dr_who Posted May 4, 2021 Share Posted May 4, 2021 +1 for vector fills. norvald 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.E. Main Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 I again sit frustrated needing a pattern fill and have no easy way to perform it. I have to create it in Inkscape, do a screen capture and then paste the needed work into my diagrams - which has to be done for each version of my diagrams. Grrrr. Can Affinity say yes or no that this feature is even being considered for a fix!?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 10 minutes ago, D.E. Main said: I again sit frustrated needing a pattern fill and have no easy way to perform it. I have to create it in Inkscape, do a screen capture and then paste the needed work into my diagrams - which has to be done for each version of my diagrams. Grrrr. Can Affinity say yes or no that this feature is even being considered for a fix!?!? Why use a screen capture, throwing away the advantages of using a vector pattern? If you can’t create the same thing in Affinity Designer, you should at least be able to open an SVG file saved from Inkscape and clip it to the shape you want to fill. Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.E. Main Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 Thanks - Fair point. I tried creating in Inkscape and then copying/pasting... wrong approach. I'll try the save as SVG. But I'll still need to do this for each version of my diagram that has a different shape and fill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.E. Main Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 8 minutes ago, D.E. Main said: Thanks - Fair point. I tried creating in Inkscape and then copying/pasting... wrong approach. I'll try the save as SVG. But I'll still need to do this for each version of my diagram that has a different shape and fill. Just tried. For some reason, it won't import from Inscape as a filled svg object. Still trying... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 55 minutes ago, D.E. Main said: Just tried. For some reason, it won't import from Inscape as a filled svg object. Still trying... That sounds very trying indeed! When you import it into AD, what do you end up with? Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Checkmate Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 Have you made sure to save as a 'regular' SVG and not an Inkscape SVG? The latter has extra code that can't be read by other apps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muhammad Yamman Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrmgx Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirk23 Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 I'd love we could do more with current bitmap pattern fill too . Like replace it to other bitmap by drag an drop , Sync scale etc . Be visible in resource manager , be linked to outside file Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.E. Main Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 Late response but importing an Inkscape object with pattern fill - whether saved as Inscape .SVG and as Plain .SVG - all appear without the bitmap fill. Copy paste - likewise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Hermes Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 I too would really love this feature, it's one of a few that would allow me to work entirely in Affinity's apps. Currently I just go into Illustrator and throw down a shape, do a pattern fill, and expand it. Copy > paste it into Affinity, create a mask, and pop it into place. It comes in as vector and everything (doing this on a Mac). Some cleanup is necessary, and it's really not ideal but it works for simple uses. Since there are several threads of this same topic going around, someone also linked to this: https://www.lostminds.com/patternodes2/ I'm considering using this as an option and am giving the trial a shot, would be great to have something similar built into Affinity itself. 036whispered and Boldlinedesign 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 Patternodes and Vectoraster are fantastic for creating vector patterns, halftones and line/shading effects (I was using the brilliant Astute Graphics Phantasm Illustrator plugin previously). I agree, I’d love for these features to be included within the Affinity apps as these endless and ever increasing workarounds are becoming tiresome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 Oh, and if you want a simple, FREE cross-platform, web-based halftone generator check out Project Hello Halftones (from Adobe). You can choose the shape used, set the distance, change the colour and download the results in JPG, PNG, and SVG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2989 Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 Thank you Bryan for adding the info on Patternnodes. I too would love this feature added to Affinity! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David.P Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 On 6/22/2021 at 10:30 PM, Bryan Rieger said: Oh, and if you want a simple, FREE cross-platform, web-based halftone generator check out Project Hello Halftones (from Adobe). You can choose the shape used, set the distance, change the colour and download the results in JPG, PNG, and SVG. Wow, thanks for this link! This is an incredibly easy and fast way of vectorizing bitmaps (i.e. rasterizing, but using vectors) -- particularly ones that are hard to autotrace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.E. Main Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 I've had excellent luck with VexTractor. 've even loaded complex land use/property maps from web page screen shots and gotten excellent vector files with little noise. These were readily opened with Affinity Designer and edited there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.E. Main Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 On 5/7/2021 at 12:05 PM, Alfred said: That sounds very trying indeed! When you import it into AD, what do you end up with? I ended up with a picture/image with no fill. FINALLY - I've decided to revert to my old copy of SERIF DrawPlus 8. It does everything I want in vector fill. (Importing image into Designer does not work. You just get an image.) So for now, working on my book wholly outside of Designer and waiting for the someday when basic Vector fill function is included in Designer. Alfred and 2989 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtrmlnjuc Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 There is a (very) rough workaround by using creating clipping-masked squares/rectangles/tileable shapes and converting them to symbols, then tiling them over and over again. That’s pretty much what at pattern fill is, but AI streamlines the workflow and manual adjustments over so you can work faster. I don’t know when we’ll see such a feature implemented in Affinity apps as it’s been years since this feature was first requested. debraspicher 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.E. Main Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 Sorry - I know about and have tried this workaround. But with hundreds of figures to do (not counting rework from Customer feedback) - this is downright impractical. Odd that this basic feature has been requested for years and although Affinity Photo has such a feature, it remains unsolved for Designer. So, I will be using Serif Draw until I find a different product that fulfills my Production needs. ra.skill, moi.cool and wtrmlnjuc 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ra.skill Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 8 hours ago, D.E. Main said: Affinity Photo has such a feature It blows my mind that Photo has this feature and not Designer... pattern use and creation is much more of a vector use tool I would have thought (generalization) If anything why not bring it to both platforms? Why just photo? Grrrrrr moi.cool and wtrmlnjuc 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
typeglyph Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 vector pattern fill would be great.. Fixx and ra.skill 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitsu San Design Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 We'd really like to abandon AI but it's 100% not happening cause the vast majority of our work consists in making patterns. Although we consider Affinity Deisnger a better software we can't make the switch cause it'll slow us down a huge amount without a solid pattern fill tool : \ Just leaving the feedback cause we hope it gets introduced soon, we'll definitely foresee a party when it happens! moi.cool, 2989, ra.skill and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debraspicher Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 Pattern fill is painfully missing. It should be a feature added before 2.0. It is crucial for web design mock-ups. I have done the Symbol+power duplicate for making a theme/UI elements that are static size and it works OK but unnecessarily time consuming for higher res images. It is not at all practical for images/UI elements that need constant resizing during experimentation. I use the bitmap when I can, but haven't found a way to get it to set at 1x1 fill (original size)... Instead I have to manually scale to what feels right and that's not showing the "real world" usage of that image. It's useful in other aspects, but not this particular use case. norvald, 2989, wtrmlnjuc and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Manuel Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 I came looking for info about making and using vector pattern fills in Affinity Designer, and was surprised to learn it is only a wished for feature. +1 for the feature request. Using bitmap pattern fill in a vector illustration seems like it negates the benefits of vector illustration. Thank you! debraspicher and ra.skill 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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