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Looks like a very intuitive way of connecting paths together in a more powerful way than just having lines. I like the way you can draw part of a segment and th
by alblue 11y ago
Looks like a very intuitive way of connecting paths together in a more powerful way than just having lines. I like the way you can draw part of a segment and then go back and add more line segments afterwards: the line cap for three meeting points is a lot more impressive than it looks.
The ability to fill sections and then punch out holes makes it really easy to see what's happening as well.
The post has a number of animated gifs which show how these work: it's worth reading to see them.
The only thing that sucks is the name. Essentially it's a tool that has more impressive path editing functionality than I have seen in other vector editors. The name of this post doesn't do it justice.
- zamalek 11y agoI Googled "Vector Networks" and it also seems to be a term that they invented. Figma (their product) is sadly a UI mocking tool and not a vector graphics editor. "Pathfinder" (the tool in Adobe products that calculates fills based on winding order) is notoriously unusable. I'm sure that graphics designers would gobble up tool that had sane path finding. I'd love to see some literature on how these vector networks work.
- pain 11y agoSame pain goes for matrix calling etself aether (or vector, i forget..)
- ethanbond 11y agoI'm not sure why you see a strict delineation. One of the few reasons most designers prefer purpose made graphic design tools is for the pen tooling. The other big one is color management. If Figma can nail both in a UI design tool there's no reason it can't be used for graphic design. People already use Sketch for some graphic design despite its reeaaallly unimpressive path tooling, typography tooling, and color tooling. Speeding up the 90% usecase goes a long way. That said, I haven't actually seen Figma so maybe it really is more purpose built than I'm imagining.
- constexpr 11y agoFigma is not just a UI mocking tool. It's a full general-purpose vector graphics editor. Vector networks work similar to meshes in 3D.
- girvo 11y agoAgreed. And the fact that it's only in use in a UI mocking tool is a shame, I'd kill to have this tool in Sketch or something similar!
- vanderZwan 11y agoHave you tried VPaint? [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk1_CugdytI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk1_CugdytI [1] http://www.vpaint.org/ http://www.vpaint.org/
- theinternetman 11y agoHopefully they don't have a patent on it so we can get it in an actual work tool not a mockup tool
- constexpr 11y agoFigma is not just a UI mocking tool. It's a general-purpose drawing tool and is feature-equivalent with Sketch.
- girvo 11y agoWell that is good news! From what I saw on the website it seemed more aimed at UI mocking, but if it's going to be taking on Sketch well I'm definitely convinced!