Vector brush

[Colin uk]

I created a pattern in an Affinity Designer file (ipad)

I exported it as a png and imported this as an image brush.

I made a design but when I export it the svg or pdf is rasterised (if I select no rasterisation the pattern is gone)

I would like a custom vector brush that exports as a vector svg.

Is there a way to do this?

 

For example the circle in my Avatar was created in other software with a vector brush.

I am trying to recreate this in Affinity Designer, I have attached the rasterised svg

 

rosette 2020 ad.svg

[Dazmondo77]

Still waiting for true vector brushes - all but the basic vector brushes are actually rasters along a vector path, which is pretty useless for creating vector artwork and is a much requested feature - I still use an ancient version of illustrator to plug the gaps

[ESPR]

I think these stretched bitmap vectorbrushes are mostly intended for drawing (as in big size illustrations like posters).

They are easy on the processor and work well if you set up your canvas at the right size.

 

I like the concept, but they dont do the other stuff very well. Like stretching patterns around a circle.

As a workaround you could create your design with a brush, then trace a segment with the Pen Tool and recreate it with power duplicate.

Or do those kind of effects with other programs (Inkscape 'Pattern along path' LPE).

[Colin uk]

1 hour ago, ESPR said:

recreate it with power duplicate.

Thanks for the replies,

The 'power duplicate' seems an excellent feature and I can copy around the circle (PC version control+J),

thanks for the help.

 

rosette power duplicte cntl j 1.svg

[ESPR]

I just gave it another go and the jaggy edges are not so nice.

[Colin uk]

 

 

The power duplicate worked for vector images, not the textured image brush.

Edited January 4, 2021 by Colin uk
inaccurate sorry