Dave G Posted November 3, 2020 Posted November 3, 2020 Greetings All, I regularly use custom image brushes to create elements like cables or wires. These look 100% fine when drawn with the Pen Tool. However, if I try to draw them freeland with the Pencil Tool the start / end nodes often don't align with the path causing them to look corrupted. The Bézier handles for these nodes need to be aligned manually after drawing. The issue is not that noticable with image brushes that taper at the start / end, but it's more obvious on brushes that are a constant thickness. I initially thought this was a tablet pen pressure issue, but it also happens with my mouse. I've attached a video of me drawing a bunch of Pencil lines and assigning an image brush (I also experienced some rendering corruption as I recorded this, but that's a separate issue!). Does anyone know if this is a known issue with the Pencil Tool? Thanks. Pencil_Tool_Designer.mp4 Quote
Staff Sean P Posted November 24, 2020 Staff Posted November 24, 2020 Hi Dave G, This is a known issue and appears like this due to the way the bezier handles are being created - adjusting those will correct the 'hooks' in the stroke. I'll get your comments passed on to development. Quote
Dave G Posted November 25, 2020 Author Posted November 25, 2020 Hi Sean, Thanks for the response. Yes, it only seems to affect the starting point as you say, not the end point as I originally thought. I've attached a better test GIF that I did at the time. Would be great if the team were able to implement a fix. Cheers, Dave. Quote
Staff Affinity Info Bot Posted May 3, 2024 Staff Posted May 3, 2024 The issue "First point on a vector stroke when using the pencil or vector brush is in the wrong direction" (REF: AF-339) has been fixed by the developers in internal build "2.5.0.2430". This fix should soon be available as a customer beta and is planned for inclusion in the next customer release. Customer beta builds are announced here and you can participate by following these instructions. If you still experience this problem once you are using that build version (or later) please reply to this thread including @Affinity Info Bot to notify us. Quote
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