Document layout and setup!! Do you have a handful of different ones you use for certain project/design. Example: SVG for circuit you set your document is almost always 15x15” 300 DPI transparent background cmky print settings. Stickers are always 8”x11” transparent or white background DPI 400 and cmky print settings.
How to make Svg’s in affinity where you import png elements that you want only part of the image to be on the shape and you also need a defined outline of the shape so on the laser what’s in the shape is engraved and what’s the shape is cut out? I think you need a line to close off the images on the shape and also a line around the shape to define a cut?!??
Thanks Tanya. I've been using Affinity for a couple of months for digital prints and feel ready now to branch out into SVGs. This video is really helpful and I'm off to checkout your others. I found the building the heart step really interesting, but there is a heart tool in Affinity under the shapes menu under the rectangle tool! You probably found it by now LOL! Like Brandy, I didn't completely follow why you did all the intersecting etc. but I'll watch some of your other vids and hopefully all will become clear. I don't own a cutting machine, so I can't do the trial and error bit :) Thanks again.
I did know the tool was there but I sometimes like to go a little above and beyond ha! For cutting machines you want to ensure each color is separate if that it what you're referring to. Makes it easy for the end user to set up their project to cut. If you have specific questions feel free to reach out here or on the FB group.
@@ShootingStarSVG Thank you. That is exactly what I ended up doing. I realized I had a situation after I wrote a whole entire page and I didn't wanted to write everything again. I was hoping you had some video about it to save me some time :) Thank you anyway for getting back to my comment. I really appreciate it.
There is a heart shape tool in the tool box shapes drop down menu. You can place the flag in the shape by making heart a clipping mask by placing flag within the heart layer. It looks like you made this harder than it needed to be?
To teach people some of the more advanced way of handling things yes. Kind of like when a math professor has you write out a 5 page math problem and then teaches you how to do it on the calculator
Hi Denise there is another video on my channel on how to export svgs properly with AD. You can also go to file export as and choose the svg options as well. Hope that helps!
@@ShootingStarSVG I export it as an svg but it just looks all blobby when i upload it to cricut, I tried to compound it but its not highlighted, i just need the outline i created for a hand. arhhhhh driving me mad
thank you! You gave me the missing piece! make a compound! i should have figured this out since that is what had to be done in illustrator. thanks for filling my gap 😊 I have found with cricut design space, if your starting document is set to 72dpi resolution, then it will upload at the same size into design space. i haven’t figured out what works for silhouette studio yet. mine comes in just like yours very small.
Hello, thank you so much for your videos. I am a newby using Affinity, I've always used Canva for my designs and now that you can download in SVG format, I started selling those on my Etsy shop. However, I get a lot of emails saying their files aren't supported on Design Space. This led me to google and found you. My question is, when I right click on the word, my option to convert to curves or create compound down light up as an option. Any idea what I could be doing wrong?
Interesting. If you're on socials please post your SVG example in the FB group OR email me a raw file you created so I can take a look. Shootingstarsvg@gmail.com
Hello, love your videos. I am new here and need some help. I am trying to convert pattern pcs from PDF to SVG. So I just purchased Affinity and now I need to learn this software. I need a step by step Tutorial on how to upload a pattern into Affinity workspace then convert/save as an SVG file. Or is this just something I need to play around with till I figure it all out.
Sadly AD does not have the functionality to convert PNG to SVG with any type of tracing configuration from what I can tell but since PDFs ARE vector based files there may be a way. What kind of patterns are you working with?
Can you create some Christmas gnomes content that could be used for either mandala cutout or wooden cutout on cricut and show us how to do it. Thank you for the awesome videos.
