rui_mac Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Modeling a curve in a more "organic" way could be achieved with a smudge-like tool that would reshape the curve by means of pushing and pulling. Is there anything like this in the plans? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenogre Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Beta-spline like in cinema 4d can be an option. Most of tools in c4d about splines are very good. Don't like the way to cut a spline however. If they can get inspiration with c4d : - easy to know the start point of the spline and his direction - several interpolation (linear, bezier, akima, cubic, beta-spline). You can mix linear and bezier. You can change interpolation at any time. - close, unclose a spline by a simple click - change the start point idem - chamfer one or several points (linear or circular) - align points - offset spline - get rounded some points (a way to simplify a curve sometimes) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rui_mac Posted August 11, 2014 Author Share Posted August 11, 2014 I don't like the way splines are split in Cinema4D also. Besides that, it has lots of great tools. In AD is already easy to know the starting point and direction of a spline. Well, at least for opened splines. The last point is always tinted red.As for closed splines that information is not very important right now, in AD. But when we get a Blend command (hint! hint!) that may become important. As for all the other tools, yes. They are great in Cinema4D and could be very helpful in AD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenogre Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 I have not really explored Affinity and never done complex shapes. Sense of splines is useful for transparent objects (cmd 8 in AI) and shape gradients. You can also make transparent object with pathfinder ( A-B ) but I prefer one command because it's faster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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