Where is the stroke panel?

[Assi Rainbow]

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

[Guest]

Hello Assi Rainbow,

"View", "Studio", and check "Stroke" to bring up the "Stoke" tab again.

[R C-R]

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.

[Assi Rainbow]

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..?

[MEB]

Hi Assi Rainbow,
Welcome to Affinity Forums
You can still access the stroke attributes from the context toolbar in Affinity Photo. See screenshot below:

[R C-R]

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.

[MEB]

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.

[Assi Rainbow]

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

 

[MEB]

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.

[JimmyJack]

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 .

[McCarver USA]

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.

[GarryP]

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.

[Zaa]

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:

 

[Zaa]

Hi. How would I access this panel  in the iPad version.

[MEB]

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.

[PixelMassager]

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!

[walt.farrell]

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]

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.

[PixelMassager]

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!

[PixelMassager]

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!

[GarryP]

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.

[Iggy Castillo]

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

[GarryP]

You're welcome. (I'm still learning to use the software myself.)

[walt.farrell]

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

[Alfred]

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.