JevoUK Posted February 20, 2015 Posted February 20, 2015 Hi From time to time I get pixel artwork that I need to print out as shaped stickers, The problem I have is when I select the artwork in the Pixel Persona how do I then create an Object out of that selection? In Pixel Persona If I create a new layer and try to fill the selection with a solid colour using the fill bucket nothing happens, I can fill the selection with the Paint Brush though. Over in the Draw Persona I can't fill the selection or give it a stoke to create an Object. Is there a way to do this or is this a bug or feature not yet implemented? I'm using the latest beta of Designer download today. thanks Adrian Quote
A_B_C Posted February 20, 2015 Posted February 20, 2015 In Pixel Persona If I create a new layer and try to fill the selection with a solid colour using the fill bucket nothing happens ... Are you sure you have created a pixel layer (checkerboard-style document icon at the bottom of the Layers panel) and not a vector layer (solid-style icon)? You should be able to use the flood fill with selections on pixel layers ... ... I can fill the selection with the Paint Brush though. I guess the Assistant has created a pixel layer for you ... all in all you have to keep pixel and vector work conceptually distinct ... sorry for these somewhat sparse comments :( ... the in-app help is more detailed about this ... EDIT Deleted the attachments due to upload limits. Quote
JevoUK Posted February 20, 2015 Author Posted February 20, 2015 What you suggested did work I can use the fill bucket now. But I need a vector object to create a cutting path. Any ideas for that? Thanks Adrian Quote
A_B_C Posted February 20, 2015 Posted February 20, 2015 In Affinity Photo you can use the Pen Tool to create a path and convert this to a selection. This does not seem to be implemented in Affinity Designer yet. But you can always create a vector path and clip your pixel object to this path. This is done by making the pixel object a child of the vector path in the Layers list ... I have made a screen cast showing the differences of layer clipping and layer masking some time ago. Please have a look here: https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/4069-layer-clipping-vs-layer-masking/ In the first example (A) the pink rectangle is clipped to the boundaries (path) of the blue triangle. Hope this helps ... :) Quote
JevoUK Posted February 20, 2015 Author Posted February 20, 2015 Ok thanks. I'm at work at the moment and can't view it on my phone. I'll take a look later. Thanks Adrian Quote
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