Feature request: Fine-grained stroke width control

[dvandorsten]

Thanks for the amazing new updates!

One tool I found really useful in Adobe Illustrator was the width tool. It allowed for fine grained control of stroke width at different nodes. (here is someone else's video showing its features 

Affinity Designer's pressure profile works well for short paths, but it is really difficult to use for longer paths where I want precise control for a small portion of the path.

 

Edit: The simplest way to allow for finer control would be a button on the pressure profile that adds nodes to the pressure profile line that correspond to the nodes on the path you are editing (and allow the pressure profile window to be a bit bigger).

A less simple, but more useful way is to add a width tool that when used on a node just manipulates the underlying pressure profile.

Edited November 9, 2022 by dvandorsten
Added ideas for possible implementation

[Intuos5]

Tagging along for this. Would like to see this too.

[fde101]

1 hour ago, dvandorsten said:

A less simple, but more useful way is to add a width tool that when used on a node just manipulates the underlying pressure profile.

This is how I would definitely prefer to see it happen.

[Intuos5]

Although it should be easier to copy over a certain pressure profile from one object to another. Perhaps by using this tool, select a curve and alt click on a source curve to inherit its pressure profile.

[felipevaz]

+1 for that

even simpler apps like Amadine have this, very simple and effective. Changing the profile doesn't really work well, because if you edit the path and make it longer/shorter, everything will be in the wrong place. Also you wouldn't have control over both sides of te stroke independently.

[Junior Jap]

+1 for this tool. It's very important for inking to create dynamic width lines. Even AD has the pressure option but its not practical and intuitive. It needs to be able to adjust the width directly and freely