Affinity Designer vector brushes

[ravinat]

There are websites that offer brushes with .abr extension. How can you tell if the brush being offered is a vector brush or a raster brush?

I downloaded a few and all of them turned out to be raster brushes which do not scale.

I am a new AD user and I have 1.8.5 for Windows.

[firstdefence]

.abr brushes are always pixel brushes, vector brushes will use vector formats such as SVG, Ai, EPS. Affinity Designer uses a pixel texture on a vector curve so the vector brush is really a hybrid brush and not a true/pure vector brush in comparison to Adobe Illustrators vector brushes. Affinity Designer cannot import brushes from Adobe Illustrator so you are stuck with the limited part vector brush Affinity Designer offer.

I’m sure there will be improvements in Affinity Designers vector brush, well I hope so, but I cannot put a timeline on that.

[Dazmondo77]

2 hours ago, firstdefence said:

I’m sure there will be improvements in Affinity Designers vector brush, well I hope so, but I cannot put a timeline on that.

Proper vector brushes - NEEEEEEEEEEED

[firstdefence]

1 hour ago, Dazmondo77 said:

Proper vector brushes - NEEEEEEEEEEED

Yes I see this as a priority upgrade and also in app object selection to define brush shapes instead of exporting to then import a texture, very clumsy thinking IMHO.

[LazerGh0st]

On 12/5/2020 at 4:19 AM, firstdefence said:

Yes I see this as a priority upgrade and also in app object selection to define brush shapes instead of exporting to then import a texture, very clumsy thinking IMHO.

This is a huge stumbling block; the ability to create custom, true vector brushes is a huge part of my artwork. Especially if you need to create traps and bleeds for silk screen printing on fabric. I hope this is on Affinity's radar for the next update. I thought it was a feature Affinity Designer already had; I would've thought twice before buying.