Assi Rainbow Posted January 3, 2019 Posted January 3, 2019 I am looking everywhere for the stroke panel (maybe I accidently erased it when I first got this software) I would like to stroke text and images Quote
Guest Posted January 3, 2019 Posted January 3, 2019 Hello Assi Rainbow, "View", "Studio", and check "Stroke" to bring up the "Stoke" tab again. Quote
R C-R Posted January 3, 2019 Posted January 3, 2019 Which Affinity app are you using? Affinity Designer has a Stroke Studio panel but Affinity Photo does not. In Photo, you can use the context menu stroke options, but only for tools that offer those contextual options, like the Pen, Node, or shape tools, & only for certain object types. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.6 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 All 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7
Assi Rainbow Posted January 4, 2019 Author Posted January 4, 2019 OH my God I didn't know there is such a thing as Affinity Designer, yes I have the Affinity photo and this is unpleasant I cannot stroke text and any image I want, I don't understand what is the context menu stroke options you mentioned I'd like to know how to access it, I will give it a go :-( or should I uprgade my app? how can I do that? can I do that..? Quote
Staff MEB Posted January 4, 2019 Staff Posted January 4, 2019 Hi Assi Rainbow, Welcome to Affinity Forums You can still access the stroke attributes from the context toolbar in Affinity Photo. See screenshot below: Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software
R C-R Posted January 4, 2019 Posted January 4, 2019 17 minutes ago, Assi Rainbow said: ... this is unpleasant I cannot stroke text and any image I want ... You can stroke text, vector shapes (like the objects you draw with the Pen Tool or the shape tools like the Ellipse or Triangle tools), & the special "(Image)" objects you can add to documents using File > Place, but you can't stroke raster (pixel or bitmap) images. Well, actually you can, but it has no visible effect because pixel objects do not have stroke or fill properties, just pixels. 29 minutes ago, Assi Rainbow said: ... or should I uprgade my app? how can I do that? can I do that..? Affinity Designer is a separate application with some capabilities Affinity Photo does not have (& visa versa), but it is not an upgrade to Affinity Photo. You can purchase Affinity Designer & run both apps if you want or need the features it has that Affinity Photo lacks, like Assets & Symbols. One of the nicer things about Photo & Designer is they use the same file format, so either app can open a document created by the other one without the need for conversion & no loss of data. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.6 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 All 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7
Staff MEB Posted January 4, 2019 Staff Posted January 4, 2019 An Outline FX effect can be used to add a stroke to pixel layers or alternatively clipping the image layer inside a rectangle with the same dimensions as the image and adding a stroke to the rectangle. R C-R 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software
Assi Rainbow Posted January 4, 2019 Author Posted January 4, 2019 RCR says: 2 hours ago, Assi Rainbow said: You can stroke text, vector shapes (like the objects you draw with the Pen Tool or the shape tools like the Ellipse or Triangle tools), & the special "(Image)" objects you can add to documents //please explain how I'd like to know, so far using Affinty photo I can't find any stroke or outline panel Quote
Staff MEB Posted January 4, 2019 Staff Posted January 4, 2019 Hi Assi Rainbow, Have you checked the screenshot I posted above? It's exactly the same way for text, just make sure you select the text object with the Move Tool, then go to the stroke width pop-up in the context toolbar and set the width you want with the slider. If you are unable to see the width dropdown button as in my screenshot (for text objects it will appear almost on the right end of the context toolbar) because your screen is too small to display all controls, click the >> symbol on the right end of the context toolbar to display the rest of the controls in a pop-up. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software
JimmyJack Posted January 4, 2019 Posted January 4, 2019 All of what's been said is absolutely true. But first @Assi Rainbow needs to make sure the Context Toolbar is visible in the first place . true_blue1878 1 Quote
McCarver USA Posted January 19, 2020 Posted January 19, 2020 I have Affinity Photo. I can't find how to stroke text. I get no context menu option. I get no stroke pallet. No option to add as tab. Quote
