Affinity Designer now supports both DWG and DXF export, available from both File->Export and the Export Persona.
It's important to note that both these file formats are primarily concerned with vector outline data, with limited support for many of the features Affinity offers. However, it's been a heavily requested feature particularly as it means outlines created in Affinity can be easily exported and consumed in various CAD applications as well as utilities for things such as vinyl cutters, plotters and CNC tools.
Because of this, as well as some of the other fundamental differences in the file formats such as layer structure, while both import and export of DWG is now available we do not consider this a format which is suitable to round trip in Affinity. Or put another way we would not recommend collaborating with an AutoCAD user on the same DWG file.
Within export we do offer various options on how to deal with some of the unsupported features / differences in the file format:
Layers
All entities in DWG/DXF belong in a layer. There is always a default “Layer 0” in a valid DWG/DXF file. Affinity also has layers. This setting determines how Affinity layers are mapped to DWG layers, and therefore which DWG layer an exported item belong in
Gradient Strokes
Determines what to do with strokes with a gradient fill applied, which DWG does not support.
Gradient Fills
Determines what to do with fills with a gradient fill applied
Bitmap Strokes
Determines what to do with strokes with a bitmap fill applied, which DWG does not support:
Bitmap Fills
Determines what to do with fills with a bitmap fill applied, which DWG does not support:
Pressure Strokes
Determines what to do with strokes with a pressure profile applied, which DWG does not support:
Overweight Strokes
Determines what to do with strokes with a line weight > 2.11mm, which DWG does not support:
Dashes Strokes
Determines what to do with strokes with a dash pattern applied. DWG does support dash patterns; however DWG dashes do not scale automatically with line weight, as they do in Affinity.
Scale dash patterns
If any line weight adjustment is made to an exported curve (e.g. it is clamped to the 2.11mm maximum), you may expect the dashes to stay the same length, or you may prefer them to scale automatically as they do in Affinity. The former is similar to AutoCAD’s behaviour - when you change an entity’s line weight, it does not recompute the dashes, which is effectively the opposite of Affinity’s behaviour. If “Scale dash patterns” is on, Affinity’s behaviour is used, so dashes will be scaled down if the line weight had to be scaled down.
Apply drawing scale
When enabled, the drawing scale is honoured. If you export an rectangle that is 1 inch wide and your drawing scale is 1:10, the rectangle will be exported 10 inches wides. Note that Affinity documents support multiple drawing scales within the same document, which cannot be honoured in a DWG/DXF file, so only the first/common drawing scale is applied.
With the roll out of Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher for Windows version 2.0.4, Serif are making available Unsandboxed installers (also known here as MSI/EXE installers). These installers will be made for all future V2 release builds going forward and will autoupdate from within the application (checking for updates on each run, like the sandboxed version does)
Serif do not recommend or support mixtures of MSIX and MSI on the same computer. You should only use either all sandboxed or all unsandboxed, particularly if you have more than one Affinity V2 application installed.
You can now download (and install) Windows unsandboxed MSI/EXE installer files (as well as Windows sandboxed MSIX installer files) from these store pages.
1. From the V2 Universal Download page
Click on the words "Looking for Windows MSI installers?"
2. Individual V2 application Download pages, found here
Affinity Designer 2
Affinity Photo 2
Affinity Publisher 2
Click on "Also available EXE (size MB)"
3. LICENCES AND DOWNLOADS pages in your account
Click on the words "Looking for Windows MSI installers?"
I also want to use the "Layer States" feature in the Designer👍
For me, I use much more layers in the Designer than in Photo - It would be a great enhancement here. And I have no clue, why this feature is limited to only one app.
Even worse, it forces me to use other workflows only because I edit vector graphics instead of pixels. I hope Affinity is working on a more consistence user experience across their three apps.
Anyway... thanks for the new States feature in Affinity Photo!
Yes, we will be providing MSI installers to customers who require them. This FAQ will be updated with links to MSI downloads when they become available.
Yes. These are now available
Hi all. Thanks for your patience over the weekend when our offices were closed.
We've had a meeting this morning and decided to ALSO offer MSI installers to those people who would like them. I can't tell you when this will happen, as there is engineering work that will be required to allow this to happen, but we hope it won't be long.
Thanks for your feedback!
