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+1 for the blend tool.

Having said that, Designer is an incredible value. It does much more than I expected of any Illustrator substitute. And I'm actually allowed to own it. And I'm not required to ignore the horde of subscription minions running the the background. I'm quite happy with Serif.

Still, that blend tool is something I have never done without. 

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I agree, this is a very powerful feature that would be nice if it was included in Designer.

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I've just committed myself to Affinity Designer after over three decades of drawing vector artwork and I can hardly believe that there's no function for blending objects. Surely this is a basic function of vector software? I congratulate the developers on a magnificent product but without the ability to blend it's both left-wanting and, compared to the rivals, very much in the slow-lane.

Blending really is a necessity and I urge that it's available as soon as possible.

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On 6/15/2022 at 2:52 AM, Ian Bull said:

Surely this is a basic function of vector software?

For me no.

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But look at what he has to do in the first video from 3:55 to 6:34 (and most of it is sped up!). Guy in the second video just ignores the jagged edges, because this is much harder to do on the curved letters.

Something we didn't have to do in FreeHand decades ago.

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Just started the trial with "cash in hand" to pay and it seems there is no Object nor Path blend tool.
Unfortunately this is 100% deal breaker for me, for 95% of my vector work is dependent on vector steps blend - fabric textures and hair, no way doable by hand. Come on, guys! I really wish to move away from Adobe. You make it hard.

To give an idea to the doubters, here's example of my work where half-tone vectors need to be blended and modified (theoretically in real time).

blend.jpg.584bea150a4f8f8838d19b1e923cde63.jpg

 

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2 hours ago, MKallas said:

Just started the trial with "cash in hand" to pay and it seems there is no Object nor Path blend tool.
Unfortunately this is 100% deal breaker for me, for 95% of my vector work is dependent on vector steps blend - fabric textures and hair, no way doable by hand. Come on, guys! I really wish to move away from Adobe. You make it hard.

To give an idea to the doubters, here's example of my work where half-tone vectors need to be blended and modified (theoretically in real time).

blend.jpg.584bea150a4f8f8838d19b1e923cde63.jpg

 

Amazing work. I used to use Blend tool in AI to make textures like this. Powerful function to have.

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Amazing work. I used to use Blend tool in AI to make textures like this. Powerful function to have.

Thank you, debraspicher! I don't want to spam my work here, since it is done using... *cough*Illustrator*cough*
But if you check the project out here for example, imagine drawing every line by hand:
https://www.behance.net/gallery/145661579/Social-Media-illustrations-for-lingerie-shop

I got a bit edgy because someone in the beginning of the thread saying one is lazy if they need blend.
I don't think so. Mathematically created vector is one of the reasons why vector entered graphic design in the first place!
Averaging vectors in blend-morph is a MUST-HAVE. Without it I see Affinity Designer only as an amateur tool. Try failing at blend when business client asks 1000s of lines...

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22 minutes ago, MKallas said:

saying one is lazy if they need blend.

It might be argued that anyone who has adopted tools newer than hammer/chisel is lazy. Hard to argue against that. Tool-users are taking the easy way out, aren't they?

I could never do professional work without the blend tool. Charging hours without it would feel unethical. That said, AD is great for some non-billable things, and seems well worth the money.

(But please give us a blend tool.)

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40 minutes ago, MKallas said:

Thank you, debraspicher! I don't want to spam my work here, since it is done using... *cough*Illustrator*cough*
But if you check the project out here for example, imagine drawing every line by hand:
https://www.behance.net/gallery/145661579/Social-Media-illustrations-for-lingerie-shop

I got a bit edgy because someone in the beginning of the thread saying one is lazy if they need blend.
I don't think so. Mathematically created vector is one of the reasons why vector entered graphic design in the first place!
Averaging vectors in blend-morph is a MUST-HAVE. Without it I see Affinity Designer only as an amateur tool. Try failing at blend when business client asks 1000s of lines...

Oh yeah. That's why we're here. The work. Besides, the horse is out of the barn. Other apps have this functionality and so the bar is already raised. It's an industry and these are "industrial" tools in some sense. Like @KennyLucius mentioned, charging the hours would feel unethical, but it's a bit more than that. We have to compete against people using apps with highly optimized tools in their arsenal if we choose to go with Affinity. Blends have the "computerized" look anyway that is synonymous with the vector motif. It's unmistakable.

I'm hoping because we got Warp that Blends won't be too far off.

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The reality is even web browser rendered vectors can be averaged with JavaScript-JQuery, for instance (my main gig is front end design / coding actually).
You sure have seen websites with morphing elements.
Averaging vector is pretty standard motif in the wave of flat design. And it has been present for how long, a decade now?
Affinity team, every blend between doesn't have to be editable and nodded vector straight away, even AI doesn't work this way before expanding.

@KennyLucius, @debraspicher Yes, imagine charging for 20 hours drawing 100 perfect curves only to change them again. And then the next bloke does the same thing literally in 10 seconds.

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not AT ALL,
I like your work too (there are some points that for my taste would need extra work, but good nonetheless), 
and it very good shows, that everyone who is waiting for the blending shapes functionality in affinity has a reason to demand it

the only thing that bothers me is, wether this thread needs to be ported over to v2 feature requests in addition, because for my
understanding any feature requests which were for v1 are ignored for v2

it would be great if moderators or staff would look into it, but since the new release my trust took a shooking too
 

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28 minutes ago, debraspicher said:

Besides, the horse is out of the barn. Other apps have this functionality and so the bar is already raised.

DrawPlus, which was Serif’s previous (Windows only) hybrid vector/raster drawing application, has a very capable Blend Tool.

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17 minutes ago, h.ozboluk said:

the only thing that bothers me is, wether this thread needs to be ported over to v2 feature requests in addition, because for my
understanding any feature requests which were for v1 are ignored for v2

it would be great if moderators or staff would look into it, but since the new release my trust took a shooking too
 

It might be worth it. I arrived here in this thread only because I searched Google for the answer. Didn't realise it has been an issue for so long and the celebrated V2 still is lacking.
This is a major thing in my opinion. A total deal-breaker. At the moment, by coding and graphic design standards of, mildly put - 2022 -, without proper blend-morph Affinity Designer almost comes off like a browser based freeware. (Otherwise the program seems intuitive and runs good). I didn't want to mention it, but even Inkscape has robust blend effect slapped on.

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1 minute ago, MKallas said:

It might be worth it. I arrived here in this thread because I searched Google for the same issue. Didn't realise it has been an issue for so long and the celebrated V2 still is lacking.
This is a major thing in my opinion. A total deal-breaker. At the moment, by coding and graphic design standards of, mildly put - 2022 -, without proper blend-morph Affinity Designer almost comes off like a browser based freeware. (Otherwise the program seems intuitive and runs good). I didn't want to mention it, but even Inkscape has robust blend effect slapped on.

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