Markio Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 In AD for desktop in pixel persona it is possible to start a brush stroke then hold shift and drag to constrain a stroke horizontally or vertically. Is it possible to do something similar in AD for iPad? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Dan C Posted January 20, 2020 Staff Share Posted January 20, 2020 Hi Markio It certainly is! You can use a one finger modifier on screen, then tap between the points where you wish to draw a straight line. This can be seen in my screen recording below - RPReplay_Final1579536614.MP4 I hope this helps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 1 minute ago, Dan C said: You can use a one finger modifier on screen, then tap between the points where you wish to draw a straight line. That just gives you an arbitrary straight line, not a perfectly horizontal or vertical one. Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markio Posted January 20, 2020 Author Share Posted January 20, 2020 1 minute ago, Alfred said: That just gives you an arbitrary straight line, not a perfectly horizontal or vertical one. Yes, and it would be nice to keep the pressure sensitivity along the stroke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Dan C Posted January 20, 2020 Staff Share Posted January 20, 2020 26 minutes ago, Alfred said: That just gives you an arbitrary straight line, not a perfectly horizontal or vertical one. My apologies, I misread the original post 23 minutes ago, Markio said: Yes, and it would be nice to keep the pressure sensitivity along the stroke. Unfortunately I don't believe this to be possible in the Pixel Persona of Designer for iPad, the closest workaround I can think of is using the above method with a grid for guidance, however this will not guarantee perfectly horizontal/vertical lines. May I ask why you cannot use vector objects here? (or alternatively you could create the design in Vector with perfectly straight lines, group these objects and then rasterise the group to a pixel layer? Alfred 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markio Posted January 20, 2020 Author Share Posted January 20, 2020 48 minutes ago, Dan C said: May I ask why you cannot use vector objects here? I guess that would be a possibility. But I would like to emulate sketching freehand, with the added possibility to use constraints on the strokes. I am an architect, so I would benefit from straight but 'sketchy' lines. Sketchy in the sense of making a sketch, not just as an end-result. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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