dawid.tuminski Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 Hi, I've created a quick tutorial on using the Vector Crop Tool in Designer. Hope you will find it useful! https://youtu.be/llVCGilaYtM Irrgeist and NúriaB 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 Nice video.I didn't realise that the Vector Crop Tool could also crop raster images. I had assumed - wrongly - that it was a tool for cropping vectors rather than a vector tool for cropping.Having looked at the help files I now see that it can also crop objects and grouped objects. An easy way of cropping almost anything to a rectangle without putting it inside another rectangle object, which is what I learned to do.I think the tool should be renamed as I don't think I'm the only person who will have been confused by this. dawid.tuminski 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawid.tuminski Posted May 24, 2017 Author Share Posted May 24, 2017 The name is confusing, that is true! So is the Fill Tool's name as it's 95% about adding gradients Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 Yeah, the Fill Tool is a bit confusing at first.As you say, it defaults to gradients (its keyboard shortcut is "G") and is mostly about gradients but it also offers other options - such as bitmap - as sort of added extras (if you notice them). Maybe this is just a hangover from how the software evolved.As with the Vector Crop Tool, once you find out how to use it properly these strange things become less of a problem but they're not easy for beginners to easily grasp (or discover).I guess it's the age-old problem of: "Do you keep things as they are so the experts can use things the way they're used to, or do you change things around so it's easier for beginners but the experts have to change their ways?" That's very rarely a good position to be in and there's no correct answer.This isn't a modern problem. Motor car controls used to change every time a new design came out until the industry semi-standardised sometime in the 1930/40's (or thereabouts).The Affinity family of products is still very young so there's still a bit of room for change where necessary though. Maybe version 2.0 will bring major changes. Who knows? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawid.tuminski Posted May 25, 2017 Author Share Posted May 25, 2017 Yeah, it's great that there is a tool that you can use to simply crop images and objects without using clipping masks or draw inside mode. If you liked the video GaryP, I would highly appreciate if you hit that thumbs up. It helps a lot:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 "Thumbs up" has been hit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawid.tuminski Posted May 30, 2017 Author Share Posted May 30, 2017 Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuso77 Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 @dawid.tuminski Your tutorials are exceptional. Thank you for taking the time to make them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jowday Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 He left the forum April 2019. Quote "The user interface is supposed to work for me - I am not supposed to work for the user interface." Computer-, operating system- and software agnostic; I am a result oriented professional. Look for a fanboy somewhere else. “When a wise man points at the moon the imbecile examines the finger.” ― Confucius Not an Affinity user og forum user anymore. The software continued to disappoint and not deliver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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