How can to know which brush you are using?

[Niko Steensels]

Hi all,

I'm still on a steep learning curve with Affinity and still learning the small things which can make a big difference. Just the other day, I found somewhere in the small print in the help that clicking a layer with the CTRL key gives you a selection of that layer. For me, that was the big step to get the ball rolling when painting in Designer.

Next question I have, how do I know which brush I have selected? Because I change frequently between brush tool, smudge tool and the eraser, I don't see which brush I'm using for painting-smudging-erasing. I'm just assuming that for each action I'm using the same brush.

Because of my earlier experience with Procreate, where if you change between each paint-smudge-erase brush, you actually see which brush you have selected for that action, I was wondering if there is something similar in Affinity Designer/Photo?

[DWright]

On the Layer studio there is a a paintbrush symbol shown on any layer that a brush has been used on and clicking this symbol it will show the brushes used on that layer. 

[Niko Steensels]

That I have noticed; But I don't think it shows which brush is being used for smudging for instance.  Btw I assume the brushes used when clicking on the brush symbol it shows them in order when last used, ie the most recent brush on top?

 

[Old Bruce]

5 hours ago, Niko Steensels said:

Btw I assume the brushes used when clicking on the brush symbol it shows them in order when last used, ie the most recent brush on top?

I was going to say that is wrong but I just checked and it seems as though you are correct. Learn something everyday, thanks for that. Not too sure how I will use that new knowledge though.