Catalogue of FREE resources SAMPLES added to the Forum
1. Brush Library | 2. Asset Library | 3. Styles | 4. Information
Brush Library Sample sets from personal 'Affinity Brush Project'
1. Current uploaded Samples from Brush Library (Forum Sets are not full library versions!)
2. Placed into categories for reference.
3. Ignored older sets/threads (4)...as have been updated by newer an better versions (Mostly relating to Texture Brushes/hatching and Dots)
Application Versions
These are the Brushes that have been edited for Version 2. This includes mostly changes affecting the addition of: sub-brushes and the new 'Distance' option in Dynamics. These are great additions to the brush engine and use them lots. The newer brush sets and edited older versions have mostly updated to accommodate these additional features
I have added my V2 updated list directly out the Folder just for reference
Zombie Special| Set 04 Ammonite A2" | Set 08 Organics A2" | Set 15 Textured INK A2" |Set 15 Textured Pencils A2" | Set 17 Concept A2" | Set 17 Concept Painter A2"| Set 17 Concept Texture Base A2" | Set 17 Concept Texture INK A2"| Set 19 Inker" | Set 19 Inker Texture Toolkit"| Set 21 Scratch and Scribble"| Set 23 Dino"| Set 28 Ink Stipple" | Set 29 Grass A2" | Set 30 Comic Grunge" | Set 31 Base Pattern Textures A2" | Set 32 Comic Concept" | Set 32 Comic Dot" | Set 32 Comic Sketch" | Set 33 Comic Ink Blocking" | Set 34 Graffiti" | Set 34 Graffiti Wall" | Set 35 Zombie" | Set 36 Speed INK" | Set 37 Concept Blocks"
Some sets have been re-listed without change
Sets- PB 29 upwards are essentially created in V2 Affinity Apps
Texture Brushes and older brush sets (Slowly being replaced!)
Archived as updated!
Texture Brushes (Archived)
Archived these 2 large brush sets Texture Brush Packs x12 and Texture Brush Packs x2
Better to use the updated and simpler version found under:
Project Brush 08 Organics (set 1 of 3 available)
Texture Brush Pack Fur Set 1 [120]
Texture Brush Packs (Hatching Version 3) [60] {There are 120 in total}
Updated to latest brush engine, multiple changes to nozzles including making use of rotation option in sub-brush
Version 2 has been archived!
Texture Brush Fur [30]
30 Raster fur brushes partially updated to version 02
Texture Paint [Mixed Nozzle Raster Brushes] [Sample Set]
Texture Paint [Mixed Nozzle Raster Brushes [Sample Set] [AD version 1.7]
Test version of Sample set using 1.7 Brush Engine
Texture Paint Effects [combined Brush Set] [AD version 1.7]
Test version of Sample set using 1.7 Brush Engine | Combination set using Texture Paint 08 and Project Set 08 (Organics) Brush sets.
Texture Paint Brushes [Group 1-4)] [120 texture brushes]
30 sample brushes from each of groups 1-4
120 Texture Paint Brushes and 30 small textured sketching brushes
Paint Brushes Set 1
Paint Brush Texture Sets 1 & 2
Nozzles
Added some nozzles so you can make your own brushes or patterns! (There are 1000's of these)
Nozzles:Texture Paint Brush Asset Library 01 [Nozzle Set]
Old Pattern Brushes (Archived)
Removed links to set pattern brushes replaced with: Project Brush 20: Pattern
Project Brushes
1. Project Brush Library 25 sets developed or in development...not all sets available on the forum
...and easier to work with....
2. Contains some reworked brushes but also 100's of new ones. (Set six for Poison is all new and the largest of the project sets [300 brushes;150 Raster, 150 Vector])
3. Includes some vector sets...
01 Project Brush Assets Hungry [Mixed Source]1 [30 Raster]
Updated to Version 02 and latest brush engine, multiple changes to nozzles and enhanced visibility. with new collection of nozzles and base textures (not on Forum)
02 Project Brush Assets Crazy Tree [Mixed Source]2 [30 Raster | 30 Vector]
Updated to Version 02 and latest brush engine, multiple changes to nozzles and enhanced visibility. with new collection of nozzles and base textures (not on Forum)
03 Project Brush Assets Big-T [Mixed Source]3 [30 Raster | 30 Vector]
Updated to Version 02 and latest brush engine, multiple changes to nozzles and enhanced visibility.
Version 1.0 has been archived!
04 Project Brush Assets Ammonite [Mixed Source]4 [30 Raster | 30 Vector]
Updated to Version 02 and latest brush engine, multiple changes to nozzles and enhanced visibility. Vector Nozzles match raster naming!
Version 1.0 has been archived!
