Affinity Designer 2: Knife Tool and Scissor Tool Tutorial

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Күн бұрын

Hello Designers and welcome to another Affinity Designer tutorial! Today, I'm going to show you how to use the Knife Tool and Scissor tool in Version 2. whether you are a beginner or an advanced user of Affinity its going to help as I cover alot of techniques, tips and tricks.
Learn multiple ways of cutting open and closed curves, I'll teach you how to create smooth cuts, sharp corners, single and multiple cuts, and cutting inside objects. I'll demonstrate how to apply these tools by using examples that are actually useful, including a T-shirt a surf line drawing, a monstera plant, a text glitch effect and how to cut and recolour.
Let's get cutting-edge with Affinity Designer!
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If you have any questions or want to show me how to do something better, leave a comment, and don't forget to click like and subscribe.
NOTE: I'm Using a MAC, so any shortcuts I mention may be different for WINDOWS USERS. See the below for the WINDOWS:
- Mac Command key = Windows Ctrl key
- Mac Shift key = Windows Shift key
- Mac Alt key = Windows Alt key
- Mac Ctrl key = Windows Right Mouse button
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Time Stamps:
0:00 Intro
0:27 Knife Tool Basics
1:31 4 Ways to Use the Knife Tool
6:05 Auto Close
7:15 Cut Inside Object
8:10 Single Cut
8:42 Multiple Cuts
10:21 Monstera Design Example
11:47 Cut & Recolour Example
13:41 Glitch Example
16:23 Scissor Tool
19:36 Surf Design Example
21:31 Outro
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@mfrazeehvacc5012 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for being so thorough in this tutorial!

@ArtistWright 7 ай бұрын

Cheers I appreciate that

@ianwatson3393 Ай бұрын

Comprehensive, concise, clear and helpful - as always. No flannel, no gimmicks. Thank you

@ArtistWright Ай бұрын

Thank you so much

@johnlepore1562 2 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@ArtistWright 2 ай бұрын

You are very kind 👑

@dccd673 Ай бұрын

This is awesome! I’m new to Affinity and I’ve been binge watching tutorials. I will add this to my AD playlist.

@ArtistWright Ай бұрын

Thank you! Check out my other videos, I only do affinity designer

@DanCasciano Жыл бұрын

Nice job. I like the pace that you use to describe a tool and its effect. It makes following your video easy for an older brain. Thanks again.

@ArtistWright Жыл бұрын

Hi Dan, I appreciate that. I try to make tutorials that I'd like to see, the pace and description etc.

@aledianin Ай бұрын

Amazing video ❤

@ArtistWright Ай бұрын

Thank you!

@BarcelonaLeba Жыл бұрын

Your tutorials have taught me more than the top 5 channel on graphic design together!

@ArtistWright Жыл бұрын

Big love for that Obama

@israelfranco9104 Жыл бұрын

Wow! Clear and direct explanation. Thank you.

@ArtistWright Жыл бұрын

Cheers Israel!

@KRYoung_dev 5 ай бұрын

I love your tutorials, thanks!

@ArtistWright 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching

@TedMattos Жыл бұрын

Very helpful tutorial - I appreciate your taking the time to create it.

@ArtistWright Жыл бұрын

Hi Ted! Happy to hear its helping you, thanks for the feedback

@TheOnlyGareBear Жыл бұрын

Super helpful. I look forward to playing around with this feature, so many uses!

@ArtistWright Жыл бұрын

Thanks, it's certainly made my life easier.

@dabneyapplechunks Жыл бұрын

Thanks - so clear!

@ArtistWright Жыл бұрын

Hi Dabney, im happy you are finding this video useful. I appreciate the Super thanks ♥

@JoanneTaylorQabboJo Жыл бұрын

That was a lot of fun, thanks!

@ArtistWright Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it!

@greggbabish8552 Жыл бұрын

Excellent tutorial, clear and concise. Thanks.

@ArtistWright Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@carlhughes1206 Жыл бұрын

Very nice Tutorial, really easy to follow. Best tutorial I've seen for Infinity. Well done!!!!

@ArtistWright Жыл бұрын

Thank you Carl!

@alicecopatterns1503 Жыл бұрын

this is just what I needed - thank you so much

@ArtistWright Жыл бұрын

No worries!

