Any idea why the brush is not repeating?

[fromart]

So I am trying to create a zipper brush and I am stumbling into these problems:
I am sometimes unable to change the colour of the brush, and the brush itself is unable to repeat. I also sometimes get different results when I create the exact same brushes  again, meaning i can delete the brush and then create it again.

Zipper V5 has a black background, while Zipper V4 has a transparent background.

Here I am vector drawing with Zipper V4, and then Zipper V5. You can see them up in the right corner.

 

 

Both Zipper V4, and Zipper V5 is set to repeat.

 

What am I doing wrong?
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited April 14, 2022 by fromart

[Old Bruce]

2 hours ago, fromart said:

What am I doing wrong?

 

Quite a few things.

One is that your picture should be Two halves on top and One whole on the bottom instead of the One whole and Two wholes.

Another is that you most likely don't realize the way the "vector" brushes work in Designer (and Photo and Publisher). They are not "Vector Brushes", they are "Brushes to be used on Vectors". 

[NotMyFault]

3 hours ago, fromart said:

What am I doing wrong?

Nothing important.

Create a new image brush (not intensity brush) and all is well.

Source should be black/white (RGB/8 in fact ), export as png.

 

[fromart]

19 minutes ago, Old Bruce said:

Quite a few things.

One is that your picture should be Two halves on top and One whole on the bottom instead of the One whole and Two wholes.

Another is that you most likely don't realize the way the "vector" brushes work in Designer (and Photo and Publisher). They are not "Vector Brushes", they are "Brushes to be used on Vectors". 

Thanks. Yea, I was just gonna drag the slider to fix it so that it would be a continous image.

But all the other brushes that I didn't make work just nicely.

 

7 minutes ago, NotMyFault said:

Nothing important.

Create a new image brush (not intensity brush) and all is well.

Source should be black/white (RGB/8 in fact ), export as png.

 

But the problem with a non-intensity brush is that I cannot change the color of it (According to a youtuber anyway, and I tried with it also but couldn't change the colour).

Could it be my export settings that is causing it to be act so weirdly?

Edited April 14, 2022 by fromart

[NotMyFault]

You can always use a gradient map to change colors.

 

[NotMyFault]

To be totally honest: a real world zipper, no matter if metal or plastic is used, never changes its width. Only the gaps of fabric change their with. If you intend to achieve photo realistic look, you would need to crate individual shapes for every element of the zipper.

[Labsquad Media]

One thing to note, there's a "glitch" in Designer 1 and Designer 2. The brush engine panel cannot recognize any PNG that is taller than it is wide. I had forgotten this issue until I jumped into Designer 2.0 and couldn't figure out why I I was having mixed experiences with making repeating Textured Intensity Brushes. After pulling my hair out, I remembered this idiosyncrasy. No big deal since you can shorten the "head" and "tail" of the PNG in the lower portion of the brush editor.

[gw_westdale]

Any chance of a tidy up of this so called  'glitch'  in Intensity Brushes  where the PNG fails if taller than wide ?  I have just been banging my head against it trying to create map borders then fortunately came across this thread. 1H works 1V doesnt.   Was working in Designer beta 1714  but checked back and found it was a long standing issue.