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Can't wait for this.... what's the timescale for the Photo Beta (you've probably been asked this before)? Thanks, George

Haha! Love this little guy! Look forward to seeing it finished.

But will the brush outline still be visible if you switch the preview off? Cheers, George

Once again Matt, that would be brilliant! Sorry to keep adding to your to-do list! George

Looks ace. Love your style. Great work.

Hey guys, Sorry for bombarding you with all these questions, I know you've got lots of work to do. But..... Is there any way to turn off the colour preview inside the raster brush and just leave an empty circle while you paint? I find it a little disconcerting and distracting while I'm trying to lay down shadows/highlights. Cheers, George

I second this......

Excellent! That would really speed up my 'inking' process. :D Thanks Matt.

Hey there Designers! I've been playing about with the pencil tool on my cintiq and am liking the results I'm getting with it. However, there's one thing that I can't work out. Is there a way to start on the last node you created with a stroke, so that the next stroke is connected? Cheers, George

One thing that would be a great addition is a point to point selection tool (like plotting nodes to create a selection) rather than painting a selection. It would be more precise for yon jiggly areas you want to concentrate on. Please?

Thanks everyone. Appreciate the support and comments!

It's sure is good to climb over that hurdle, that's for sure. If it wasn't for the community here, I would have given up ages ago!!

That sound you hear Matt is the sound o' the whip crackin' Haha! Looking forward to the next update to see what goodies you've brought into it.......

Thanks for the pointers retrograde. Appreciate it. I have been working on my creature and I thought I had cracked it. It's nearly there...... Oops.... how do you attach thumbnails in a reply?!?

Gotchya! Except my outline for my head is made up from different vectors, where there are breaks, wrinkles, eyes etc. I may get on better by drawing a separate vector shape for the colour background under these bunch o' outlines. I'll send you my file when I get home. (My apologies, this topic has probably dragged on far longer than it should have!! Thanks for all the input and help though, it's been great.)

So you created the body and outline of gherkin boy from one vector? But how then, can the pixel layer go between the outline and green background (or is this already seprated in the layers children)? Sorry if I'm being stupid. I'm not at home right now and don't have the program in front of me...... I may have to send you my .afdesign file

Hi Matt, Yup, that's what I'm looking to do, except I don't have any creatures that look like a gherkin yet!! :P I'd like to create a variable line thickness for my outline, then fill with colour (be it by raster fill or another vector shape hiding under the outline as discussed above). Then I want to use the pixel tools, setting the brush to 20% opacity to shade and highlight (on their own layers set to Multiply and Screen) and I'm good. Is that what you've done on gherkin boy there?

True, but I think it may work in the meantime while I wait for Affinity Photo and get true raster tools to help me achieve this. I hope and pray that Phot has a magic wand/fill selction tool!!

Thanks for the breakdown of your workflow retrograde! It looks like a solution to what I want to do. Excellent! I'll let you know how I get on and hopefully update the screenshots too. Thanks retrograde!!

I think I might have to admit defeat here for now and wait until Affinity Photo (or was it Paint) comes along. At least they'll share the same file type. Looks like you were right all along rui_mac!!

Hi there folks, I really want to get to grips with this program, and maybe I'm doing this all wrong, but I want to be able to quickly colour in/fill behind the outlines of this character and then use pixel layers to provide shading (on a Multiply layer) and highlighting (on a Screen layer) using the brush tool. But with all three processes I want to use a selection tool to mask off areas to fill, shade or highlight. The brush selection tool isn't accurate enough and takes too much time. I want to create a selection within the outlines with a couple of clicks and then apply a fill. I thought I had the answer from community member Ash but it doesn't really work for my workflow. Have a look at the attached screen shot. How would you colour this character? Am I thinking about this all wrong and need to rethink my workflow?!? Thanks in advance, George

YES! Exactly what I want to be able to achieve!! This was a stumbling block for me to transfer my workflow from Paint Shop Pro to Affinity! Awesome, thanks Ash!

Ah, okay! So how do I do that in Affinity Designer (my apologies for being such a noob!)?!?

Yes, but I can do both Vector and Pixel layers that does what I want. It's the selection tools that I want to figure out.

I think I understand what you're saying but it doesn't achieve what I want it to (I think). Maybe I'm not understanding after all...... haha! To explain what I want the program to do for me (if possible)..... I want to be able to paint within and up to my outlines by using a selection to contain my raster work. I need to be able to make a selection that selects everything within the outline easily and quickly. Painting a selection and hoping the program catches everything and doesn't go out side the outline/shape is a bit fiddly for me. Is this possible or do I ned another workaround. Thanks for answering and your attention to the community. George