royalcrown28 Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 With the 1.7 updates it looks like I have all the features I need to start creating assets for my game development now. I'm trying to ink my sketch that was drawn using symmetry feature in Affinity Photo. I'm drawing my path on half the image, duplicating>flipping>shifting>selecting both curves>joining Then I'm fine tuning the best i can with the wonky snapping I have going on to get both endpoint on the centerline. This results in me having 2 nodes in exactly the same place. Which causes issue when making any future adjustments. What better option do I have for achieving symmetry, or how do I "merge" two nodes occupying the same space. Leaf Cutter.afdesign Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
royalcrown28 Posted June 29, 2019 Author Share Posted June 29, 2019 While on the topic of symmetry, I have a centerline path. When I select two different objects, how do I ensure they are equidistant from the center line? For instance, the mandibles here, how can i be sure they are both the same distance from center? Leaf Cutter.afdesign Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 4 minutes ago, royalcrown28 said: For instance, the mandibles here, how can i be sure they are both the same distance from center? With Snapping enabled: Select the center line (probably using the Layers panel, in your case). With the Move Tool active, press and hold Ctrl. (Or possibly Cmd if you're on Mac.) Hover the mouse over one mandible. Read the distance from the center line to the mandible. Repeat for the other one. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.7, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 Why not start a curve and make it a symbol, drag the symbol onto the workspace and flip it, then continue drawing in one symbol and the other will mirror it. You access the curve from the layers panel under the Symbol layer. You can also drag created curves into symbols and they will be reflected. Alfred and walt.farrell 2 Quote iMac 27" 2019 Sequoia 15.0 (24A335), 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...
royalcrown28 Posted June 29, 2019 Author Share Posted June 29, 2019 here is what i'm trying to fix without having to start over completely, Because there are 2 points in one location, they dont line up across the center line. I just need one node on the center lane after duplication and joining. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 Select both curves and then drag over the node to select them both and use the Join curves option on the context menu for the pen tool Quote iMac 27" 2019 Sequoia 15.0 (24A335), 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...
royalcrown28 Posted June 29, 2019 Author Share Posted June 29, 2019 2 minutes ago, firstdefence said: Select both curves and then drag over the node to select them both and use the Join curves option on the context menu for the pen tool I've been doing that, it's not been merging the nodes in the same place, just connecting them. So when their arms(whatever the two control points from the nodes are called) it distorts the smooth curve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 Have you tried making them sharp nodes first gdenby 1 Quote iMac 27" 2019 Sequoia 15.0 (24A335), 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...
royalcrown28 Posted June 29, 2019 Author Share Posted June 29, 2019 Ah, that would be it. Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
royalcrown28 Posted June 29, 2019 Author Share Posted June 29, 2019 Well, i'm nearly there, I created a symbol for the spikes. I'm trying to edit the symbol so that all the instances have shading on them, but they don't seem to be synced at all. No edits I make seem to propagate to the instances. Leaf Cutter.afdesign Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyJack Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 1 hour ago, firstdefence said: Have you tried making them sharp nodes first Okay, that's one half of the equation.... the joining. Now close it. (kinda silly for a drawing program to require sharp nodes to close a shape) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
royalcrown28 Posted June 29, 2019 Author Share Posted June 29, 2019 1 minute ago, JimmyJack said: Okay, that's one half of the equation. Now close it. I ended up solving it by joining them, creating a 3rd point between the two, deleting the original two, then re-positioning the new point where i wanted it. Now i'm just trying to figure out why my symbols aren't working as expected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyJack Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 3 minutes ago, royalcrown28 said: I ended up solving it by joining them, creating a 3rd point between the two, deleting the original two, then re-positioning the new point where i wanted it. Well I'm glad you have a solution, but does that sound like an acceptable workflow?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
royalcrown28 Posted June 29, 2019 Author Share Posted June 29, 2019 20 minutes ago, JimmyJack said: Well I'm glad you have a solution, but does that sound like an acceptable workflow?? Honestly, none of this is really an acceptable work flow. There should be a mirror function/tool. But I think i've got joining the paths working now JimmyJack 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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