JenM Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 This short video is about how to create offset paths in Affinity Designer. Offset paths are a powerful tool that designers use to create exact duplicates of a vector object shape and then use these duplicate as individual vector objects. With the ability to create an exact size for your offset, you've have a powerful tool to create fantastic eye catching layers in you digital art. Creating offset paths in Affinity Designer is quick and it's easy. I show you how to setup the keyboard shortcut and with one click you are ready to create offsets for any object, shape, text, or line. Offset paths are one of the secrets that designers use to create stunning computer graphics. Create your own website graphics, digital art, blog posts illustrations, instagram images, and go ahead and brag on twitter! Happy Creating :-) Jen Nivrams, Jowday, GalaxySurfer and 11 others 11 2 1 Quote Check out my Youtube tutorials and my Skillshare course on Affinity Designer: This link allows you to watch the course for free: https://skl.sh/32qtnRt YouTube tutorials for Affinity Designer: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU_Y96iOVu_M-f1xWDEN2TA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madame Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Fantastic! That's brilliant! Thank you! Quote - Affinity Photo 2.3.0 - Affinity Designer 2.3.0 -Affinity Publisher 2.3.0 MacBook Pro 16 GB MacOS Sonoma 14.1.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Minh Thanh Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 That's great! Thank you! Quote www.vietchigo.vn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatfreemedia Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 This just needs to be a menu option like Illustrator – something like Object => Offset Path => <enter value>. So much faster than this method. Igull, Rebelde, Tytusie and 7 others 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aammppaa Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 The method above is a (cumbersome) workaround until the Offset Tool arrives in a later version. I anticipate an elegant and versatile tool that works directly on canvas, but who knows what Affinity have up their digital sleeves? Jowday 1 Quote Win10 Home x64 | AMD Ryzen 7 2700X @ 3.7GHz | 48 GB RAM | 1TB SSD | nVidia GTX 1660 | Wacom Intuos Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZDalton Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 Is there a way to do this without expanding the strokes? I have Affinity Photo, which has some (albeit limited) vector tools, and there is no "expand stroke" feature. I cannot afford Designer. Jowday 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wosven Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 31 minutes ago, ZDalton said: Is there a way to do this without expanding the strokes? If you don't need vector, you can for example write your text in black, dupplicate this layer, add the stroke in a flashy colour, and rasterize the layer. Next, you select the black in the letters and you delete it. You'll be able to add effects to this "stroke". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melior64 Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 Thanks for this tutorial, I was wondering how to achieve this affect! Quote @melior64Always Learning | Always ImprovingWebsite | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waveman777 Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 Has anything changed in AD in the last year regarding offsetting paths? Is this cumbersome and frustrating option posted here still the only way? This basic feature like "Offset Path" which has been in Illustrator for 20 years still unavailable in AD? Is there any chance to see this coming any time soon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lepr Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 6 hours ago, waveman777 said: Is there any chance to see this coming any time soon? Soon seems to mean 5+ years for Serif, so pray that it isn't soon. Aammppaa and waveman777 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPv6Freely Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 Googled "offset path affinity designer" and came across this. This is seriously the only way to do an offset path in AD? I'm a designer of bags and backpacks and I use that tool more than just about any other in AI for quickly adding seam allowances to my patterns. I found out about AD today and downloaded the trial. I guess for now I'm going to have to keep paying the ridiculous Adobe tax... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Mudditt Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 On 10/18/2020 at 1:22 AM, IPv6Freely said: Googled "offset path affinity designer" and came across this. This is seriously the only way to do an offset path in AD? I'm a designer of bags and backpacks and I use that tool more than just about any other in AI for quickly adding seam allowances to my patterns. I found out about AD today and downloaded the trial. I guess for now I'm going to have to keep paying the ridiculous Adobe tax... I don't know why people are not using the Appearance Studio, you can add as many strokes to a curve as you want in there. Frozen Death Knight and IPv6Freely 1 1 Quote My dad always told me, a bad workman always blames their tools…. Just waiting for Ronny Pickering….. Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 1.10 and 2.4 on macOS Sonoma 14 on M1 Mac Mini 16GB 1TB Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 1.10 and 2.4 on Windows 10 Pro. Deceased Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 2.4 on M1 iPad Pro 11” on iPadOS 17.4 https://www.facebook.com/groups/AffinityForiPad https://www.facebook.com/groups/AffinityPhoto/ The hardest link to find https://affinity.help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPv6Freely Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 8 hours ago, Paul Mudditt said: I don't know why people are not using the Appearance Studio, you can add as many strokes to a curve as you want in there. I have no idea what Appearance Studio is. So maybe that's why. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Mudditt Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 3 hours ago, IPv6Freely said: I have no idea what Appearance Studio is. So maybe that's why. https://affinity.help/designer/English.lproj/pages/Panels/appearancePanel.html Quote My dad always told me, a bad workman always blames their tools…. Just waiting for Ronny Pickering….. Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 1.10 and 2.4 on macOS Sonoma 14 on M1 Mac Mini 16GB 1TB Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 1.10 and 2.4 on Windows 10 Pro. Deceased Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 2.4 on M1 iPad Pro 11” on iPadOS 17.4 https://www.facebook.com/groups/AffinityForiPad https://www.facebook.com/groups/AffinityPhoto/ The hardest link to find https://affinity.help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPv6Freely Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 (edited) 11 hours ago, Paul Mudditt said: https://affinity.help/designer/English.lproj/pages/Panels/appearancePanel.html Okay, so I did that. I have a 13pt stroke in black with a 10pt stroke in red. Now, how do I remove the red so that all that is left is a 3pt black stroke that is 10pt outside the blue box? I don't want multiple strokes on a curve, I want the equivalent of an offset path in AI. Edited October 27, 2020 by IPv6Freely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPv6Freely Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 Okay so looks like if I go to Layer > Expand Stroke, then select both of the two curves that are now created from the two strokes, and use the Subtract button, I get the result I want. Which... is basically exactly what the video was about in the first post of the thread. So... still not what I'm looking for. I guess I could always fake it by just doing a 10pt white stroke on top of a 13pt black stroke, but that still means it's missing the functionality I'm actually looking for. I'm on my last day of my Affinity Designer trial, so I guess until that functionality is introduced without having to do these workarounds I'll be sticking with AI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Jacobs Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 On 5/21/2019 at 7:46 AM, fatfreemedia said: This just needs to be a menu option like Illustrator – something like Object => Offset Path => <enter value>. So much faster than this method. On 5/21/2019 at 7:46 AM, fatfreemedia said: This just needs to be a menu option like Illustrator – something like Object => Offset Path => <enter value>. So much faster than this method. I totally agree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aammppaa Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 @Kevin Jacobs An offset tool (called the contour tool) was added to Designer in 1.9 and allows you to type an offset, or add an offset visually. https://affinity.help/designer/English.lproj/pages/CurvesShapes/contouringShapes.html KariF, AlainP and Cenda 2 1 Quote Win10 Home x64 | AMD Ryzen 7 2700X @ 3.7GHz | 48 GB RAM | 1TB SSD | nVidia GTX 1660 | Wacom Intuos Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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