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I did this stupid photo design 8 years where I photoshopped 4 chickens walking across an old country road with zebra crossing lines and it went a it viral across the internet (so much that two musical artists stole it and put it on their album cover) and so I decided to redesign it better recently and ended up with this
One morning in the Spring of 1972 - in a parallel universe somewhere - George, Paul, Ringo and John are on a road trip to a farm - to grow some wheat - when they bump into their old pal Buster Bloodvessel out walking his chickens
Trying to get some nice dust brush effects going on but I don’t feel I’m 100% happy with the result so far so might rework bits of it - if anyone has any nice tips for me then I’m happy to take them

I did this stupid photo design 8 years where I photoshopped 4 chickens walking across an old country road with zebra crossing lines and it went a it viral across the internet (so much that two musical artists stole it and put it on their album cover) and so I decided to redesign it better recently and ended up with this
One morning in the Spring of 1972 - in a parallel universe somewhere - George, Paul, Ringo and John are on a road trip to a farm - to grow some wheat - when they bump into their old pal Buster Bloodvessel out walking his chickens
Trying to get some nice dust brush effects going on but I don’t feel I’m 100% happy with the result so far so might rework bits of it - if anyone has any nice tips for me then I’m happy to take them

I did this stupid photo design 8 years where I photoshopped 4 chickens walking across an old country road with zebra crossing lines and it went a it viral across the internet (so much that two musical artists stole it and put it on their album cover) and so I decided to redesign it better recently and ended up with this
One morning in the Spring of 1972 - in a parallel universe somewhere - George, Paul, Ringo and John are on a road trip to a farm - to grow some wheat - when they bump into their old pal Buster Bloodvessel out walking his chickens
Trying to get some nice dust brush effects going on but I don’t feel I’m 100% happy with the result so far so might rework bits of it - if anyone has any nice tips for me then I’m happy to take them

I did this stupid photo design 8 years where I photoshopped 4 chickens walking across an old country road with zebra crossing lines and it went a it viral across the internet (so much that two musical artists stole it and put it on their album cover) and so I decided to redesign it better recently and ended up with this
One morning in the Spring of 1972 - in a parallel universe somewhere - George, Paul, Ringo and John are on a road trip to a farm - to grow some wheat - when they bump into their old pal Buster Bloodvessel out walking his chickens
Trying to get some nice dust brush effects going on but I don’t feel I’m 100% happy with the result so far so might rework bits of it - if anyone has any nice tips for me then I’m happy to take them

I guess they got some good sales?
Fair play to them - I wish V2 all the success they deserve for offering a fairer alternative to Adobe
But if I take the plunge with the suite then I want something for my money (other than basically the same software with a few minor new features and probably some new bugs to iron out)
Happy using V1 for now but going forward I would like to support them and move over to V2 eventually - it's just a little too steep for me right now and so soon after buying V1

Strictly speaking, this is not a bug, but a feature that hasn't been implemented.  It is a very good idea though, and I hope Serif take note and implements something that will provide a similar feature, We wait with bated breath.

Looks so. It was foreseeable that the 40% will be extended. Perhaps even permanently. Usual marketing strategy.

Got it cheers - I was looking on the Home Screen but didn't think of clicking on the little icon on the top right taking me to that page which I remember seeing before
Managed to download some other brushes from the website and import those but couldn't see these dust brushes - got them now - thanks DM1 you saved my life!
 

There were some settings in Dust Stroke 1 and 2 and 3 in the dynamics section that indicated pressure was set to affect size. I unselected pressure and they stopped being pressure sensitive

Sorry - typo - I meant V1 - issue now resolved anyway

Yes. The toolbar thingy is an override, not meant to be actual settings area for the brush if that makes sense. So if you are using a brush that doesn't have pressure enabled in its settings, it gives you the ability to turn it on on the fly instead of going deep into settings. (I wish this panel were more accessible)

If you need that brush with pressure settings off, you can duplicate that brush, change those settings and then rename however you like.

