ChristopherTD Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 I traced a doodle of a robot I drew, using Vector Brush. I end up with a layer containing many curves. I would like to be able what appear to be enclosed shapes, but are, of course, individual curve segments. It was suggested I use "Expand Stroke" then "Geometry Add" followed by "Geometry Divide" This left me with a completely black silhouette of my drawing. I am not sure what the expected workflow for doing something like this? I am very new to how Affinity Design approaches this! I was going to attach the afdesign file but it is 35MB so have appended a link. https://www.dropbox.com/s/d2d3t4f3a243vcf/render-bot.afdesign?dl=0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Gabe Posted August 2, 2018 Staff Share Posted August 2, 2018 Hi @ChristopherTD, I made a quick video for you. I hope this helps Thanks, Gabe. Paul Mudditt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristopherTD Posted August 2, 2018 Author Share Posted August 2, 2018 Wow. That’s amazing service. And super helpful. Thanks a lot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristopherTD Posted October 11, 2018 Author Share Posted October 11, 2018 Hi again. I have been using this technique to good effect, but I have not figured out how to make some fully enclosed areas transparent. Once this process is over this doesn’t seem possible? In the attached example there are two areas in the broccoli head that should be transparent. broccoli.afdesign Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Gabe Posted October 11, 2018 Staff Share Posted October 11, 2018 You can turn Transparent Background on in Document Setup And for your shapes, choose "none" for Fill. However, everything is transparent already Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristopherTD Posted October 11, 2018 Author Share Posted October 11, 2018 Sorry, I had gone too far back in my history. After doing the Expand/Add/Divide and filling in I want to make the two areas that show up in black on the image to be transparent, but even with fill set to none they appear black? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 I cannot reproduce the problem here. When I opened the file ‘broccoli.afdesign’ in Affinity Designer for iPad, it had a white background. Choosing ‘Canvas > Transparent Canvas’ from the Document menu turned all of the background transparent. 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...
Staff Gabe Posted October 11, 2018 Staff Share Posted October 11, 2018 @αℓƒяє∂ , you missed his last post: 19 minutes ago, ChristopherTD said: I had gone too far back in my history. After doing the Expand/Add/Divide and filling in I want to make the two areas that show up in black on the image to be transparent, You can Subtract the 2 shapes. Subtract.mp4 ChristopherTD 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristopherTD Posted October 11, 2018 Author Share Posted October 11, 2018 4 minutes ago, αℓƒяє∂ said: I cannot reproduce the problem here. When I opened the file ‘broccoli.afdesign’ in Affinity Designer for iPad, it had a white background. Choosing ‘Canvas > Transparent Canvas’ from the Document menu turned all of the background transparent. See my comment above, the file wasn't in the correct state. (Apologies). b2.afdesign Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristopherTD Posted October 11, 2018 Author Share Posted October 11, 2018 Thanks, will try to make that work... (it is a bit different on the iPad) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 Thanks, guys. I did actually see Christopher’s follow-up post, but I somehow failed to appreciate its significance! Trying Gabe’s suggestion of simply selecting the ‘gap’ shapes and subtracting them from the large black shape, I found that the layers jumped around and I didn’t get the desired result. I had to move the two small shapes in the layer stack so that they were sitting directly on top of the larger shape, and the subtraction then worked as expected. 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...
ChristopherTD Posted October 11, 2018 Author Share Posted October 11, 2018 thanks for that tip! have made it work on desktop, and will try that now on iPad... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Gabe Posted October 11, 2018 Staff Share Posted October 11, 2018 2 minutes ago, αℓƒяє∂ said: Thanks, guys. I did actually see Christopher’s follow-up post, but I somehow failed to appreciate its significance! Trying Gabe’s suggestion of simply selecting the ‘gap’ shapes and subtracting them from the large black shape, I found that the layers jumped around and I didn’t get the desired result. I had to move the two small shapes in the layer stack so that they were sitting directly on top of the larger shape, and the subtraction then worked as expected. That's what I observed when I first tried it, and then I grouped them before the boolean operation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 2 minutes ago, GabrielM said: That's what I observed when I first tried it, and then I grouped them before the boolean operation Yes, I noticed you had them grouped in your video clip, but it wasn’t immediately obvious why you’d done that. 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...
Dédé Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 Hi, people all over the world... I have drawn (AD) a rectangle, a curve with pen tool and a elipse to devide the rectangle in different areas like a puzzle. Is there a simple way to give those 7 areas another color? If i missed a simular topic, sorry, please give me the link. Here in Belgium it's 2 AM now so i'm going to bed. Good night and have a nice weekend. Thanks in advance! Dédé. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Gabe Posted October 15, 2018 Staff Share Posted October 15, 2018 @Dédé, you expand both the ellipse and the curve, add all the 3 layers together and then Divide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dédé Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 @GabrielM, thank you for your reply. I already got this far. But i probably did something wrong. The strokes hav a gap. Thanks anyway!! Dédé. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Gabe Posted October 15, 2018 Staff Share Posted October 15, 2018 If you attach the afdesign file, we can have a look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dédé Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 Hi again, i hope you can open this one. test.afdesign Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Gabe Posted October 15, 2018 Staff Share Posted October 15, 2018 This layer does not have a fill. Set a fill colour and you will be fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dédé Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 What a joke :-) Thanks for your time GabrielM !! I had never used expand stroke before and it may seem ordinary but it helps me a lot. Dédé. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdenby Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 Hi, Dédé, GabrielM, beat me to it. I saw that right away, but was wondering how to get the outlines a little cleaner. Attached is my alteration, which allowed the previously unfilled curve to be hidden. test2.afdesign 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...
Dédé Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 @gdenby, thank you for your post. I promessed a familymember that i will draw a helicopter which he can print on his placemats so kids can color it in. And they need an example off course. I was wondering if i have to draw everything seperathly and give it a fill with the correct colors because then i have borders which are on top of his neighbour. Or can i just use the pen-tool, add a few strokes and fill. I attache the file. Thanks. Seaking v.04.afdesign Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Gabe Posted October 15, 2018 Staff Share Posted October 15, 2018 You can always draw them separately, BUT if the curve is not closed, the fill will create a straight line between the start and the end node automatically. Exactly like in this part of your helicopter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdenby Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 Dédé, What GabrielM is showing in 1 object is present in many of the shapes you have made in the helicopter. The shape is unclosed, and a fill put in it will span the 2 end nodes. For the top of the rotor, the "motorlijn", select both the R and L parts. Activate the node tool, and 1st "join curves," and then "close curves." You will see that the nodes do not quite line up w. the neighboring parts. If you have snapping turned on, you should be able to move the nodes, and they will be highlighted when they are on the adjoining lines. It is fairly easy to draw and complete closed shapes that fit with the other shapes around them when snapping is turned on. When the shapes are closed, any fill will only be inside them. Reviewing the parts of your file (which is quite nice), I think you will have to do a bit of work defining the figure in the door, and the door itself. Look at it this way. The shapes are not made up by lines, as if drawn by a pen or pencil, and then filled in. They are made by areas, as if painted, and are fills from the start. Getting the edges of the fills refined is the next step. 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...
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