The dash patterns are another orphaned feature that needs updating. Specifically user defined patterns. I think CorelDRAW has this ability and probably Illustrator.
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The dash patterns are another orphaned feature that needs updating. Specifically user defined patterns. I think CorelDRAW has this ability and probably Illustrator.
Gary, do indulge my denseness here but does a Scatter Brush do all this already? Admittedly, only for XDPX, but a brush fan could offer up a collection to augment another application's Document Brushes collection.Quote:
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Acorn
Try it yourself.
Kind of a dog's breakfast. Especially with the new Edit Brush settings.
Illustrator and other programs let you define a dashed line pattern, and determine the corners.
When I create my stereograms, I frequently add a thin outline layer that defines the hidden shapes and makes the edges sharper. Sometimes I like to add a dashed outline so the outline is more subtle.
But applying any of the preset outlines to a .5 px line results in a dashed line with spaces that are too narrow and as such no use to me.
Yes, I am sure if I played around with it enough I might be able to come up with something. But the way Illustrator lets you define the dash pattern (which is applied in real time so you can edit as needed) is simpler and more intuitive.
Ouch!
Haven't seen that one.
Definitely +1
Is this the type of thing you're after Gary?
Well if you simply increased the line width then no. Not sure if you have ever used a dialog like the one I posted but it makes it easy and intuitive and you see the results in real time.
But pretty limited Gary. Create this in Illy. Agreed, you can't determine the corner positioning.Quote:
Not sure if you have ever used a dialog like the one I posted but it makes it easy and intuitive and you see the results in real time.
Look at the dialog again. There are two corner settings.Quote:
But pretty limited Gary. Create this in Illy. Agreed, you can't determine the corner positioning.
That's what I said Gary.Quote:
Agreed, you can't determine the corner positioning.
Art brushes can create great dash patterns.
+1
Egg I know where you are coming from in relation to Scatter brushes, but I also do think like Gary, that an option to specify a dash line gap distance is a standard basic feature for graphic design software. The iPad version of Affinity Designer has it!
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Cheers Jono, I'm not disputing it would be a simpler step to create dash patterns this way but from the screen grabs AD looks like it can only handle 1 dash & 1 space (?) and Illy appears to have a 3 dash/space limit.
I was just following up Acorns suggestion of using brushes to create dash patterns (Art brushes, not scatter) and via this method you can create as many dashes and as many spaces as you wish, also determining the dash and space size as well as even offering offset from the line. I agree not as intuitive as the other 2's method but far more adaptable.
Hi Egg, the iPad Affinity Designer actually does have further dash/gap fields, it’s just the others were off screen - you have to slide them across to the left with your finger to reveal them
I have the desktop version of AD Jono but haven't had time to look at this implimentation.
CorelDraw has the best dashed line customization. Unlike AD, it also can fix the corners to "end" properly when needed. The limit is five dashes in whatever pattern. And also unlike AD, it is a bit more visual when editing/creating new dashed lines.
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The corners being "proper" makes for designing those dashed lines around coupons. QXP, while not as flexible as regards dash patterns, also has had proper corners since...well, I started using it in 1992 or so.
And as can be seen in the above screen shot, CD can also do the lines around objects and set whether the line is outside, middle (like Xara applications) or inside. I do believe this has also been requested for years.
Mike
It certainly looks that way Mike. Xara does really fall down on it's corner rendering. Also agree re the need to apply a stroke inside, middle or outside.Quote:
CorelDraw has the best dashed line customization.
I think all this nicely shows what Xara/Magix needs to think about. AD can shift the dashes along using the ‘Phase’ option but that’s not as useful as CD’s corners.
Once you know a program quite well, you can usually find ways round things like corners. Having them built in is mostly a question of convenience, saving time and maybe accuracy - one less thing to have to fiddle about with or accidentally shift out of place, forget to change width, colour etc.
In an alternative universe if I were a developer, in conjunction with consultation with end users, I would take a close look at all the other graphic design applications out there, then attempt to produce something even better. :D