Your three videos on Affinity Designer helped me a lot more than aaaaall the other tutorials! Thank you so much! I‘d love to see a video on how to easily create an SVG from a photo. I know with Inkscape it is really easy but I‘d love to not have to have several programs for creating stuff for my kiddo... 🤷🏼♀️😁
You might play around with Adobe Capture a bit. If you want to make a full blown professional cartoon svg portrait then it's not the app for you, but you might dig some of what it can do anyway
What if the image that I want to put over a shape is a PNG and I don’t have an SVG? I also want the image to fall off of the edge of the shape so then I need to take away the part that’s left off the shape but I don’t know how to do that
Great job. Now here's my question. I have not seen all of your videos until today. (Which I will) 😉 For now, In order to save it to SVG's, all creation must be created as a vector like design space and silhouette or affinity D. In order to make an SVG file work properly for uploads or sells? Can something hender this? I remember starting from scratch and I used the brush tools in vector. Once I saved the file as SVG and uploaded it to design space or share the file in a group. It uploaded it partially
Hello, I have been working on Affinity Desinger for a good year and it is great, but there will be a problem, because when I create a stamp design, I give white letters and the background around black and then I cut the stamps out, but I don't know how to do it, in when the client sends me a ready-made logo or a JPG or PNG design made and how to convert it into a black and white design so that the plotter can cut it nicely with details.
I’ve watched a few of your videos now, and I’m trying to figure out the easiest program (on iPad) to use for creating vectors. I’m proficient in procreate and have a lot of designs I’d like to convert to layered SVG’s to sell,. What do you recommend as the easiest & quickest way to do it? I don’t have a pc, so it all has to be on iPad. I love your way of explaining things, you make it easy to understand for this old girl. ❤️🇦🇺
Great Question. You can design directly on iPad with Illustrator or Affinity Designer which are vector based programs. Illustrator can be steep for the monthly fees but Affinity Designer is a one and done payment. Both are great. Unfortunately with Procreate I do recommend a converter that is PC based (like using Inkscape to convert to SVG) as that is what I am used to. I'll do some research and see what else I can find
I'm trying to creat an SVG in affinity and open it in design space but only certain layers are displaying, does it not support pixel layers, how do I create a new layer that it will accept or convert a pixel layer to something it will recognise
Is there no masking option in affinity designer? It seems it took a lot of steps to place a flag on a heart. But I don't know affinity designer so I could be wrong
AD does have a masking tool, but for SVGs I'm pretty sure this would not get the desired result. For Printable images sure, just not SVGs because the mask really does just hide portions of the main layer
Thanks so much for this video. I do still have trouble with the intersecting / subtracting portion of design. Some things seem to be finicky and don't subtract correctly. Same with some fonts won't compound without distorting them and cutting portions of the font off. I have been a graphic designer for many many years, but always got by with just photoshop. So to sell files that need to be have clean layers is so new to me. Keep the great content coming! Love your videos.
Thank you so much. Fonts can be tricky. I know Font Bundles has a lot of great cut friendly fonts. You just have to be careful with super intricate fonts or they will be hard to cut on the machine with the fine details. Try cleaning up nodes and making sure the shapes lie over each other appropriately. It takes some time to master but just keep grinding you will get it!
Well , you didn’t make the clip art heart, so you can’t sell it as your own. That would be stealing, I’m sure most clip art files even if they come with a commercial licence state that you cannot sell the clip art as a file, as that would then be in competition with the original clip arts owner.
Yes you can! Affinity does have a heart tool I just like to show how people can use shapes to create other things. The clip art as the person stated below would be a form of infringement unless you have the rights to use the image unaltered for digital sale.
Thank you! As far as I know the iPad does have the ability to export to SVG however I do recommend cleaning it up on the computer if you're planning to sell your files digitally to ensure clean, crisp cut files.
Thank you for this video. Question: I made a bow tie with shapes then created a compound shape and that worked fine. I want to also have an outline around the bow in black so I duplicated the bow and turned off fill and put a black stroke and it worked great. The only problem is I am trying to add a rounded rectangle to the center of the outline but I cannot figure out how to create a compound or attach the outline of the bow with the rounded rectangle. Every time I create a compound or attach the center rectangle disappears. I would appreciate any suggestions. My goal is to have a layer for the bow to cut and the outline. Thank you.
