Stabiliser for Pixel Tool (Affinity Photo)

[oliver_fuchs]

HI,

 

I used Pyxel Edit and I found an interesting feature for the brush: When holding the Shift key and bressing the left mouse button you can then move the mouse and a line will follow the mouse cursor without being actually drawn - only when releasing the mouse button the line will finally be drwan. It works like the stabiliser but without drawing the line right away. So - is there a similar option in Affinity Photo?

[v_kyr]

 

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To smooth brush strokes as you paint:

• On the context toolbar, enable the Stabiliser option and choose one of the following:
  • Rope mode—drag the stroke end by a 'rope' that smooths the stroke but lets you introduce sharp corners at increasing Length (radius) values by redirecting the slackened rope.
  • Window mode—smooths the stroke by averaging the stroke's position over a Window whose size is configurable.

• Pixel-aligned painting

[Hangman]

Hi @oliver_fuchs,

If you have a pixel grid set up (automatic option in v2) and you enable 'Snap to Grid' you can simply click to set your first point then move your mouse to the desired location and hold the Shift key to draw your line between the two points...

[oliver_fuchs]

Hi,

 

thanks for answering. Yes - I know this. It is only a mess when you try to draw a long line with 45° - then you have to count pixels!!! So I found the idea of a preview line very helpful!

 

Oliver