el_reverend Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 Hi all, New to AD and I've been searching for some information on brushes and the scaling vector artwork in designer. I am working on a piece that may need to get printed much larger than initially thought. So far I have avoided any graphic brushes, but I have some elements where this would come in really handy! If I have a piece that started out as letter size, but now will be printed around 30x40in (or thereabouts) how can I ensure that the brushes I use to make some elements remain sharp and are not pixelated? Can I create vector elements and create a vector based brush? Instead of a png image use a svg (or other vector format)? I ask because in the past with AI (which I switched from) I created a jitter brush with my shape and painted along a path to sort of randomize some of the elements I placed. It was a fast way of filling certain similar areas in my piece. Thanks for any pointers and help with this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 10 hours ago, el_reverend said: Can I create vector elements and create a vector based brush? No. You should keep as much as vectors as possible if there is the chance of scaling up the work. Also, if you have a vector you can apply another brush to it later. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.1 | Affinity Photo 2.4.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el_reverend Posted November 29, 2020 Author Share Posted November 29, 2020 Thanks for letting me know. Yeah that means I have to be very selective about my building up the artwork. Do you have any suggestions how I could use vector based object to cover a larger areas seemingly at random? Maybe via a symbol? From your answer to vector based brushes I am going to venture that there also is not way to have a 'symbol brush'? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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