MojoTojo Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 Hi guys I want to do the following in affinity: In Adobe Flash (my vector tool of choice for many ears) when one creates a symbol (basically grouping objects together and creating an instance out of it) , this instance is given a name. Say for example I designed a Car , a yellow lambo, in vector and put all of that in a symbol, and named it "CAR A" I can copy and paste duplicates of this "CAR A" as many as I want to create a picture of 100 yellow lambos The beauty of this Symbols thing of Flash is that, if I decide to make all the lambos GREEN, i simply edit one of the CAR A instances, and any changes inside that instance is reflected on all its copies.. and now I have a picture of many green lambos and i changed all its colors from yellow to green in a matter of seconds. I can't stress enough how useful this tool is for my work and I really really hoped Affinity had this feature. But i can't seem to find it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 Affinity Designer DOES have this feature, its called Symbols. Go to View > Studio > Symbols to show the Symbols Panel. Dan C, RM10 and MojoTojo 3 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...
Staff Dan C Posted July 15, 2018 Staff Share Posted July 15, 2018 Welcome to the forums MojoTojo! I'd recommend watching our tutorial video on Symbols if you need further info RM10 and MojoTojo 2 Quote Please note - I am currently out of the office for a short while whilst recovering from surgery (nothing serious!), therefore will not be available on the Forums during this time. Should you require a response from the team in a thread I have previously replied in - please Create a New Thread and our team will be sure to reply as soon as possible. Many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MojoTojo Posted July 16, 2018 Author Share Posted July 16, 2018 @firstdefence - wow awesome! thanks man. I honestly did not have high hopes for this but im so glad the feature is there! this made my day. love affinity and the community! @Dan C - thanks Dan, gonna go through that video now.. firstdefence 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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