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Tried to get make better sketching brushes but finally realized I couldn't match corel painter 2019. I love so many things about AP, but sketching and painting doesn't cut it. Anyway I can make better brushes? Dynamics doesn't help.

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Affinity Photo doesn't have the level of brush sophistication that Corel Painter (a dedicated drawing app) has so trying to match a brush from Corel Painter is never going to end well.

You could make a stroke in Corel painter export as PNG and use that to make a brush in Affinity Photo.

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1 hour ago, firstdefence said:

You could make a stroke in Corel painter export as PNG and use that to make a brush in Affinity Photo.

Or check out brushes from Frankentoon, for example https://www.frankentoon.com/product-page/comic-book-kit-affinity-designer,
or DAUB https://www.daub-brushes.com/affinity/#essentials.

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Or, if you were using Designer instead of Photo, giving you access to vector brushes, you might consider some of The Artifex Forge's products, such as their Perfect Pencils pack.

 

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11 hours ago, firstdefence said:

Affinity Photo doesn't have the level of brush sophistication that Corel Painter (a dedicated drawing app) has so trying to match a brush from Corel Painter is never going to end well.

You could make a stroke in Corel painter export as PNG and use that to make a brush in Affinity Photo.

I'm now trying out AP paint mixer brush which does have a softer feel. Is there a keyboard shortcut for LOAD brush or possible to make one?

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6 hours ago, walt.farrell said:

Affinity Photo 1.7.3.481 and 1.8.0.514 Beta   / Affinity Designer 1.7.3.481 and 1.8.0.514 Beta  / Affinity Publisher 1.7.3.481 and 1.8.0.518 Beta

 

 

6 hours ago, walt.farrell said:

Is there a 1.8 beta for Macs?

 

 

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2 minutes ago, kat said:

 

 

There is only a Publisher 1.8 beta for Mac at the moment Kat.

With the Mixer brush selected pressing 'L' loads brush. (see status bar tool tip)

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54 minutes ago, firstdefence said:

There is only a Publisher 1.8 beta for Mac at the moment Kat.

With the Mixer brush selected pressing 'L' loads brush. (see status bar tool tip)

So if I set my waccom to l for freehand selection  it would also work for Load brush?

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I purchased the full set of "Daub" brushes and installed them in both Clip Studio and Affinity Photo. IMO they are great. I can sketch well with any of these tools, even just using the basic brushes (non DAUB), and faking a convincing enough pencil, so, I am not sure if they'd cover your specific needs.

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