How to Create Knots with the Shape Builder Tool in Affinity Designer 2

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In this video I show you how to create knots using the Shape Builder Tool in Affinity Designer 2! Be sure to like, subscribe and hit the bell for new videos, so you don't miss out! Thanks for watching!
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:13 Examples
00:27 Creating the Circles
02:36 Shape Builder Settings
03:32 Infinity Symbol
03:47 Celtic Knot
06:54 4 Circle Knot
09:06 Adding FX to Knots
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@njvalenteart Жыл бұрын

Full tutorial playlist: kzfaq.info/sun/PLf_Uzyh0zNlOrxAramuRmKvCpOEMoXObZ

@LachlanNicholson Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this. When Affinity releases official demo videos, they tend to rush through stuff, so it's helpful to have the process broken down like this.

@njvalenteart Жыл бұрын

Yeah you bet! I noticed that and wanted to fill that gap a bit. It took me sometime breaking it down on my own so I wanted to shared what I learned. Thanks for watching!

@martinh4982 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for that, very useful! BTW the way, if you're ever in Glasgow Scotland and referring to the football team it is indeed Sell-tick, however if you're referring to the Celtic people, art, culture etc. it's Kell-tick.

@njvalenteart Жыл бұрын

Thanks I'm glad you found it useful. And thank you so much for letting me know, I appreciate that!

@julieruthen9996 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. This made it so much clearer starting from building the shape. That’s where I’d been going wrong

@njvalenteart Жыл бұрын

You're very welcome I'm glad you found it helpful!

@jacisiehl5002 5 ай бұрын

your video is definitely one of best I have seen. I have a more complex design that I can't get my head around - It includes 4 pairs of ellipse that are next to each other inside other ellipse with a circle connecting everything. I'd like to have you look at this and see if this can be done with shapes or if it needs to be manually drawn.

@njvalenteart 5 ай бұрын

Thank you I'm glad you liked it! Ok, I maybe able to help. If you'd like you can send me an email at nicholas.valente@gmail.com and I would be happy to take a look. Thanks again and I look forward to seeing if I can help you.

@Mystic_Dragon_Art 6 ай бұрын

Great tutorial, thanks so much for posting it. It's been a big help! For those who have a hard time visualizing the completed design when using the shape builder tool, try activating the subtract mode of the tool instead (and keep it turned on during the whole process), that way you can just subtract a few pieces of the design at a time and if you make a mistake you won't have to reselect all the pieces of the design all over again. You can just undo the last deletion. I found that made it easier for me at least. Remember, using the process of subtraction, you're selecting the OPPOSITE of the pieces that are shown in this tutorial. Instead of adding the pieces together to make the design you're instead taking away the extra parts of the shape to create the design.

@njvalenteart 6 ай бұрын

You're very welcome, I'm glad you have found it helpful! And thank you for watching! That's really great advice and thank you for sharing! Everyone sees things a little differently so this should definitely help those who maybe having trouble. I also love how when working within any of these programs, there are multiple ways of getting the same results. Thank you for sharing your insights!

@thomasvalente7715 Жыл бұрын

Nice job! Good edition of Affinity. Great knot demonstration, it seems you can really get a lot out of that feature.

@njvalenteart Жыл бұрын

Thanks, I'm glad you liked it! Yeah, I have been enjoying it a lot, and I know I have only scratched the surface!

@roblefort4813 Жыл бұрын

By far the best tutorial on this technique, well done!

@njvalenteart Жыл бұрын

Thanks I certainly appreciate that! I'm glad you found it helpful, and thanks for your comment!

@russgartz6021 Жыл бұрын

Hi, Nick! I hope this comment finds you well in body, mind and spirit. Cool video! My favorite parts were the use of a black background and glow effect which gave the knot a mystical, magical quality. Questions, comments, ideas, etc. are welcome. Best Wishes, my Friend! Your Friend, Russ

@njvalenteart Жыл бұрын

Hey! Thanks, glad you like it! It was fun to play around with and there are tons of things you can do.

