16GB MBP14 2021 with 2.5.X versions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Harris Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 The purple outlines are probably to highlight candidates for snapping. If so, then if you untick Show Snapping Candidates in the Snapping Options they should go away. I don't know why they don't get skewed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted January 2, 2015 Staff Share Posted January 2, 2015 The reason why some objects are purple outlined while others don't is because Affinity Designer only highlights six objects as snapping candidates at the same time. If you want to add one that wasn't originally included, just mouse over it a few seconds until the purple outline appear and it will be added to the snapping candidates list. Regarding your screenshot, the only object i'm seeing skewed there is the background bitmap (locked). It looks like you have not skewed any vector characters at all. The characters seen on the screenshot may have a thin stroke that's being covered by the purple outlines. But since the screenshot is cropped i may be wrong. It would help if you posted the file so we can look at it more closely to see what's going on. I don't have any problems with skewed objects and snapping candidates outlining in my system. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RNKLN Posted January 2, 2015 Author Share Posted January 2, 2015 Dave, MEB, Thanks for your response to my questions. The information provided makes sense. I've attached the original file. Action.afdesign Quote Affinity Photo - Affinity Designer - Affinity Publisher | macOS Sonoma (14.5) on 16GB MBP14 2021 with 2.5.X versions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted January 2, 2015 Staff Share Posted January 2, 2015 Thanks for posting the file. Everything seems to be working as expected. The only issue I'm seeing here is that currently locked objects can't be added as snapping candidates. Locked objects already on the snapping candidates list behave as expected. I will log this to be looked at. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RNKLN Posted January 2, 2015 Author Share Posted January 2, 2015 Thanks for this. I now understand this is about snapping candidates, that there's a limit of showing 6 at the same time, and that locked objects can't be added (for which i didn't have any intention anyway). I had already concluded that everything worked as expected, i just didn't understand the indication for snapping candidates. Quote Affinity Photo - Affinity Designer - Affinity Publisher | macOS Sonoma (14.5) on 16GB MBP14 2021 with 2.5.X versions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RNKLN Posted January 2, 2015 Author Share Posted January 2, 2015 By the way, i'd like to add that i really like how AD made it possible for me, as an absolute beginner in vector drawings, to re-create this logo. Ronnie McBride's training course and the AD Review eMagazine also helped. Quote Affinity Photo - Affinity Designer - Affinity Publisher | macOS Sonoma (14.5) on 16GB MBP14 2021 with 2.5.X versions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haseeb Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 On 1/2/2015 at 9:42 PM, Dave Harris said: The purple outlines are probably to highlight candidates for snapping. If so, then if you untick Show Snapping Candidates in the Snapping Options they should go away. I don't know why they don't get skewed. you are the boss, cat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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