BobsDaubs

The iPad is the future and so is Affinity but i do hope they polish things like this a little bit more. More and more people want to go away from competition but its the small things that make a app great so i hope they iron these bugs out.

This would be so handy, as I work on both and at times the iPad is just so much more convenient. 

Last november I published a set of Textured Intensity Brushes on this forum by the cryptic name of CTSR Lines (which makes sense to no one but me). Those brushes have repeating patterns. When creating the brushes I encountered some problems with patterns getting squished and such. 
I created some more brushes in a second set and came across an additional quirk (which offset values to use for pixel perfect pattern alignment?). So although it’s just a few months ago, it’s time for a revised set. Time to rename my brush making into something else too. I figured out a much faster way to produce large sets of brushes, cutting out a lot of unnecessary steps, so I rename my series Brush Factory.
So here’s the set again.
Renamed Aspect ratio of 1 in the source file to prevent distortion of the patterns Patterns repeated 3 times in source to prevent issues with repetitions This is new: adjusted the offset values to 80 and 159,4 to have the repetitions align perfectly The Pointy and Round brush families are repeating, the Stripey families are stretched. The brushes all contain a centred line (in 3 widths, S, M and L) and repeating shapes and stripes above or above and below. The brushes with stuff above the line, but not under are therefore not vertically centred on the stroke. In the Stripey families I added 3 lines with a different center point. Those 3 are symmetrical, the extra version is vertically centred on the whole stroke.
Source of (almost all) of the patterns is a 240*240px image. This is a rather small image, so in wide lines, the edges of the pattern blur. I’ve created the patterns as a vector drawing, feel free to ask for a brush from a larger source (less blurry) if you need one. @StuartRc says helpful things about the size of sources in this post: 
https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/64287-creating-vector-brushes/
When using these brushes on a tightly curving curve or a sharp corner they of course do deform. Experiment with the brush setting for Corners and the Stroke Cap to find the best solution for your project.
The attached .zip file contains a PDF with examples and nine brushes files to import into Affinity Designer.


Brush Factory 1.zip

Vector Assets from Inktober 2019 
Added a set of snowflake assets to resources
60 Snowflakes (Compounds and grouped objects)
30 Basic Elements (So you can make your own!)
Assets file containing all vector elements and some adjusted shapes

Attached file includes Asset Library and AD file as pages below:




Assets File
Flakes.zip
Snowflake Sketch Versions 2023
A new asset set of 90 elements with 3 subcategories with each consisting of 30 snowflake assets
Each set has 20 Flat Vectors and 10 dual layer grouped assets (So you can simply re-colour!)

These are hand drawn versions of the originals + Extras. using the raster Comic Ink Blocker Brush set. Then converted to Vector

Excluded the base elements this time around...but we have the Knife tool now so Chop Chop is the way to go!

Category 01

Category 02

Category 03


Assets File
Snowflake Sketches.zip

Here you will find some calendar templates for Affinity Publisher in DIN A2, DIN A3 and DIN A4 format (portrait or landscape). All templates have a bleed of 3 mm.
You can change the colors of background, weekdays, weekends and months with the custom color palette (Kalender | Calendar) in the swatches studio.

You can change the the fonts via the custom font styles in the font studio.
MONATSTITEL = Month title
Wochenende = weekend
Wochentage = weekend

The template have a master for each month and a background.
You can download the templates here:
German: https://mensch-mesch.com/download/affinity-publisher-kalender-vorlagen-2020/
English: https://mensch-mesch.com/download/affinity-publisher-calendar-templates-2020/
Other languages:
For other languages please use the find and replace text function in Affinity Publisher.
If you don't know how to use this function watch this tutorial: https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/tutorials/publisher/desktop/video/337309804/
Keep on drawin'
Norbert

Vector Assets for InkBrush Project
30 new sample elements from latest drawings

Extended Vector Assets set to include some new vector texture elements used so far in Inktober 2019
As previously the set is not applied to assets library but released as a single Affinity Designer File 
Contains:
15 Compound Textures (Red)
15 Placement Textures (White)

ProjectBrush_1.7 - Document_Texture_Mixed_Assets_02.zip

Vector Assets for InkBrush Project 
Added a mixed set of vector patterns to supplement Inkbrush Project 07 containing:
Geometric pattern textures (Red)
Organic pattern textures.(White)
I was going to add these into an asset library but the compound paths may be a bit too large...So I have done it the old way as 'letraset sheet'

AD 1.7 file contains 2 pages consisting of 50 vector patterns created directly from inkBrush sets for Geometric and Organic Brushes
Sample images as below
Enjoy!
 


ProjectBrush_1.7 - Document_VectorPatterns_Mixed_Assets_01.zip

Project Brush inkBrush Vector -Render [Texture]
Added textured versions of the Render Brush Set

Zip File with 30 Vector Brushes 
Sample PDF as attached
Samples as below:


inkBrush - Vector - RenderTexture.zip
ProjectBrush - Document_Vector_RenderTexture_01.pdf

Inkbrush 07 and Project Set 12 
Added new 5 new sets of Vector brushes to library based upon work for Inktober 2019 and Camouflage II with some help from the supplementary Vector Assets library

Sample set inkBrush Vector Paint as below consisting of the first 6 brushes from each of the 5 set (30/150)
Red:Render and Linear II extensions for inkbrush Project 07
White: Vector Texture Sets 01, 02 , 03  Project Brush Set 12
 


Vector Paint Sample Set 01.zip

Project Assets and sample brushes
Added a small assets Library containing the vector objects used and a small sample set of inkBrush (vector Brushes) created for the inktober 2018 project
Brushes created in 1.65 AD not 1.7 (beta)
Sample sheet as below:

