Nelo Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 Knife tool????... Artistwright, Markio, omt66 and 9 others 11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pointery Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 Its on the road map. mwcs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoran Bosnjak Posted June 18, 2019 Share Posted June 18, 2019 Can I please bump this thread? This feature is really, really needed. Like super important. I was shocked that wasn't implemented yet. I realize we can go with the boolean operators but that is just ... not the same. Thanks. AHAM, KG17, Art Panda and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelo Posted June 18, 2019 Author Share Posted June 18, 2019 Yes. I don't understand this monster fault. A design program without a knife tool???! WTF?! Road map?!... It should have been implemented since version Alfa. ...because Beta is already stupid! And at the moment we're far ahead in the alphabet: ( jmwellborn, AHAM and Glicky 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glicky Posted June 18, 2019 Share Posted June 18, 2019 Same with an Eraser tool... Frozen Death Knight and LSweet 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shushustorm Posted June 18, 2019 Share Posted June 18, 2019 I agree this is very basic and would be very useful. Jowday 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jowday Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 On 6/12/2019 at 2:01 PM, pointery said: Its on the road map. The roadmap was deleted by Serif. Quote "The user interface is supposed to work for me - I am not supposed to work for the user interface." Computer-, operating system- and software agnostic; I am a result oriented professional. Look for a fanboy somewhere else. “When a wise man points at the moon the imbecile examines the finger.” ― Confucius Not an Affinity user og forum user anymore. The software continued to disappoint and not deliver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryce Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 I would love to know what is so special about the knife tool. I'm not trying to be condescending. I've just never found it that useful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 17 hours ago, Bryce said: I would love to know what is so special about the knife tool. I'm not trying to be condescending. I've just never found it that useful. If you need it, you need it. If you don't need it then it is just clutter in the toolbar. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.1 | Affinity Photo 2.4.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 | 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...
dominik Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 18 hours ago, Bryce said: I would love to know what is so special about the knife tool. I'm not trying to be condescending. I've just never found it that useful. There are different ways of working/designing. Some people build their designs from basic shapes and then cut off the parts they don't need. This can be accomplished with guide lines and adding nodes and breaking the shape. The knife tool would simply cut through. Preferably with a SHIFT+click and perhaps snapping along a line across the canvas. Personally I am happy with the node tool and breaking apart. Or the geometry fuctions. But the knive tool can be a shortcut (no pun intended) in some situations. This tutorial gives you an idea of what can be done with it: Cheers, d. Nelo 1 Quote Affinity Designer 1 & 2 | Affinity Photo 1 & 2 | Affinity Publisher 1 & 2 Affinity Designer 2 for iPad | Affinity Photo 2 for iPad | Affinity Publisher 2 for iPad Windows 11 64-bit - Core i7 - 16GB - Intel HD Graphics 4600 & NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M iPad pro 9.7" + Apple Pencil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelo Posted July 2, 2019 Author Share Posted July 2, 2019 18 hours ago, Bryce said: I would love to know what is so special about the knife tool. I'm not trying to be condescending. I've just never found it that useful. If you prefer to create another object and then cut or divide that's fine. But some of us like it more fast when in basic geometry: Just chose the knife tool and cut (Straight or freehand). Simple and fast! And really freehand if using a tablet... Sure, for a more complex geometry cut, better use a division operation for example. Also, agree with Glicky, eraser tool is also nice to have! (specially when using a tablet) F40lz74 and Glicky 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mannyarts Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 knife and eraser tool are desperately needed!!!! Cmon Serif Rudolphus, Art Panda and F40lz74 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EMZ80 Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 Feb 2020 - still NOPE. Like this if you're looking for a Knife/Eraser tool in 2022 LSweet, Jowday, iSprocket and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omt66 Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 They had it in one of their wonderful products (Serif DrawPlus X8), I am surprised that they don't have it in their new generation of products! AHAM, Nung221 and Affitoom 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G13RL Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 You can still use a curve to perform shape cutting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelo Posted March 28, 2020 Author Share Posted March 28, 2020 Yes i Know, but that's not professional and most of all: You cannot cut multiple objects in groups! (like in illustrator) For example, use the American flag and try to cut IMMEDIATELY IN ONE SINGLE CUT some stars and stripes! omt66 and Jowday 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G13RL Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 You're right, I was talking about cutting one thing off. omt66 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuttyjoe Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 The knife tool is an incredible speed enhancer, but in order to have a very fast workflow with it, the software also needs to make very good use of key modifiers. While using the knife tool, you should be able to hold a key modifier and access other tools that are always needed rather than constantly going back to the toolbox to switch tools. For now, Affinity Designer makes very little use of key modifiers. Better use of key modifiers would be a game changer, in terms of workflow across all of the tools in Affinity Designer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chessboard Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Doing more and more of my illustration jobs in Designer I am badly missing a knife and/or eraser tool, too! When doing comercial work for clients, time is what counts. So everything that speeds up the working process is greatly welcomed! It's not chiefly the "big new features" that makes a software the tool of choice, it's the fine enhancements in the workflow, that let you do your work fast. Switch tools to often, clicking through menus and panels to often slows the work down, since some things have to be done hundreds of times a day. That's in many cases the cause, why I prefer the Affintiy apps today. But there's still some room for improvement 😉. iSprocket and Jowday 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuttyjoe Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 On 7/2/2019 at 11:31 AM, Old Bruce said: If you need it, you need it. If you don't need it then it is just clutter in the toolbar. Then how about a toolbar that can be customized to hide the tools we don't need. Serif DrawPlus could do that. You could customize the whole UI and make a toolbar that had only the tools you needed. I created a toolbar that made sense for working with just stylus on a small screen and maximized my workspace that way. AD doesn't have any of that great functionality. Jowday 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 7 minutes ago, Kuttyjoe said: Then how about a toolbar that can be customized to hide the tools we don't need. Serif DrawPlus could do that. You could customize the whole UI and make a toolbar that had only the tools you needed. I created a toolbar that made sense for working with just stylus on a small screen and maximized my workspace that way. AD doesn't have any of that great functionality. Go to View > Customize Toolbar... iSprocket 1 Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.1 | Affinity Photo 2.4.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 | 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...
pyxelles Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 On 6/18/2019 at 4:04 PM, Nelo said: Yes. I don't understand this monster fault. A design program without a knife tool???! WTF?! Road map?!... It should have been implemented since version Alfa. ...because Beta is already stupid! And at the moment we're far ahead in the alphabet: ( I don't get it either, it's ridiculous. I thought the knife tool was a basic necessity for any graphic design software. The boolean operations can't be used in every situation where the knife tool would just do. Besides, I feel the boolean operations must have functionality issues as there times when I select the desired objects to either add or subtract etc and the boolean buttons are simply greyed out! Jowday and iSprocket 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuttyjoe Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 On 3/31/2020 at 3:12 PM, Old Bruce said: Go to View > Customize Toolbar... Check out Serif's discontinued DrawPlus or Coreldraw to get an idea of what I'm talking about. DrawPlus was far more customizable than what's possible with Designer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuttyjoe Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 41 minutes ago, pyxelles said: I don't get it either, it's ridiculous. I thought the knife tool was a basic necessity for any graphic design software. The boolean operations can't be used in every situation where the knife tool would just do. Besides, I feel the boolean operations must have functionality issues as there times when I select the desired objects to either add or subtract etc and the boolean buttons are simply greyed out! Also, some of the critical ones are missing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBeci Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 Missing very much! Basic tool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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