Updated and added new Brush set for Affinity 02 (Dynamics: Distance) Affinity 01 Brush set retained!
05 Project Brush Assets Monster Club [Mixed Source]5 [30 Raster]
Updated to Version 02 with new collection of nozzles (not on Forum)
06 Project Brush Assets Poison Set 6 'Undergrowth' [150 Raster | 150 Vector]
Updated to Version 02 Renamed 'Undergrowth' and updated to 1.7 + Brush engine. All nozzles now vector. Re-factored all vector and raster brushes with new nozzles and adjusted brush dynamics. Scrapped original vector brushes.
Extended the original set with a new base vector brush set; Monochrome Pattern Styles; Vector Grunge assets: and seamless vector patterns based upon those styles
Undergrowth Base Vector Brushes 30 Vector base brushes similar to Render I. Used as the basis for all 'Undergrowth' vector brushes
Monochrome Styles based on Base Texture Seamless Patterns
Assets:
Compound Grunge Vectors for adding texture to objects
30 Seamless Vector Patterns that can be stacked, re-coloured, scaled or extracted as compound objects. Samples can be seen here
Old Brush sets are still available on forum but may need some manual adjustments to the brush dynamics here
07 Project Brush Set Ink.Version 02
(tutorial based on inkBrush Project can be found here: Creating Vector Brushes)
Work in Progress sample sheets for inkBrush Project
The largest of the Project sets Consisting of a 900 brush set collection with 350 supporting vector elements:
300 'Vector' based brushes
600 'Raster' based brushes (inc 30 stamp brushes)
350 Vector Assets for texturing objects
100+ Seamless Patterns
Released:
Vector
A. InkBrush - Vector - Render [30 Vector Brushes]
B. InkBrush - Vector - Linear [30 Vector Brushes]
C. InkBrush - Vector - RenderTexture [30 Vector Brushes]
Raster
A. InkBrush - Raster - Grunge (under project set 09)
Vector Patterns
A. InkBrush - Vector Patterns (compound paths) [50]
B. InkBrush - Vector Textures (compound paths and placement textures) [50]
08 Project Brush Organics Set 8 [30 Raster Brushes] Version 02
Updated to Version 02 and latest brush engine, multiple changes to nozzles and enhanced visibility. Added a number of base textures
Version 1.0 has been archived! 150 mixed brush types!
Scrapped original raster brush set and replaced with more comprehensive set!.
The project set now contains a mix of 90 paint brushes with 30 (Set 01) available to replace original brush set Full set here
.. and ink versions for adding texture to ink drawings, supplementing the #inktober brush sets.
Organic Set A (INK)
Contains 30 raster INK brushes (Dynamics reset for inking)
Organic Set B (INK)
Contains 30 raster INK brushes (Dynamics reset for inking)
Organic Set C (INK)
Contains 30 raster INK brushes (Dynamics reset for inking)
Organics Base Texture Set (Ink)
Base texture Brush set added to allow access to all Organic Patterns
Updated For Affinity 2.0
09 Project Brush Grunge Set 09 (60 Raster Brushes)
Added Set 09: 30 RasterPaint Brushes
Added Set 09 [INK]: 30 Raster Brushes; modified version of the inktober 2018 Project Set (modified brush dynamics)
10 Project Brush 10 Set 01 Leaf [30 Raster Brushes] Version 02
30 Raster leaf brushes
11 Project Brush Assets Camouflage [180 Raster Brushes] Version 02
Experimental set based on Camouflage assets with released sample set [30] and Paint [30]
Project Brush Set with 6 Categories (Texture [30] | Bark Grunge [30] Leaves [30] | Canopy [30] | Effects | Paint [30])
Released:
Raster
A. Camouflage (Mixed Samples) [30]
Set consists of 30 Brushes in total with 8 brushes from Leaves; Grunge Bark; Textures plus 6 from Canopy
B. Camouflage:Paint Textures [30]
Set of 30 Paint Brushes based on Camouflage Assets
12 Project Brush Vector Paint [60 Vector Textured Brushes] Version 02
Vector Paint 01 | Vector Paint 02 | Vector Paint 03
60 shape masks with textured overlays partially based on inkBrush Render
Released:
Vector
Set of 30 Vector Brushes compiled from 5 separate brush sets:Render II | Linear II and Vector Texture 01, 02, 03
13. Project Brush Ink Painter [275 Raster Brushes] Version 02
Ink [30] | Paint [30] | Shader [30] | Texture [30] | Mesh [30] | Sketcher [35] | Micro Pattern [30] | Linear [30] Grunge [30]
Group set of raster brushes
Released:
Ink Sketching set to supplement Pencil Brushes
inkPainter Sketcher [35]
Released:
Organic Brush Special Set
An Experiment with variation on single base texture (30 Brushes) using limited nozzles and settings
There is a small sample set for organic brushes Organic Brush Test
Organic pattern Brush Set 01
30 raster Brushes with >15 vector based seamless patterns
15. Project Brush: Texture Pencils [30] Version 02
30 Raster brushes to mimic pencils for sketching with blend mode 'mostly' set to average
Updated and added new Brush set for Affinity 02 (Dynamics: Distance) Affinity 01 Brush set retained!
