RokaDesign Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Hello guys why my basic brush appears like dot? I think I never edit or modify the brush. So I'm just following some tutorial from you tube and doing the same like in the video. Using brush and hold shift and brush again. Please help and thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 1 hour ago, RokaDesign said: I'm just following some tutorial Try decreasing the spacing for the brush. If you’re still having problems, please tell us which particular YouTube tutorial you’re following and which brush you’ve chosen. RokaDesign 1 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.5.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 8 hours ago, RokaDesign said: Hello guys why my basic brush appears like dot? Which "basic" brush in which Affinity app do you mean? Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.5.5 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 All 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RokaDesign Posted January 4, 2022 Author Share Posted January 4, 2022 Hello RCR I'm using Affinity Photo, The basic brush I meant is all the round brush and all the round soft brush. I pick a basic brush (round brush or the round soft brush) increase the brush size and decrease the hardness to zero and this is what I get. I dont think it supposed to do that right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RokaDesign Posted January 4, 2022 Author Share Posted January 4, 2022 Hello Alfred yes decrease the spacing seems works. But the dot brush its not the default right? If I uninstall the affinity photo and then install again would I still get the dot brush? Thank you all for the help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulEC Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 15 minutes ago, RokaDesign said: decrease the hardness to zero Why are you reducing hardness to zero? – That's why you're getting "dots"! RokaDesign 1 Quote Acer XC-895 : Core i5-10400 Hexa-core 2.90 GHz : 32GB RAM : Intel UHD Graphics 630 : Windows 10 Home Affinity Publisher 2 : Affinity Photo 2 : Affinity Designer 2 : (latest release versions) on desktop and iPad "Beware of false knowledge, it is more dangerous than ignorance." (GBS) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RokaDesign Posted January 5, 2022 Author Share Posted January 5, 2022 Im following tutorial from youtube. And many people seems reducing the hardness to zero because they want to get soft edges, Ron P. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulEC Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 7 hours ago, RokaDesign said: And many people seems reducing the hardness to zero because they want to get soft edges, Just use a soft edge brush! RokaDesign 1 Quote Acer XC-895 : Core i5-10400 Hexa-core 2.90 GHz : 32GB RAM : Intel UHD Graphics 630 : Windows 10 Home Affinity Publisher 2 : Affinity Photo 2 : Affinity Designer 2 : (latest release versions) on desktop and iPad "Beware of false knowledge, it is more dangerous than ignorance." (GBS) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron P. Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 On 1/4/2022 at 9:48 AM, PaulEC said: Why are you reducing hardness to zero? – That's why you're getting "dots"! I disagree, using a Hardness setting of 0 results in soft brushes. Set it to 100 and you get a Hard edge. I guess that's why they call it Hardness? On 1/5/2022 at 2:08 AM, RokaDesign said: And many people seems reducing the hardness to zero because they want to get soft edges, Correct, most all tutorial videos I've viewed, and that's a lot, they will state to use soft-edge if you're needing a soft effect. Hard-edge is used for painting against sharp, well defined edges. All of the brushes are just Presets. They are starting points, and you do not need to keep them at their defaults. In fact if/when you make any changes to their parameters, they're no longer that brush. I think that's why you can never easily find a brush, in the brushes panel, that you've altered. Well unless you made note of which one it was, and/or saved the brush after you altered it. I don't spend much time scrolling through all the different presets for a brush (category). I just look for one that might be close, then by double-clicking on it, or the More button, change the settings to what I want. Like PaulEC stated, choose a soft brush, but those still may need tweaked to do what you want. R C-R, RokaDesign and Alfred 3 Quote Affinity Photo 2.5..; Affinity Designer 2.5..; Affinity Publisher 2.5..; Affinity2 Beta versions. Affinity Photo,Designer 1.10.6.1605 Win10 Home Version:21H2, Build: 19044.1766: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5820K CPU @ 3.30GHz, 3301 Mhz, 6 Core(s), 12 Logical Processor(s);32GB Ram, Nvidia GTX 3070, 3-Internal HDD (1 Crucial MX5000 1TB, 1-Crucial MX5000 500GB, 1-WD 1 TB), 4 External HDD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulEC Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 I'm not saying you shouldn't adjust brushes, what I am saying is that if you change the brush settings and you get an effect (like "dots") that you don't want, try using a different brush. That's why there are lots of different brushes! Especially if you're new to using brushes in APh etc, it's a good idea to try out the different brushes that are available. Generally speaking, if you want a soft brush it's easier to use a soft brush, rather than starting with a hard brush and adjusting it to make it softer. RokaDesign 1 Quote Acer XC-895 : Core i5-10400 Hexa-core 2.90 GHz : 32GB RAM : Intel UHD Graphics 630 : Windows 10 Home Affinity Publisher 2 : Affinity Photo 2 : Affinity Designer 2 : (latest release versions) on desktop and iPad "Beware of false knowledge, it is more dangerous than ignorance." (GBS) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RokaDesign Posted January 6, 2022 Author Share Posted January 6, 2022 Thanks for all the help friends!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron P. Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 Your Welcome. I knew I had seen the tutorial you referred to... 😉 Michael Wilson's Remove Complex Object RokaDesign 1 Quote Affinity Photo 2.5..; Affinity Designer 2.5..; Affinity Publisher 2.5..; Affinity2 Beta versions. Affinity Photo,Designer 1.10.6.1605 Win10 Home Version:21H2, Build: 19044.1766: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5820K CPU @ 3.30GHz, 3301 Mhz, 6 Core(s), 12 Logical Processor(s);32GB Ram, Nvidia GTX 3070, 3-Internal HDD (1 Crucial MX5000 1TB, 1-Crucial MX5000 500GB, 1-WD 1 TB), 4 External HDD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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