Brush size shortcut and view rotation

[aho]

The shortcut Ctrl-Alt-Pen drag to resize the brush size or change its hardness is very useful and I use it often. The problem is that if the view is rotated, the direction that changes the size or hardness rotates with the view. It is difficult to keep track at which angle the view is rotated currently. It would feel more natural if the dragging direction for changing the brush size could always be left/right independent of the view rotation.

Here is how to reproduce the problem:
- Start a new document
- Choose the brush tool
- Ctrl-Alt-Mouse left button and moving the mouse left/right changes the brush size
- Use the menu items View/rotate left or right to rotate the view to some other angle.
- Depending on the view rotation angle, Ctrl-Alt-Mouse left button and moving the mouse left/right now changes the hardness of the brush instead of the size, or reverses the direction of the brush size change.

Also, it is a bit difficult to change the brush size by a tiny amount. A fairly small pen drag produces a relatively big change in brush size. A setting to reduce this sensitivity a bit would be great.

And lastly, another shortcut for freely rotating the view would be great. For example with the already existing shift key, like so: Space moves, Space+Ctrl zooms, Space+Shift rotates.

I am using Windows 10 and Affinity Photo 1.8.5.

 

[MEB]

Hi @aho,
Welcome to Affinity Forums
Thanks for reporting this. I'm checking if we already have this logged and will do so in case it's not.
 

[SamSteele]

On 11/3/2020 at 2:45 AM, aho said:

And lastly, another shortcut for freely rotating the view would be great. For example with the already existing shift key, like so: Space moves, Space+Ctrl zooms, Space+Shift rotates.

I am using Windows 7 and Affinity Photo 1.8.5.703

Yes, a keyboard shortcut so that you can view your brush rotation on screen over the image would be nice. Maybe use the wheel in a wheel mouse?

Windows 7 and Affinity Photo 1.8.5.703