GarryP Posted January 19, 2020 Posted January 19, 2020 Open the Character Panel – menu “View → Studio → Character”, or press the “Character” icon in the Context Toolbar – and you will see lots of options. Outline is shown in my attached image where the two orange arrows are pointing to. Quote
Zaa Posted February 19, 2020 Posted February 19, 2020 On 1/4/2019 at 5:45 PM, MEB said: Hi Assi Rainbow, Welcome to Affinity Forums You can still access the stroke attributes from the context toolbar in Affinity Photo. See screenshot below: Quote
Zaa Posted February 19, 2020 Posted February 19, 2020 Hi. How would I access this panel in the iPad version. Quote
Staff MEB Posted February 19, 2020 Staff Posted February 19, 2020 Hi Zaa, Welcome to Affinity Forums Only Affinity Designer for iPad has a Stroke panel with those settings available (Cap, Join, Align, Pressure profiles etc). Affinity Photo only provides the controls available in the context toolbar on bottom when you have a vector shape or path selected. Zaa 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software
PixelMassager Posted April 21, 2020 Posted April 21, 2020 Hello, I've read through this entire thread. Still stuck. What am I missing? Using Affinity Photo I want to change the weight of the stroke I've added to the word "Idania." (screenshot) The stroke controls are not visible even with "Show Context Toolbar" enabled? Thank You! Quote
walt.farrell Posted April 21, 2020 Posted April 21, 2020 26 minutes ago, PixelMassager said: Using Affinity Photo I want to change the weight of the stroke I've added to the word "Idania." (screenshot) The stroke controls are not visible even with "Show Context Toolbar" enabled? That selected object is a (Pixel) layer (see Layers panel), not text. Probably you rasterized it at some point after it was created. I don't think you can adjust its stroke any more. R C-R 1 Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.5, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.5
R C-R Posted April 21, 2020 Posted April 21, 2020 29 minutes ago, PixelMassager said: I've read through this entire thread. Still stuck. What am I missing? Using Affinity Photo I want to change the weight of the stroke I've added to the word "Idania." (screenshot) Like @GarryP mentioned, you set this in the Character panel: EDIT: But as @walt.farrell said, that won't work with a rasterized layer. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.6 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 All 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7
PixelMassager Posted April 22, 2020 Posted April 22, 2020 7 hours ago, walt.farrell said: That selected object is a (Pixel) layer (see Layers panel), not text. Probably you rasterized it at some point after it was created. I don't think you can adjust its stroke any more. Not sure what happened there, Walt? If the text became rasterized I didn't do it purposely? I dumped the text, recreated it, and I was able to adjust the stroke using the method shared by @GarryP and R C-R. Thank you, Walt! Quote
PixelMassager Posted April 22, 2020 Posted April 22, 2020 7 hours ago, R C-R said: Like @GarryP mentioned, you set this in the Character panel: EDIT: But as @walt.farrell said, that won't work with a rasterized layer. I dumped the text, recreated it, and I was able to adjust the stroke using the method shared by yourself and @GarryP. Not sure what caused the hiccup? Thanks much! Quote
GarryP Posted April 22, 2020 Posted April 22, 2020 You could still have adjusted the ‘stroke’ of the pixel-based text, as long as you wanted the outline to be thicker. One quick method is shown in my attached video but there are other methods, the ‘best’ one will depend on circumstances. 2020-04-22_09-16-56.mp4 Quote
Iggy Castillo Posted August 11, 2020 Posted August 11, 2020 (edited) Thank you GarryP, this is exactly what I needed, the other way just seems so broken. I love Affinity, just started using it this month.... but it is so complicated. Edited August 11, 2020 by Iggy Castillo Misspelled Garry's name Quote
GarryP Posted August 12, 2020 Posted August 12, 2020 You're welcome. (I'm still learning to use the software myself.) Iggy Castillo 1 Quote
walt.farrell Posted August 12, 2020 Posted August 12, 2020 3 hours ago, GarryP said: You're welcome. (I'm still learning to use the software myself.) I'm not sure why your method even works on a pixel layer, Garry. That just seems bizarre Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.5, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.5
Alfred Posted August 12, 2020 Posted August 12, 2020 5 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: I'm not sure why your method even works on a pixel layer, Garry. That just seems bizarre It doesn’t seems bizarre to me, Walt, but it depends on the pixel layer having a transparent background. walt.farrell and R C-R 1 1 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.5.1 (iPad 7th gen)
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