mannyc Posted May 23, 2018 Posted May 23, 2018 Hello all! I'm trying to make shadows that follow Google's Material Design (Like in the lightning logo attached). I know to make a curve with a darker color, but I cant get it to snap perfectly- with the same diagonals, etc. Another picture below is something I'm trying to make, but as you might be able to see, the diagonals from the bottom part of the plus and the top part are not the same. Let me know. Thanks! Quote
Staff Gabe Posted May 23, 2018 Staff Posted May 23, 2018 Hi mannyc, Welcome to the forums. It would be a lot easier if you attach a full-size image, as the one you posted is only 300px and it's hard to see what you describe. The .afdesign project file will help as well. Thanks, Gabe. Quote
Alfred Posted May 23, 2018 Posted May 23, 2018 I think the OP is saying that the top and bottom edges of the shadow should be parallel. If that’s the case, this is fairly easily achieved by rotating and skewing a rectangle nested/pasted inside the circle. Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.5.1 (iPad 7th gen)
Dave Vector Posted May 23, 2018 Posted May 23, 2018 @mannyc , Here is a visual of what @αℓƒяє∂ is saying. instead if skewing I used Node edit to alter the "shadow" rectangle: mannyc, MEB, IndieGuy and 2 others 5 Quote
mannyc Posted May 23, 2018 Author Posted May 23, 2018 5 hours ago, GabrielM said: Hi mannyc, Welcome to the forums. It would be a lot easier if you attach a full-size image, as the one you posted is only 300px and it's hard to see what you describe. The .afdesign project file will help as well. Thanks, Gabe. Here they are PLUSAFDESIGN.afdesign Quote
mannyc Posted May 23, 2018 Author Posted May 23, 2018 1 minute ago, Dave Vector said: @mannyc , Here is a visual of what @αℓƒяє∂ is saying. instead if skewing I used Node edit to alter the "shadow" rectangle: Thank you so much! This is exactly what I needed!! Dave Vector 1 Quote
A_B_C Posted May 23, 2018 Posted May 23, 2018 I remember there also was a funny method using Power Duplicate … I don’t know who had posted this originally, but it is nice to remember, even if it is a bit rough … Power-Duplicate.mov Quote
firstdefence Posted May 23, 2018 Posted May 23, 2018 Step 3 variant 1 makes sense. Quote iMac 27" 2019 Sequoia 15.0 (24A335), iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions
Nivrams Posted June 10, 2018 Posted June 10, 2018 These simple "shadows" are no problem. What we are waiting for is a vector morph/blend that creates a shadow that fades in the contour of the original. This would help make the lightening bolt shadow more convincing. In any case, while the results look interesting and attractive, they look like extrusions rather than shadows which is OK. But this will improve when AD is able blend vector shapes. That's something Macromedia's Freehand could do. One day, AD will be able to also. Quote
firstdefence Posted June 10, 2018 Posted June 10, 2018 45 minutes ago, Nivrams said: These simple "shadows" are no problem. What we are waiting for is a vector morph/blend that creates a shadow that fades in the contour of the original. This would help make the lightening bolt shadow more convincing. In any case, while the results look interesting and attractive, they look like extrusions rather than shadows which is OK. But this will improve when AD is able blend vector shapes. That's something Macromedia's Freehand could do. One day, AD will be able to also. Add transparency to the shadow Quote iMac 27" 2019 Sequoia 15.0 (24A335), iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions
Rocketdrive Posted June 10, 2018 Posted June 10, 2018 1 hour ago, Nivrams said: These simple "shadows" are no problem. What we are waiting for is a vector morph/blend that creates a shadow that fades in the contour of the original. This would help make the lightening bolt shadow more convincing. In any case, while the results look interesting and attractive, they look like extrusions rather than shadows which is OK. But this will improve when AD is able blend vector shapes. That's something Macromedia's Freehand could do. One day, AD will be able to also. You can add a transparency gradient. Also, create a blurred version of the shadow and gradually fade it out. The real fun starts when You start to push the tools already available to You. Quote
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