Thanks for watching. If you want to know which Affinity app is best for you, I made a video for that too. kzread.info/dash/bejne/nYdn1Lh9kbO3aco.html

@velvetbees

3 жыл бұрын

When you were moving the shapes, they are like a lava lamp.

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

@@velvetbees something like that.

I bought the Affinity suite a year ago and it's completely changed the content I put, best software I've ever used!

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

Nice. Glad you’re making cool stuff with it.

I just bought full Affinity suite and I am so happy! After 8 years of Adobe... luv this.

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

Congrats on making the leap. Push forward patiently.

I think that it is meaningful to this discussion that the old Serif DrawPlus had both a Trace tool (called "Auto Trace") and a Shape Builder tool (called, um, "Shape Builder Tool"). Even though the Affinity products don't exactly copy all the features of the earlier Serif products, they tend to, and often are just slow to catch up. For example, Affinity Publisher is going to have to go some to catch up to everything Serif PagePlus could do. So, basically, I think you're right about both tools coming to Affinity Designer, hopefully soon (2.0!!).

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

I’m confident that it’s coming, but also not trying to get my expectations too high.

Just purchased, so I'm learning all the basics. Great videos. Thank you.

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching.

Wow! That's amazing. Cheers for this terrific video

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

This is so wicked never new you could do this now I got my juices flowing again. Thanks for the Video on this amazement.

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

Happy to share.

That is super slick! Thanks for sharing Dave.

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

You bet. Thanks for watching.

Wow didn't realise that's what the contour tool could do! Amazing, thanks. This will help me recreate my raster shapes into vector versions much more easily.

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

Right on. Glad you got something good from it.

The potential with the contour tool, for an organic workflow, one which is based on chance happy accidents. Rather than working an idea up on paper, it allows play on screen. This way of working could form the core idea behind a suit of new tools in design software.

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed

That really is super super satisfying! And yeeap the future is here i hope people will start noticing affinity tools. I just love it.

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

Same. Thanks for watching.

@roguewavecreative

3 жыл бұрын

@@DaveConrey OMFG. This is why I know that I made the correct choice in using Affinity Designer and Publisher and finally gettingoff the Adobe money suck. Admittedly I went back temporarily and needed that to finally realize I made the correct decision and I am rambling. OK, best reason I know I made the correct decision is because in watching the Apple Event today they mentioned Affinity along with Adobe multiple times. Brought a smile to my face.

Thanks for sharing this video! I recently added Affinity Designer to my arsenal & I LUV it! I've been an avid Adobe user over 20+ yrs. Heard nothing but great things about this tool. The Fluidity makes it all the more exceptional even all the more worthwhile learning the hidden gems I don't know yet. One thing I must give credit, if it wasn't for Adobe a lot of these other companies wouldn't have a foundation to build from that's for sure.

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed. Adobe paved the path.

I notice using this tool also can bypass affinity’s division and union bug. When you divide complex shapes, then try to union, affinity messes up the curves. However if you contour the curves with 0.1 radius (ie negligible) union magically works like it should!

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

I’m not familiar with the bug, but I’m glad you found a good use for it.

@itsanumolu

2 жыл бұрын

This is good to know. Thanks!

Shoutout Dave Conrey! i am also a fan of serif softwares such as affinity designer, photo and publisher. Such a great apps for design creation. Thanks!

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

My pleasure, thank you for watching.

Visited your channel for the first time, and subscribed before the video ends...

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

Happy to hear that. Thank you.

Didn't know the contour tool could do this. Thanks Dave

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

My pleasure. Happy to share.

Cool video, been playing with this for a bit since the new release. might also wanna add, if you convert the compound to curves, you can augment more shapes and get a lot more variety and customization as well. Really neat to play with. Thanks for the video!

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

I've also been playing with contours and masking as well. I have a video coming out on Friday where I talk a little bit about this.

@vidalovecraft2903

3 жыл бұрын

@@DaveConrey Sounds like fun. I'm sure I'll catch it 🙂 I'm still fairly new and was a photoshop gal for 20 years or so, but I'm really enjoying Affinity programs more, especially now that I'm getting past the learning curve. Always looking for new tips since I'm still learning. Thanks for sharing! 😊

Damn man thx that's new perspectives

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

My pleasure.

