[Brushes not working on Pixel persona]

I had the same problem with many raster brushes not working in pixel mode. After I updated the driver to my Huion Tablet problem resolved.

[Calligraphic Brush]

In photo, I just made a pretty useful (raster) calligraphy pen in 5 minutes for an upcoming project. I made a 4 px wide x 65 pixel tall selection, filled it with black, and saved the "selection only" as a png. Then in the brush panel I opened up "new image brush" and selected the png. In the brush attributes I set the spacing to 1%, the rotation to 6% and the size jitter to 43% pressure. It worked great! You can play with the rotation to fit your needs. I'm not a calligrapher by any means, but I do need to do some "Hebrew style" calligraphy in an upcoming project. After a little practice, I think this brush will work ok.

[Right to Left Support for Hebrew and Arabic]

I second (or 15th) the request for RTL support in Affinity Apps. I really love Affinity Designer and Publisher and use them whenever possible. I've published three books with Publisher and done countless vector illustrations with Designer. The only times I have to switch to using Adobe apps is when I'm doing video work and need the dynamically linked Adobe files OR I'm working with Hebrew text. I've found a workaround for creating short lines of RTL Hebrew text, but it's not feasible  for complete documents .

[What is "Passthrough" layer mode]

Thank you for the explanation.

 

[What is "Passthrough" layer mode]

What is "Passthrough" layer mode? I've never seen that layer mode in any other graphics software. I can't tell any difference between Passthrough and Normal.

[Please Add Total Layer Lock!]

Edit: I mistakenly posted something that was incorrect about layer locking. I can't delete the post so this is my edit. 

[Please Add Total Layer Lock!]

I love using Designer even though I have an Adobe subscription and have used Illustrator for years. However, one thing that is SOOOO frustrating about Designer is no true "layer lock". I have wasted sooo much time doing work only to find out that I was accidentally working on a "locked layer". Procreate also has a layer lock. It's a working necessity! I had hoped that the 1.9 version had included that, but alas....

[Midnight Run to the Outhouse]

Midnight Run to the Outhouse  I did this in Pixel Persona.

[Purim Comic - First Designer Project]

I've been doing this graphic novel as a first project in Designer to compare it to Illustrator. I'm pleasantly surprised with how easy Designer is to use and get professional results. This is the cover from the Book of Esther in the bible.

[Locked layers keep unlocking]

Thank you.

[Locked layers keep unlocking]

I am learning the in and outs of Designer and love it. I find myself using it more than Illustrator for projects now. One of the (few) problems I'm having is that when I will lock a layer then continue working and I will realize that the layer was somehow unlocked and I am editing in what was supposed to be a locked layer. For instance today I placed a scanned reference image and locked it. Then I created a pixel working layer on top of it. After a couple dozen brush stokes I realized that the brush strokes were being created on the supposedly locked layer. And the locked image layer had been rasterized. This has happened before when working strictly in a vector project. Is this a bug or do I need to do something else besides clicking the lock icon to truely lock a layer? I am using Windows 10 and a Huion drawing tablet.