16. Project Brush Painter [60] Version 02
60 Raster Brushes defined in 2 sets: Painter | Grunge Painter
These are based on InkPainter Grunge and inkPainter Paint but with adjusted Brush Dynamics for painting
30 Raster Brushes (Grunge Painter) Version 02
30 Vector Brushes (Grunge Painter) Version 02
Collection of vector based brushes build from vector textures used in original raster set
Standard naming convention (mostly!) [vector and raster brushes share name]
1. Using the same nozzle structure (easy now as all vectors!)
2. Balanced naming for easier reference - so vector/raster brushes have same name (well mostly!)
17. Project Brush: Concept Brushes Version 02
40 raster Concept art brushes as a mix of inkers; texture patterns and distressed paint brushes. Complete re-working of the brush set with 7 additional brushes and a lot of changes to the inker brush content. New Greyscale base textures to build up pattern with every stroke.
Additional supporting sets:
Project Brush 17: Concept Texture
30 raster texture brushes to support concept brush set
Project Brush 17: Concept Painter
Large set of 60 raster paint brushes with bristle effect applied to the sub-brush. Supported with supplementary basic set of 15 bristle brushes for adding to the sub-brush menu
Project Brush 17: Concept Texture INK
Concept Texture Brushes with Dynamics Reset
Project Brush 17: Concept Texture COL
Concept Texture Brushes with HSL values edited to 'drift' colours as you paint...Useful for paint effects and brush texturing
Project Brush 17: Base Texture and Seamless Pattern
2 sets of brushes
a. 40 Base textures (Paint brushes without base patterns)
b. 40 Concept pattern paint brushes
Supplemented with 200 greyscale base textures
Updated For Affinity 2.0
18. Project Brush: Wild Background [30] Version 02
Set of 30 raster brushes based on a limited number of vector shapes used in backgrounds to compliment background builder kit
19. Project Brush: #Inktober Inker Version 02
2 large brush sets:
60 Inking Brushes
21 new inking brushes with large nozzles and manipulated through dynamics to create a ink pen/brush effect for line art (Grunge up your artwork!) and create a set that can be used as default for inking!
Mix of Grunge | Texture Painters | Micro Pattern I Organics Textures and basic comic patterns
Re-worked hatching and stipple brushes
60 Pattern Brushes with a mix of organic patterns and comic book fills includes some overlap with original inking brush set
Inker (Version 02) 2022
1. Makes use of PB 26 (Distressed), PB 09 (Grunge), PB 21 (Scratch and Scribble)
2. Switched out the stipple brushes for new ones from PB 03 (Big-T V2)
4. Re-edited the Sketch/Ink brushes using Dynamics graph to produce the variable stroke rather than a nozzle (much smoother!)
5. Updated base textures
Inker (Version 02) 2022 Sample set
Updated and added new Brush set for Affinity 02 (Dynamics: Distance) Affinity 01 Brush set retained!
Consists of 40 Raster brushes extracted from 7 inktober Brush sets.
1. PB Inker 19 (Used in 2020) from collection of 60...about to modify to version 3 so will be archived!
2. PB 19 Inker pattern (2020)
3. PB 26 Distressed Pattern (6) Blue
4. PB 26 Distressed Eraser (4) Orange
5. PB 26 Distressed Paint (4) Green
6. PB 19 Inker Texture (2022)
7. PB 30 Comic Grunge (2022)
Inker Toolkit
Inker (Version 3) Inker toolkit with 30 Base 40 Base texture brushes and 200 'Ink' seamless patterns (400 x 400px)
Base Texture Toolkit
Seamless Pattern Toolkits for all brushes existing as vector and raster patterns with output at 400 x 400px
20 Base Texture Brushes extracted from numerous Project Brush collections
Mixed selection of seamless patterns from PB Grass | PB Inker | PB Concept
20. Project Brush: Pattern
Updated to Version 02 and latest brush engine, multiple changes to nozzles and enhanced visibility. streamlined into 4 brush sets each with 30 brushes Version 1.0 has been archived!:
Pattern Brush Sets 01 -04
120 Geometric and organic pattern brushes
21. Project Brush 21 Scribble and Scratch Version 02
40 Texture inking brushes for coarse ink sketching (added to the #Inktober base sets (inktober inker | Outliner | inktober Pattern))
(not on forum!)
