AlvaroGar Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 Hi everyone! I'm trying to use the spand stroke tool on a brush and it doesn't work. I was wondering if I'm getting it right or not it always works with some brush types. If not, is there a way to convert a stroke to a vector without using that tool? Thanks Best regards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 Most of the brushes used in the Affinity applications (at time of writing) are raster brushes and, as such, cannot be ‘expanded’ to vectors when you use “Expand Stroke”. In these cases, only the vector stroke itself will be expanded (if anything). However, some can be used and expanded (e.g. in Designer, “Pens – Solid Pen with Pressure”) but it difficult for the user to know which these are just by looking at them. (I’m pretty sure I put in a feature request asking that the user was given more information in the Brushes Panel about this sort of thing.) Someone else might have some more advice on how to tell the difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted November 30, 2020 Staff Share Posted November 30, 2020 Only the first two brushes in the Pens category can be expanded - they do not use any raster texture.You can check this clicking the white menu icon on the right of the dropdown category and looking at the texture preview on bottom (there's none for those two cases). All the other brushes are raster based and use a texture repeated or stretched along a path. These cannot be expanded because the texture is raster data. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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