@robb2869 2 ай бұрын

Excellent tutorial and easy to follow, thank you!

@ArtistWright 2 ай бұрын

Thank you Rob 👍

@hogsbass4817 11 ай бұрын

Excellent and easy to understand thanks

@ArtistWright 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching appreciate it

@FreihEitner Жыл бұрын

Very nice!

@ArtistWright Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the visit

@tradivoro Жыл бұрын

Great tutorial, thank you..

@ArtistWright Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

@kerrykolii3717 Жыл бұрын

Great tutorial 😊

@ArtistWright Жыл бұрын

Thanks Kerry! ♥

@benosborne413 11 ай бұрын

Excellent video

@ArtistWright 11 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@vexillonerd Жыл бұрын

Nice tutorial.

@ArtistWright Жыл бұрын

Cheers

@loudabarca8676 Жыл бұрын

Thanks 🎉❤❤❤

@ArtistWright Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

@megatron3800 11 ай бұрын

discovered you on tiktok. Kudos to tiktok

@ArtistWright 11 ай бұрын

Good to know, and welcome to the channel!

@graemebrumfitt6668 Жыл бұрын

Rite Artist Dude, great tutorial as are the others I've watched hence the sub! Stay safe n well. TFS, GB :)

@ArtistWright Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the sub I appreciate it. Currently working on a new Affinity Designer vector pack. Will add show it here once complete and get more tutorials uploaded

@GRYL180 9 ай бұрын

Subscribed, Mate :) Very good video.

@ArtistWright 9 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@michaelbobarev Жыл бұрын

Yeah, let's see ...! -) 🔥

@mirojuric7486 Жыл бұрын

Again, THANK YOU!

@ArtistWright Жыл бұрын

Hello again Miro, hope you are well! I appreciate the love 👍

@mirojuric7486 Жыл бұрын

@@ArtistWright I'm good, thank you! I appreciate the knowledge and the effort to make these tutorials! It means a lot to me! I wish you all the best, cheers 👍

@ArtistWright Жыл бұрын

No worries, The more people that know how to use Affinity the better

@mirojuric7486 Жыл бұрын

Hvala!

@ArtistWright Жыл бұрын

Ti si zvijezda!

@user-zg8nm5nu6s 6 күн бұрын

This is very clear apart from you not explaining the PC options. For example you say to use CTRL+ CMD, but I thought CTRL was the PC equivalent of CMD (command)? Also what is the OPTION key?

@ArtistWright 5 күн бұрын

Thanks for the feedback, the option key is on a Mac keyboard. As I don't have a windows pc I can only rely on what the affinity help section says for that. Use the help tab in Affinity on your windows it's very useful

@f.d.6667 Жыл бұрын

Hilarious - after 5+ years of begging from the community and 25 years after "legacy" software like Freehand/Illustrator/Corel, AD now has a knife/scissor tool. What an outstanding innovation! Seriously, while AD has some outstanding bells and whistles, it still struggles with the most basic of functions. *Fun to play with? Certainly. Real "productivity" tool? Definitely not.* Addendum: Thanks for taking the time to make this very structured and helpful tutorial!

@ArtistWright Жыл бұрын

Hi F.D. Thanks for watching and also taking the time to share your feedback and also thoughts on Affinity.

@nordiclightphototours153 Жыл бұрын

I recently stumbled over your channel. What can I say! Just WOW. Your educational skills are second to none! Your step by step style is amazingly helpful. I am big fan from step by step tutorials / guides as it will help to viewer to exactly understand what you are doing and no guessing is required (what I see in many other tutorials). I just purchased all your pack to support your work (I am not sure if I ever will use them, as my domain of expertise is totally different - I teach people to photograph the Northern Lights), but Artwork must be supported, especially now with all this AI coming along. Thank you for you amazing work and I am looking forward listening in to more tutorials and seeing new ones. Thank you again. Cheers, Hendrik

@ArtistWright Жыл бұрын

Hello Hendrick, thank you so much for taking the time to leave such a wonderful comment, I'm happy to hear you like my teaching style. Also I really appreciate the support you've shown by purchasing from my website. You teach people to shoot the northorn lights, That's amazing! Yes I'm actually looking at how ai and mid journey works now, its incredible what it can do, will definitely deter some people from designing everything themselves. On the positive side designers etc can use it to their advantage for ideas

