Pixel brush color selection confusion.

[Otto Manuel]

Hi,

 I'm still on Affinity Designer v1 with a Windows 7 OS, and I have a question about the pixel paint brush color selection.

 With the pixel brush the color dialog displays what would be the "Stroke" and the "Fill" colors in the Vector persona.

 Sometimes, when I choose a new pixel brush color, it gets assigned to the unfocused stroke or fill circle, so I have to go and promote the color to the focused position.

 Is there any way in v1 to avoid or stop that confusing behavior?

 Thank you.

[Otto Manuel]

I found this thread, which describes the issue I am trying to describe.

I read the thread in detail and repeatedly. If I understand it correctly, the person asking for help seemed to accept defeat and consoled themselves with a new shortcut, while others who did not recognize the problem declared it was solved.

Am I missing the solution? Is there a solution?

Thank you!

[Callum]

Hi Otto,

As far as I'm aware there is no way to change the behaviour you have described as updates for V1 have ceased this is something that is very unlikely to change.

Thanks
C

[Otto Manuel]

Hi,

 Just so I can be clear, I was not been expecting an update for this but rather hoped I might be able to learn that I could improve my work habits to prevent it from happening. I had hoped I just was not using the tools properly.

I would gladly update to Designer v2 but I have read that it will not install on my Win 7 x64 OS computer, so I will not be able to upgrade to Designer v2 until I upgrade my computer.

Thank you.

[walt.farrell]

I think you need to rethink your workflow so you switch to the Brush Tool, then make your color selection or set your color.

And no, V2 won't work on your machine.

[Otto Manuel]

24 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

I think you need to rethink your workflow so you switch to the Brush Tool, then make your color selection or set your color.

My circumstance is just as described in the thread I linked to. 

1) I like to work fast, oftentimes with a zoomed-in view, using hotkeys to switch tools and focusing my attention on the artboard rather than the side panels.

2) Selecting the brush first and then making the color selection does not guarantee that the color selection is loaded into the color selection that is in top focus. Sometimes, it loads into the equivalent of the "stroke" color and sometimes into the "fill" color, oftentimes into the color circle that underlies the color that informs the brush color, despite which of the two color circles was in top focus immediately prior to making the color selection.

 

It has been a nagging annoyance for several years, but I finally thought. I should pause what I am doing and try to figure out if there was a surefire way to select a color and have it be the actual color that the brush will be loaded with. 

 

 

Can I look forward to a Designer v2 interface that limits pixel persona to a one at a time color choice when using a monochromatic brush? It always seemed like the two choices of the "fill" and "stroke" colors were never meant to apply to the pixel persona and were a sort of artifact of incorporating the cool pixel features into the vector application.

Thank you!