22. Project Brush 22 Substrate Painter Version 02
30 Texturing paint brushes (not on forum!)
23. Project Brush 23 Dinosaur Skin Textures Version 02
1. 30 Seamless pattern brushes based on dinosaur skin supplemented with 30 seamless style patterns
2. 30 Patterned inking brushes
Dinosaur Pattern Palette
Pattern palette build from seamless Dinosaur skin Pattern Assets Version 02.1
24. Project Brush 24 Bristle Vector Brushes Version 02 (not on Forum)
30 Vector Bristle Brushes to supplement Substrate Painter (raster set) (not on Forum!)
25. Project Brush 25 Vector Inkers Outliner Vector Brushes Version 02
2 brush sets with different width and content
30 Vector inker Brushes Compiled and edited from existing brushes
30 Vector Linear Inker Brushes (Smaller version of the above with greater proportion of inking brushes!)
26 Project Brush 26 Distressed Version 02 (not on Forum)
90 Raster Brushes in 3 separate sets of 30 brushes consisting of:
Distressed Erase | Distressed Paint | Distressed Pattern
Essentially a set of texture brushes with unpredictable results. Reliant on the Erase option of the sub brush to generate the effect.
27 Project Brush Texture Painter Version 02 (not on Forum)
4 new sets of brushes to replace 2017 texture and organic brushes. 120 new brushes (Using sub-brush erase)
10 Base brushes for each set repeated 3 times across each brush set.
110 seamless patterns creating the texture. Old Patterns reworked using multi-layer symbols.
3 sets at 400px 1 set at 200px patterns
Sets 1-3 work in conjunction with Project Brush 08: Organics
Set 04 work in conjunction with Project Brush 20: Stipple
A. ProjectBrush 27 - Texture Paint Set A
B. ProjectBrush 27 - Texture Paint Set B
C. ProjectBrush 27 - Texture Paint Set C
D. ProjectBrush 27 - Texture Paint Set D
E. Project Brush 27 - Texture Paint Set E
F. Project Brush 27 - Texture Paint Set F
28 Project Brush Ink Stipple Version 02
Condensed set of Ink Stipple Brushes mostly based on existing nozzles. Consists of 35 Raster brushes extracted from PB 03 (Big-T) | PB 19 Inker | PB 15 Texture Pencils | PB 17 Concept | PB 21 Scratch & Scribble
Set 4 Texture Painter for pattern Painters
Updated For Affinity 2.0
29. Project Brush 29: Grass Version 02
Added Collection of Grass brushes with a supplementary set of seamless patterns
30 raster Grass Brushes
90 Seamless Pattern Brushes (3 x 30)
Updated For Affinity 2.0
30. Project Brush 30 Comic Grunge Pattern Version 02
40 Comic Grunge 'vintage' Brushes
With a collection of seamless vector patterns
2 optional sets of seamless patterns (80)
31. Project Brush 31 Base Texture Toolkit A2
Brush toolkit consisting of 20 Texture Brushes extracted from 5 different new and previous sets.
15 additional base textures to exchange between brushes
4 Symbols
Updated For Affinity 2.0 only!
32. Project Brush 32 Comic Sketcher A2
40 Comic Sketching brushes: A mix of ink Sketchers and comic patterns
11 Base textures added
Updated For Affinity 2.0 only!
Comic Dot Toolkit A2
Based on same principles as Inter Pattern Toolkit Sample Set with 20 Texture Brushes supported with optional Base Pattern Textures
20 Texture Brushes
20 Additional seamless patterns
Updated For Affinity 2.0 only!
Comic Concept | Penciller A2
10 Eraser
20 Fine Line Penciller Brushes for blue line sketching
Updated For Affinity 2.0 only!
33. Comic Block Inkers and Pattern Bases
30 Block Inking Brushes
20 Inking seamless patterns
20 Pattern Paint Seamless Base Textures (Repeated brush stroke fill pattern to solid!)
80 Optional Extra Greyscale Pattern painters
34. Graffiti Brushes
Updated For Affinity 2.0 only!