I don't know HOW I missed this. I would create the bow "sides" and the middle shape (rectangle or ellipse or whatever) and then create a duplicate of those three shapes. Add the stroke to the duplicates. Remove the fill. Stroke to path on your outlines and compound them together. Should work. I'll create a quick video on this and post this week.
I really love your videos. I started designing with Photoshop 11 years ago as a hobby and now I am using Affinity and I would like to make money selling SVG's. I was working with a friend who started printing T- Shirts and I was creating the designs for the shirts but the problem that I kept facing is the designs would be too small when she would go to print on the shirt so my question is how do I make sure that the design i am creating is large enough for any size shirt?
The beauty of SVG files is they are scalable without losing quality so if you are using AD to create SVGs your friend can increase the image size in the program they're using to print the items. Are they using vinyl or a print capability? Entirely depends on the program they're using
Thank you so much for your videos, so helpful! I apologize if these are dumb questions, I'm really new to this. I don't have cricut or any of that but I'm an artist and would like to turn some of my designs into SVGs to sell. If I draw actual vectors using the brush tool in Aff, do I basically just have to make sure that each color is in a separate group so that Cricut or Silhouette can read the file correctly? I keep watching the videos and confusing myself more, so just thought I would ask. Thanks for your help!
Hey Sarah. First off no question is ever dumb! Silhouette and cricut will read any SVG file just fine (though free edition of silhouette only reads DXF not SVG) Regardless you can download cricit design space without a machine and test your files. If you're drawing vectors in Aff Designer it shouldn't be any issue. The biggest thing with vinyl cutters (if you're creating images to be cut into vinyl pieces) is to make sure all of the same colors are compounded together (i.e. all light blue compounded, all red compounded, ect) I'll make a video this week showing a design with multiple colors in different spaces so you can see what I mean. Am I making any sense?
@@ShootingStarSVG I think so! By compounding colors, do you mean like they are all on the same layer, like one layer has light blue, another layer has the red parts etc? I'm sorry for my late response, I didn't see your comment! Thank you so much for the in depth info, I really appreciate it and your videos are amazing. Thank you thank you!!
@@skalmbac15 no problem you can always ask these questions on the Facebook group if you haven't joined up yet. Yes that's the idea. All colors on one layer so to speak compounded together Depending on how intricate the art is this may be difficult. Happy to look at files if you want to post on FB and I can give you some more indepth feedback
Hi Just found your channel and love your videos. They are very informative so I subscriber just a second ago. I just got into digital downloads and will be selling digital art and was wondering what would be the very best format to save it to. I've heard that to save it to a pdf I would have to email it to the customer because the file size is too large. Since this is the case, would an svg be better ? I'm very busy and want my Etsy shop to operate on it's own without me sending out emails. Please help, Thanks.
@@Carbon6smami This is the fix to the problem. It will not let me link it but there is a video from ThePirateSky called Cricut Design SVG text with Affinity Designer. He explains exactly how to do it and it works.
Hey! Maybe you can help me. I created svg files to sell on etsy. Some of my customers are saying its taking a long time for files to upload and or they don't see the files. Do you have an idea of what this could be?
I can't get anything to work the way you are showing it...apparently this video is not for newbies. This did not help me at all. It would help if you started from the point of opening Affinity. Maybe it's a difference in Affinity Designer 1 v Affinity Designer 2??
I can re-hash this video for sure. I wouldn't consider this AD new person friendly, but it does go over some basics. I'll get a new video out breaking things down. Not a huge differential between V1 and V2 either
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If you are looking for specific Affinity Designer tutorials let me know what you would like to see!
Can I see how you start the new document and set your layout?
I just commented below with a wish. 💕
Document layout and setup!! Do you have a handful of different ones you use for certain project/design. Example: SVG for circuit you set your document is almost always 15x15” 300 DPI transparent background cmky print settings. Stickers are always 8”x11” transparent or white background DPI 400 and cmky print settings.
