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Did you ever get to the bottom of the @Wilfred Hildonen?

[Paint Brush Tool Behaviour]

presumably so, though I can't think why I would have touched it. I wasn't especially conscious of it until you pointed it out.

 

thanks for your help

[Paint Brush Tool Behaviour]

22 hours ago, owenr said:

Make sure Opacity or Flow is not set to zero in the brush's context toolbar.

Also make sure Protect Alpha is disabled in that toolbar.

 

 

Ah-ha - Protect Alpha - that was the culprit. Is that normally on my default?

 

thanks

lstocky

[Paint Brush Tool Behaviour]

22 hours ago, DWright said:

Under the brushes tab which brush is currently selected and if you choose a different brush does it work correctly.

 

How do I see which brush is selected? - when you follow the precise steps I detailed, no selection appears apparent in the brushes pane (in the studio)

[Paint Brush Tool Behaviour]

I'm pretty sure I'm doing something funky here as the use case is dead simple.

 

Steps to reproduce:

1. file >new (Print, A4, RGB 8 bit, Transparent background)
2. Layer > new layer
3. select paint brush tool
4. click and drag on canvas

 

Something real weirds going on because in step 4 - no paint gets left on the canvas.

 

What am I doing here? So basic, and so frustrating that I can't get it to work...

 

cheers,

lstocky

 

p.s. the pixel tool works, just not the regular paint brush tool

[Outer Glow Rendering (Affinity Designer)]

9 hours ago, owenr said:

Instead of a solid white Outer Glow FX, you could use a solid white Outline FX to get a sharp smooth edge.

Alternatively use a white stroke on the text, but to get a shadow that's identical to that of the first option, the shadow will instead need to be on an underlying unstroked duplicate of the text.

 

(There are terrible stair steps on the diagonals of the red text rendered by Ps, by the way.)

 

 

 

Now we're talking.

 

Bingo - thank you. I recall experimenting with the 'outline' but evidently I didn't experiment enough!

 

As I mentioned above, I hadn't noticed the edges on the letter 'A'. In fact the edges of the red lettering is far superior in AD.

- BTW I had only mentioned PS, not as a superior tool, but purely for context. :-)

 

Thank you all for your help.

 

 

[Outer Glow Rendering (Affinity Designer)]

9 hours ago, R C-R said:

The first thing I noticed was the difference in how the letter "A" was rendered -- with jagged edges in the PS version but not in the AD one. That suggests an equivalent process was not used for both, or they are rendered at different pixel resolutions, or something else distorted this comparison.

 

Do you know of any reason for that difference?

 

I hadn't noticed the edges on the letter 'A' - well spotted. Unfortunately I can't recall how I created the previous effects in PS, it was a long time ago. And I don't have PS any more to investigate.

[Outer Glow Rendering (Affinity Designer)]

10 hours ago, JimmyJack said:

Try backing off your intensity. 

 

Oh, shame on me.... It's your first post. WELCOME to the forum!

 

Thank you for the welcome :-).

 

Reducing the intensity only shrinks the white edge which is not what I want. Indeed, I can't forgo the size of the white edge/glow as that is what I am working to, from the other text - 'Hannah' for example.

[Outer Glow Rendering (Affinity Designer)]

I'm getting some jagged edges on the outer glow effect.

 

Steps to reproduce:

1. Place some text using Artistic Text Tool
2. Add Outer Glow Effect
   1. Opacity 100%
   2. Radius 52%
   3. Intensity 100%

 

Note the jagged edges around the outer glow.

 

Depending on your background you may need to:

a. enable Outer Shadow

b. Colour - Black

c. then adjust so the edges of the Outer Glow can be seen

 

Notice in the attached image the difference between the rendering in Affinity Designer and PS.

 

Any ideas if this is a bug or limitation?

 

thanks

lstocky