Assets - Create_Vector_Brushes.zip
Create - Vector -Brushes.zip

Added a PDF tutorial describing some of the methods to create vector brushes from a personal perspective.
Some of the techniques are a bit unconventional.. but I hope you find it useful!
Created using AD and APu (1.7 beta)
Sample pages as below:



 
Create Vector Brush_06.pdf

@Patrick Connor said "There is an Affinity Photo Desktop and Affinity Photo iPad channel on VimeoPro already I have no idea why there is not an equivalent for Designer, Designer iPad and Publisher, other than the time it takes to do. I will push for some consistency."
For Affinity Photo I hope you will also push for some organization to the display of those tutorials. At this moment for Photo Desktop there are 7 pages with 9 tutorials each plus an 8th page with one tutorial. The pages are not numbered so there is no way to orient yourself within the random display. The videos are not in any discernible order so there is no efficient way to browse for something you might need.  The date of posting is not shown so you cannot tell if any particular video is new or months old. The Search box is not very useful unless you know exactly what you are looking for. You are probably better off using some general web search engine to find Affinity Photo tutorials instead of going directly to the Affinity page on Vimeo. Also, there is no way to download the tutorials.
The iPad page is worse as the moving ribbon of tutorials is grayed out in my Vivaldi browser and so barely readable and extremely difficult to browse.
I wish Affinity had not hidden its old Photo tutorials when 1.7 was released. There were some 225 tutorials at that time. Surely they are not all considered outdated. I myself downloaded most of them when that was possible since I've learned never to depend on any company to keep useful information online. Fortunately at least one individual with his own web site prepared an organized list of the old Vimeo tutorials and that is still available.
I greatly appreciate @Alfred's work in preparing an organized list of official Affinity Publisher tutorials.

Example pic added to original post.
Thanks for your comment.
C.L.
 

I've updated all the links in the original post so they point to the original video and work again

On a related subject, it would be great if there was some way to tell if *.afbrushes files were vector or raster ones without having to open them in Designer. I once asked if there was some identifying characters in a file header or some such we could check by opening these files in a text editor & searching for that, but nothing ever came of it. 

It doesn’t just report vector brushes as being imported, it actually imports them! This seems a bit pointless — and a waste of storage space — given that we can’t use them.

There have been many requests to improve isolate mode.
Hopefully it will happen one day.

Seriously... What is the point of isolation mode if i cannot edit the object? The moment I click onto a child object the entire piece is made visible again! Imagine the pain looking at the demo piece 'A' and wanting to look at a leaf that is in the background and partially obscured. Say i want to edit the veins but when I click on one the entire piece again obscures what I want to edit. Now I have to painstakingly make hidden all the surrounding objects which takes minutes. Again, what's the point of isolation mode again? Sigh...

Protractors & moveable zero-point rulers
I have removed the existing files from the Resources Forum, and replaced them with an updated version (v2.0)
Changes :
>One-click color change.
>No separate horizontal and vertical rulers.
>>If a separate Hor/Vert ruler is needed, open the file and delete the obsolete ruler.
>Rulers & Protractors are now also available as "Asset".
>Naming conventions streamlined.
Please feel free to edit/change the files to your liking.
The rulers/protractors are available as file  for use with Affinity Photo as well as Asset for Affinity Designer.
For using the rulers/protractors, please refer to the "How To" file / asset.
PS:
Instead of having to copy/paste a ruler, you can also stick the ruler files onto your desktop and upon use, drag it onto the canvas. It will then show up as an embedded document (separate layer) which you can also delete when no longer needed.
I hope you find them useful until the upcoming release of the much anticipated major 1.7 update.
 
How to v2.0.afdesign
Protractor-type1 v2.0.afdesign
Protractor-type1a v2.0.afdesign
Protractor-type2 v2.0.afdesign
 
RulerV+H-15cm v2.0.afdesign
RulerV+H-30cm v2.0.afdesign
RulerV+H-Inch-10th v2.0.afdesign
RulerV+H-Inch-16th v2.0.afdesign
Rulers&Protractors v2.0.afassets

Added a Second set to this Project (Affinity 1.7 Only)
Based on inkbrush - Grunge for inktober 2018 project ) but with modified brush dynamics and additional 30 new nozzles 
Naming to Match Inktober Project set

PDF and Sample as below:
 

PROJECT BRUSH - Grunge_INK.pdf
Project Brush - Grunge 2_INK.zip

I am not sure what it was like in the old 1.6 Windows version but in the old 1.6 Mac version it was always necessary to switch to the Node tool to reshape a curve, & there has been no change in that respect in the Mac 1.7 update.

No. 1.7 is an upgrade. It will install over any previous installs of AD.

Project Brush Assets Grunge Set 09
Built using 1.65 Brush Engine
30 New Raster Brushes
PDF sample as attached
Zip file
Enjoy!
 

Project Brush - Grunge.zip
 
PROJECT BRUSH - Grunge_01.pdf

Working on series of brush sets based on Inktober 2018.(here)

Project Brush inkBrush Vector -Render 
Built for flat inking and to extend inkBrush Vector - Paint
Consists of 30 Vector Brushes: 
Flat colour painting for use with Blend mode/s:Average AND/OR Controller:Pressure OR Opacity settings OR Solid and tint colour values
Mixing with opacity
Layering with average

 
Sample  PDF as attached
Zip file with 30 vector brushes


ProjectBrush - Document_Vector_Render_01.pdf
inkBrush - Vector - Render.zip

Project Brush inkBrush Vector -Linear
Supplement to inkBrush Vector - Render

Zip File with 30 Vector Brushes 
Sample PDF as attached
Samples as below:

inkBrush - Vector - Linear.zip
ProjectBrush - Document_Vector_Linear_01.pdf