[Adobe Illustrator brushes]

Hey RS, thanks for support the Affinity Designer community. I just picked up the Grave Etcher brushes — my way of supporting your work and the Affinity Designer platform. Oh, yea, and two others.

Thanks ~ Jack 

[Adobe Illustrator brushes]

On 6/19/2018 at 4:58 PM, katie885 said:

Did you ever find an answer for this? I am actually interested in the same etching brush set and found this thread!

Hey, no, I didn't really find an answer. Only that some of the brushes Retro Supply sells will work with Affinity Designer and some will not. I contacted Retro Supply about my interest in these brushes and if they plan to create an option for AD. Said, no! I actually had purchased their retro etch / engraving brushes and discovered they would not work with AD they gladly refunded my purchase.

[Adobe Illustrator brushes]

pmannaro thanks for the response. I have the retroeffects-classic-collection-bundle already and love it. Use it all the time. That is what got me interested in some of their other products. And that was where I ran into the snag. The Importing brushes video was a nice lesson, too.

[Adobe Illustrator brushes]

I do not have Illustrator but would gladly purchase the brushes available at Retro Supply if I could use them in Affinity Designer.

I like a lot of the tools available at Retro Supply.

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

I have not had formal training in design but love it and learning as fast as I can.

[Adobe Illustrator brushes]

Greetings, I love the tools offered at Retro Supply (brushes) but unfortunately, most are tooled as Adobe Illustrator only. So I have a few questions for the collective brain.

 

1. Do you know of a way to convert AI brushes to work in Affinity Designer
2. Do you know of a source that has retro etch / engraving brushes such as the one attached

 

Thank you
 ~ Jack

[Graphic voids]

Thanks for the quick reply. I will test some of these apps and techniques. But most importantly, now I know what can be done and what cannot. Thank you
 ~ Jack

[Graphic voids]

Excellent, thanks! But what if the bird is a transparent .png? Extra steps are required? I can subtract the bird, but the entire file shape (rectangle) is subtracted and not just the bird shape.

~jp 

[Graphic voids]

Greetings... I'm an Affinity Designer novice and at this point have more ideas than skills. 

I'm certain this is an easy action but I cannot find the right methodology.

 

I want to create a shape (e.g. red circle) and place a graphic file (e.g. Black bird) over it, then punch a hole in the shape to create negative space in the shape. The result is a bird shaped hole in the red circle.

 

Any assistance is greatly appreciated.

 

Thank you
 ~ Jack

  

[Tutorials: Affinity Designer Quick Start]

I just discovered this tutorial at tutsplus. Somehow I was able to view the Power Duplication video, but the package is no longer free. Anyone know how to access these excellent tutorials otherwise?

 

Thank you
 ~ Jack