Sweatman

Changing the end nodes to "sharp" changes the integrity of the original curve; but I see where you're going with this. Thanks.

Dang! You are correct, Sir! Though you have to do it carefully, you can "Join" two points. After that, you can just drag points to join (for ppl reading in the future). My only complaint is that when you initially join, you get this spaghetti loop that you hafta clean up.

Thanks for the reply @Gear maker! Joining two nodes isnt the problem. My issue is getting path layer #1 combined with path layer #2 so I can THEN JOIN them exactly as you courteously explained. Thx again.

I'm trying to join two unconnected paths from two different layers. I realize I have to (some how) get them to the same layer. So it seems my problem is combining paths from one layer to another. I've tried grouping, sub-grouping, copy/pasting, etc. No bueno. =[ Any thoughts are appreciated.

😂

Update: I remembered now about the Assitant Manager notification. If you take your vectors into Pixel Persona and THEN start painting, Affinity will automatically create a pixel layer AND nest it accordingly. The helpful Assistant Mgr pop-up tells you that he just did that for you. Kbye.

Right on! That part I understand, I just didnt know about "Intensity" brushes.

Oh hey, one more question. Is the custom brush resolution always so poor? I created the brush with a huge PNG but the result looks like I used a much smaller image.

@iconoclast FANTASTIC!! I watched about 5 YT vids and nobody mentioned that little detail. 😊 Thank you so much!

I'm trying to make a custom vine brush. But the brush remains black no matter what color I select. I'd like for this not to happen. =\

Sorry! Nevermind. The "More" button is the solution, after you select "DUPLICATE". Kbye.

I have this great gouache brush that I'd like to change the default settings. So I select the brush, change the size, opacity, flow, etc. Then in the brush panel I select "New Brush from Selection". But the saved brush is *nothing* like my original. Obviously I'm doing something wrong. I hope my ?? makes sense. Edit: When I use the "More" button to change the settings, it just ignores me. =[

Thank you @carl123

I'm trying to integrate more raster into my vector (comfort zone) work. As I recall, if you select the Pixel Layer icon in the (Designer Persona) layer panel... you'd get a message saying something like "Hey! you're adding a pixel layer!" and then when you went to the Pixel Persona, you'd see your vector layer as a mask over your brush work. Nada. I see neither of those things anymore. Isn't it supposed to automatically switch to raster mode? So confused. Did I turn something off?

Ooooh! THAT text field. 😕 Many thanks @telemax and @BofG

You lost me already. "Text field"? I tried and got this..... Thank you much tho. =]

How can I specifically scale an object/group by 420% ? That's all. I see where I can input Rotation and Shear(?!) values, but not Scale. Kbye

Nevermind. Found it! It's this (buried) little guy.

I dunno how I did this, but I have this really nice "noise fill" in one of my documents and I don't know how I made it. (this is an month old doc I had to revisit.) You can see in the attached screenshot that it has no FX either. Totally confused.

+1

@AffinityJules @R C-R Thank you both!!! 👍

Sorry. I don't see any of those options.

Is it possible to copy the color balance settings from one layer to another? I sure can't figure it out. =[

Dude!! "Join Curve" is almost as good! Sure you have to drag-select with the direct select arrow, but it still saves a few keystrokes. "Node Tool section" - now it makes perfect sense. =] Thx much @R C-R

Oh well. Thx @walt.farrell 👍