Aikinai Posted June 21, 2019 Posted June 21, 2019 To reproduce: Draw a stroke Add an outline in the Layer Effects menu Expand Stroke Result: Layer outline expands to 1024px Expected: Layer outline should not change Quote
Old Bruce Posted June 21, 2019 Posted June 21, 2019 Sometimes I am getting an increase too. Stroke of 4 Points, with outline of 20 pixels outline increased to 20.3 pixels Stroke of 4 points with outline of 2 pixels outline increased to 4.3 pixels. Other combinations show no change at all in the outline. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6 Affinity Designer 2.6.0 | Affinity Photo 2.6.0 | Affinity Publisher 2.6.0 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that.
Staff Sean P Posted June 24, 2019 Staff Posted June 24, 2019 Hi Aikinai, I've just tried this myself and cannot reproduce it. Could you attach a document that exhibits this problem (prior to the expand so we can test it) or record a video showing you creating and expanding the stroke causing it to grow. Quote
Hangman Posted June 24, 2019 Posted June 24, 2019 There seems to be a consistent factor for the expanded outline based on the width of the original stroke and the px size of the outline added (as follows)... The fx outline slider is topping out at 1,024px but the outline expansion follows the pattern above so any figures shown in the table with a blue background will be shown as 1,024px on the fx outline slider. Oval 1 Quote Affinity Designer 2.6.3 | Affinity Photo 2.6.3 | Affinity Publisher 2.6.3 MacBook Pro M3 Max, 36 GB Unified Memory, macOS Sonoma 14.6.1, Magic Mouse HP ENVY x360, 8 GB RAM, AMD Ryzen 5 2500U, Windows 10 Home, Logitech Mouse
Staff Sean P Posted June 25, 2019 Staff Posted June 25, 2019 Unfortunately I still cannot reproduce this - see attached video. Is there something I'm missing? If you have a document that exhibits this could you post it prior to the expand please? ExpandStroke.mov Quote
Hangman Posted June 25, 2019 Posted June 25, 2019 Hi Sean, Repeat but use the Pen Tool rather than the Pencil Tool to create your line. If you give the outline a different colour it highlights the problem. Note: This 'only' happens when creating a straight line using two points with the Pen Tool. If you use more than two points or create a curve with the pen tool then it doesn't happen. Quote Affinity Designer 2.6.3 | Affinity Photo 2.6.3 | Affinity Publisher 2.6.3 MacBook Pro M3 Max, 36 GB Unified Memory, macOS Sonoma 14.6.1, Magic Mouse HP ENVY x360, 8 GB RAM, AMD Ryzen 5 2500U, Windows 10 Home, Logitech Mouse
Staff Sean P Posted June 25, 2019 Staff Posted June 25, 2019 45 minutes ago, Hangman said: Note: This 'only' happens when creating a straight line using two points with the Pen Tool. If you use more than two points or create a curve with the pen tool then it doesn't happen. That's the vital piece of information! Also it only seems to be this bad if both nodes share the same X or Y co-ordinate (so it is completely flat). I'll get it passed on. Thanks, Quote
Hangman Posted June 25, 2019 Posted June 25, 2019 Exactly, sorry I only realised that just now as all my tests yesterday simply used a straight line created using the Pen Tool, I hadn't tested any other combinations until I saw your video but glad we got there in the end... Sean P 1 Quote Affinity Designer 2.6.3 | Affinity Photo 2.6.3 | Affinity Publisher 2.6.3 MacBook Pro M3 Max, 36 GB Unified Memory, macOS Sonoma 14.6.1, Magic Mouse HP ENVY x360, 8 GB RAM, AMD Ryzen 5 2500U, Windows 10 Home, Logitech Mouse
Staff Sean P Posted June 25, 2019 Staff Posted June 25, 2019 21 minutes ago, Hangman said: Exactly, sorry I only realised that just now as all my tests yesterday simply used a straight line created using the Pen Tool, I hadn't tested any other combinations until I saw your video but glad we got there in the end... Not a problem - thanks for sticking with it! Quote
Aikinai Posted June 25, 2019 Author Posted June 25, 2019 Sorry, I’m traveling right now and haven’t been able to post. It’s happening to me on lines that aren’t perfectly straight. I’ll try to sanitize and share my file in a few days. Thanks for the thorough support! Quote
Oval Posted June 26, 2019 Posted June 26, 2019 9 hours ago, Aikinai said: It’s happening on lines that aren’t perfectly straight if they are small Quote
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