noisyboyuk Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 Hi again, Does Affinity Designer have a symmetry mode at all? I saw a whole bunch of videos showing workarounds with symbols but I was really hoping there might be a proper live symmetry tool (something which sketchbook does incredibly well as a point of reference). If not, might this be something which is planned for 1.7? I found a requested features list but it was unclear to me when it was last updated (I think the post I found was from 2015). Thanks again Ps. Sorry for making three separate posts in the space of 5 minutes but thought it best to separate my questions into their own topics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff DWright Posted April 22, 2019 Staff Share Posted April 22, 2019 This is a new feature that has been added to the 1.7 beta version Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noisyboyuk Posted April 22, 2019 Author Share Posted April 22, 2019 Ah that's excellent news! Is it in a version I am able to download at all? I thought I grabbed the latest beta yesterday (or is it in private beta?). Many thanks! -KW- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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noisyboyuk Posted April 22, 2019 Author Share Posted April 22, 2019 Ah that's a shame, I have Sketchbook for raster symmetry so this was more me looking for a vector tool with symmetry. I'm actually pretty amazed that none of the major vector packages seem to do symmetry well. I work in the film industry and spend a lot of time doing HUDs, UI and things like that where symmetry would literally save you half the time (plus it's just really good for getting that nice instant feedback when exploring shapes). Fingers crossed it comes at some point in the future. 2989 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aammppaa Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 You can use symbols for vector symmetry. Doesn't have quite the easy of use of a dedicated symmetry mode, but it works. Quote Win10 Home x64 | AMD Ryzen 7 2700X @ 3.7GHz | 48 GB RAM | 1TB SSD | nVidia GTX 1660 | Wacom Intuos Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noisyboyuk Posted April 22, 2019 Author Share Posted April 22, 2019 Yeah I've seen a lot of videos demonstrating that. The problem is that with something like that it's a pain to set up anything other than two-way symmetry. Like 3 way symmetry makes it super quick for doing triangular forms (something I noticed the raster brush symmetry also lacks as entering 3 gives you 6 segments). Thanks for the advice though, I appreciate it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 Its a shame Astute Graphics can't port their MirrorMe plugin to Affinity, thats pretty cool. 2989 1 Quote iMac 27" 2019 Sequoia 15.0 (24A335), iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (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...
Aammppaa Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 5 minutes ago, noisyboyuk said: The problem is that with something like that it's a pain to set up anything other than two-way symmetry. This 3 way triangular symmetry took me less than 2 minutes to set up (including launching Designer). I'd never done it before, and have saved to use as a template if I ever need to do it again. Giggi, Pšenda, DeyanApp and 3 others 5 1 Quote Win10 Home x64 | AMD Ryzen 7 2700X @ 3.7GHz | 48 GB RAM | 1TB SSD | nVidia GTX 1660 | Wacom Intuos Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noisyboyuk Posted April 22, 2019 Author Share Posted April 22, 2019 Oh excellent work, thanks I know you said you have saved this as a template but how fast are you able to work with that template when creating shapes? For example with the raster symmetry tool you can draw something, move the cross hair and immediately start drawing again. I'm like a day into using Designer so I'm still finding my feet with it but ultimately I want to be able to have the tools not get in the way (if that makes sense?). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aammppaa Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 GIF is realtime, but only at 4 frames per second, which is why it is a little choppy. Try it for yourself. Designer file attached (v1.7 beta) Triangular Symmetry.afdesign Quote Win10 Home x64 | AMD Ryzen 7 2700X @ 3.7GHz | 48 GB RAM | 1TB SSD | nVidia GTX 1660 | Wacom Intuos Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bri-Toon Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 Neat idea, Aammppaa! Quote The website is still a work in progress. The "Comics" and "Shop" sections are not yet ready. Feel free to connect with me and let me know what you like or what can be improved. You can contact me here, on my contact page, YouTube channel, or Twitter account. Thanks and have a great day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noisyboyuk Posted April 23, 2019 Author Share Posted April 23, 2019 Awesome, thank you I'll give this a blast tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 There are already template files for multiple sided (2 ..10) drawing ... Multiple sided templates Mirror template casterle, Pšenda, Aammppaa and 1 other 3 1 Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josie Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 Affinity designer should have a symmetry tool. Jowday and ziplock9000 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 1 hour ago, Josie said: Affinity designer should have a symmetry tool. On 4/22/2019 at 9:56 PM, Aammppaa said: You can use symbols for vector symmetry. Doesn't have quite the easy of use of a dedicated symmetry mode, but it works. 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) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josie Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 should take that into consideration adding a symmetry tool to make things a lot easier to design and less complicated for the iPad. Dellaplane 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 I love the Astute Graphics plugin: MirrorMe actually Astute Graphic anything is pretty damn awesome, shame it doesn't work with Affinity Quote iMac 27" 2019 Sequoia 15.0 (24A335), iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (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...
Alfred Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 22 minutes ago, firstdefence said: I love the Astute Graphics plugin: MirrorMe actually Astute Graphic anything is pretty damn awesome, shame it doesn't work with Affinity 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) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josie Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 You should really take into consideration adding symmetry to designer instead of people having to do more complicated work then they have to with squares and rectangles and the whole 9 yards. Really pisses me off that you don’t have that feature to make it way for artists. ziplock9000 and 2989 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 1 hour ago, Josie said: You should really take into consideration adding symmetry to designer instead of people having to do more complicated work then they have to with squares and rectangles and the whole 9 yards. Really pisses me off that you don’t have that feature to make it way for artists. I have had the impression from your other posts that you're primarily using Photo, Josie, and on the iPad. If you don't mind, I'm curious if you're also using Designer, and the desktop applications. 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 18.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josie Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 How would I do images like these in either photo or designer on the iPad? 102990EF-1580-44C8-B165-56AE888356A8.jp2 E943E564-3628-45CB-B7F4-82951A5A891C.jp2 55616D91-FD40-4867-979D-9799488A1804.jp2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 24 minutes ago, Josie said: How would I do images like these in either photo or designer on the iPad? This question is not related to the topic of symmetry. Please create your own thread. 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) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2989 Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 I am looking for the symmetry button in affinity designer. According to to affinity's own tutorial https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/tutorials/designer/desktop/video/331186550/ it should be in the pixel persona once you have the brush highlighted I have tried to find it on both my laptop AND my desktop (1.85.703) and I do not have a symmetry button on the bar as in the video. Where have they hidden it ? I really need to use it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 It is on the Context toolbar when (as you stated) you have the brush chosen in the Pixel Persona. It is a Checkbox, not a button. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6 Affinity Designer 2.5.5 | Affinity Photo 2.5.5 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.5 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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