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Brush reset on individual brush won’t remove your brushes.😁 You performed a factory reset on all brushes which unfortunately does remove non default brushes. 😬
For future reference see below.

 

If your brushes were synced from your Affinity account, it's wherever you would resync the store add-ons from your account. I don't use iPad, so I can't say exactly where this is aside from desktop. I did a quick search and couldn't find this information.

Use account on Home Screen and log in to store. Then download brush pack. It will automatically install.🙂
 
 

Yes
This issue has been solved

Many types of overlays by "Paper Farms" were available as a freebie last year. I have them in my store.serif.com/account/downloads

Because a pixel effect rasterizes everything below that can be affected by it. 
Whereas an Affinity vector effect can't vectorize pixels (yet: we all hope that the Trace Bitmap feature is already in the works, aren't we?)
That said, transparencies are somewhere inbetween because pixels have an alpha channel, too.
In that sense, the Transparency tool could theoretically have the ability to create a transparency pixel mask directly on a pixel layer, much like the Fill tool can.
But my "quarter-educated" guess and a gut feeling tell me that this complex feature was omitted because Designer is focused on vector design, and not on pixel effects. Hence there are only the "pixel basics". Less is sometimes more. Application bloat and Featuritis™ is a disease, on the other hand…

OK, I'm glad to read that you found your solution, but if I understand right, you wanted to create this sort of morning mist, like in Jimmy Jacks screenshot, right? Why don't you simply create a layer with a gradient from light blue up to transparency? Would have seemed much more natural, wouldn't it? And it would be easier to handle.

In detail:
Since your parent object was a curve that is clipping the pixel layer, its own attributes won't have any effect on the clipped child. That's literally by design, and by all means of logic of this hierarchical concept.
Much like your snowflakes didn't turn blue just because the clipping curve has a blue fill. The transparency attribute was thus also applied only to the clipping layer, i.e. only to its blue fill.
Unlike a group which is a different type of layer object. A group does not clip its children. So if you apply an attribute like a fill to a group, all its children will be affected. (Except pixels because they live in another "fill" Universe… )

Pleased you have a handle on understanding the issue. I think the route cause is that the Transparency tool is part of the vector tool set. not pixel. The other simple way would be to add a basic mask. Select the mask and apply a gradient (Black | white) Then set the transparency values as you wish in the color palette

I'll take your word for it - maybe there is a valid reason why it's set this way that I don't yet fully grasp?
What you're saying about the TG applying to Vector Fills does kind of make sense

I'm sure there are multiple ways to achieve the effect I want - but this thread was about working out why the method I chose wasn't working - because who knows I might want to use this method again in the future for something else
Convoluted ways of doing stuff is often a feature of the design process (and sometimes better for making adjustments) and then I usually figure out better ways once the desired effect has been achieved (if possible)

Because the Transparency Tool is a vector tool, applicable to vector fills.
That's why it's in ADe/APu, but not in APh. A pixel type of layer doesn't have any vectors, just a bounding box.
Yes, just group the pixel with itself. Then the parent group acts like a transparent vector shape and accepts the Transparency tool.
Well, the Pixel Universe and the Vector Cosmos are two different dimensions, even though they can interact. Each has its own set of physical laws, and not all of them are freely or at least easily interchangeable.

I can see it now - the difference here is that the object I'm trying to apply the transparency gradient to is contained within a GROUP
- If you apply a Transparency Gradient directly to the object it doesn't affect the pixel layer
However,
- If the object is contained within a Group and you apply the Transparency Gradient to the Group then it affects the Pixel layer as well (which is what you are trying to illustrate)
Because that's completely the most intuitive way of setting things up 🤦‍♂️ I've just wasted a couple of hours trying to figure this out because the software is set this way! 
If I apply an effect to an object I EXPECT IT APPLY TO ALL LAYERS WITHIN THAT OBJECT!!!!
If I don't want the effect to apply to specific child-layers then I will place those layers in a different Object or Group!
This software does my head in sometimes..

In your file all you need to do is select the Px layer apply group then use the transparency tool to create the effect. Or you could use a mask