Affinity Designer: Discuss - Adding Raster/Pixel to Vector

[TwangerMan]

Newbie curiosity…I am very interested in vector design for its scalability, of course.  So I see the Pixel Persona in Designer, along with its own brushes.  What then, happens to scaling, esp regarding these brush strokes, and especially if a wide size-range is desired?  How does one plan or prep to allow for wide scalability?

[DM1]

On 12/18/2022 at 2:43 AM, TwangerMan said:

Newbie curiosity…I am very interested in vector design for its scalability, of course.  So I see the Pixel Persona in Designer, along with its own brushes.  What then, happens to scaling, esp regarding these brush strokes, and especially if a wide size-range is desired?

Hi Twangerman, apologies for lack of responses, forum is usually quick to provide an answer. I’m no expert but can see that brush stroke in pixel mode and a vector shape once selected can be resized to maintaining there scale. Hope that answers your question 🙂

[paolo.limoncelli]

On 12/17/2022 at 4:43 PM, TwangerMan said:

 How does one plan or prep to allow for wide scalability?

If you use raster brushes you need to work in a "pixel first" approach to avoid pixelation.

So if you're mixing vector and raster the correct design approach is to start your work at highest resolution for largest output size, and downsample.

An example...

You need a 4K picture for a video, and also covers/stills/social versions of this illustration.

Start with a 4K canvas size, paint there and then export downsampled versions.