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Pencil tool: select new colour then draw


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Hi :)  So one annoying thing I can’t seem to work out is selecting a new colour for the pencil tool without changing the colour of the shape I just drew. I’m having to draw the new shape the same colour and then change it and I can’t see where I’m drawing. Is there a way to auto deselect a shape and then pick a new colour to draw the next shape? Or some other work around? I have a massive deadline with loads of illustration to do and it’s taking up valuable time. 

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Hi Bianca, try double tapping the last node in the drawing before selecting a new colour.

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3 hours ago, Bianca Esteban said:

What will that do? I just tried it and nothing happened except the addition of two more nodes right on top of the node I double tapped.

Like this. 
EDIT seems it works with just a single tap too. :)

M1 IPad Air 10.9/256GB   lpadOS 17.1.1 Apple Pencil (2nd gen).
Affinity Photo 1.10.5 Affinity Design 1.10.5 
Affinity Publisher 2, Affinity Designer 2, Affinity Photo 2 and betas.

Official Online iPad Help documents (multi-lingual) here: https://affinity.https://affinity.help/ 

 

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I see! Yes, it does work, but only because you’re creating two new ‘shapes’ by adding new node points on top of the last node from the shape you drew. So that when you change colour, the last new node you created is changing colour because it’s still selected. You’re basically adding two new nodes but they don’t appear on screen because you need more than one node connecting to it to make a coloured area. Working that way will only litter your drawing with orphaned nodes. Expand your layers and you’ll probably see them ;)

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11 hours ago, Bianca Esteban said:

Expand your layers and you’ll probably see them ;)

I see what you mean. Better to tap the 'x' to deselect. Thnx. :)

M1 IPad Air 10.9/256GB   lpadOS 17.1.1 Apple Pencil (2nd gen).
Affinity Photo 1.10.5 Affinity Design 1.10.5 
Affinity Publisher 2, Affinity Designer 2, Affinity Photo 2 and betas.

Official Online iPad Help documents (multi-lingual) here: https://affinity.https://affinity.help/ 

 

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