PAULRFONTENOT Posted May 9, 2019 Share Posted May 9, 2019 In Gimp.app, I can create a shape and then "shrink" it or "grow" it by pixels or inches in place. While I have not exhausted myself in trying to find this feature in Affinity Designer or Photo, I don't think this feature exists. I am requesting that you consider adding these functions in the Affinity apps in the next major update. Quote PAULRFONTENOT Late 2013 iMac/32gb ram/2tb ssd 2018 MacBook Pro/32gb ram/1 tb ssd Affinity Designer/Designer Beta Affinity Photo/Photo Beta Affinity Publisher Beta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
000 Posted May 9, 2019 Share Posted May 9, 2019 Go, exhaust yourself and find it ... it's there. PAULRFONTENOT 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixx Posted May 9, 2019 Share Posted May 9, 2019 In AP Selection menu. PAULRFONTENOT 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAULRFONTENOT Posted May 9, 2019 Author Share Posted May 9, 2019 8 hours ago, Jens Krebs said: Go, exhaust yourself and find it ... it's there. Jens Krebs, was your comment supposed to be helpful? I suggest that if you were actually trying to be helpful, you might have guided me to a solution; it would not have taken you any more time than resorting to "flippant" remarks. Quote PAULRFONTENOT Late 2013 iMac/32gb ram/2tb ssd 2018 MacBook Pro/32gb ram/1 tb ssd Affinity Designer/Designer Beta Affinity Photo/Photo Beta Affinity Publisher Beta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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PAULRFONTENOT Posted May 10, 2019 Author Share Posted May 10, 2019 I finally have found the grow/shrink feature in Designer; I am disappointed...... The grow/shrink feature only works on selections, NOT on shapes; I don't know how I would use it if I can't grow/shrink shapes I have created. What is the use of growing/shrinking a selected area? I can do that on the fly when I "pull" a selected area. My only workaround is to go to the transform panel and adjust Shape sizes there; you guys, please make this feature work on shapes as well in the next update. Pšenda 1 Quote PAULRFONTENOT Late 2013 iMac/32gb ram/2tb ssd 2018 MacBook Pro/32gb ram/1 tb ssd Affinity Designer/Designer Beta Affinity Photo/Photo Beta Affinity Publisher Beta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 11 minutes ago, PAULRFONTENOT said: What is the use of growing/shrinking a selected area? I can do that on the fly when I "pull" a selected area. The grow/shrink feature affords you numerical control. Quote My only workaround is to go to the transform panel and adjust Shape sizes there You can also use the Move Tool. 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...
Staff Ben Posted May 10, 2019 Staff Share Posted May 10, 2019 I've got to admit - I'm not exactly sure what you are asking for? Do you mean just he ability to resize objects??? Quote SerifLabs team - Affinity Developer Software engineer - Photographer - Guitarist - Philosopher iMac 27" Retina 5K (Late 2015), 4.0GHz i7, AMD Radeon R9 M395 MacBook (Early 2015), 1.3GHz Core M, Intel HD 5300 iPad Pro 10.5", 256GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAULRFONTENOT Posted May 10, 2019 Author Share Posted May 10, 2019 58 minutes ago, Ben said: I've got to admit - I'm not exactly sure what you are asking for? Do you mean just he ability to resize objects??? Yes. As an example, if I want to nest several rectangles of different size within each other, (as in the Gimp app) I would start off by creating a series of rectangles by "copy and paste" and then I would either want to shrink or grow the rectangles to have a multi-radius/diameter/width object with several more originating at the center; (so the way it works in Gimp is, you create several rectangles laying within the base rectangle by "copy and paste" and then you select the SELECT main menu and click on grow or shrink to nest the "child" rectangles within the "parent" rectangle") In Designer, you can't grow or shrink all of the "child" rectangles so that you can clearly see all of the "child" rectangles. You can only launch grow/shrink feature in Designer by having a SELECTION AREA. In Gimp, you can specify the width of each rectangle from the grow/shrink feature by stipulating numerical values for your transformation by so many pixels or so many inches; You can only grow or shrink selection areas in Designer; what would be a "real world" application of being able to grow and shrink a selected area, not an object? How would you use this feature to produce a certain numerical or percentage of the selection area? As soon as you deselect "the selected area" it is lost. In Gimp, you can grow/shrink OBJECTS; In designer, gow/shrink cannot edit the size of a REAL