Aikinai Posted June 21, 2019 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted June 21, 2019 Share 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 12.7.4 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...
Staff Sean P Posted June 24, 2019 Staff Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hangman Posted June 24, 2019 Share 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 2.4.2 | Affinity Photo 2.4.2 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.2 Affinity Designer Beta 2.5.0 (2402) | Affinity Photo Beta 2.5.0 (2402) | Affinity Publisher Beta 2.5.0 (2402) Affinity Designer 1.7.3 | Affinity Photo 1.7.3 | Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 MacBook Pro 16GB, macOS Monterey 12.7.4, Magic Mouse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Sean P Posted June 25, 2019 Staff Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hangman Posted June 25, 2019 Share 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 2.4.2 | Affinity Photo 2.4.2 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.2 Affinity Designer Beta 2.5.0 (2402) | Affinity Photo Beta 2.5.0 (2402) | Affinity Publisher Beta 2.5.0 (2402) Affinity Designer 1.7.3 | Affinity Photo 1.7.3 | Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 MacBook Pro 16GB, macOS Monterey 12.7.4, Magic Mouse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Sean P Posted June 25, 2019 Staff Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hangman Posted June 25, 2019 Share 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 2.4.2 | Affinity Photo 2.4.2 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.2 Affinity Designer Beta 2.5.0 (2402) | Affinity Photo Beta 2.5.0 (2402) | Affinity Publisher Beta 2.5.0 (2402) Affinity Designer 1.7.3 | Affinity Photo 1.7.3 | Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 MacBook Pro 16GB, macOS Monterey 12.7.4, Magic Mouse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Sean P Posted June 25, 2019 Staff Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aikinai Posted June 25, 2019 Author Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oval Posted June 26, 2019 Share Posted June 26, 2019 9 hours ago, Aikinai said: It’s happening on lines that aren’t perfectly straight if they are small Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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