Geometry

[George-Gele]

Hi I have been looking for a tutorial on the use of the geometry tool. Can anyone advise on its use?

[Callum]

Hi George-Gele,

 

I'm not sure exactly what you mean by Geometry tool which tool are you trying to use?

 

Thanks

Callum

[George-Gele]

Hi Callum, Thanks for your response. It is the Geometry command under the ... command option, that I have not found anything for you have to have the Affinity Photo Icon selected. I hope that helps to clarify my inquiry.

[Alfred]

The Geometry 'command' on the Commands ('...') menu isn't a single command, it's a set of commands (Add, Subtract, Intersect, Divide, and Combine). If you draw two overlapping shapes and go to the Layers studio, you'll see that the second (topmost) shape is selected; swipe across the first shape in the list to select it without deselecting the second shape, and then go to the Geometry flyout. Add, Subtract or Intersect will leave you with a single 'Curve' shape, Combine will give you a 'Curves' shape with a hole in the middle, and Divide will yield three or more separate shapes.

 

[George-Gele]

Thanks for the response, now you have explained it its obvious, I can't believe I did not get my head around that one.:-)

 

[Alfred]

You're welcome. Like most things, it's only easy when you know how!

 

[Josie]

It would help if geometry shapes or a shape builder is added for the affinity designer in the iPad version.

thanks

[Alfred]

On 4/14/2021 at 1:14 AM, Josie said:

It would help if geometry shapes or a shape builder is added for the affinity designer in the iPad version.

thanks

The Shape Tools and Geometry commands that are available in the desktop version of Designer are also available in the iPad version. There is currently no Shape Builder Tool in the Affinity apps.

[Josie]

But if I wanted to do something like this, how would I do that?

[Josie]

So how would I do the text as shown above?

tracing the letters doesn’t work, is there another way to do it?

thanks.

[carl123]

19 hours ago, Josie said:

So how would I do the text as shown above?

Try tracing the letters with the pen tool.

Wherever there is a change of colour start a new curve. Then you can fill each curve with its own colour.

I have recreated just the letter "L" in the attached.

Switch off the bottom image layer and individual curve layers (in the group) to see how each curve is constructed.

 

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