Save Stroke/Line Profiles

[Timespider]

I know you can save stroke profiles during the period the document is open.
But it would be better (for me) to have a permanent save so they are available always.

[loukash]

You can save a snippet of a curve as an Asset. The pressure profile will be saved, too. Then you can easily use the assets as "templates" in other documents to save existing profiles there as well.

But yes, the pressure profiles should have a global library, not being document based.

[Timespider]

Hi loukash
Good reply, yes I have lots of line/stroke assets saved already but as you've named it a "Global Stroke Library" would be far better/easier.
I change assets quite a lot & then have to find the lines again, it becomes quite cumbersome & annoying.

[GarryP]

I made a similar suggestion here to introduce a Profiles Panel so that Profiles could be saved and re-used wherever a profile was needed: https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/124373-stroke-pressure-settings-window-any-way-to-expand-this-view/&do=findComment&comment=680806

...but I don’t think I got round to making an actual request.

Now I have a request that I can ‘keep an eye on’.

[walt.farrell]

Rather than using an Asset, you could also create a Curve object, set its stroke and profile as you want, and save a Style from it.

 

[loukash]

12 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

save a Style from it

The problem with Styles is that the panel preview thumbnails may eventually display nothing distinguishable. Whereas saving just a short straight line curve as an asset will give you a preview of the pressure profile. Especially now when the Assets panel background can be changed to light/dark/checkered.