How to make Svg’s in affinity where you import png elements that you want only part of the image to be on the shape and you also need a defined outline of the shape so on the laser what’s in the shape is engraved and what’s the shape is cut out? I think you need a line to close off the images on the shape and also a line around the shape to define a cut?!??
Wow!!! What an amazing video! Thank you so much for sharing!!!
Glad you enjoyed it! Let me know if you need anything else
thanks Tanya, its helpfull
You're welcome 😊 Glad it was helpful
This was very helpful. Thank you! I would love to see more like this.
Working on a basic AD SVG course right now just taking SO MUCH TIME. If there is anything specific you are looking for feel free to let me know
What are the settings you put in for new documents?
I use a 12x12 artboard 300 DPI in inches
Thanks Tanya. I've been using Affinity for a couple of months for digital prints and feel ready now to branch out into SVGs. This video is really helpful and I'm off to checkout your others. I found the building the heart step really interesting, but there is a heart tool in Affinity under the shapes menu under the rectangle tool! You probably found it by now LOL! Like Brandy, I didn't completely follow why you did all the intersecting etc. but I'll watch some of your other vids and hopefully all will become clear. I don't own a cutting machine, so I can't do the trial and error bit :) Thanks again.
I did know the tool was there but I sometimes like to go a little above and beyond ha! For cutting machines you want to ensure each color is separate if that it what you're referring to. Makes it easy for the end user to set up their project to cut. If you have specific questions feel free to reach out here or on the FB group.
Hello, thank you for this video! Where did you get the wedding font?
From design bundles. One of my go to!
fontbundles.net/medialab/16450-hello-wedding?ref=o3BG30
It's actually marked down half off good time to buy!!
This was exactly what I was looking for. Thank you for sharing.😊
You're very welcome glad it helped!
I'd like to see more on the compound command and that is used.
I can certainly do that. Currently working on some course content for AD and will work some videos into that.
I can't find a video anywhere of how to separate words in a sentence to be able to move them around individually. Do you have one? Thank you.
Hi Vicky - I suggest if you're looking to split type out one line of text and then create another text box and type out the rest
@@ShootingStarSVG Thank you. That is exactly what I ended up doing. I realized I had a situation after I wrote a whole entire page and I didn't wanted to write everything again. I was hoping you had some video about it to save me some time :) Thank you anyway for getting back to my comment. I really appreciate it.
There is a heart shape tool in the tool box shapes drop down menu.
You can place the flag in the shape by making heart a clipping mask by placing flag within the heart layer.
It looks like you made this harder than it needed to be?
To teach people some of the more advanced way of handling things yes. Kind of like when a math professor has you write out a 5 page math problem and then teaches you how to do it on the calculator
Do I have to create a compound for any text, even when it is not script?
You need to convert to path for sure
@@ShootingStarSVG Ok, thank you for responding!
Thx very good tutorial
Thank you so much for this!! It is so helpful
You're so welcome! If you need anything else please don't hesitate to reach out
I assume the SVG can be used as a background template for a website, correct?
It depends on what you're hosting and where - are you talking about for a layout for a website in it's entirety?
Thank you so much. You are a master at this stuff!!! 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
Happy to help! Thank you for your kind words
Hi Love your vids, please help, i am new and have just outlined an object in black but i cant seem to find out how to export as an svg thanks Denise
Hi Denise there is another video on my channel on how to export svgs properly with AD. You can also go to file export as and choose the svg options as well. Hope that helps!
@@ShootingStarSVG I export it as an svg but it just looks all blobby when i upload it to cricut, I tried to compound it but its not highlighted, i just need the outline i created for a hand. arhhhhh driving me mad
@@cbpoultrysaddles5580 if you have FB get into the group and we can help you just answer all the questions
thank you! You gave me the missing piece! make a compound! i should have figured this out since that is what had to be done in illustrator. thanks for filling my gap 😊 I have found with cricut design space, if your starting document is set to 72dpi resolution, then it will upload at the same size into design space. i haven’t figured out what works for silhouette studio yet. mine comes in just like yours very small.
