JackH Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 Hi, I am currently trying to learn Affinity Photo and where everything is etc. for university and I have a logo which is bad quality as you can see from the first image and I am basically wanting to smooth the edges. The second image is to emphasise the jaggedness. What is the best tool to use in Affinity Photo to make it have smooth edges? Thanks so much. Help is much appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 Why not find out which font it is and type it out as text? https://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/ 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...
JackH Posted July 10, 2019 Author Share Posted July 10, 2019 @firstdefence wow never knew that existed but I believe this logo font was made specifically for this company and therefore not available elsewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markw Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 Well, if was me I would just reach for the vector Pen Tool and trace over it. And then tweak and refine to test with the Node Tool. Quote macOS 10.15.7 | 15" Macbook Pro, 2017 | 4 Core i7 3.1GHz CPU | Radeon Pro 555 2GB GPU + Integrated Intel HD Graphics 630 1.536GB | 16GB RAM | Wacom Intuos4 M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 36 minutes ago, markw said: Well, if was me I would just reach for the vector Pen Tool and trace over it. And then tweak and refine to test with the Node Tool. Same here, but if @JackH can provide us with a bigger sample (bigger as in more letters, not larger size) we might be able to track down a font which is a close match. 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...
JackH Posted July 10, 2019 Author Share Posted July 10, 2019 @firstdefence@markw@AlfredSomeone has identified the font but it still isn't exact so would u say the W and K have been stretched and warped a bit? Thanks https://www.bertholdtypes.com/font/ariston/bq/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackH Posted July 10, 2019 Author Share Posted July 10, 2019 Here you are @Alfred All I'm after is a massive W for a design I'm working on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 14 minutes ago, JackH said: Here you are @Alfred All I'm after is a massive W for a design I'm working on. Thanks, Jack. The /W is somewhat like the one in Ariston Bold, but the /r and/k are very different: Since you only need the /W, redrawing should be fairly straightforward. Had you needed the whole word you’d probably have wanted to convert text to curves and tweak from there. JackH 1 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...
JackH Posted July 10, 2019 Author Share Posted July 10, 2019 @AlfredWhat do you mean by 'convert the text to curves'? Where is that function in Affinity Photo? Thanks so much for your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 32 minutes ago, JackH said: What do you mean by 'convert the text to curves'? Where is that function in Affinity Photo? Please see: https://affinity.help/photo/English.lproj/pages/CurvesShapes/converttocurves.html Ariston-W.afphoto JackH 1 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...
Pšenda Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 16 hours ago, JackH said: to make it have smooth edges You can try converting the image to vectors (such as https: //www.vectorizer.io) and then fine-tune the curves. JackH 1 Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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