How to Trace a Character in Affinity Designer
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Im actually glad you did talk for the first ten minutes because most people just do stuff an don't explain what or why something happened. Nice tutorial.
Thank you so much, many users complained about me talking too much and not showing everything right away :D
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Thank you Alessandro, this class is wonderful, you have saved me from going crazy and trying to be perfect with the pen tool, all the close up and walking me step by step is what I needed, I have a SkillShare account and there are no teachers to guide us on this technique, you should really think about teaching there also. You are an excellent teacher and your channel is amazing, keep up the great work and thank you so much!
Hi, thank you so much for this beautiful comment :D
I decided to do everything on RUclips and not having any paid courses because I really think education should be free and accessible to everyone. I can sustain myself and keep this channel active thanks to some ads revenue and my patreon page, but other than that, all my videos are and will always be free.
If you see some of my videos on SkillShare or similar platforms, that means they were stolen and uploaded by someone else (already happened multiple times :P).
I will definitely do more tutorials about Affinity Designer.
Cheers
I certainly will let you know, and I will report it a s plagiarism to Skillshare, because your techniques are in high demand, and I will check your patreon page to support you there also! Thank you again for your hard work in bringing these wonderful videos!
Oh, thank you so much, you're too kind 🤗
Wow...i learned more than I expected. I did not properly understand joining and using the pen tool versus the node tool versus the pencil tool. I am very excited you have taught these techniques clearly as it reduces my learning curve a LOT. Thanks for inspiring us and not treating us like dummies. You assume we have little knowledge of certain features (we're here aren't we? ;-) ) and you expertly provide the base of knowledge we need. I imagine you in a classroom...generous, clear and thorough. But here you are...the youtube classroom! thank you!
Oh wow, this is a beautiful comment, thank you so much :D
I'm really glad my videos are helpful for you.
Cheers
I also want to say!! Nice ambient music, very well explained, right-paced, detailed, useful, explains the tools and their purpose, targets possible errors the user might make... Great tutorial!!!
Thank you very much!
12:49 now i know that we need to hold cmd + alt + click in order to get the curve right, not being crazy line. thanks bro
GODDAMN THIS CHANGED MY LIFE
Installed the ipad Pro app and now desktop version as well. Good bye Illustrator...
An amazing tool indeed
Do tou think the desktop app is needed? Im an illustrator and just got the ipad app. I certainly cannot afford PS subscription.
@@hannastocksick7395 i think the app is easier to use on desktop
Alessandro, your tutorials are precise and very well explained. I usually have a problem with accents (I am from New Jersey in the US) but you speak English very well. I am new to Affinity Designer and believe me, your help is very much appreciated as is the insight to the techniques you use. Good work!
Oh wow, thank you so much for this beautiful comment, I'm really glad my accent is not a problem, I'm trying to improve my English at every video.
I've been to New York recently and quickly passed through New Jersey, stunning place!
Love your tutorial. Your explanations are great. I did find the music very distracting from your voice though.
Sorry about that, I will be sure to be more careful on audio editing.
Thanks for watching!
Thank you. I appreciate your kind response. :)
It is a great tool but it lacks some features that we need to make our work easier:
• shape builder (works like boolean operation but more flexible)
• multi-purpose tools (e.g. the Pencil Tool in Ai can also work as path Smooth Tool when ALT key is pressed)
• UI scaling
• Gradient Controls widget
• Eye dropper tool to copy object or text attributes and apply it to other objects
• Pasting in place
• feature to search for specific commands to configure in the Settings and Keyboard shortcut
• Easy to use alignment feature
• and many more
I wish the developers will add these features as I really love *Affinity Designer*
I’m about to get affinity designer and have been trying to learn about it before I buy. This has helped so so much thanks man!
I'm slowly switching to affinity apps from the Adobe ones myself... First designer and photo and just recently switched to publisher as well.. been enjoying it so far
Nice ambient music, very well explained, right-paced, detailed, useful, explains the tools and their purpose, targets posible errors the user might make... Great tutorial!!!
Cheers
Really great video. Your voice is soothing to listen too. I believe this was Bob Ross's greatest attribute.