I know with Inkscape I have to set the document properties to read in inches. Im sure affinity is something similar
Hello,
thank you so much for your videos. I am a newby using Affinity, I've always used Canva for my designs and now that you can download in SVG format, I started selling those on my Etsy shop. However, I get a lot of emails saying their files aren't supported on Design Space. This led me to google and found you. My question is, when I right click on the word, my option to convert to curves or create compound down light up as an option. Any idea what I could be doing wrong?
Interesting. If you're on socials please post your SVG example in the FB group OR email me a raw file you created so I can take a look. Shootingstarsvg@gmail.com
Great Video! Can you make a videotutorial using Illustrator? Please!
Emprende con Tita I’m Illustrator as well.
I sure can though I don't use it much anymore!
Hello, love your videos. I am new here and need some help. I am trying to convert pattern pcs from PDF to SVG. So I just purchased Affinity and now I need to learn this software. I need a step by step Tutorial on how to upload a pattern into Affinity workspace then convert/save as an SVG file. Or is this just something I need to play around with till I figure it all out.
Sadly AD does not have the functionality to convert PNG to SVG with any type of tracing configuration from what I can tell but since PDFs ARE vector based files there may be a way. What kind of patterns are you working with?
I am working with my purse patterns which are in PDF format and I want my Cricut Maker to be able to cut them out for me.
Can you create some Christmas gnomes content that could be used for either mandala cutout or wooden cutout on cricut and show us how to do it. Thank you for the awesome videos.
The layered mandalas are a little outside of my wheelhouse but I will see what I can do
How do I made an SVG file from an image?
You'd have to use a trace function but there isn't one in AD
Something like Inkscape can help
Your three videos on Affinity Designer helped me a lot more than aaaaall the other tutorials! Thank you so much!
I‘d love to see a video on how to easily create an SVG from a photo. I know with Inkscape it is really easy but I‘d love to not have to have several programs for creating stuff for my kiddo... 🤷🏼♀️😁
You might play around with Adobe Capture a bit. If you want to make a full blown professional cartoon svg portrait then it's not the app for you, but you might dig some of what it can do anyway
@@stevenmuncy9418 I‘d really prefer to stick to Affinity. I don’t like Adobes price policy and try to prevent supporting them in any way. 😅
Hey that's why I switched too, don't blame you a bit
@@stevenmuncy9418 I see you get me. 😁
Glad it was helpful let me know if you need anything else or something in particular. I'm still pretty new to AD but don't mind helping where I can
What if the image that I want to put over a shape is a PNG and I don’t have an SVG? I also want the image to fall off of the edge of the shape so then I need to take away the part that’s left off the shape but I don’t know how to do that
If you're working in SVG format you won't be able to use PNGs to manipulate below SVGs (if I'm understanding what you're asking)
Great job. Now here's my question. I have not seen all of your videos until today. (Which I will) 😉 For now, In order to save it to SVG's, all creation must be created as a vector like design space and silhouette or affinity D. In order to make an SVG file work properly for uploads or sells? Can something hender this? I remember starting from scratch and I used the brush tools in vector. Once I saved the file as SVG and uploaded it to design space or share the file in a group. It uploaded it partially
Thank you so much!!!!
You're welcome! Let me know if you need anything else!!
Nice video! Have you figured out this part 6:06 ?
Use the export persona (it does help) I have a video on that here: th-cam.com/video/zip-yaiY73w/w-d-xo.html
thank you again as you might guess i am watching all your videos
You rock! And NO PROBLEM! Let me know if there is anything specific you need
@@ShootingStarSVG thank you again great videos
Hello, I have been working on Affinity Desinger for a good year and it is great, but there will be a problem, because when I create a stamp design, I give white letters and the background around black and then I cut the stamps out, but I don't know how to do it, in when the client sends me a ready-made logo or a JPG or PNG design made and how to convert it into a black and white design so that the plotter can cut it nicely with details.
Great teacher and video. How do you export as a score line instead of an engrave?
You could also make the heart with the heart shape tool.