@nordiclightphototours153 Жыл бұрын

@@ArtistWright More than Welcome. We can't stop AI..... But for me a an old school photographer, I started with Film, AI is going to revolutionise photography. To the better? I doubt it, but we can not put our heads in the sand and do not want to monitor this. A few days ago an AI image won in the Sony Photography contest for IMAGES! Well....here we see it....but when you are young, you need to follow AI carefully, but it should not overtake your own creativity....And here is the difference between Art work (designing), Photography and AI.. With the later you do not feel the emotion in the creation of something! For me as a photographer, I want to be out in the field and feel the excitement of the Northern Lights swirling around the sky of wonder the night sky starry sky. Nothing better then being a witness of this phenomena. I wish you a lot of luck in your business! You are mastering your skills exceptionally well... keep on doing this... it will pay off!

@ArtistWright Жыл бұрын

Totally agree with you there. I didn't know about the Sony award will have a look at the photo. I also started on 35mm so can relate. Thanks for everything, i just watched one of your videos, impressive!

@nordiclightphototours153 Жыл бұрын

@@ArtistWright Cheers and thanks. ....... What I do not understand in Affinity Designer is, that they have not included a vanishing points grid! Makes so much sense, but it seems that Serif has no time to put it in :-)

@ArtistWright Жыл бұрын

Affinity has made some great changes in v2, but it does seem to take them a long time to include new features.

@user-xv7rh7ol4k Жыл бұрын

What is the windows shortcut for ctrl cmd? I cannot get this result .

@ArtistWright Жыл бұрын

Also I see how it might be confusing, I don't own a Windows so haven't tried it myself. Hit the official Affinity forum if you ever have any trouble

@JackSmith-ud9bg Ай бұрын

GOOD

@ArtistWright Ай бұрын

Thanks

@graftedworks 9 ай бұрын

Again a very thorough video. No reflection on you, but these seem like the most unnecessary tools AD has recently added. I’m not sure why they were prioritized when the node tool, booleans, and shape builder all provide the same capabilities. Mysteries, mysteries. Ah well.

@ArtistWright 9 ай бұрын

I know what you mean, I like it for line work as deleting different sections

@electropainted Жыл бұрын

Wow, you're a gifted instructor. these tuts are far better far clearer than Affinity's own...if you're not on staff at Serif, you shd be IMHO! lol(SKILLSHARE?)...for the first time, I want to abandon my lingering love affair with illustrator and really dive into designer(still miss trace and blend but oh well). thank you, brilliant

@ArtistWright 9 ай бұрын

Thank you, I appreciate it. Nope im not on staff or skillshare but have contemplated It, I just want as many people as possible to get a chance to learn Affinity Designer for free. Who knows maybe it will be the next industry standard

@darleneroach2848 6 ай бұрын

Thank you! Many of us can’t afford to pay for how to details for software etc. Your videos are very clear, so extremely helpful, much easier to learn…

@ArtistWright 6 ай бұрын

@darleneroach2848 thank you, comments like yours help push me to make more. All the best

@cagneyreese7962 10 ай бұрын

Great tutorial. Can u make a tutorial on background, seamless pattern using only brushes panel

@ArtistWright 10 ай бұрын

Cheers, maybe soon

@philipperobert2050 Жыл бұрын

Merci ! Another great tuto! Unfortunately for me, the PC version seems to have a bug and crashes when I use the scissors on the sunbeams... There is a workaround but it's a shame. To be continued

@ArtistWright Жыл бұрын

Hi Philippe! Thanks for that I appreciate it. Ah that's a shame to hear, have you tried updating it? Also check your how much of your ram is being used by other apps, maybe its that.

@alextrebus4025 7 күн бұрын

I noticed that the knife tool as used in timeline 17:44 wil not cut with control key in my affinity 2.5.3 version , the red X will only appear if i make a selection of the broken line with the node tool( A key). It looks to my like a glitch in an update

@ArtistWright 5 күн бұрын

I don't have my laptop to hand ATM but will check. I've not updated to the latest yet.

@Bcheller65 5 ай бұрын

I'm using Designer 2.3.1 and seem to be unable to make a single cut through te sphere without it making a separate return trip to a point near the origin. I believe I've tried every combination of settings available, but can't avoid the "return trip". Is this a bug in this version? I KNEW IT: Immediately after writing you about the above-described problem, it virtually solved itself.

