NicolasC81100 Posted October 22 Share Posted October 22 Hello, Apart if I'm missing something already here, but I really miss something in Affinity Photo : changing any brush tool interactively, for example Alt+right click & drag, instead of going to the toolbar to adjust the brush width. That would be a killer for productivity and comfort ... Thanks in advance, Regards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted October 22 Share Posted October 22 Welcome to the forums @NicolasC81100 You can currently press the “[“ and “]” keys to change the size of the brush. However, I think I remember correctly that this doesn’t work on certain keyboards (e.g. German), or can be awkward to use on some keyboards. NicolasC81100 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NicolasC81100 Posted October 22 Author Share Posted October 22 Hi @GarryP, Thanks for your answer - this doesn't work here (AZERTY keyboard). That being said, even with this possibility, I'd stick to my proposal ... it was very efficient in Photoshop. Despite all the obvious qualities of Affinity Photo, this kind of little ergonomy details make the difference. I hope the devs will take this suggestion into account Thanks again, Best regards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted October 22 Share Posted October 22 You're welcome. I don’t think you’re alone in wanting another way to change the brush size ‘on the fly’, as I’m pretty sure this has come up a few times. In the meantime, you might like to try changing the default shortcuts to be some keys which you can use – you can find them in Settings/Shortcuts/Photo/Paint Brush Tool. NicolasC81100 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NicolasC81100 Posted October 22 Author Share Posted October 22 Yes, that will do the trick for now, indeed - thanks for the suggestion. Best regards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted October 22 Share Posted October 22 Press the CTRL and ALT keys together and: Click to cycle between width and hardness, shape and spacing, and rotation attributes. Drag left/right or up/down to adjust the corresponding attribute. For example, with width and hardness attributes selected, drag left/right to adjust the first attribute and up/down to adjust the second attribute. https://affinity.help/photo2/English.lproj/pages/Painting/painting.html GarryP and NicolasC81100 1 1 Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NicolasC81100 Posted October 22 Author Share Posted October 22 Ok @carl123 ... you've just made my day !! this is EXACTLY what I was looking for, thanks a lot !! Maybe a good idea would be to add these informations at the bottom, along with the tips about Drag / Drag + Shift / Drag + Alt ... I think it's time to review my way of browsing the help file 😅 Thanks again, Cheers 🍻 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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