KCP Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 I'm new to AD although I've been creating vector art in AI for a while. I'm aware that AD lacks a Shape Builder tool, although I can't find a way to hack that process in AD. I spent several hours trying to cut up the Google G and color the individual sections. How do I accomplish the process shown in this video? Thank you in advance. KC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Wosven Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 You need to draw the needed shapes to fill them first. (file made using AD Bêta) G.afdesign Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KCP Posted September 29, 2019 Author Share Posted September 29, 2019 Thanks for the reply, Wosven. I didn't get enough information from your comment, so I attempted to deconstruct your file. I was able to create the G shape, as you can see, although I don't know how to do it and maintain the component shapes. I drilled down into the software for an hour and then gave up. Also, whenever I subtracted a shape to form the G from my initial donut shape, they merge into one. I wasn't able to keep the individual layers as you did. One more thing about that: my shape layer is missing the Boolean icons on the actual layer. How did you do that? I won't even attempt to figure out how to add the colors until I solve this first stage. I studied your color shapes but couldn't figure out how you applied them to the G shape. Any advice is appreciated. Twenty-plus years of professional retouching and composite work in Photoshop did nothing to prepare me for Affinity Designer. I've worked a little with Illustrator and found it to be much more intuitive, although I'm not a fan of the subscription. I hope that it's just my ignorance of AD's UI and that it will feel more robust with practice. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telemax Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 9 minutes ago, KCP said: I wasn't able to keep the individual layers as you did. One more thing about that: my shape layer is missing the Boolean icons on the actual layer. How did you do that? Before clicking on the Boolean icon, hold Alt. KCP 1 Quote Non-destructive Mask https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/150439-non-destructive-mask/Image layer & Pixel layer https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/146720-image-layer-and-pixel-layer/Brushes | Stars https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/135202-brushes-stars/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KCP Posted September 29, 2019 Author Share Posted September 29, 2019 19 minutes ago, telemax said: Before clicking on the Boolean icon, hold Alt. Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wosven Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 The compound object* show which objects to add or substract to the original ring (in the same order, preferably). Next, you adjust the nodes and curves: * In this case, we can't use a compound as final object since we can't have different colours in a compound object. Now, we can either: Cut to pieces the G shape and colour the parts (v2 in my file) add shapes of different colours inside the G shape (v1) For cutting the pieces (v2): I draw the shape I need I select the G and this shape and I use "divide": I end up with 4 shapes (coloured now: yellow, brown, tan and pink) I delete the un-needed pink one …and need to divide again the bottom of the G to have the 4 final parts of the logo. Or you can use the pen to draw shapes, colour them and put them inside the G like in the v1 example of my file. Roger C and Gradient_Phil 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger C Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 Wow. Along with the afdesign file of your first post, this reply is a complete step-by-step tutorial such as you might hope to find in a published workbook! Amazingly generous of you, @Wosven. Merci KCP and Wosven 2 Quote Affinity Designer & Photo : Win 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KCP Posted September 29, 2019 Author Share Posted September 29, 2019 Thank you, @Wosven. You lost me with most of that, although it probably has more to do with my not yet having wrapped my head conceptually around the software. I ended up finding a way to set the colors (see "SS4 Annotated" file). The problem with that method was that by not holding down the alt key when boolean-subtracting, I ended up losing the original, compound shape. When I hold down the alt key to subtract and add, each subtraction ends up in its own drop-down folder (see "SS5" file). I'm clearly missing something in translation. KC Wosven 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wosven Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 Hi @KCP As explain in the second post, the compound is only a visual help to know which object you need to substract, which one to add, and it can help at the begining to find which objects (rectangles, rings…) you'll need at which size to create a final object with efficiency. (But trial and error + ctrl+z get the same result ) Using the alt key will create a compound, and we don't want one! You need to copy-paste (out of it) all the elements of the compound object before adding/substracting them, or to release the compound to get them (right-click menu or main Layers menu). KCP 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KCP Posted September 29, 2019 Author Share Posted September 29, 2019 This was an unusual thread, for me. I wasn't on point with following quite a bit of the information although I somehow pulled off the result. It reminds me of how there are so many ways to achieve the same results in this type of software (Photoshop, Affinity Designer, etc.). The color part sunk in when I realized that I could clip the color layers into the shape layers, so all good. Thanks again, @Wosven! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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