2 Complete Brush sets with 160 Base Texture. Extensively use Dynamics 'Distance' and 'Direction' to assist painting
Graffiti Paint Brushes
40 Brushes with 40 Base textures
Graffiti Wall Brushes
40 Brushes with 120 Base Textures
35. Zombie
Updated For Affinity 2.0 only!
Elevated the original free 12 brushes for Halloween to full Project Brush Set with 40 Brushes
36. Speed Ink
Updated For Affinity 2.0 only!
New Inking Set to speed up ink Sketches | Concepts
40 New brushes
Extensively use Dynamics 'Distance' and 'Direction' to assist painting
Asset Library
Vector assets created and available in Resources section of Forum
Free assets based on drawings saved into asset panel with supplementary explanation PDF (mostly!)
Inktober 2017
1. Screech
2. Juicy
3. Poison Updated with Full set of Vector objects. Samples can be seen here
4. Shy
5. Filthy
Condensed into single .zip file with all 5 original AD files as asset sheets
InkBrush Project Vector Assets
Vector textures to supplement InkBrush Project
1. Geometric and organic pattern textures
2. Compound and placement textures
3. Nozzles
Snowflakes
1. Snowflakes and construction assets
60 Vector Snowflakes
30 Vector Construction elements
2. Hand drawn vector snowflake sketches
90 Vector Hand drawn Snowflakes
60 Flat Vectors
30 Dual Layer Vectors
Camouflage Project
1. Camouflage I
2. Camouflage II
Camouflage III
1. Vector Assets:Bumble Tree (Basic Construction Kit for building trees)
2. Vector Assets:Ground Plants (Basic Construction Kit for Ground Plants and cluster assemblage) Full Set
3. Vector Asssets: Tree Construction Kit 03: (Bumble Tree) Full Set
Rock Monster Project
1. Vector Texture Toolkit Rock Monster World
A vector toolkit for creating vector backgrounds without painting using raster brushes. Used in the Rock Monster Project. Consists of Styles | Vectors and construction layers.
2. Rock Monster Kit
A vector toolkit (Version 1.0) for creating little Monsters! Contains textures and shapes for 10 pre-built designs but you can pick and mix..2 samples included.
3. Monster World Plants
Vector Assets including Plant Shapes, Textures and Grunge
Ammonite Project
1. Vector Texture Toolkit: Ammonite II
Contains vector objects to create vector backgrounds
Untamed Project
Tree Toolkit (A Stand of Trees)
A set of 6 Vector tree toolkits basic tree construction each with several variations | Branch options and Canopies | Textures. Based on 'A Stand of Trees'
Tree Toolkit [T1] Tree Toolkit [T2] Tree Toolkit [T3] Tree Toolkit [T4] Tree Toolkit [T5] Tree Toolkit [T6]
Tree Toolkit (Mesh Trees)
Set of 5 Vector template shapes for Inking and Sketching. Includes a selection of leaves and textures
Tree Toolkit T7
Membrane Toolkit MT1
A collection of basic compound meshes to enhance Tree Toolkit T7
Membrane Toolkit MT1
Rock Toolkits (Untamed)
Rock Toolkit R1
40 Vector Rock shapes that can be used as templates for inking rocks
Meadow Plants Toolkits
Sets of vector ground plants
Meadow Plants MP 01
Bellflowers with Composites and colour variations
Planetary Toolkit
A collection of Vector Planets and Texture assets for Creating Backgrounds
Planet 01 and Planet 02
2 Planets and their associated textures added to resources
Comic Book Template Toolkit
Vector Textures
48 Comic book Vector Compound Textures
Seamless Pattern Fills
A mixture of Dots | Grunge | grids
60 Vector Patterns contained in container rectangle spilt into 3 asset sub-categories for use with the new Version 2.0 feature of dragging assets to fill container on the context menu
Sketch Templates
A collection of sketch templates in Affinity Designer that an be integrated into A4 Comic Book generic template in Affinity Publisher. Contains Mask Panel Layer | Tier and Panels | Sketch and Vector layers organised to sketch using red or blue according to settings in adjustment layers.
