Artistic Text Tool-dragging the tool’s cursor to scale your text for instant sizing control.Three text types can be created-artistic text, path text and frame text. With the Isometric Panel, you draw objects directly on the grid’s Front, Side and Top planes that will transform to fit the active plane-all from this one panel.Īrtistic, path and frame text used in a single design A mesh preset also offers unlimited warping possibilities by using a customizable mesh grid to which you add junctions (nodes) which act as warping points.ĭrawing using parallel-perspective grids (isometric/axonometric) helps you create designs for UI/game design, digital design models and mockups.

The Layers Panel provides a Vector Warp feature that non-destructively distorts shapes as well as artistic text using quad, perspective, bend or arc presets. Importantly, any shape added to the page can be further morphed into a myriad of different shape variants-simply drag the red handle(s) and experiment.Īdd and Subtract Boolean operations let you join and remove shape components These additional shapes include the Tear (shown), Double Star, Cog, Cloud, Heart and Donut Tools to name a few. Pressing M on the keyboard will cycle through Rectangle, Ellipse or Rounded Rectangle Tools instantly, while clicking on the small gray arrow next to the Rounded Rectangle Tool will unveil a long list of alternative shapes. Tear shape used for electric guitar plectrum designĪffinity Designer has a vast array of Shape tools available. An optional Stabilizer feature smoothes your strokes for visually appealing curves and swirls that can remain open or be closed automatically. The tool lets you create freehand drawings that give a natural appearance just like a real pencil’s stroke. Node snapping, advanced alignment options and in-depth corner radius/corner type controls are available too.įreehand pencil strokes with stroke stabilization for smooth waves and swirls You can click on the curve to add a new node, drag on the inter-node curve segment and convert a node to either Sharp (cusp), Smooth or Smart, reshaping the curve in different ways.Īffinity Designer allows for quite complex node adjustment, allowing you to select multiple nodes at once for easy adjustment. Once you have drawn a shape or curve you can adjust it by holding down the cmd key ( ctrl key) or jumping to the Node Tool, and then moving a selected node or its off-curve control handles emanating from the node. With the Pen Tool selected, you can adjust how the curve will be drawn by selecting a smooth (Bézier), smart, polygon or straight-line mode on the context toolbar. These nodes let you reshape your drawn curve in a variety of ways including closing the curve to make an irregular shape. The Pen Tool allows you to plot out a curve by connecting together individually positioned dots, called nodes.

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