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Hi All,

I have a question / request is it possible to create long shadow of a thing in a different way than shown in the youtube link youtube workflow example or affinity file I have attached. 

I would love to be able to this effect parametrically so it can be copied and changed. I am suggesting a tick box or something in the layer effect dialog box under the outer shadow effect. 1089641815_thisiswhatIamproposing.jpg.845513eaaa0e9cd038ff7b060f835750.jpg

 

If I would be able to this and even be able to record actions with it. This ability would enable me totally new and groundbreaking workflow. 

 

regards,

D.

 

 

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It is possible… but there is no layer effect, or tool that will automate the process for you!

Draw the long shadow yourself by duplicating and distorting the text, then drawing lines to join the copies together.

You can use symbols to create a fairly nice effect, and since it remains editable it can be saved and reused, meaning you only have to do the work once.

It would be a variant on this…

 

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11 hours ago, Aammppaa said:

It is possible… but there is no layer effect, or tool that will automate the process for you!

Draw the long shadow yourself by duplicating and distorting the text, then drawing lines to join the copies together.

You can use symbols to create a fairly nice effect, and since it remains editable it can be saved and reused, meaning you only have to do the work once.

It would be a variant on this…

 

Thank You Aammppaa, 

As I understand it there is no easier way to do it. 

Is it possible to bring attention from developers to this suggestion?

Regards,

D.

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@D3RYou can make a feature request here: https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/forum/52-feature-requests-feedback/

At the moment I use a cool app called Logoist (Mac only) for quick 3D text creation.

 

 

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Don't be put off that your request did not get feedback from Serif - they very rarely respond directly to feature requests.

This doesn't mean that the request is not read or considered, it is simply the way they work.

I'd imagine this policy is so that people don't feel that they have been promised something, which generally leads to them feel upset when it doesn't arrive the way they thought it would, or in a time frame that they felt was appropriate!

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7 hours ago, Glicky said:

In CorelDRAW it's possible to apply/edit Long Shadows very easily and quickly, with the Block Shadow tool.

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Will be great to see this tool in ADesigner...

Exporting to pdf and they import to Affinity Designer beautifully.

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A 1.6 file. w. a couple of samples. (My d-load speed is so pitiful that the new version will take at least 7 hours. Tried updating my iOS version, and it failed. Haven't wanted to tie up my connection, needed to do other things.)

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Now that is a beautiful list of features :x

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@Aammppaa

Hi, yeah I know they can not promise anything. 

But I know about a workflow that is no possible with Adobe suite. 

I would love serif to implement two features. One of them is long shadows or block shadows as they are called in Corel draw. The other one is to import layered pdf as into the affinity photo with the same layers as I specified in this topic:

 

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  • 1 year later...
20 minutes ago, rvz said:

Any updates last year on block shadows?

 

(maybe I missed something. aka I only use Affinity occasionally)

 

thanks!

Nope. Workarounds ad libitum.

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