Used in conjunction with assets (Comic Pages and Comic Tiers and Panels) and Mask Overlays
Grunge Vector Border Assets
A collection of grunge borders that can be used to mask panel and tier edges
Grunge Page Borders
A4 Grunge Borders for Pages or Affinity Designer A4 Templates
Large Vector Grunge Pattern Overlays
Vector Grunge Patterns Built to overlay Panels and Tiers to add texture to drawings
Dialogue and typeface assets (Speech Bubbles and labels)
Scalable Vector Assets using Global Colours with Type styles built in
Palette Assets
A collection of Palette assets
'Graphite' Colour + Grey-Black
'Untamed' original
'Untamed Mushroom Forest'
'Untamed Chili Trees'
DC Comics 1982 Original Colour set is here
Comic Dialogue Toolkit
Vector assets for creating Comic Dialogue objects
Comic Toolkit Splat
Compound Vector Splat Asset Kit
Comic Toolkit Circle
Vector Grunge Circles and Solid round shapes kit
Comic Page Template Assets
Added 4 Tier A4 and associated Page masks to assets panels
Halloween Vector Toolkit
Zombie Vectors
A collection of hand drawn assets for Halloween that includes:
Zombie Sillouettes
Palettes
Small set of Ink brushes
Irregular Backgrounds
Ink brushes now full Project Brush set PB 35
Haunted Trees Vector Toolkit
Tree Shape Vectors
A collection of hand drawn assets for Halloween or whatever! that includes:
13 large Vector base trees
21 Branches
12 Grunge Bases
Little Monsters
A collection of Little Monster Toolkits
1. Wood beast
Style Library
Style assets created and available in Resources section of Forum
Inktober 2017
1. United
2. Screech
3. Poison
4. Long
Camouflage II
1. Pattern Styles I
Set of 30 coloured patterns based on base textures for brush nozzles
2. Pattern Styles 2
Set of 30 coloured patterns based on base textures for brush nozzles
Camouflage III
1. Pattern Styles 01
Set of 15 patterns using the vector objects of Camouflage III
2. Pattern Styles 02
Set of 15 patterns using the vector objects of Camouflage III
Dinosaur
1. Dinosaur Skin Patterns 01
15 Seamless patterns based on dinosaur skin
2. Dinosaur Skin Patterns 02
15 Seamless patterns based on dinosaur skin
Graffiti
1. Graffiti vector Wall Assets Part 1
40 Vector Wall Pattern Assets (Part 1) W.I.P
Information
1. Pulled this from another thread...may find useful.....
Issues relating to installing iPad Brushes: brushes on iPad and Loading IPad Brushes
2. #Inktober
Created a working set of inktober brushes consisting of:
A. Project Brush 09: Grunge
B. Project Brush 19: Inktober Inker (sketch and pattern sets)
C. Project Brush 21: Scribble and Scratch
D. Project Brush 25: Vector Inkers (Outliner)
Tutorials and some excellent links....
These fantastic tutorials also very useful if you wish to explore creating your own..and have some fun at the same time.
Managing Raster Brushes
Managing Assets: @Frankentoon kindly created a video tutorial for installing AD assets including Brushes on YouTube. Brushes available here
Creating your own Vector Brushes for iPad: at Affinity Spotlight
Creating your own brushes for iPad at: Affinity Spotlight by @paolo.limoncelli: Paolo's Daub Brush Techniques acquire them here
Creating your own Bristle Brush: Tutorial
Creating and individual Vector Brush from @Mensch Mesch: Ivy Brush
Creating Vector Brushes by @IsabelAracama: Custom Vector Brushes
Creating vector (intensity and image brushes) Custom Vector Brush
Creating Brushes General
1. Making Custom Vector Brushes in Affinity Designer by Arianne Criseyde
2. Creating Custom Brushes in Affinity Photo by Oliver Sarikas
General process of creating Vector Brushes by Envato Tuts+: Everything You Need to Know About Affinity Designer Brushes
Introduction to creating Vector brushes including method to extract vector based brushes from illustrator and convert to AD Vector (raster) equivalents
Articles Linking Brush Libraries:
Spoongraphics List of Affinity Brushes: Best Brushes for Affinity Designer
Envato Tuts+ 25 of the Best Affinity Designer Brushes
Installing Assets
Help page to install assets into Affinity Suite
https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/store/resources-install-guide/
Others
Custom Smoke Brushes
Texture Brushes and Blend Modes
Creating Vector Brushes (includes assets and 10 sample brushes)
Creating Base Textures for Brushes
Added a process information sheet outlining methods of seamless pattern creation that can be used for brush base textures and graphic styles
Creating Distressed Texture Painting Brushes
Process of using Sub-Brush erase to distress brush nozzles
Creating Ink Brushes using Dynamics
Textured Stripes
Experimental coloured brushes with linear banding and texture masks
15 independent styles (set with maintain fill aspect ratio/wrap) File size is Larger than usual! ....Exported the .png but a t higher res (400dpi)
Experiments
I find that point transform tool is a hidden gem. It really gives some features I can not find in other tools. Here it snaps center of a circle to a curve.
point transform snapping.wmv
Thanks for investigating. Although I think the different results and feedback is puzzling. As written this is just for testing, and we are very soon going to have a cooperation with the prepress team, so I will eventually get to know what might be going on.