Oh wow, thank you so much, lots of people say my voice is annoying and I talk too much 😅
great video. Can you please post the the rest of this and more similar?
Yeah, for sure. The next video is coming tomorrow, and I will publish a new video of this series pretty much once a week.
Cheers
Thanks for the clear instruction! I applied this on my iPad Pro and for the first time using Affinity Designer, wahoo!
You, good sir, are a life saver! :) Your videos are the first ones I found that really helped me understand how to do stuff in this programm. Thank you for the detailed yet simple explanation!!
Thank you so much for watching :D
This was wildly helpful. Thank you!
Very good, but I was hoping for an image trace function like Adobe Illustrator... Just so I don't need to trace every element by hand...
WOW, you made my start to tracing and vector-art with Affinity-Design so easy! Thank you, step by step, not to fast, just the way you can get along with... GREAT WORK! THANK YOU SO MUCH!
Thank you for this video very detailed. I loved the first ten minutes because it made everything come together and make sense. New subscriber.
Great tutorial. Very sweet of you to share your knowledge ...
You are a great teacher, thank you for this great explanation!
Thanks for watching :D
You are incredible at explaining! Great video! :)
Thank you so much :D
haha, I thought (for 10 minutes) that there is hidden commend for tracing the image inside AD, but it is just manual outlining of image.
Yup, the good old manual tracing :D
Thanks for the video! Super clear explanation.
You're welcome
Looking forward to next lesson keep them coming .... thank you
Thank you so much!
I'll publish the next video in a couple of days
Outstanding tutorial! Thank you.
Thanks for watching :D
u dont have to constantly save lol
it literally saves a file and asks if you want it back if the thing crashes or is closed off
Can you pen trace the whole character, or is it important to do with the mouse the main part of the character?
Thank you. I'm new to graphic design and this software program. I appreciate your explanations while you take us through your process. Please- more tutorials!
Thank you so much, more tutorials are coming soon :D
Fantastic tutorial! I appreciate the time you took to explain not only what you were doing, but why. Very helpful. Thank you!
Thank you for watching :D
I really wanted to knw if Affinity Designer can REPLACE Adobe Illutrator
Hi Alessandro, great tutorial but background music is very distracting. You’ve clearly a lot of design experience to pass on to us which is very much appreciated. Geoff
Hi, thank you so much for your comment. I removed the background music in future videos, you're right, a bit too loud :D
Doesn't Designer have an automatic trace feature like Inkscape? (Trace Bitmap) I purchased Affinity Photo for my raster graphics needs and am new to vector graphics and how to not think in layers as much. The logical choice for consistency with Photo is Designer. Being able to automatically trace an image allows me to focus on the program and learn the features and develop my skills so that I can trace as good as many people who have been doing it got years. Currently it's frustrating to try and trace and very slow.
Unfortunately, Affinity Design doesn't have an automatic trace feature yet. You can go on their forum and look for info for future implementations.
Great tutorial. Just like learning to play guitar, it's best for a beginner to go slow and develop technique. Once you have the basic technique it's feels right to go quickly. As this is a tutorial for beginners it's most appropriate to do it at this speed. I really enjoy your comments as you draw, I'm not at all bored or wishing you'd go faster. Keep up the good work.
Thank you so much
Where is the link to the end result?
There's no such thing :D
@@alecaddd Why did you not complete the tutorial it was really going great. You are a good teacher.
At last - a tutorial I can follow and understand!! Have been searching high and low for one, so thank you very much for taking the time produce this video :)
I don’t know too much about affinity and just got this app for my iPad. And I don’t know. I just feel your video is very helpful for me to understand this app and a good habit focusing on a working flow! All the tricks and tips are helpful without any ads or waste time talks! Thank you! I appreciate your video!
Thank you so much, I'm glad you find these videos helpful.
Cheers
this is the best tutorial video I've found for this software. Thank you so much!!
Oh wow, thank you for watching :D
Here is the way this should be done, and hopefully, will soon be a feature in AP and AD:
1) In AP make a selection of image with masking etc, whatever.... Save the selection. Pixel based selection are the best and most accurate. Selections of eye, nose, ears, whatever saved on different layers.