Love the work of Mario de Meyer. And most certainly need a track and trace tool in Designer...

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

He's great.

Didn’t know about this! I recently bought Photo and Designer and I’m pretty much in love! You got ant videos on how to design personal brand logos?

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

I don’t consider myself a logo designer, not really my forté, There’s a guy named Mike who does a lot more in Affinity Designer. His work is solid and he’s got tons of videos. m.kzread.info

@CharlieYsasi

3 жыл бұрын

@@DaveConrey awesome, thanks!

Love the contour tool ... it is a very powerful tool. Works well with compounds and also works well with symbols and creating multiple symbols with the contour compounds. Pity the appearance feature doesn't work well such as adding strokes etc as well as gradients and blending them with all those combos. Nor can you compound a symbol set but the symbols contours are all still active. Bake appearance for the contours is also quite useful and also using them as a stroke only design. Would love to see a blend tool such as in Illustrator as well as a selection of vector effects (3D etc such as with KPT vector tools)

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

Blend tool would be amazing, and all of those things. I'm doing another contour tool experiment in the next video (among other things).

@Graphicxtras1

3 жыл бұрын

@@DaveConrey Certainly a lot more things to explore with the tool. Look forward to the video

Thanks for this. Really hanging out for live trace.

@DaveConrey

2 жыл бұрын

Any time!

Gorgeous. Was not aware of this. Gives indeed new input. :-)

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you like it

Wooooow!! This is awesome!!

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you like it!

I’ve been asking for Envelope Distort. Lets go, Affinity Designer!

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

It is interesting because they have one in Photo.

@billbowman8747

3 жыл бұрын

Me too. Plus a vector eraser tool. Plus a shape Builder equivalent.

@thirtyfiveedu8883

3 жыл бұрын

@@DaveConrey The Warp in Photo bends pixels. I want the one that bends vectors.

@xzenor

3 жыл бұрын

Same.. I simply can't wrap my head around why this basic functionality is still missing.

@thirtyfiveedu8883

3 жыл бұрын

@@xzenor To be honest, I’m a firm believer in the fact that Adobe’s vector distortion tools are just pixel manipulations with a bad-ass vector trace engine batting clean-up in the background. When you erase Adobe vectors, for example, the shape becomes pixels, the pixel eraser removes the pixels and tells the vector trace engine exactly what it did, the engine swiftly retraces the pixels taking the eraser tools self reporting into account, and the lines and control nodes are recreated faithfully in a matter of nanoseconds. I would like to see Affinity come up with something comparable. I still say they would be best served by following the Adobe Capture approach and creating a free-standing specialized software app that could be refined to perfection, and then be incorporated into the Affinity family as a solution that can open externally, bend vectors, and send the results back to the app that invoked it.

Thanks! This is an amazing tool!!!!!

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome.

I sure hope they make one. I’ve asked them for it.

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

I hope to too.

Great speaker !!! congratulations

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

After getting into logo design, the shape builder tool is extremely useful. You can see in real time what you're merging or cutting away. The ability to make a grid and just solidify a logo just based on white space and lines is just "sex" 🤣 What you showed us is quite neat, but they really need one.

@DaveConrey

2 жыл бұрын

I agree.

amazing and helpfull video

@DaveConrey

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

This is cool. You can also switch each element in the compound group to have a different boolean operator, and you can have a separate contour on them too. That said, the contour tool has nothing in common with the shape builder tool, the compound group implements some of it's features. Also, though it's a different workflow, but you can ctrl-click the divide tool and it'll split your selection to overlapping pieces which is technically (mathematically) the same as in the shape builder tool. You can assemble you pieces from there, sure, it's a bit more of a hassle, but still.

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

My point though isn’t that the contour tool is identical to a shape builder, but rather that Affinity is experimenting with how shapes interact, and it is my speculation that this tool is something that they discovered during their Process of building their own shape builder equivalent, which I speculate will be revealed in version 2.0.

I am on the same boat as you, as an illustrator and graphic artist, the Affinity Series is a game changer..