Thank you! I know but sometimes I like to show people how to create things with other shapes.
I’ve watched a few of your videos now, and I’m trying to figure out the easiest program (on iPad) to use for creating vectors. I’m proficient in procreate and have a lot of designs I’d like to convert to layered SVG’s to sell,. What do you recommend as the easiest & quickest way to do it? I don’t have a pc, so it all has to be on iPad. I love your way of explaining things, you make it easy to understand for this old girl. ❤️🇦🇺
Great Question. You can design directly on iPad with Illustrator or Affinity Designer which are vector based programs. Illustrator can be steep for the monthly fees but Affinity Designer is a one and done payment. Both are great. Unfortunately with Procreate I do recommend a converter that is PC based (like using Inkscape to convert to SVG) as that is what I am used to. I'll do some research and see what else I can find
Thanks I'd really appreciate it 💐
I'm trying to creat an SVG in affinity and open it in design space but only certain layers are displaying, does it not support pixel layers, how do I create a new layer that it will accept or convert a pixel layer to something it will recognise
Is there no masking option in affinity designer? It seems it took a lot of steps to place a flag on a heart. But I don't know affinity designer so I could be wrong
AD does have a masking tool, but for SVGs I'm pretty sure this would not get the desired result. For Printable images sure, just not SVGs because the mask really does just hide portions of the main layer
Thanks so much for this video. I do still have trouble with the intersecting / subtracting portion of design. Some things seem to be finicky and don't subtract correctly. Same with some fonts won't compound without distorting them and cutting portions of the font off. I have been a graphic designer for many many years, but always got by with just photoshop. So to sell files that need to be have clean layers is so new to me. Keep the great content coming! Love your videos.
Thank you so much. Fonts can be tricky. I know Font Bundles has a lot of great cut friendly fonts. You just have to be careful with super intricate fonts or they will be hard to cut on the machine with the fine details. Try cleaning up nodes and making sure the shapes lie over each other appropriately. It takes some time to master but just keep grinding you will get it!
Thank you for this video! Question: can you just add a clip art instead of creating the heart? What is the difference?
Well , you didn’t make the clip art heart, so you can’t sell it as your own. That would be stealing, I’m sure most clip art files even if they come with a commercial licence state that you cannot sell the clip art as a file, as that would then be in competition with the original clip arts owner.
Yes you can! Affinity does have a heart tool I just like to show how people can use shapes to create other things. The clip art as the person stated below would be a form of infringement unless you have the rights to use the image unaltered for digital sale.
Hi Tanya, Great video! I’m completely new to Affinity Designer - would I be able to do this on the IPad Pro? Thanks in advance!
Thank you! As far as I know the iPad does have the ability to export to SVG however I do recommend cleaning it up on the computer if you're planning to sell your files digitally to ensure clean, crisp cut files.
Thank you for this video. Question: I made a bow tie with shapes then created a compound shape and that worked fine. I want to also have an outline around the bow in black so I duplicated the bow and turned off fill and put a black stroke and it worked great. The only problem is I am trying to add a rounded rectangle to the center of the outline but I cannot figure out how to create a compound or attach the outline of the bow with the rounded rectangle. Every time I create a compound or attach the center rectangle disappears. I would appreciate any suggestions. My goal is to have a layer for the bow to cut and the outline. Thank you.
I don't know HOW I missed this.
I would create the bow "sides" and the middle shape (rectangle or ellipse or whatever) and then create a duplicate of those three shapes. Add the stroke to the duplicates. Remove the fill. Stroke to path on your outlines and compound them together. Should work. I'll create a quick video on this and post this week.
th-cam.com/video/u_53sKNzw_k/w-d-xo.html this should help 😀
Thnak you for Video
You're very welcome let me know if you need anything else
I am new to Affinity Designer and I have it on my IPad. Does it work the same way?
I believe so - may be a good questions for the FB group as I do not use AD on iPad
Good tutorial - Would you please make a video on how to convert a png & a jpeg to an svg file. Thank you.
if you edit in affinity photo you can set the size of the canvas in cm
Thank you for that!!
