Bumblebee31 Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 Hi there. I have an EPS (the skull) and I want to substract a shape (the M) from it. But whenever I try that, I wreck the EPS. How can I do that? Thanks, Mario Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 can you upload the file? and what kind of boolean operations I you tried? 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 Add a signature like this so system and app info always seen. Tagging is the gift that keeps on giving. Please consider adding tags to your post, not only does it help searching later on but it helps us, to give focused replies and is greatly appreciated by those that do reply, remember Affinity is for life not just Christmas. (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...
Bumblebee31 Posted November 15, 2018 Author Share Posted November 15, 2018 Sure. Here is the file. Skull.afdesign Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutchshader Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 subtract the M and then go to layer>fillmode and set it to Alternate. Alfred and stokerg 2 Quote intel core i5, 16GB 128Gb ssd win10 Pro Huion new 1060plus. philips 272p 2560x1440px on intel HD2500 onboard graphics Razer Tartarus Chroma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bumblebee31 Posted November 15, 2018 Author Share Posted November 15, 2018 Wonderful! Worked like charm! Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard S. Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 Why doesn’t a simple subtract work? What does the alternate fill mode actually do? Thanks. Quote High-End Photographic Prints Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 11 hours ago, DesignMeister said: What does the alternate fill mode actually do? For a more detailed explanation of fill modes, you can do a web search on something like "alternate fill rule" or jump to this article, but basically it has to do with the different topological ways of deciding what is inside complex curves (& thus should be filled) & what is not. Wosven and Richard S. 1 1 Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V23.0 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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