Vector brush tool (and pencil tool) - remember brush PROPERTIES (when adding pressure curve later)

[Secret Goldfish]

With the pencil tool a variable width stroke can be added, adjusted or removed at any time.

With the vector brush tool the pressure curve has to be set in the controller originally or it cannot be changed later

It would be great if the pressure curve could be adjusted later brush properties could be remembered (or at least didn't display a pressure curve in the stroke tab/attributes which you have to first change in properties before working (which is confusing).

The sculpt tool would be good to have in the vector brush too......as would the 'keep selected' option added to the pencil tool in the recent update.

EDIT : Current brush behaviour (pencil and vector/art-brush) better explained in more detail in my post below.

[loukash]

3 hours ago, Secret Goldfish said:

With the vector brush tool the pressure curve has to be set in the controller originally or it cannot be changed later

Of course it can:

1. select the curve
2. press the Properties button in the Stroke panel
3. adjust Size Variance to your liking
4. adjust the Pressure profile to your liking

[Secret Goldfish]

The pressure is dependant on either the original controller setting or the individual vector/art brush properties (within each stroke) before the width profile can be changed.......and it gets reset with every new stroke. A 'remember last stroke properties and pressure profile' option would help.

 

[loukash]

7 minutes ago, Secret Goldfish said:

A 'remember last stroke properties and pressure profile' option would help.

Wasn't it included in one of the 2.x updates? 
Or was it only for pixel brushes…?

[Secret Goldfish]

Perhaps for pixel, I'll go and check it out.

I'm switching back and forth between Affinity and Illustrator and much prefer Affinity but the 'remember last stroke' ('new art has basic appearance' on/off in Illustrator) would be really handy and prevent me having to adjust each vector/art Brush stroke afterwards.

When not using the controller for pressure;

The Pencil in Affinity remembers the width profile but NOT the last used vector/art-brush type OR its properties with each new stroke.

The Vector/Art-Brush in Affinity remembers the width profile and last used vector/art-brush type but NOT the individual stroke properties (where the variable width actually happens).

Having the option to remember the width profile AND brush properties in the vector/art-brush.......and the same in the pencil tool (+ vector/art-brush type) would solve constantly having to adjust each stroke after the fact......and having the option to leave the last vector/art-brush stroke active (like with the pencil tool) would also be handy too (as would a sculpt option for the vector/art-brush).

 

[Ash]

 Hi All,

I'm pleased to let you know we have now added a Line Width/Pressure Tool and improved stroke/curve drawing and closing to Affinity Designer - available now in the 2.5 beta...