Conde Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 Does anyone know the keyboard shortcut (german keyboard) in Photo 1.8 Mac LIQUIFY to enlarge and reduce the brush size? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted March 2, 2020 Staff Share Posted March 2, 2020 Hi Conde, Welcome to Affinity Forums The default shortcuts are "[" and "]" however those keys are not directly accessible on a German keyboard layout. Go to Affinity Preferences, Keyboard Shortcuts section, select Photo for the first dropdown and Paint Brush Tool for the second and select the keys you want there. As long as Apply to all checkbox is ticked these changes will be used for all brush based tools including for Liquify Persona. Personally i have set them to F5 and F6 since i also don't have direct access to "[" and "]" keys on my keyboard layout. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conde Posted March 2, 2020 Author Share Posted March 2, 2020 Thanks for your quick reply. The ä and # keys are set by default (as in Photoshop). But it doesn't work. Only after entering the characters ä and # does it work in Liquify. After closing and reopening Photo everything is gone again. Saving and reloading the default sets does not work either. The characters ä and # must be re-entered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conde Posted March 3, 2020 Author Share Posted March 3, 2020 In other words. What can I do that Photo automatically loads the saved preference set when opening Photo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisbon Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 Im unable to assign a shortcut for brush size in Liquify Persona. Even checking "Apply to all" as suggested. On Windows, I can't assign a shortcut but the default keys work pretty well: Ctrl + Alt + Drag_Mouse_Left/Right = Increase/Decrease brush size Ctrl + Alt + Drag_Mouse_Up/Down = Increase/Decrease brush hardness Not my shortcuts but someone's shortcuts. Close enough 😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mabian Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 Confirmed here, Affinity V2: "apply all" on brush size shortcuts after customizing them don't seem to applyto liquify persona brushes... - Mario Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 I believe that, by design, because it works differently to the ‘normal’ brushes (there is only one Liquify brush), the Liquify brush is handled separately from the ‘normal’ brushes and so the Preferences settings that apply to ‘normal’ brushes don’t also apply to the Liquify brush. The default “[“ and “]” brush size modifier keys should still work for most people unless they are in the situation as described above or similar, e.g. German keyboard layout. On Windows, I don’t know about Mac or iPad, you can also use the F2 and F4 buttons to resize the brush, although I’ve not been able to find out where these are set so they may be ‘hard-coded’ into the software. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mabian Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 Hi GarryP, thanks for replying; I didn't know about the F2 and F4 shortcuts, they work indeed, are they documented? BTW, on Italian keyboard [] don't work as well, and regarding the technical difference of the Liquify and Photo personas, I'd expect the ability to extend the shortcuts to them also or, as an alternate option, to be able to explicitly redefine the shortcuts for the Liquify tools, even if separately from the Photo tools. Regarding user experience, as it is now is a bit ugly in my opinion... - Mario Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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