smth Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 A few of things about applying strokes to groups: It would be nice to have this working, i.e stroke apply to resulting object, rather than each of the children. Why does applying a stroke to a group containing a pixel layer, essentially apply a fill? When attempting 2, there seems to be a performance issue (high CPU usage). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 51 minutes ago, smth said: It would be nice to have this working. It mostly seems to work for me, but see below. 53 minutes ago, smth said: Why, currently, does applying a stroke essentially apply a fill? I can't reproduce that here, but if I try to apply either a stroke or a fill to a group which includes a 'Pixel' layer the chosen colour covers the entire canvas. The operation works as expected when I include an 'Image' layer instead of a 'Pixel' layer. Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smth Posted May 29, 2018 Author Share Posted May 29, 2018 Yes, sorry, I was using a pixel layer. Have amended the original post to reflect this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominik Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 3 hours ago, smth said: It would be nice to have this working, i.e stroke apply to resulting object, rather than each of the children. Hi @smth, I think this is because a 'group' is not a vector object but rather a 'logical' object (I don't know how the programmers would call it). In other words a 'logical' object does not have a vector outline and that's why it can not have a stroke. An easy (but no on click operation) workaround is to draw a rectangle on top of the group (snapping enabled) and give it a stroke. Another thought: is the 'group stroke' limited to rectangles? Should there be circles and ovals, too? d. Quote Affinity Designer 1 & 2 | Affinity Photo 1 & 2 | Affinity Publisher 1 & 2 Affinity Designer 2 for iPad | Affinity Photo 2 for iPad | Affinity Publisher 2 for iPad Windows 11 64-bit - Core i7 - 16GB - Intel HD Graphics 4600 & NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M iPad pro 9.7" + Apple Pencil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smth Posted May 30, 2018 Author Share Posted May 30, 2018 Yes, the workaround (that I currently use) is to replicate the shape of the group. I'm suggesting it would be nice if this could be done automagically Should definitely not be limited to any one shape, but be the result of all the shapes in the group, as if you had flattened it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aammppaa Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 @smth A couple of options… 1. Use the Outline Layer Effect. Or 2. Use symbols Make a symbol from the Group Add duplicate of the Symbol aligned with the original. De-Sync the symbol and add a Stroke to the original. Re-Sync the symbol, and changes will propagate. dominik 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...
smth Posted May 31, 2018 Author Share Posted May 31, 2018 Those both sound like good options. Thanks @Aammppaa. Aammppaa 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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