Pen Tool in pixels?

[Rik]

If I select the Pencil Tool, then you can draw in pixels.

 

But, when I select the Pen Tool, then I cannot seem to draw in pixels.

Is this option available?

[MEB]

Hi Rik,

There's two different modes related to drawing/painting (called Personas in Affinity) you can use in Affinity Designer.

One is Draw Persona, and it allows you to work with vector tools, like Xara does.

The other is Pixel Persona where all tools work with pixels like in Photoshop (bitmap based tools). There's no equivalent of this mode in Xara. 

You can change between those two modes with the first two icons below the window controls on the top left corner. And you can mix vector layers with raster layers from both modes.

 

Additionally you can make Affinity render your document (no matter if there's vector layers there or not) as pixels. You can activate this going to View -> View Mode -> Pixels

With this view mode enabled you can draw with all vector tools while the document is rendered in pixels (similar to what Adobe Fireworks does). Basically it allows you to draw with pixels using vector tools to control your shapes/paths.

[Rik]

Possibly I didn't explain myself properly!

Or I've not understood your reply, MEB.

 

I'm very used to working with things in pixels.

When I draw a line or an outline on a box or shape - I adjust the pixel amount to get what I want.

 

As you will see by the attached image, when I select the Pen Tool in Affinity Designer, I can only change the size in points. In the attached image, you can see the size is set at 0.6pt at the moment.

 

I would like the option of being able to set this to pixels.

 

I've been through the options you suggest, and nothing changes this from points to pixels.

Is this possible please?

[MEB]

Oh sorry. I misunderstood you. In that case go to Preferences -> User Interface tab -> uncheck Lines in Points.

[Rik]

BRILLIANT! :D

 

Thanks indeed, MEB.

 

Why is this programme not being released, right now?!

Sign me up as the very first purchaser.

You can have the money in advance.

[Rik]

Is this a bug?

Or something that just has to be accepted?

 

I can now work in pixels, but, now you cannot use the slider to change the line size.

You have to type a value in the box.

[MEB]

It's working fine here. I can change the line width with the slider when using pixels.

But i remember that happening to me a few times. Seems the slider get stuck.

Close the file (or the program) and open it, and try again. It may be a bug yes.

[Andrew Tang]

There is a bug with that slider and certain objects under some conditions. It has been fixed for the next release. Stay tuned.

[MEB]

Ok, i know there was something weird going but was never able to replicate it consistently. Glad to know.

Thanks Andrew.