2) Import saved selection layers one at a time or all (Feature request needed) into AD as vector based path layers with an adjustable node complexity. Refine paths, fills, and composite image.
There are many advantages of this workflow over Vector Tracing Tools (Inkscape, C Draw, Illustrator, others) which are obvious to experienced designers.
One advantage for Serif is that it will promote the sale of both products, AD and AP. Wow! 100$ for both...incredible! Lack of conversion between pixel selection and paths is a glaring omission by serif...so far...GREAT COMPANY...they will add this feature if enough people request it!
I'm sure this software will grow to include all the missing features
Thanks for the reply. I have used vector tracing tools and they are OK, but making pixel selections to different layers and to save/export. even copy/paste, would be a great feature. One could smooth out the pixel selection as needed. etc to get the desired result in AD composite.
I have been using Corel Painter ( I like to call it the Overly Caffeinated Brush Factory) since early 90's. IMO When Corel bought the program everything changed for the worse. It is still a great program, it depends on what you want to do. I do selections/compositing and have a simple Pen and Watercolor style. AP actually has pretty impressive DAUB WC brushes that meets all my needs. LOVE the liquify persona for cartooning!
Here is a short list of annoying Painter goofups:
1) NO WAY TO SHUT OFF THE ANNOYING TOOLTIPS (Since version 11). They constantly cover up things and give redundant info. They **** me off! They do not listen to experienced users and their complaints and requests! AP has a delay for tooltips...awesome!
2) Brush configurations are WAAAY too complicated and overblown.
3) There are a multitude of little quirky things. It seems like programmers get a great idea and then drop it before they add the polish, so to speak, Big Data, no decent resize options, no decent export file function, like PNG (you have to save PNG and reload RIF file) What a PITA!
I could go on and on... If someone is a Painter user please comment. Also forget bloated, yet powerful Photoshop with subscriptions...no way!
AD and AP are great. I am sure they will add things as people request...like I mentioned above. I do not work for Serif or Corel.
Using new Ipad Pro with stylus as a "Wacom" type tablet, configurable inside Desktop AP, would be a great feature (without 3rd party subscription).
People can also slow down the speed of the video on the tool section on the video display area near the video quality settings.
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This tutorial is excellent but it needs subtitles for the people with hearing difficulties. Thank you!!
Thanks for the suggestion, I'll try to write some subtitles.
Thanks for these Affinity Designer videos, Alex. I bought both Designer and Photo in the last year and know that your tutorials (on everything!) always give me useful insights that I otherwise might not have discovered on my own.
Happy to hear that! The Affinity family is growing and those software are really something amazing.
Thank you for this amazing tutorial! As practice I am using my daughter's drawings and I have seen to come to an issue. My daughter's drawing has a panda with a headband on it and to trace the headband so I can use a different color, I went over the same tracing line as the head. Is there any way to use the same line but have it on a different layer? I hope I am explaining this right.
If I understood properly, you could duplicate that line to another layer and only edit what you need and keeping the overlapping part identical.
I don't think there's a way to use a line from another layer in a new layer. I might be wrong, tho
I'm confused about the cutting and pasting. When I try to cut out the character from the background, I only end up cropped the character out, and I can't follow how to then place the character on a new layer.
Hi, your video it's amazing, can I request some tutorial to you? I'm a new user Affinity Designer. Thanks :)
How do you make the free hand selections tools "dashed lines" disappear at 4:18 ?
CTRL+d or Command+d if you're on MacOS
Thanks for the tutorial, but this just solidifies my opinion that Affinity Designer is just no match for Adobe Illustrator. Live trace, expand, maybe a little bit of cleanup, done. That's Illustrator. This tutorial is nothing I couldn't have done in a free product, Inkscape.
I am sad that you didn't explain how to play with the vector points, how to change the curve (with keyboard key) after drawing a line, because that's what I'm struggling with. Also, you didn't explain how to ''erase'' those straight lines you put to link a form (but won't see).
I got designer today and had no idea how to use it, this video helped a lot. Thanks.
