Elluvon Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 Hey there! Recently bought AD and been having a blast, currently working on another landscape piece. This may be a stupid question but I want to convert a group of circles into an editable path, how would I go about this? All I want is the visible outline to be editable. Here's the image in question. Thanks in advance, loving the program. I might post my already finished vectors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PixelPest Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 It seems your circles are already converted via "Expand Stroke" before you squeezed them into ellipses. Then just select all and call Boolean add: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elluvon Posted August 30, 2019 Author Share Posted August 30, 2019 1 minute ago, PixelPest said: It seems your circles are already converted via "Expand Stroke" before you squeezed them into ellipses. Then just select all and call Boolean add: That option isn't showing up for me. They are greyed out and aren't selectable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elluvon Posted August 30, 2019 Author Share Posted August 30, 2019 I also haven't used expand stroke. I've just made donuts and used Cmd-J to duplicate them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PixelPest Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 I wonder why the contour is lighter on south+north then east+west so to speak. Expand Stroke works on donuts as well. Are we talking about Affinity Designer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elluvon Posted August 30, 2019 Author Share Posted August 30, 2019 1 minute ago, PixelPest said: I wonder why the contour is lighter on south+north then east+west so to speak. Expand Stroke works on donuts as well. Are we talking about Affinity Designer? Yes, hence the AD I posted in the OP. I should have been more clear, one moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PixelPest Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 It works as described. Make your donuts and call for expand stroke. It works as well with first to convert donuts to curves - then expand stroke - then Boolean add. No big deal: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elluvon Posted August 31, 2019 Author Share Posted August 31, 2019 23 hours ago, PixelPest said: It works as described. Make your donuts and call for expand stroke. It works as well with first to convert donuts to curves - then expand stroke - then Boolean add. No big deal: (snip) Okay, that's not what I'm looking for. Maybe I wasn't clear, (which happens a lot, I'm not good at describing problems) but I need the outside of the shape to be converted into a path. Think of all these circles as one big cloud. I want to do this: (Taken from 2Dartgamerguru's site) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elluvon Posted August 31, 2019 Author Share Posted August 31, 2019 I have already tried what you have told me and what he says to do on his site but for some reason the program refuses to let me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PixelPest Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 Couldn´t be easier than with just plain circles and Boolean add: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elluvon Posted August 31, 2019 Author Share Posted August 31, 2019 2 hours ago, PixelPest said: Couldn´t be easier than with just plain circles and Boolean add: Okay, I get that but when your mouse disappears I have no idea what you are doing. Would be nice if you explained that. I understand the add key. Now, how the heck do I delete the excess inside the shape and actually convert it to a path in the first place? Starting to get confused and frustrated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PixelPest Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 The excess will vanish automatically when you Boolean add all the overlapping circles. Look at the layers panel. I then just add a stroke and deleted the fill to make it look like your example. Nothing special really. Did you have any experience with vector editors? This is just basic stuff and not rocket science. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elluvon Posted September 1, 2019 Author Share Posted September 1, 2019 6 minutes ago, PixelPest said: Did you have any experience with vector editors? This is just basic stuff and not rocket science. No, I don't. I have only recently begun to learn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elluvon Posted September 1, 2019 Author Share Posted September 1, 2019 I finally figured it out, thanks for your help trying to understand my idiotic mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PixelPest Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 Ok - here´s one that hopefully will help you along: Elluvon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elluvon Posted September 1, 2019 Author Share Posted September 1, 2019 2 minutes ago, PixelPest said: Ok - here´s one that hopefully will help you along: Thanks. Appreciate it. PixelPest 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PixelPest Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 You´re welcome. Cheers Elluvon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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