Pattern & Pattern along a path question

[ChrisP]

Hi all,

I did not see these features on the Roadmap so I was wondering how people are handling this. I want to create some seamless patterns and also I wanted to create a graphic and have it placed along a path. For instance to create a rope - create one segment and have it repeat over the bezier curve I created. And, yes I know there is an brush image of a rope but I wanted to create something different.

 

Thanks

[Lee D]

Hi ChrisP,

 

We do have two brushes based on ropes however these may not suit everyones needs. Have you considered creating your own brush, click here for a video tutorial.

 

Thanks

 

Lee

[MEB]

Hi ChrisP,

There's no specific tools to create seamless patterns in Affinity Designer. You can however use patterns you have created somewhere else using the Gradient tool, type: Bitmap.

[ChrisP]

Thanks Leo and MEB!

[stash]

Can someone please tell me how I can create repeating patterns in Affinity Designer? Lets say if I'm making a background with swirly lines and don't want to create every tiny detail by scratch.

[MEB]

Hi stash

There's no specific tools to create seamless patterns in Affinity Designer. You have to create one seamless (vector) tile manually and then use Power Duplicate to repeat it along the background. Alternatively you can convert it to a bitmap going to Layer ▹ Rasterise..., export it and then use it with the Gradient Tool set to Type: Bitmap (drag the tool over the object to fill it with the bitmap pattern you just created).