object, only a selected area of an object and I cannot for the life of me, think of a PRACTICAL use for that. Quote PAULRFONTENOT Late 2013 iMac/32gb ram/2tb ssd 2018 MacBook Pro/32gb ram/1 tb ssd Affinity Designer/Designer Beta Affinity Photo/Photo Beta Affinity Publisher Beta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixx Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 Shrink/grow is used to manipulate pixels. For vector objects transform tools are right choice. PAULRFONTENOT 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Staff Ben Posted May 13, 2019 Staff Share Posted May 13, 2019 I think @PAULRFONTENOT is still confusing raster and vector functionality. Affinity is not Gimp. I think you need to read through the help and tutorials to familiarise yourself with the app a bit better. Otherwise, we are just going to be telling you information that is already available. PAULRFONTENOT and 000 2 Quote SerifLabs team - Affinity Developer Software engineer - Photographer - Guitarist - Philosopher iMac 27" Retina 5K (Late 2015), 4.0GHz i7, AMD Radeon R9 M395 MacBook (Early 2015), 1.3GHz Core M, Intel HD 5300 iPad Pro 10.5", 256GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JET_Affinity Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 Paul, It sounds like you are looking for what is usually called an "offset path" command or a "contour" command or tool for vector paths, to create paths that are offset from existing paths, but parallel to them. Does that sound right? JET Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Ben Posted May 15, 2019 Staff Share Posted May 15, 2019 Surely not if he is reference Gimp as the example. I'd imagine he's getting a raster selection from a shape mask and shrinking/growing that. Of course - @PAULRFONTENOT needs to read up on Affinity and learn the difference between vector and raster. Quote SerifLabs team - Affinity Developer Software engineer - Photographer - Guitarist - Philosopher iMac 27" Retina 5K (Late 2015), 4.0GHz i7, AMD Radeon R9 M395 MacBook (Early 2015), 1.3GHz Core M, Intel HD 5300 iPad Pro 10.5", 256GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Federica Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 On 5/13/2019 at 10:13 PM, JET_Affinity said: Paul, It sounds like you are looking for what is usually called an "offset path" command or a "contour" command or tool for vector paths, to create paths that are offset from existing paths, but parallel to them. Does that sound right? JET Hi, I am new on this forum and I am testing the demos of Affinity Design/Photo. I am very enthusiast about them! I use Adobe's apps from many years but I am pretty disappointed that they gotten so heavy and cumbersome. I use them for creating clothes graphics and I look forward to move to Affinity definitely. However, I support @PAULRFONTENOT 's request. He refers to a function that I use a lot as well. In Illustrator it is called "Offset Path" (maybe it was "Insect Path" in the old Macromedia Freehand). - Forgive me if it is not allowed to to quote other apps, if so, the moderator can delete-. It's not a simply resizing function, it is used to create a parallel path starting from a shape. I know, I can skip the problem using "Expand Stroke" or by duplicating portions of spline, but it would be tricky and not accurate. The tool we are talking about contracts/expands a shape and you can define the amount in a pop-up window. This task is quite easy for regular shapes, but it is not for complex shapes. I attach an example (see dashed lines) . I wish you will add this function in the future. Many congrats to the developers, I was waiting for a vector application so fast and easy! Federica Patrick Connor, fdelaneau and Fixx 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Patrick Connor Posted November 13, 2019 Staff Share Posted November 13, 2019 @Federica Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums What an excellent first contribution. You are allowed to quote other applications when making comparisons as you have here. Blatant promotion is not allowed, but you are not doing that. JET_Affinity 1 Quote Patrick Connor Serif Europe Ltd Latest V2 releases on each platform Help make our apps better by joining our beta program! "There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man. True nobility lies in being superior to your previous self." W. L. Sheldon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fdelaneau Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 I was searching exactly for that option and realized it isn't available yet I couldn't find the latest roadmap bit this could be really useful for a lot of us ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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