@ArtistWright 5 ай бұрын

AHH there is an option to complete the shape in the context tool bar above

@edgarherrera9546 11 ай бұрын

HI there I'm trying to cut a circle but when I do it wabbles, I want to know if there's a way to cut it perfect circle without going out of place. Thanks

@ArtistWright 11 ай бұрын

If you are trying to cut a perfect circle out of a shape just use the ellipse tool to draw a circle then place it over your shape, select both and then either use the Boolean operations to subtract or use the shape builder tool

@GatoL0c0 Жыл бұрын

The ctrl+alt and left mouse button shortcut to delete segments of a line between two nodes does not work in Affinity Designer 2.1. It took me quite some time to figure out that I had to switch to the node tool, then hold ctrl and then click on the segment to delete it. **edit** I'm wondering if this is just a bug that was introduced with the update. I can temporarily switch to the node tool by holding ctrl but I can't use it to delete a segment. I have to actively switch to the node tool to then hold ctrl to delete a segment with the mouse.

@ArtistWright Жыл бұрын

Hello mate, I'm on V 2.1 (Mac) and whilst still on the knife tool I can press control and command then click on any segment and it's working fine for me

@GatoL0c0 Жыл бұрын

@@ArtistWright I figured it out! On a Windows PC, the shortcut is the CTRL + Windows Key (not ALT key), then mouse click. This was driving me nuts!! Lol!

@ArtistWright Жыл бұрын

Glad you got it sorted! Thanks for sharing

@Mrflippyfloop 8 ай бұрын

Looks like it's changed again in 2.2.1 I can't get it to work unless I'm in the node tool.@@GatoL0c0

@Hamza-1401 6 ай бұрын

Hi, I followed your conversation and tried the things you did, but now in 2.3.1 it is like following: You pres "K" for the knife tool, make 2 cuts on the line, then you switch over to the node tool by pressing "A", then you simply pres and hold STRG and hover over the cut you want to delete, a small red X will appear beside your cursor, simply click on the part or cut you want to delete - and thats it, its gone. @@GatoL0c0

@megatron3800 11 ай бұрын

is there a way to reduce node size? these nodes are disturbingly big

@ArtistWright 11 ай бұрын

Settings>tools>tool handle size

@jagjeetgohil Жыл бұрын

the scissor shortcut dosent work for windows. v2.1.1 any help ?

@ArtistWright Жыл бұрын

Hi there, you can go into settings and look at shortcuts

@FifaInspected 10 күн бұрын

I don't have auto close box. Any suggestions?

@ArtistWright 10 күн бұрын

Try to see if there is an update, perhaps you are on an earlier version

@carolinedaniell265 Жыл бұрын

👍👍👍👏👏👏

@ArtistWright Жыл бұрын

Enjoy

@trevorgiant9181 Жыл бұрын

I can't hover over an icon and have the name or description pop up. Can I enable hovering?

@ArtistWright Жыл бұрын

In Preferences > User Interface, what is the Tool tip Delay set to?

@trevorgiant9181 Жыл бұрын

@@ArtistWright Thank You! it was just a Tool Tip Delay adjustment.

@ArtistWright Жыл бұрын

Excellent news 👌🏻

@awfab3517 3 ай бұрын

I cant believe how complicated they have to make this. Corel draw its just pick the cut tool and roll it over the line and it will cut between two lines. If there is no two lines to cut between you just draw it and the cut through it. With simple shapes it works but when you have multiple lines its not working.

@ArtistWright 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the input, they are updating affinity quit often these days so definitely give them your thoughts. They actually asked people for them recently as they will make changes based on what we want

@user-xv7rh7ol4k Жыл бұрын

Sorry, that was a bit brusque, I was getting a tad frustrated. I found a workaround that does involve a few more clicks!

@ArtistWright Жыл бұрын

Glad you found the workaround, alot of my videos have the windows shortcuts in the description. So don't forget to check that. Cheers

@devrod5862 10 ай бұрын

Finally affinity is adding more and more of these tools. John 3:16-19, Heb 5:9 Repent, get baptized, Obey Jesus all the way to the end to be saved in the end from hell, and make it to the kingdom of heaven

@ArtistWright 10 ай бұрын

Yes they certainly are, why the other text?