Ctrl to Erase (Paint brush, Pixel persona)

[Alexandre Wige]

Hello,

(Sorry if my english is not perfect, not my first language)

When i'm digital painting, I often need to switch between the brush and the eraser very quickly while keeping the same brush style, size and opacity. It's really annoying to just want to erase a tiny mistake, switch to the eraser and realize your eraser brush is in a completely different style and having to change all its settings just for one click.

With the pixel tool, you can just press Ctrl to quickly erase, it's so perfect, I wish it was the same on the paint brush.

It's one of the most awesome feature in Krita, the "eraser mode" which does exactly that (keeps your current brush setting) when you press E, and you can kind of do it in Photoshop with the "Eraser" blending mode of the brush.

This goes for the brush tool in the Pixel persona of Affinity Designer, but also for the brush tool in Affinity Photo.
I would love to see this feature go in, it's a tiny change but it makes a huge difference in the painting workflow

Feel free to tell me if there's another way to have the eraser keep your paint brush current setting, i'm new to the software !

Thanks for the awesome software and the great price !

Alexandre

[walt.farrell]

1 hour ago, Alexandre Wige said:

When i'm digital painting, I often need to switch between the brush and the eraser very quickly while keeping the same brush style, size and opacity. It's really annoying to just want to erase a tiny mistake, switch to the eraser and realize your eraser brush is in a completely different style and having to change all its settings just for one click.

Check this setting in the Assistant Manager:

The Help for Photo explains it: https://affinity.help/photo/English.lproj/pages/DesignAids/AssistantManager.html

[Alexandre Wige]

Thanks for the reply ! That will do for Affinity Photo (not available in Designer I believe).

Still think the Ctrl shortcut to erase should be a thing, in both Affinity Designer and Photo though, that would be so practical, and simple/elegant in design !

[walt.farrell]

3 hours ago, Alexandre Wige said:

Thanks for the reply ! That will do for Affinity Photo (not available in Designer I believe).

You're welcome. And yes, it's available in Designer. (Though, of course, it applies only in the Pixel Persona as there's no eraser in the Designer Persona.)

[Alfred]

6 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

And yes, it's available in Designer.

Brush tool sharing isn’t mentioned in the Designer Help.

[walt.farrell]

11 minutes ago, Alfred said:

Brush tool sharing isn’t mentioned in the Designer Help.

So?

It's in the Assistant Manager in Designer.

[Alfred]

9 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

So?

It’s in the ‘Assistant Manager’ topic in the Photo Help. Shouldn’t it likewise be in the ‘Assistant Manager’ topic in the Designer Help?

[walt.farrell]

30 minutes ago, Alfred said:

It’s in the ‘Assistant Manager’ topic in the Photo Help. Shouldn’t it likewise be in the ‘Assistant Manager’ topic in the Designer Help?

Good point. Yes.