CDxyz53 Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 I drew something using the vector brush tool. I used the stabilizer to draw with a 10 pt stroke. I now want "expand stroke" and it won't. I can click the button but when I check it, it hasn't expanded. Help? TIA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 Most “vector” brushes are just bitmap images laid down on a vector path, so there’s no vector outline available for expansion. Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDxyz53 Posted April 5, 2022 Author Share Posted April 5, 2022 Interesting. I use this method a lot and haven't had an issue before now. Should I use pencil mode instead to accomplish this in the future? Is there a way to fix what I have already created so I don't have to start all over? I was able to expand stroke on 3 of them and as far as I know I didn't change any brush settings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 Brushes that can be expanded do not have a PNG texture file associated with it such and the Pens and Pencil brushes. walt.farrell and Alfred 2 Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDxyz53 Posted April 5, 2022 Author Share Posted April 5, 2022 This is my brush. I don't know how to change them. So then I should be able to expand it but cannot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDxyz53 Posted April 5, 2022 Author Share Posted April 5, 2022 Oh I got it! I went to my stroke settings and some of them were set to "texture line style". I changed them to "solid line style" and was able to expand stroke. Thank you all! Wouldn't have gotten there without your help! Alfred and firstdefence 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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