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

agreed

@BedeLaplume

3 жыл бұрын

I've always loved Adobe's application but that cloud thing really upset me and it's actually expensive to rent it when you are not a student.. I don't like that renting application cloud thing.. I don't rent my pencils and inks or my hammer when I renovate.. I felt in love with the series as much because of their business philosophy then because they've kept it quite intuitive and easy for folks like us who migrate from Indesign, Illustrator and Photoshop.. Plus the fact that it does pretty much as you said yourself in a previous video most or at least 95% of what a designer/illustrator needs..

@roguewavecreative

3 жыл бұрын

@@BedeLaplume OMG. So true. So happy I am seeing more people say this. Used Adobe for way long LOL. Affinity is so so much more intuitive and holy poop it works so well on M1 mac vs Adobe. Had to pay a penalty to leve but I am so relieved to be out of that ecosystem.

Live trace would be fantastic. I had used it in Inkscape for AGES in the past. Still do now and then. Looking forward to 2.0 ... even if we have to pay for that upgrade. I've had more than my money's worth out of the 1.x series to happily pay them for 2.x!

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

My guess is that it will be a paid upgrade, especially considering that Affinity has been offering these extended stints of half-price apps. Perhaps it was strategic because they knew people would be needing to pay again when 2.0 comes out, so they cut the cost in times of need to make the jump easier on people. I'm all-in on the upgrade cost, even if it does mean paying full price again. Knowing what little I do about the company though, my guess is that it's still only going to be a fraction of the full price cost.

Contour tool is game changing for web/UI designers. It lets you grow/shrink the thickness of lines in vector icons, so you can download vector icons with different line “thickness” and use the contour tool to make them all look the same.

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

That's an excellent point.

I like the way you describe stuff

@DaveConrey

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it.

Very Cool!!!! For iPad.... just hold the add button or other boolean operant to create the compound shape.

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

Good tip, thanks!

@yaginling888

3 жыл бұрын

How to combine and separate, how to operate in IPAD. Thank you

I use to do that in illustrator with the pathfinder. So I could edit after. I do use it in Designer. A lot in the latest design...

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

Me as well

what a wonderful software

@DaveConrey

2 жыл бұрын

I think it's pretty cool.

This is great for logo design !

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed

What can I do to help my youtube logo grow as we try to become bigger? What are the pros and cons for us newbies for our art to progress as we grow as a show or community and how do we do so?

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

So this is a deep question with a lot of potential answers depending on what you want from the brand, but what I recommend is to hold fast on the brand as it is right now until you’ve established a little more recognition.

Shape tool? Or something else completely different that we haven't though about before? I do work in Designer more, maybe because it was first or maybe because the first program I learned to use on a Mac was Aldus FreeHand. Photo (and Photoshop) has its place, but I think of Designer as the real creator's tool. It's fun that it's cross-format, vector and raster, as Illustrator is just starting to do.

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

Fingers crossed we get that.

Hi wonderfull video! How can I achieve this effect in Affinity designer iPad version?

@DaveConrey

2 жыл бұрын

I've done this on ipad and the process is identical.

@Abelbus

2 жыл бұрын

@@DaveConrey Thank you very much I thought that there was only the option for pc. Let's see if we have the builder shape soon 😃

brilliant just had a play with this, I am not a professinal designer but i do like to make my own cards and this throws up some interesting ideas, and best of all royalty free as my design, very addictive once i started trying out different shapes to see how they merge for want of a better word lol. the only thng i couldnt work out is can you make the different shapes in the compound different colours? i suppose the clue is in the word compound but would be interested if anyone found a way to do this?

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it’s fun to mess around with.

It amazes me to see that Affinity Designer is being updated with anything other than bug fixes. I've been asking for (and giving up asking for and waiting for) features for 5 years...

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

Keep in mind that they are still in version 1, and yet version 2.0 is probably coming later this year, which will likely be a major roll out. It’s not untypical for mid-version updates to be minor updates and bug fixes. That said, this Contour tool was rolled out in version 1.9.

Wow... this is all new to me.

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

Happy to share the good stuff.

@TheOverlordOfProcrastination

3 жыл бұрын

@@DaveConrey thumbs up from me. Many thanks.

