nataliehuga Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 Hi, I am totally new to graphic design, so my apologies if I need dumb-proof step by step. I have downloaded a number of vector patterns which I need to recolour. I have managed to input a set of global colours, which I would like to be my "Brand palette". I need to separate each individual elements in order to recolour them separately, ideally using my brand colour as main colour setting. I can't "ungroup" the pattern and do not seem to be able to recolour as fill. Also, I thought you could recolour the similar shapes at once. Could somebody be kind enough to give me step by step from start to finish? Thanking you in advance... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Patrick Connor Posted June 30, 2018 Staff Share Posted June 30, 2018 @nataliehuga Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums. Can you please clarify if you are using Affinity Designer or Affinity Photo, and whether it is on Mac OSX, Windows or iPad? Quote Patrick Connor Serif Europe Ltd Latest V2 releases on each platform Help make our apps better by joining our beta program! "There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man. True nobility lies in being superior to your previous self." W. L. Sheldon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nataliehuga Posted July 1, 2018 Author Share Posted July 1, 2018 Hi Patrick, I am using Affinity photo, I am on windows... Patrick Connor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 For maximum accuracy and flexibility you should redraw the shapes, but the selection tools in Affinity Photo make it fairly easy to separate the existing shapes onto different layers according to their colour. Unfortunately there is no ‘Select Similar’ command in the Affinity apps, but if you fill the shapes with global colours you can change the fills quickly by editing those colours. I’ve attached an Affinity Photo file where I separated the colours as described above. nataliehuga.afphoto firstdefence 1 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...
nataliehuga Posted July 1, 2018 Author Share Posted July 1, 2018 Okay... Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdenby Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 Hi, nataliehuga, The image you posted is a .png bitmap. While it is probably from a vector file, it is not one itself. I ran the image thru a 3rd party vectorizer, altho' it would have been easy enough to recreate from scratch. Once the vector shapes were made, it was easy to group them by color. Grouped vector colors can be changed en masse w. the fill tool. Click the group, change to the fill tool and select the fill/solid option from the context bar across the top. Then click on the color well to change all at once. Vectorized.afphoto 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...
Wosven Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 (edited) Hi, If the patterns are as simple as this one, you can easily do this: Select the "Flood select tool" and use it in mode "Add". Select all parts with the same color Add a "Fill layer" mask (this way, if you can easily modify the color, selecting another one in your swatches) Deselect Do it again until it's finished. You can add another fill layer to get a new background color too. The file with the fill layers: circles-17.afphoto Edited July 1, 2018 by Wosven Oups, I attached the right file, this time. Alfred 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 1 hour ago, gdenby said: Hi, nataliehuga, The image you posted is a .png bitmap. While it is probably from a vector file, it is not one itself. I ran the image thru a 3rd party vectorizer, altho' it would have been easy enough to recreate from scratch. Once the vector shapes were made, it was easy to group them by color. Grouped vector colors can be changed en masse w. the fill tool. Click the group, change to the fill tool and select the fill/solid option from the context bar across the top. Then click on the color well to change all at once. Vectorized.afphoto I did a similar thing with Vector Magic, the awesome thing with Vector Magic is it created groups for all the different colours, it also named the groups with the #number for that colour, that's pretty neat stuff. I did actually recreate the the file manually and the quarter pies aren't quarter circles they are more corners from a fat pill shape. Circles17 via Vector Magic.afdesign Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nataliehuga Posted July 9, 2018 Author Share Posted July 9, 2018 Thank you guys, very helpful and much appreciated! All the best... Alfred 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ana Mendes Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 Can we have this properly automated intro a beautiful menu, like illustrator has? And then this windows pops: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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