Quarter Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 When I set my stroke alignment to "Align Stroke To Outside" I have VERY thin transparent line between the stroke and the fill. I'm assuming this is a bug because it's not thick enough of a line to actually be visually useful, yet it's just BARELY there enough to drive me OCD about it. Is there an easy setting fix for this? Thanks in advance :) Update: no matter how far I zoom in, it still stays a super tiny line (very scientific vernacular, I know). Maybe this is related to having the stroke set to "scale with object" ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronnyb Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 It's a function of the anti-aliasing algorithm between the foreground element and background... Quote 2021 16” Macbook Pro w/ M1 Max 10c cpu /24c gpu, 32 GB RAM, 1TB SSD, macOS Sequoia 15.1 2018 11" iPad Pro w/ A12X cpu/gpu, 256 GB, iPadOS 18.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quarter Posted March 27, 2015 Author Share Posted March 27, 2015 Could you please explain further what that means in regards to the program? Laymans terms preferrably, I'm unsure if that means I'm stuck with it or if theres a way to alleviate it/fix it? Thanks in advance sir :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronnyb Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Hey Quarter, from what I've gleaned reading through the forums, it means it's part of the way Affinity blends or anti-aliases the edges of an object against its background... I believe the guys are aware of it, but not sure there's much to do about it... Quote 2021 16” Macbook Pro w/ M1 Max 10c cpu /24c gpu, 32 GB RAM, 1TB SSD, macOS Sequoia 15.1 2018 11" iPad Pro w/ A12X cpu/gpu, 256 GB, iPadOS 18.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MattP Posted March 27, 2015 Staff Share Posted March 27, 2015 Hi Quarter, Ronny is absolutely right that it's just a side-effect of an algorithm and will always remain hairline no matter how much you zoom in... It's also found in a lot of other vector drawing programs that provide an outer stroke alignment although I can definitely try to look at doing it differently in the future to remove the artefact. Often you can get the same effect you were after by setting the line to centre alignment, doubling its width and then choosing the 'Draw behind fill' option as the contents of the object often completely obscure the line that was drawn behind - but this isn't always practical. Sorry about any inconvenience this causes you in the meantime :( Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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