drippy cat Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 Hi, I can't find where to alter the line width/style properties of the shapes like the Rectangle/Diamond/Crescent Tool or pen tool in Affinity Photo for the iPad. Where would I find them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 Good question, Simon! The answer is not at all obvious, IMO: having drawn a shape with one of the Shape Tools, I had to hunt around quite a bit before I discovered that choosing the Pen Tool reveals a width control that you can use. And that doesn't answer your question about altering the line style; it may well be that this isn't currently possible in the iPad version (but I'd be only too pleased to be disabused of that notion, of course). Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drippy cat Posted October 27, 2017 Author Share Posted October 27, 2017 Thanks for that Alfred. Actually I may be able to give you something back for it after experimenting. I found that once I altered the width of the line using the pen tool, when I then selected the shape tool again it inherited the properties of the pen tool and I got a line of the same thickness as the one I made with the pen tool. It's a rather clunky workaround but hey! It's a workaround, and one I can put in the tutorial if needs be. Thanks again, Simon Alfred 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drippy cat Posted October 28, 2017 Author Share Posted October 28, 2017 Quick update. The line properties tool lies in the fx studio. You can do what you want with line there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted October 28, 2017 Share Posted October 28, 2017 15 minutes ago, drippy cat said: Quick update. The line properties tool lies in the fx studio. You can do what you want with line there. Thanks for the hint, but I can't see how to do it. Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drippy cat Posted October 28, 2017 Author Share Posted October 28, 2017 Hi Alfred! Draw out a shape, then with it selected go to the Layer fx studio on the right. Turn Outline on and at the bottom of the screen you get the dials that let you change the Radius (width), Colour, Blend mode etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 Thanks for the clarification, Simon. What I actually had in mind was changing the line style from solid to dashed or dotted, which I don’t think is currently possible in the iPad version. Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drippy cat Posted October 29, 2017 Author Share Posted October 29, 2017 Oh, I see. Yes, I think you're right. Hopefully in a future version and to be fair I think Serif are very good at developing and listening to the requests of their users. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lark Aakarshan Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 I have found the way for this after experimentation and reading over this. Here is the way. > Select pen tool and set your stroke. > Now go to any shape tool and create the desired shape. The shape will retain your previous selected thickness. > Anytime to edit back the stroke, switch to pen tool and alter the stroke thickness. Hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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