Combine Vector curves to "one object"

[SimonIsBurning]

Hey guys,

I recently started working with Affinity Designer and I need your help.

I made my cartoon figure out of vector curves and now I want to combine them to "one object" to use the fill bucket in the different regions,

I tried it by exporting it as JPG and importing it into affinity Photo to use the Fillbucket there.

Is there a easier solution?

 

 

[toltec]

8 hours ago, SimonIsBurning said:

Hey guys,

I recently started working with Affinity Designer and I need your help.

I made my cartoon figure out of vector curves and now I want to combine them to "one object" to use the fill bucket in the different regions,

I tried it by exporting it as JPG and importing it into affinity Photo to use the Fillbucket there.

Is there a easier solution?

If you wish to turn it into a pixel image and use the Flood Fill tool, load the Affinity Designer directly into Photo. No need to create a JPEG. You can either save and load the Designer file (Photo opens Designer files) or use the menu File > Edit in Photo.

Once in Photo, go Layer > Merge Visible which will create a single pixel layer on top of the curve layers and you can then use the Flood Fill Tool (Paint Bucket) on that.

See how Merge Visible makes a single Pixel layer from the curve layers.

[Gabe]

Hi @SimonIsBurning,

Welcome to the forums. 

If you want to use Vectors, you would have to have closed shapes to fill them. The easiest way would be to go around and merge 2 overlapping curves until you have a "closed" shape. Next you can fill it with the colour of your choice. 

Thanks,

Gabe. 

[R C-R]

14 minutes ago, GabrielM said:

If you want to use Vectors, you would have to have closed shapes to fill them.

So maybe something like this quick trace.afdesign I made using your screenshot as a guide. I nested several layers inside others (like in the mouth) so I did not need to be careful about overlaps, & I left the nose as an unclosed curve, which works because the face & nose are the same color.

Just something to think about when doing pure vector work.

[PixelPest]

If you want to go the vector way you have quite some options. If you want to colorise every element you can expand stroke+Divide and have all elements at hand: overlapping needed

If you use texture line styles (dynamic strokes)  you can put in any fill: overlapping not needed but help, end-points will be bridged when filled in a straight line from endpoint to endpoint - so the smaller the gap the better.

Another method is to expand stroke - make compound path and divide shapes; then overlapping will help immense.

 

Cheers