Samstu Posted March 8, 2022 Posted March 8, 2022 I’m using affinity Photo on a Wacom cintiq companion 1. I’ve not imported any brushes, just using those supplied with Photo but I can’t get an ‘airbrushed’ effect. ….whenever I use the paintbrush the edges of the brushstroke are solid and I want the edges to merge into the background. Do I need to import an airbrush brush or is there something I need to do in Photo Quote
walt.farrell Posted March 8, 2022 Posted March 8, 2022 Have you tried brushes from the Sprays & Spatters category in the Brushes panel? Or possibly Acrylics? Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.3.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1
StuartRc Posted March 8, 2022 Posted March 8, 2022 You should be able to adjust the Hardness | Flow | Opacity on the context toolbar to create an airbrush effect. If you cannot then it is another issue! If you want the keep the settings: Select the brush you require DD Click on Brush in Panel and Duplicate the brush to create a new one!.. Then edit the changes in the slider menu Hint: There are lots of free stuff in resources Quote Affinity Version 1 (10.6) Affinity Version 2.6.0 All (Designer | Photo | Publisher) Beta; 2.6.2.3187 OS:Windows 10 Pro 22H2 OS Build 19045.5371+ Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.19060.1000.0 Rig:AMD FX 8350 and AMD Radeon (R9 380 Series) Settings Version 21.04.01 Radeon Settings Version 2020 20.1.03) + Wacom Intuous 4M with driver 6.3.41-1
Samstu Posted March 10, 2022 Author Posted March 10, 2022 Interesting just opened Photoshop 7 on my Wacom and I get really soft airbrush effect which I can’t get with any of the brushes in APhoto. My Wacom is using Windows10 pro Quote
Samstu Posted March 10, 2022 Author Posted March 10, 2022 I think it’s something to do with the settings in ‘MORE’ ‘GENERAL’ which I don’t understand….is there somewhere that explains these settings Quote
StuartRc Posted March 10, 2022 Posted March 10, 2022 Have a look here for an overall explanation of brushes Quote Affinity Version 1 (10.6) Affinity Version 2.6.0 All (Designer | Photo | Publisher) Beta; 2.6.2.3187 OS:Windows 10 Pro 22H2 OS Build 19045.5371+ Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.19060.1000.0 Rig:AMD FX 8350 and AMD Radeon (R9 380 Series) Settings Version 21.04.01 Radeon Settings Version 2020 20.1.03) + Wacom Intuous 4M with driver 6.3.41-1
Ron P. Posted March 10, 2022 Posted March 10, 2022 1 hour ago, Samstu said: I think it’s something to do with the settings in ‘MORE’ ‘GENERAL’ which I don’t understand….is there somewhere that explains these settings Yes the adjustments found under the More Button allow you to create brushes that are only limited by your imagination. In the More dialog, there's General, Dynamics, Texture, and Sub Brushes. Explore the Dynamics, Texture, and Sub Brushes to really get a look your wanting. The Spray & Spatter Brushes have 7 brush presets that are Airbrushes. You can start with one of them and change some of the settings found in the other tabs. What I found is the Finest Spray Rade brush gives a soft airbrush to start with. Maybe change the X and Y Scatter in the Dynamics panel to make the spray wider or narrower. Change the Accumulation, which is like Opacity, or Hardness. You can change the how the each of the settings are applied Dynamically by Pressure or Random or several other possibilities. Have a look at the Affinity Photo Online Help for Modifying Brushes for an explanation. 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
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