It would be nice if AD could finally implement layer merging :c

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

That's what groups are for-gives you the power to manipulate many layers at once without being destructive.

@ostelaymetaule

3 жыл бұрын

@@DaveConrey but I want to be able to. I have a case, multiple images with borders each as a layer. I am applying a color collection to all of them, then I am painting over the border of each picture but do this on the same layer. And then I am seeing that I need to move one of the images of the original group. In classical Raster editor I would merge all the layers to a single one, then separate the images or just select each of them and move individually. I am not able to do this in AD and after a couple hours of researching I thing this is not possible at all

"If I don't hear from you I'll assume I'm right" :D

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

I like to play this game where I believe Affinity actually pays me any attention.

it was on sale so I bought because I thought I'd be using it... haven't yet haha, but I have it another very cool class

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

For the price, it’s worth having.

I haven't touched Affinity in a while but does the iPad version have these tools?

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, it’s fully functional.

How do I do this in the iPad version please. Thanks

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

The process is identical. I believe the default for compound shapes on the iPad version is to make a compound group, and then just apply the contour tool to the group or individual shapes. It’s important to go negative in size with the contour though, or you won’t get that “divided cell” appearance.

Please make a video about how to design logo with this contour tool, I just read on affinity website that say contour tool is for create the abstract object easily but I have no idea how to use it except what just you share

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

Sure, I can do that. Probably late next week. You may also want to check out Mario Demeyer's instagram page. He did some interesting things with type using the contour tool. instagram.com/mariodemeyer/

@rizalaiyubi5662

3 жыл бұрын

@@DaveConrey thanks alot Dave, I will check it soon. Waiting for your video to come :).

weird i tried to play around with it but when i drag the circle it dont stay attracted as your videos how u do that or do i need additional settings?

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

You have to use the contour tool to decrease the size negative and then use the compound tool. With both shapes selected, hold the Option/Alt key and click Add.

@rrcreative1033

3 жыл бұрын

@@DaveConrey solved it thx man for the help

this is amazing.. but i miss the "shape construction tool" that i used in adobe illustrator. that welded the shapes

@DaveConrey

2 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure when it will come, but I anticipate that it will be a thing.

@nifeab

2 жыл бұрын

@@DaveConrey yes... The shape builder is come for one of the future update....🙏

So, basicly it work like the remesh modifer in Blender with 2 joined objects or metaballs :) Cool. I didnt know that, but I may abuse the heck out of it :)

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

I'll take your word for that Blender thing, but by all means, abuse it to your benefit.

Love this tool. However I'm a sketch user. Can you do this in Sketch?

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

No idea. I don’t use that app.

@BitValentine

3 жыл бұрын

@@DaveConrey btw after watching your video, I purchased it. Cannot wait to get into this. I'm a classic Adobe Fireworks poweruser. This looks like it ticks all the boxes for me. Big thanks.

Thanks

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

My pleasure

you sir got a subscribe.

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

Well thank you!

Interesting tutorial about the Compound Geometry Add and Contour Tools (starts here 2:45)

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

Dude, I need a Warp and Blend tool.

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

Let them know. They read their forums pretty religiously.

fantastic to create animation models

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

I can see that

That's cool. 2D Metaballs.

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed. Thanks for watching.

got to release simialr to XD software affinity version ! XD

@DaveConrey

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching.

The Xor tool is the closest thing Affinity Designer has to Illustrator's shape builder, in how it works. The Contour tool as demonstrated here, has some great creative possibilities, though.

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

Using the contour tool with the Xor tool is also an option.

There is a third one they need, the freeform gradient or gradient mesh.

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

There's probably a few, but the ones that come up the most without question are live trace and shape builder.

I used to use Photoshop as my main tool for design (broadcast design) And then moved over to illustrator and it was about 50-50 where I could make vectors in illustrator and cut and paste into photoshop. I also did most of my print work in illustrator. A few years ago I moved to Affinity Designer which has become my tool of choice. I recently did a project where after building everything in Affinity Designer I found out I had to deliver templates to the client. That became a problem. Importing into illustrator from Affinity isn't great. Its fine illustrator to Affinity, but Affinity to Illustrator is awful. I also had to rent illustrator for the month just to do this. I haven't looked at illustrator since CS5 so was a little lost with all of the changes and additions. Unfortunately the world isn't ready to move on from Adobe.This was the first time this happened but it probably won't be the last.

