iMac1943 Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 instead of having a black square or circle I need the square filled with dots (of the same size). How do I do that? And how can I define the size of the circles? The file attached has small dots, I need much bigger dots. Please help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Gabe Posted June 26, 2018 Staff Share Posted June 26, 2018 Hi @iMac1943 , I'm not really sure what you want to create. What you attached it's a white square with dots. If you need to create that pattern it's quite simple. You will have to create a circle, set a fill colour and create a symbol from it. Then duplicate it horizontally as many times as needed to fit the width of your square, arrange them, group them all together. Duplicate the group, move it vertically, offset it, group the 2 groups together and you have a pattern. You can then duplicate as many times as needed to fill the shape of your choice. Thanks, Gabe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iMac1943 Posted June 26, 2018 Author Share Posted June 26, 2018 Yes, that's the way I was thinking too. I think I remember from Illustrator (long time ago...) that there was a way to do that. I'll follow your advice. Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdenby Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 Another approach. Use dotted lines. Set any point size, set spacing, set phase, shape lines an dots will adjust. Use expand stroke to get individual objects if you need them. Dot Arrays.afdesign firstdefence 1 Quote iMac 27" Retina, c. 2015: OS X 10.11.5: 3.3 GHz I c-5: 32 Gb, AMD Radeon R9 M290 2048 Mb iPad 12.9" Retina, iOS 10, 512 Gb, Apple pencil Huion WH1409 tablet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aammppaa Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 Or, if it isn't important that it is vector… use a bitmap fill. Affinity Dot Bitmap Pattern.afdesign firstdefence 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...
iMac1943 Posted June 26, 2018 Author Share Posted June 26, 2018 I made it in Illustrator and imported in Affinity. I hope that in the near future this will be able in AF. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdenby Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 I'm perplexed. You were asking about how to fill a square w. dots of different sizes. But the next image was what appears to be an 8-bit dither of a fade across a gradient. AFAIK, AD will do it, tho not all pixellated. I suppose AP would do it also, but I wouldn't know how to force an 8 bit dither. Aammppaa 1 Quote iMac 27" Retina, c. 2015: OS X 10.11.5: 3.3 GHz I c-5: 32 Gb, AMD Radeon R9 M290 2048 Mb iPad 12.9" Retina, iOS 10, 512 Gb, Apple pencil Huion WH1409 tablet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 1 hour ago, gdenby said: I'm perplexed. You were asking about how to fill a square w. dots of different sizes. But the next image was what appears to be an 8-bit dither of a fade across a gradient. AFAIK, AD will do it, tho not all pixellated. I suppose AP would do it also, but I wouldn't know how to force an 8 bit dither. Kinda confuses me a little as well. Not at a computer right now, but can APhoto create a halftone from a gradient? Cause that is what the image appears to be (that is, a halftone from a gradient). If you notice, it has zero perspective which there should be. For AI, one can get a plug-in from Astute Graphics that creates vector half-tones from gradients. I have it, it's great. (And they have approached Serif about the API for their plug-ins). For CorelDraw, there is also what was a paid-for, inexpensive add-on, that does the same thing. A bit slower than the Astute solution. It's now included in CD with the latest version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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