Dahu Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 Hi, One of my favorite features in AD for Mac/Windows is compound shapes, with the possibility to apply boolean operations without loosing the geometry of the original shapes. I have not been able to do the same on iPad. However, if I modify on the iPad a drawing created on the Mac, I see that compound shapes are correctly handled on the iPad, (I can move the individual shapes and I can even move existing shapes into the compound by dragging the corresponding layer into the compound "group"), but I do no see, for example, where I could change the associated boolean operation (e.g. from Add to Intersect). Am I missing something? Thank you for your help. Dahu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Gabe Posted July 13, 2018 Staff Share Posted July 13, 2018 hi @Dahu, Welcome to the forums. You can create a compound by long-pressing on the boolean operations. See below. Thanks, Gabe. Patrick Connor, Mamashag and inknobi 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dahu Posted July 13, 2018 Author Share Posted July 13, 2018 Thanks a lot. In a way, it is even more intuitive than on the desktop AD! Questions/feedback to the development team: Is that documented? A quick look at the tutorial, I saw that boolean operations were explained, but I did not find compounds. If it is actually missing, I think it should be highlighted, it is such a nice feature! I crashed once trying to move on object from a compound to another. However, I was not able to reproduce the bug. Thanks again for the answer, and to the development team: WOW! I still cannot believe that such a tool can run on an iPad! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Gabe Posted July 13, 2018 Staff Share Posted July 13, 2018 Sure. We have it documented in the help file. From the home screen of the app, tap on the question mark on the top right corner, and search for "compound" . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scungio Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 It is in the help file/documentation. The 62 video tutorials and the help files are really well done. Compounds was one of the first things that I searched for in the help file and it clearly explained it all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dahu Posted July 13, 2018 Author Share Posted July 13, 2018 I second. Very good documentation indeed (and in French!), and very good tutorials too. However, about compounds, in French, they are called "Composé" after creation. Searching for "Composé" returns nothing in the help file. Eventually, I found the explanation by looking for "Combiner" (I think it is the name of the menu item on Mac), and the page returned is called something like "relier les objets"... Besides, it could be useful to have a link to this chapter from other pages, like pages on Layers, and those on boolean operators. My 2 cents. Anyway, I am very happy to have AD on iPad now, and that it is soooo complete. Congratulations again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rasqet Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 Why I cant edit in one shape, LIke your video Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Mudditt Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 On 10/20/2022 at 11:57 AM, Rasqet said: Why I cant edit in one shape, LIke your video You need to make sure both shapes are selected in the layers studio then do a LONG press on geometry-Add not just a tap. Quote My dad always told me, a bad workman always blames their tools…. Just waiting for Ronny Pickering….. Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 1.10 and 2.2 beta on macOS Sonoma 14.0 Beta on M1 Mac Mini 16GB 1TB Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 1.10 and 2.2 beta on Windows 10 Pro. Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 2.2 beta on M1 iPad Pro 11” on iPadOS 17.0 beta https://www.facebook.com/groups/AffinityForiPad https://www.facebook.com/groups/AffinityPhoto/ The hardest link to find https://affinity.help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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