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

What format were you exporting as from Affinity to go into Illustrator. I’m curious about this result.

@umanoid1523

3 жыл бұрын

@@DaveConrey I tried a bunch of ways. EPS.PDF.Cut and paste. I needed to have a type backplate that kept turning to bitmap upon import. I ended up deleting the type in affinity and importing the layers as eps (import layers was also weird) I then had to adjust my layers in illustrator and reset the type. The type was in a kidney shape and of course illustrator had moved that particular type tool, so I had a struggle finding it. After rebuilding the first layout I was able to cut and paste the type shape to the other two versions I had to edit and reset the type that way.

@IMDANIELAUSTIN

3 жыл бұрын

@@umanoid1523 try going to Preferences > General > enable ‘Import PSD Text as Text Rather than Bitmap’. Hopefully that fixes the issues

@IMDANIELAUSTIN

3 жыл бұрын

@@umanoid1523 also within Preferences > General > ‘import items as SVG’. Maybe using an open standard vector will help your creative flow as well so you’re not stuck using proprietary software.

@umanoid1523

3 жыл бұрын

@@IMDANIELAUSTIN Thanks. I hadn't even considered SVG. I could have also exported from Affinity as SVG> I think by that time I was already frustrated and stressed since the conversion to illustrator came last minute and the deadline was looming.

What all the miss is the tools Flash or Animate has, you can create amazing shapes super fast with less steps. The biggest problem I see with Affinity Design is some tools are odd to use and the export is a nightmare if you try to share your design with others. I found the solution to create design in Infinity Design and export to Adobe Affect Effects so all elements are on it's own layers. But, again. Affinity Design And Affinity Photo are super fun to use with miles ahead of Adobe, but again, some tools are odd to use and requires a totally re-learn what things are and do. My point is, Affinity needs to STOP re-venting the wheel and concentrate with new tools but using same commonsense of other applications so the learning curve is not huge. Every time I try to use Affinity Design, I end up jumping to Animate or Illustrator because functions are different. Where is this tool? where is that? and time is money, so I just jump back to what I use and what is compatible to other studios. Yes, the biggest problem is EXPORT not exporting layers and looks to other formats that we can use on other applications. With Illustrator, I can simple export all the layers in a PDF file and anyone can open them with all format and styles in place. Ready to animate or else.

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

I don't think Affinity is trying to reinvent the wheel. I think they're trying to improve upon tools that they see flawed in other apps. That's subjective of course, but they believe they're doing the right thing. And with that comes a learning curve. If none of us had any experience with Photoshop or Illustrator, we wouldn't be looking at Affinity sideways for doing things different, but our bias keeps us from considering that is more than one way to do things, and sometimes it takes a left-turn in our process to find that out.

@InteractiveDNA

3 жыл бұрын

@@DaveConrey Yes, I understand you, but I think they miss a lot things when comes to UI and UX. But for sure, like I said. Affinity is miles away in UI and UX then Adobe. Many things are just nonsense in Affinity products because of rights or else. For sure, they are in the right direction and I try as much I can to use affinity products. When I can. Yes, there are a lot things in Affinity products that need to improve and they should follow others that to accomplish things. Example: The layering system in Affinity is nonsense, just crazy, but there some great stuff in there too. The gradient tool in Affinity is amazing, but there are some crazy things that does not work there too. The Shadows, styles, etc are kind from the earl version of PowerPoint. They need to improve what other software are doing. Anyway, Affinity Products are amazing for what is does and super cheap too. Until the fix the Export system and try to re-invent the wheel to do simple tasks, people will keep using Adobe for professional work. At the end, the tools don't matter much and yeas the content you create. And if you can not share your content to other professionals you are stack inside a bubble. When comes to great UX design, things makes sense and you know what you are getting. In Affinity you have great tools but you have to play with it and memorized new forms in how things works. Affinity has the same problem as Open Source software, it seams like new people jumps in to finish a code. It seams like a totally different software engineer worked on the Contour tool and another on the Filters and layering system. Why you have to make a decision first if you need a project with transparent background first? This like this is all over Affinity.