@wojciechglanc Жыл бұрын

Something does not work. I have tried around 10 times following step by step with creating an infinity symbol and for some reason I cannot get the gap....

@njvalenteart Жыл бұрын

It took me sometime to line them all up appropriately. The circles have to be stacked on top of each other as fill shapes, no strokes. And they must be lined up exactly over each other so a gap is created at each intersection. If the circles are not lined up exactly the gaps will be connected so no matter how you add the shapes together the whole thing will fill. I will see if I can make a short highlighting that fact this weekend. I hope that helps, if not let me know. Thanks for watching!

@wojciechglanc Жыл бұрын

@@njvalenteart Thank you. This is exactly what happened - the gap was somehow connected as one shape not two smaller gaps and I couldnt do anything. Instead of two gaps I got one strange shape with a very thin connection. So definitely it was a problem of alignment which was just one pixel off :)

@njvalenteart Жыл бұрын

@@wojciechglanc Great! Thats what I was trying to say, but I wasn't sure if I made it clear. Perfect! I'm glad you got it to work.

@BecomingNewsworthy Жыл бұрын

Great video, hard to find basic well described tutorials. It took me a dozen tried to line up the infinity symbol properly. For me it was turning on "snap to shape keypoints" that helped. Just putting that out there in case it helps someone else.

@njvalenteart Жыл бұрын

Thanks, I appreciate that and I'm glad the video was helpful! Thats an awesome tip, thanks for sharing! We learn something new everyday! I appreciate you watching and commenting, all the best!

@jasunlg Жыл бұрын

Im struggling with this. even though im following it exactly it just does not work for me.

@njvalenteart Жыл бұрын

It takes some time and to be honest isn't the easiest. The fill shapes have to be lined up exactly so they aren't overlapping at all which will create extra shapes and such. Also the top shapes and the ones set behind have to be fill shapes, so the strokes have to be expanded. I hope that helps, if not let me know exactly the issue you are having.

@Melindrea Жыл бұрын

I will add to the chorus of "thank you for filling in the gaps". It was a bit frustrating to look at their shapes and just ... don't understand what was going on! (Before this I didn't have Designer yet, though it had been on my to-buy list)

@njvalenteart Жыл бұрын

I'm really glad you found it helpful! I can certainly understand that frustration. And glad to have you on board, so to speak. I have been using Affinity for almost 4 years and I love it. If you have any questions feel free to let me know. Thanks so much for your comment!

@hanifanazrin Жыл бұрын

Wish it was on iPad affinity designer 2… still cannot get it😢

@njvalenteart Жыл бұрын

I'll have to look into doing a tutorial specifically for the iPad. 👍

@rogerwines6947 Жыл бұрын

Could you show how to use on letters please

@njvalenteart Жыл бұрын

Thats a good idea. I will add it to my list of videos to make. You should be able to take the text and Convert to Curves and add shapes to them from there. Thanks for your comment!

@EbolaStew Жыл бұрын

Hate to be that guy but "Celtic" is a hard "C" sound, like a "K". Not like the basketball team. Great tutorial though. Thanks!

@njvalenteart Жыл бұрын

Yeah I made a mistake. I have to go back and fix that. Thanks! And glad you liked the tutorial.

@EbolaStew Жыл бұрын

@@njvalenteart It's a very common mistake. It's just one of those things that catches my ear for some reason. But this tutorial was great because I had already realized that is was a good way to do endless not designs but you added a wrinkle that I hadn't thought about with expanding the outer strokes too so that it could punch out that area. Didn't know about the options to remove unused area. That makes this an improvement over the Illustrator method IMO. Thanks.

@njvalenteart Жыл бұрын

@@EbolaStew Yeah I appreciate the knowledge. And I'm glad you liked it. It is a very powerful tool and one I have to play around with even more! It has some useful features, they seemed to have thought it out well. Thanks for watching and for the chat! All the best.