You're very welcome :D
Could this work to get line drawing of a photograph?
Wow verry usefull , im looking for create some mascots
Awesome, I'm glad my videos are helpful for you, cheers
(slow claps....👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽...while saying) "bravo" (....likes awesome tutorial....then subscribes to channel) 🙂😎😃🤗
Ahahahah, thank you :D
Thank you Alessandro! This was exactly what I needed! Your thorough approach was much appreciated! We have the same tablet so this helped me believe I could do it! I've got the outline of my drawing done, and I'm off to search for your next video!
very helpful.... thanks a lot ...
You're very welcome!
great video!!
Thanks
I downloaded this recently and couldn't figure out how to use it, so thanks for this! It's helping me learn how to use the tools and use the program!!
Thanks
This Turnipman is sooooooooo cute! You're so multitalented! Have you always been good at drawing characters or do you think one can learn ? Whenever I try to do sketch or illustrate something, it's pretty ugly 😭
Everyone can learn, talent is a really small part of a good artist. Like everything in life you need practice and constant dedication to improve.
I've been drawing since I was 5, I was awful at the beginning but I never stopped.
Thank you so much for watching :D
Are you saying at the beginning "In dieser Episode"? It sounds like German :D
Ehehe, nope, I'm Italian and it's just my wrong pronunciation :P
This video is perfectly paced and helpful. Thank you for taking the time to make this!
You're damn smart Mr. Castellani. If folks want a slower version, all they need is to run the RUclips video at half or quarter speed.
Thank you so much :D
This is why i like affintiy designer
Pretty great software indeed
I dont know what im diong wrong , but i cant get it to cut how you do, is it diffrent on windows laptops? Can you help me out
It shouldn't be different.
Are you sure your layer is a pixel layer and is not locked?
@@alecaddd yes ok thank you, i finnally did it ,it wasnt pixel
Great tutorial. Can you explain the purpose of the glove you wear on your right hand and where you get them? Thanks!
It's a glove to protect the tablet from the oil or seat that your skin naturally releases.
You can find it on ebay or amazon and the brand is huion.
why do my lines come out as pixelated lines it looks really ugly ...any help on how to get rid of that ? its not smooth its like in pixel form which is weird .
Hey people of the internet! im looking to become a graphic designer and i need to know what your opinions are on Affinity Designer.
I like it :D
It's way lighter and cheaper than Illustrator, powerful but not bloated, easy to use, and full of features.
It misses some more advanced options compare to the Adobe software, but is not a big deal and new updates are coming soon.
This is not the tracing approach I was looking for. Just look at how Inkscape/Illustrator/Vectormagic does tracing of raster images into vectors.Wish Designer also had this capability.
Freehand is still and fastest platform for vector, like quickly drag color in freehand , like multi boards you have grip on pasteboard in freehand , but illustrator still don't have this fastest option why
Awesome video, thanks for the great information!
You're very welcome, the next one is dropping a couple of days :D
How do you free draw on Affinity without those curves and vectors ??? Like simulating that you are drawing a simple cartoon with a pencil/ Which tool do that?
I know this is a little old but I had question. I am just getting into trying out some digital art. If you do have a Wacom Intuos, would you use the pen/tablet the whole time? Or just for the pencil tool?
It's a personal choice, it doesn't really exist a right or wrong approach. I prefer to use the pen only when I don't have to do precise things, or moving vertex around by few pixels. I know designers that use only the pen for everything they do.
A matter of habit.
I want to thank you for answering some essential questions when tracing like using the option key and joining curves ....keep it going your tutorials are very much appreciated as you explain the why, and how to do things from a beginners perspective...
Thank you so much for your positive comment, I'm really happy to know my videos are helpful for you. Often I see other users tackling only the cool and advanced parts of a software, forgetting about the basics. Those are the most important.
Cheers
Excellent video I have learnt a lot keep it up :)
Hi Alex, very useful tutorial while I wait patiently for you to find time to do the print-ready business card tutorial ;)
+Techni Smart yes, I think I'll do that right after I completed this character design.
Thanks for following
Thank you sir for your video. I use this software at work every day. Your video helps me a lot.