Did someone shared this to Affinity Serif ?

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

Share the video? They check up on me every once in awhile, so I think they’re paying attention.

@-ct-celcomtechniques2566

3 жыл бұрын

@@DaveConrey So we have hope for the future.

This works on iPad?

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

Yes.

*creates the new AAA logo in minutes*

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

Next week, the Better Business Bureau.

My affinity designer keeps crashing

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

Have you updated recently?

Perspective distortion. Apparently they've been "working on it" for years. Got to a point where I have projects that just need this now. There are "ways" to achieve it, but everything takes you right out of the process of creation.

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

You can do it in Aff Photo, but that does mean saving an reopening in a different app.

@RussDnB

3 жыл бұрын

@@DaveConrey Yeah, that way kind of works. The rasterising hurts a little. Especially with multiple objects and the need to reuse the object.

Does this work on iPad?…

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, I verified it.

@enriquecastilla4940

3 жыл бұрын

@@DaveConrey hold the compound tool to create a compound group

distortion is in photo but not in designer

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

Ok thanks

Live Trace has been asked since 2014.

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

I am aware.

Yep, Affinity is basically useless to me without shape builder, which has been a shame considering how just genuinely better QoL it is over Illustrator.

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

Hopefully soon.

it's doesn't work on designer 1.9.3

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

I just tried it and it works for me. Make sure you're using the contour tool to reduce the size of the shapes negatively relative to their original shape. Also make sure you hold the Option/Alt key when you click the "ADD" function of the compound tool.

@posceve

3 жыл бұрын

@@DaveConrey mmm maybe because I didn’t use negative offset

I lost respect for Affinity when I couldn't find a vertical type tool. 😩

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

It is strange that they haven't incorporated that yet, but the hack I've used is to use a Text Frame, type your word(s), and thn decrease the width of the text frame until each letter moves down to the next row.

Not too bothered about live trace, but it's pretty ridiculous they've got nowhere near to making their own shape builder tool. It's literally the most important tool in AI.

@DaveConrey

2 жыл бұрын

I’m sure they’re working on it. It’s been awhile since we got a major update, so I’m sure they’ve got something bigger planned for the next update.

this is a neat tool but I don't think it's a good comparison. AI shapebuilder tool has way more usage without the need of all the xor booleans

@DaveConrey

2 жыл бұрын

It's not meant to be a comparison to Adobe. It's meant to express that Affinity is experimenting on how shapes can work together and how they will (hopefully) come to their own shape building tool.

@adamtemple9417

2 жыл бұрын

@@DaveConrey hopefully, word on the street though is they are just doing bare min because they are up for sale

It’s great and crappy at the same time. I mean you cannot hide the text bounding box, there is no slider for text size, if you select something it gets recorded in the history therefore you could not redo it. That is seriously lame, and driving everyone crazy. Why don’t they just change it?

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

If you hover your cursor over the font size box, and then swipe up or down on your trackpad or mouse wheel, it should allow you to slide the text size accordingly. I have a magic mouse, and this works for me, but if you have a wheeled mouse and it doesn't work, I'm guessing you can assign it as a function in the settings.

@gonebymidnight2881

3 жыл бұрын

@@DaveConrey thanks Dave, I have a magic mouse too and it’s really inaccurate. So when I lift my finger to stop sliding it would move. It makes a final movement up or down after you stop sliding and lift your finger. I absolutely love the app but I don’t get why being the advance program it is, there are basic things that bother everyone which have not yet been addressed.

Blobbies!

@DaveConrey

2 жыл бұрын

lots

affinity read designer mind...

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

Almost. Still has a way to go to become a real "shape builder"

Ok...bye bye illustrator... And thank u 🙏🏼

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

My pleasure

1:30 & you are STILL talking total B.S. Just get to the friggin point. 2:35 FINALLY a glimmer of hope that you might JUST get on with it.

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

You must me new here. You’re more than welcome to go make your own video if you don’t like how I make mine.

@Wayneawebb

3 жыл бұрын

@@DaveConrey Just cut the BS long intros. Don't panic, I won't be back. You were so boring Paint watches you dry.