Freakin' brilliant! Thanks a lot! Don't know why it didn't come up in a searches before.
(And this is the second product we've seen this week with a "Warm Reminder.")
I use this product. Bluetooth and a small program to customize the function of the 9 keys and the dial. I have setup the dial for zoom function. Works great https://www.storexppen.co.uk/buy/ac-19-remote.html
I use this product. Bluetooth and a small program to customize the function of the 9 keys and the dial. I have setup the dial for zoom function. Works great https://www.storexppen.co.uk/buy/ac-19-remote.html
I use this product. Bluetooth and a small program to customize the function of the 9 keys and the dial. I have setup the dial for zoom function. Works great https://www.storexppen.co.uk/buy/ac-19-remote.html
A global colour can seem to have multiple personalities after a document is converted to another profile. Selecting "Edit Fill..." in the Swatches panel may show the actual definition of the swatch (which won't have been changed by the conversion), whereas clicking "Edit Global Colour" in the Colour panel when an object to which the global colour was assigned is selected will show the definition of the local colour of the object, and that local definition will have been changed by the profile conversion. Actually making a change in either of these editors will synchronise them.
A colour attribute (for example, fill or stroke colour) of an object has a local definition used for rendering the attribute even when a global colour is assigned to the attribute, and the two colour definitions can become out of synch when a document is converted to another profile. Assigning a global colour to an attribute results in the attribute and global colour being linked plus the global colour's definition is copied to the attribute's local definition. Converting a document to another profile does not change the definitions of the document's swatches, but the definition of an attribute's local colour is changed to maintain the appearance of the attribute - the global and local colour definitions are now out of synch. Editing a global colour will result in the local definitions of linked attributes being updated with the global colour's definition and so the global and local colour definitions become re-synched.
There is an important further problem to be aware of. When you open a swatch editor, the controls will be in the mode from when the editor was last used, regardless of the colour model of the swatch. Say you previously used the swatch editor in CMYK mode and now try to edit a swatch that has a LAB definition; the editor will show a conversion from LAB to CMYK rather than the true LAB definition.
All in all, colour handling in Affinity apps is a complete mess and not to be trusted.
I appreciate you trying to work out this issue and make me understand it better. Although there is a workaround, I really think it's strange that the 100% black changes when different icc profiles are applied. In a grander scope, this means, that if my print files are going to different print houses, that uses different profiles, I need to "recolor" my documents every time I choose a new printhouse?!... Shouldn't the conversion ideally been managed in PDF export?
I am just a enthusiast graphic designer making stuff for a small startup (not enough finances for pro/expert people yet), so there are definitely things in printed matter color management I do not know enough about. I do have fairly good knowledge doing color management for photography though.
I must say, that the way conversion between color profiles works in Affinity is really strange for me - especially for black. Wuld be great if affinty had a Black solution like Adobe. Anyways - I need to really dig into it this color stuff, to understand it better and save some time and frustration in the end.
And I must say: when objects loose their connection to color assignment/global color swatch it ruins the purpose of making swatches. Your hard work trying to keep your data/layout structured and organized just went down the drain
The UI is totally confusing because switching the two buttons does absolutely nothing unless you actually change the profile while staying in the same color space. (The buttons are also pointless if you change the color space because then it will always convert.) It took me quite a while until I've figured it out, after reading a couple of posts on this topic here on the forums.
In general, color handling in Affinity is "well meant" but an utter mess…
Speaking of global colors, if you'd ever need to batch convert a long list of standard swatches to global without wanting to develop a carpal tunnel syndrome from rightclicking each swatch one by one, you might enjoy my little external macro example here:
ade_km_macro_make_global_swatch2.mp4
^ This is a Keyboard Maestro macro. My "move mouse" distance was incorrect though, should be "19", hence a couple of "missed" swatches in the video.
More on that in this thread:
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