Vector Drawing Tools Flashcards
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What is the difference between an open path and a closed path in Affinity Designer?
Answer: A closed path has its endpoints joined; an open path has two distinct endpoints
A closed path forms a continuous loop with no endpoints, enabling it to be filled, while an open path has two endpoints.
Which Affinity Designer operation merges two overlapping shapes into one unified outline?
Answer: Add (Union)
The Add or Union Boolean operation combines all selected shapes into a single path that traces their combined outer boundary.
How can you constrain drawing a rectangle to a perfect square in Affinity Designer?
Answer: Hold Shift while dragging
Holding Shift while dragging the Rectangle Tool constrains the proportions to 1:1, creating a perfect square.
What happens when you select a path and use Edit > Reverse Curves in Affinity Designer?
Answer: It reverses the direction of the path, swapping start and end nodes
Reversing a curve changes which node is the start point and in which direction the path flows, affecting arrow or brush direction.
In Affinity Designer, what is a 'compound path'?
Answer: Multiple paths merged into one object that can create holes through overlapping regions
A compound path treats overlapping sub-paths using even-odd or winding fill rules, making inner regions transparent to create cutout effects.
Which Affinity Designer tool is best suited for selecting and moving whole objects on the canvas?
Answer: Move Tool
The Move Tool (V) selects entire objects and lets you reposition them without entering node-editing mode.