Lojza Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 Hi, I often design some assets for mobile apps and I usually encounter this problem. At design time, I'm used to use the "Erase" mode for some shapes (using compound shapes and/or cutting the underlaying shapes does not work in cases I need to use gradient fills or colored strokes). During export to vector formats, these "Erase" effects get rasterized, which is not what I need for the mobile app assets. In the end, I have to make copies of all the designs and "flatten" them manually, which is really slow and tedious process... I have to expand all strokes, convert many shapes to curves and make boolean cuts them with the "Erase" shapes over them. So, would it be possible to either support vectorized output of the "Erase" effect, or at least add some automated flattening procedure for layers / groups? Thanks for considering. This would be a huge time saver in my work flow :) LilleG 1 Quote UX/UI designer, IT analyst & consultant, Business Architect at Cool Ticket (www.coolticket.co). MacBook Pro 13'' Early 2015, 3,1 GHz Intel Core i7, 16 GB 1867 MHz DDR3, Apple Thunderbolt Display 27'' (2560 x 1440). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LilleG Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 If I understand you correctly, what you're asking for is similar to "Erase" in iDraw. If that's the case, I would love to have that feature in Designer. It allows for some interesting constructions in a quick and easy fashion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted July 5, 2015 Staff Share Posted July 5, 2015 Hi Lojza, I see your point. I agree it would be a nice addition. Thanks for your feedback. Lojza 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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