Confused about styles

[KarinC]

Designer 2.2.1, Windows 10

I want to create some torn paper styles with a pixel layer inside an object. I created my own style category. When I save a style from selection I could get two to save but without the pixel layer. I can't seem to add any more styles if they are modified from one of the styles or even if I make a new one from scratch. Maybe because they all seem to be the same since the pixel layer isn't being recognized?

I decided I could make a separate document with different styles but when I 'copy' then 'paste style' the pixel layer isn't included. Is this normal? Should I be doing something different with the pixel layer.

 

[GarryP]

A Style contains the Strokes, Fills, Colours and Properties which can be applied to other things, they cannot contain layers.

I think you might want to use Assets (and/or Symbols) instead of Styles.

[thomaso]

37 minutes ago, KarinC said:

a pixel layer inside an object

If you apply the pixel layer as bitmap fill to the object it may work. Below in …

#26 an image as bitmap fill, created from a rectangle object (note, the rectangle is not part of the style), 
#27 is created from a copy of the rectangle used for #26 but with another fill,
#29 is created from a copy of the rectangle (i.e. same fill) but with an added stroke.

(that the fill of #29 doesn't appear in the Styles Panel is an UI issue).
I can apply every three fills to new created objects in a new document.

[KarinC]

Thanks thomaso, I will try making the brush layer in pixel persona, export it as a png and then use it as a fill. Alternately I can brush it in every time I use it but then I would almost have to save a brush with the color I used so I can remember what color I used. Can I do that?

Edit: It worked exporting the pixel layer to a png then use it as a fill.

Edited November 1, 2023 by KarinC
update

[carl123]

1 hour ago, KarinC said:

Maybe because they all seem to be the same since the pixel layer isn't being recognized?

A pixel layer placed in a document is an image layer.

Image Layers can be converted to a Curves layer (Layer > Convert to Curves)

A style can then be created from that (now) Curves Layer

[KarinC]

I can't seem to convert a pixel layer to curves. It's on its own layer, not clipped to an object. Convert to curves is grayed out under layer.

[R C-R]

3 hours ago, KarinC said:

I can't seem to convert a pixel layer to curves.

Correct. You can do this with Image layers but not Pixel layers.