"Paint" along path

[rui_mac]

Is there any way to use a path (freehand path, or parametric vector shape) to guide a "painting" tool?
I placed "painting" between quotes because it could also be a Blur, Sharpen, Smudge, Dodge, Burn... tool.
If there is a way, I haven't found it. When creating a new brush, there is a drop down to define an associated tool but I can't seem to find out what it does.
And, if there isn't such an option, there should be one.

[rui_mac]

Read the manual and the "Associated Tool" is just the tool that gets automatically active when a specific brush is chosen.
So, I guess there is no way yet to make a "paint" tool follow a path.

[GarryP]

I’m pretty sure that what you want isn’t possible at the moment but I’m also pretty sure that it’s been requested before.
(I did a quick search for paint vector and paint curve but there are too many results for me to easily go through.)

You can use certain brushes in Designer to paint along a curve/vector but Photo doesn’t have those brushes and the other functionality you mentioned doesn’t work with curves.

Here’s one thread which I found from 2016 which is asking for similar things but it’s not an actual request:
https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/19670-how-to-limit-brush/

Edited September 12, 2022 by GarryP
Added more details.

[ronnyb]

I requested this years ago…. The guys are busy though….