Shih Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 For example: 1. I sketch a silhouette of tree as below, I scanned it in JPG file. 2. I import this JPG file in Affinity Designer. 3. The only thing I know is to add a new layer and start using Pen Tool to sketch the silhouette and color it on the new layer. But that seems very time-consuming. Especially when it has so many saw-tooth edge.... Are there any better way that allows me to treat my hand-drawing with Affinity Designer? or can Pen Tool treat this Saw-Tooth edge quickly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petar Petrenko Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 Not for now. There is no "Trace Tool", yet. Quote All the latest releases of Designer, Photo and Publisher (retail and beta) on MacOS and Windows. 15” Dell Inspiron 7559 i7 ● Windows 10 x64 Pro ● Intel Core i7-6700HQ (3.50 GHz, 6M) ● 16 GB Dual Channel DDR3L 1600 MHz (8GBx2) ● NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M 4 GB GDDR5 ● 500 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD ● UHD (3840 x 2160) Truelife LED - Backlit Touch Display 32” LG 32UN650-W display ● 3840 x 2160 UHD, IPS, HDR10 ● Color Gamut: DCI-P3 95%, Color Calibrated ● 2 x HDMI, 1 x DisplayPort 13.3” MacBook Pro (2017) ● Ventura 13.6 ● Intel Core i7 (3.50 GHz Dual Core) ● 16 GB 2133 MHz LPDDR3 ● Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 1536 MB ● 500 GB SSD ● Retina Display (3360 x 2100) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdenby Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 Hi, Shih, What you need is a bitmap auto tracer. Affinity does not have one of those built in. I ran your sketch thru one, but even after some preprocessing, the results were poor. Crucially, the line was not continuous. Tree..svg Quote iMac 27" Retina, c. 2015: OS X 10.11.5: 3.3 GHz I c-5: 32 Gb, AMD Radeon R9 M290 2048 Mb iPad 12.9" Retina, iOS 10, 512 Gb, Apple pencil Huion WH1409 tablet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sara72 Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 Any rough sketch would benefit from a reworking, try using the pen tool set to ‘Polygon’ and treat it like a dot to dot, creating the spiky edge look. If you have the fill colour on as you work, you won’t need to create a new layer for the colour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 To add to summersara's post as you create a filled curve, it can obscure the drawing so drop the opacity of the curve layer to about 50-60% so you can see where you need to add nodes. Sara72 1 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...
Alfred Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 23 hours ago, firstdefence said: To add to summersara's post as you create a filled curve, it can obscure the drawing so drop the opacity of the curve layer to about 50-60% so you can see where you need to add nodes. My preferred method is to reduce the opacity of the original drawing layer and put the curve layer underneath it. Then whenever you want a clear view of the curve layer, you can simply hide the other layer temporarily. firstdefence and Sara72 2 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...
crunchysqueak Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 If you just want down and dirty and you have affinity photo you can select out the white and use the outline fx on the layers panel to create a hand drawn looking tracing. 20191002_00001_001.thumb.jpg.f4d7dc8036ed490d7159a552b226a159.afphoto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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