An Shapes Tool tutorial in .pdf

[gdenby]

Hi, all,

 

Some time ago there was a question about tutorials that were not vids, for people that liked to take some time reading.  I decided to make up an introduction to the shape tools in AD. 

 

Nothing to fancy, but I hope it outlines what the shapes can do, and how to manipulate them in basic fashions. The file is a bit over 4 Mb. I put it on DropBox, and this is the 1st time I've used the service. Hope it works out OK.

 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/asdn7jkkx8b8wbx/All.pdf?dl=0

 

 

[jer]

EXCELLENT! Not to mention a lot of effort you put into it. By the way, the link to the post you mention above re printed tutes is here:

 

https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/40766-printed-tutorials/

 

and it contains the very helpful .afdesign file you shared with all the shape tools represented in a drawing. Your download .pdf above really extends the .afdesign file.

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My faves are the paragraphs on Dumb bells-bowties-arrows and the human hand. What a great way to bring home the use of shapes to create curves and designs!

 

Thanks for creating & sharing.

[gdenby]

Thanks, jer, I'm glad you liked it. Learned a few more things myself, and having to write down something clear about what I understood from use was a good exercise.  I have looked over the shoulder of people who did page layout for a living, but this was the first time I tried to put something together that was mostly consistent.

 

I'll go back and look at it in a couple of weeks. I suppose there are some things that are not well enough stated. Some of the graphics could use tweaking. And I now have 5 pages of arrow variations, one of which I pushed into sort of a swimming fish!?

[orjwid]

Thank you very much indeed for this brilliant and systematic tutorial. It made me aware of a lt of thisngs I didn't know.

Örjan