Happy to hear that, thanks for watching :D
Been doing what I call outlining for many years, but new to Affinity and enjoyed your presentation. Nice to see other persons technique.
Thanks for watching :D
Wonderful tutorial using Affinity Designer. Thank you for sharing your way to trace. I would like to see more on adding details and coloring.
Yup, you can expect these videos once a week.
I will continue working on this character until the end.
Alessandro, who is your audience? I'd like to learn Affinity but can't at warp speed. Learning involves understanding, absorbing and processing...then application. No student can co all that when you accelerate. There's no time to even see the steps.
I'm sorry if my teaching method is not easy to follow. I speed up only the sections that are repetitive, when I'm using the same command over and over again, just to avoid to release a 2 hrs long video.
I thoroughly explain everything I do before speeding up some section. I'll try to be more precise.
Alessadro, "Talk too much", you say? Well, you waste time saying "this is how I do this" or "I do that". Show the steps and not so much about you. I never know if I can sleep another five minutes, or should I listen?
Thank you for this really educational and high quality tutorial.
Cheers
Very patient tutorial, good job. You deserve more likes.
Thank you so much :D
When I open an image from my scanner into affinity it does not allow me to subtract when I press command x
Is your layer an unlocked pixel layer? You can always use the eraser tool or bucket to fill the selection with white.
Cheers
Hi alessandro, first let me tell you you are an awesome artist, I really like your work. And second, this might be a long shot but, do you design logos? Im in desperate need of a good designer.
Thank you so much for your comment.
I am a logo designer as well, but I usually don't do much freelancing because I'm really busy.
Send me an email and we can discuss it, and see if I have some capacity.
Cheers
whats your email?
Isn't there a simple way, for instance on illustrator you can use image trace. Is there something like that, because if you have a really detailed illustration you will be there forever
It doesn't exist an option like the on in illustrator unfortunately. It's a feature will probably be implemented in the future.
Thanks for letting me know.
Is there not a dedicated tracing application in Designer, such as CorelDraw has with Corel Trace?
Very nice video, thanks. Cheers from Finland .
Thanks for watching :D
Thanks for video. Could u show how to do simple design stained glass pattern?
Thank you! I'm grateful I found your videos. The long explanations is very helpful
Ah, thanks, lot of people hate that I talk so much :D
@@alecaddd I thought I would be bored due to the long videos but surprisingly it's not! I'm glad I watched this😊
subscribed!
thank you.Please Tablet reference that you use?
Wacom Intous, the cheapest one :D
It’s not for iPad! This is the version for pc. For tutorial it is better to use zoom
Thanks so much for these videos! They are so helpful :)
Thank you so much for watching :D
Thank you for such a comprehensive tutorial, and for explaining things. I'm new to Affinity, but I've been using Photoshop for years, and have worked in MX Freehand a lot (haha, I know, that's like a lifetime ago). Your video illustrated Affinity's similarities and differences really well for tracing an object, and I'm definitely going to watch the rest of the series as well.
Thank you so much :D
How did you get rid of the lines around image. The ant lines when you traced
Where is your chair from, Ikea? Nice video!
Yes it is
great tutorial Allesandro!! well explained, and at the right pace.
Hey Alessandro! My name is Geena I am a total new comer into this kind of art business or area, and I really love your tutorials, I saw 2 and 1?2 so far :D but I think they are very great!! Keep going like that. I you want to make it easier for those whom are completly new, try explain shortly and very simply and easily some of the graphic terms you use or technology?computer terms you use. I'm learing it kind of by own hand from the beginning and for people like me it will make it much easier and fun to follow up with your tutorials when you explain terms you use that are not that commonly used in comon day life as png, other programs you use or refer to, etc.
And just to say I love your accent :D where are you from by the way?
Well keep going and I wsh you the best! ML GTK
Really great style of doing such tutorials! Thank you!
Thank you so much
Alessandro - my new hero. Thanks!
+Black Lion ahahah, Thank you so much
Too much work is there any auto trace feature i dont
have anytime to do this
Is there any auto-tracing like Adobe illustrator?