Cop9885 Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 Hi everybody, I just purchased Affinity Designer today, as I'm looking at moving from AI. I mostly produce stuff for vinyl cutters, and one of the tools I use a lot in AI is the outline stroke tool. Is a comparable tool in Affinity? And whilst I'm asking stupid questions, is there a trial version of Affinity Photo available for the Mac? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 The stroke panel has an outline option , ie. align the stroke to the outside. ...and yes there is a trial version for Mac: https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/photo/ scroll to the bottom of the page. Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, 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 June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 12 minutes ago, firstdefence said: ...and yes there is a trial version for Mac: https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/photo/ scroll to the bottom of the page. Alternatively, go here: https://affin.co/phototrial 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...
Cop9885 Posted June 15, 2019 Author Share Posted June 15, 2019 Cheers for the responses. I found the alignment tool, which is the same as AI. What the outline does is different. In that if you draw a circle for instance with a line of 3 points thickness. Then apply the outline tool to that circle. You will get an inner and outer circle. Where to tool has now drawn two circles around the outline of the original one. If that makes sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdenby Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 command "Layer/expand stroke" The new "curves" layer may need to be self-divided if you need to work on each of the 2 new inner and outer circles. Quote iMac 27" Retina, c. 2015: OS X 10.11.5: 3.3 GHz I c-5: 32 Gb, AMD Radeon R9 M290 2048 Mb iPad 12.9" Retina, iOS 10, 512 Gb, Apple pencil Huion WH1409 tablet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cop9885 Posted June 15, 2019 Author Share Posted June 15, 2019 Cheers gdenby, exactly what I was after. Nigel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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