Pressure - controller, brush properties , curves/profiles inconsistency

[Secret Goldfish]

When you draw with a vector brush and do not use the pressure controller (turned off), the pressure attributes inside the brush properties in the chosen brush (ie size/opacity) get turned off in each individual stroke made ........and then have to be turned on manually for each stroke before a custom pressure profile can have any effect

The brush properties should probably remain unchanged (even with the controller turned off) and just the pressure profile flattened instead when choosing 'none' in the pressure controller.

If you choose one of your previously made strokes where you had the pressure controller set to none, you'll notice that the pressure (size/opacity) in each brush stroke property has been turned off (overriding your original/overall brush properties).

In order to add a pressure curve/profile back to these strokes you have to first open the brush properties for each affected stroke and turn size/opacity pressure back on before any curve/profile can be applied.

It would make things far less convoluted and clearer if;

.......when setting the pressure controller to NONE it changed/flattened the PRESSURE CURVES/PROFILE rather than adjusted the original BRUSH STROKE PROPERTIES.

As any pressure curve/profile setting will then have NO effect on these strokes UNTIL each individual stroke has its size/opacity properties adjusted (turned back on to their original brush setting).

Leaving brush properties unchanged (regardless of controller settings) and flattening the pressure curve/profile instead when setting the controller to none would make far more sense as the pressure curve/properties unfortunately become irrelevant in/to any stroke when the original/overall brush pressure properties (size/opacity) have been adjusted (turned off) by the controller choice (none).

Pressure happens in three places in affinity, the original brush (properties), the controller and the profile/curve which can cause issues like this when brush properties get changed via another setting.

A change to Designer's behaviour here (or a changeable preference setting ie...... 'NONE controller affects (creates) curve/profile rather than (changes) brush properties') could solve/clarify this issue.

.......which would also keep things consistent with the controller behaviour when set to 'pressure'  .......which creates a curve/profile (rather than changing overall/original brush properties/attributes).

When the controller is set to none, flattening the curve/profile......and/or remembering the last selected/adjusted brush stroke pressure curve/profile might work better.

Adobe Illustrator implements this 'remember' idea in a similar way with its 'new artwork has basic appearance' on/off appearance setting but I'd much prefer to use Affinity ......for MANY reasons.

[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...