I really love your videos. I started designing with Photoshop 11 years ago as a hobby and now I am using Affinity and I would like to make money selling SVG's. I was working with a friend who started printing T- Shirts and I was creating the designs for the shirts but the problem that I kept facing is the designs would be too small when she would go to print on the shirt so my question is how do I make sure that the design i am creating is large enough for any size shirt?
The beauty of SVG files is they are scalable without losing quality so if you are using AD to create SVGs your friend can increase the image size in the program they're using to print the items. Are they using vinyl or a print capability? Entirely depends on the program they're using
Most print providers have their own design size template, however 4500 x 5400 px is big enough for most tshirt print areas.
Thank you so much for your videos, so helpful! I apologize if these are dumb questions, I'm really new to this. I don't have cricut or any of that but I'm an artist and would like to turn some of my designs into SVGs to sell. If I draw actual vectors using the brush tool in Aff, do I basically just have to make sure that each color is in a separate group so that Cricut or Silhouette can read the file correctly? I keep watching the videos and confusing myself more, so just thought I would ask. Thanks for your help!
Hey Sarah. First off no question is ever dumb! Silhouette and cricut will read any SVG file just fine (though free edition of silhouette only reads DXF not SVG)
Regardless you can download cricit design space without a machine and test your files.
If you're drawing vectors in Aff Designer it shouldn't be any issue. The biggest thing with vinyl cutters (if you're creating images to be cut into vinyl pieces) is to make sure all of the same colors are compounded together (i.e. all light blue compounded, all red compounded, ect)
I'll make a video this week showing a design with multiple colors in different spaces so you can see what I mean.
Am I making any sense?
@@ShootingStarSVG I think so! By compounding colors, do you mean like they are all on the same layer, like one layer has light blue, another layer has the red parts etc?
I'm sorry for my late response, I didn't see your comment! Thank you so much for the in depth info, I really appreciate it and your videos are amazing. Thank you thank you!!
@@skalmbac15 no problem you can always ask these questions on the Facebook group if you haven't joined up yet.
Yes that's the idea. All colors on one layer so to speak compounded together
Depending on how intricate the art is this may be difficult. Happy to look at files if you want to post on FB and I can give you some more indepth feedback
@@ShootingStarSVG Awesome, thank you so much!!
Hi
Just found your channel and love your videos. They are very informative so I subscriber just a second ago. I just got into digital downloads and will be selling digital art and was wondering what would be the very best format to save it to. I've heard that to save it to a pdf I would have to email it to the customer because the file size is too large. Since this is the case, would an svg be better ? I'm very busy and want my Etsy shop to operate on it's own without me sending out emails. Please help, Thanks.
What kind of art are you creating?
@@ShootingStarSVG Vector Images and background images I find on Pixabay etc. I modify them and make them my own.
@@inspired2motivate206 you need to be a bit careful with that but as long as you're modifying so the original cannot be extracted you should be fine
I am new to Affinity. When I export it as an SVG and try to open it in Cricut it will not open. How can I export it so it will open?
same thing happens to me
@@Carbon6smami This is the fix to the problem. It will not let me link it but there is a video from ThePirateSky called Cricut Design SVG text with Affinity Designer. He explains exactly how to do it and it works.
@@becky2u2 thank you I will check it out.
Hey! Maybe you can help me. I created svg files to sell on etsy. Some of my customers are saying its taking a long time for files to upload and or they don't see the files. Do you have an idea of what this could be?
Possibly, if you haven't already join the FB group (link in description) and we can work through it.
thanks cos it won't work
I can't get anything to work the way you are showing it...apparently this video is not for newbies. This did not help me at all. It would help if you started from the point of opening Affinity. Maybe it's a difference in Affinity Designer 1 v Affinity Designer 2??
I can re-hash this video for sure. I wouldn't consider this AD new person friendly, but it does go over some basics. I'll get a new video out breaking things down. Not a huge differential between V1 and V2 either