herbz Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 Hi, Does anyone know of a tutorial around on creating image brushes?... One similar to the preset clothing zipper brush? I.e. as in the image supplied. I've had a hunt around for some help on this but no joy finding anything. Cheers guys, H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 Armed with a suitable PNG image on a transparent background, such as the attached 'Banner.png', follow these steps: 1. Go to the Brushes panel and click on the menu button in the top right-hand corner 2. Choose the option 'New Textured Image Brush' from the bottom of the list and browse to the image file that you want to use 3. Double-click the new brush to display the 'Brush - Editing' dialog 4. Adjust the stroke settings as desired, move the head and tail offsets to mark off the body section, and choose whether you want the body to stretch or repeat. 5. Press 'OK' to close the dialog, and then test your new brush. iuli, LilleG, Three and 1 other 3 1 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herbz Posted November 26, 2016 Author Share Posted November 26, 2016 Alfred, thank you very much buddy. I'll have a crack at it later on this afternoon and let you know how I get on. H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 You're welcome, Herbz. Post back to let me know how you got on, especially if you run into any problems (but I like to hear success stories, too). Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stariz Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 :D very helpful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard S. Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 We're all waiting for Alfred to make a tutorial video on brush creation :) Quote High-End Photographic Prints Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 On 31/12/2016 at 10:27 AM, DesignMeister said: We're all waiting for Alfred to make a tutorial video on brush creation I think you may be waiting for quite some time! Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard S. Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Come on - you can do it! Quote High-End Photographic Prints Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 On 31/12/2016 at 8:33 PM, DesignMeister said: Come on - you can do it! Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiarian Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Am I right to assume these custom image brushes are bitmap based, so when you enlarge the brush you get a blocky resolution, as opposed to vector brushes? Adobe Illustrator has a similar create brush function, but isn't that vector based image brushes which do not lose any resolution? I'm a bit confused in how you retain the resolution of these image brushes if you increase the size of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted January 29, 2018 Staff Share Posted January 29, 2018 Hi Kiarian, Yes, these brushes are based on raster images/textures and will lose quality if you enlarge them. Currently Affinity Designer doesn't yet support pure vector brushes based on vector objects as Illustrator. This is an improvement that will come later in a future version. Joel_Cory, Alfred and Kiarian 3 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiarian Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Understood. So a workaround would be to create an image brush at the same high resolution as you would like to use it for. Alfred 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted January 29, 2018 Staff Share Posted January 29, 2018 Yes, the bigger the resolution the better it will look when scaled up. Kiarian 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumblemania Posted June 30, 2019 Share Posted June 30, 2019 I cannot believe how easy this was. I have spent hours looking for brushes to download, and could have spent a small fortune buying the ones I liked. I really thought that making my own would be way too hard for me, as I have very little skill on the digital front. However, I came across this piece, quite by chance, and decided to give it a go. WOW. Totally a doddle. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumblemania Posted June 30, 2019 Share Posted June 30, 2019 Now I'm playing with the brush I created though, I've noticed that it isn't allowing me to change the colour. All the other brushes are working properly, so unsure as to why. Any tips for a newbie? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted June 30, 2019 Share Posted June 30, 2019 9 minutes ago, Jumblemania said: Now I'm playing with the brush I created though, I've noticed that it isn't allowing me to change the colour. All the other brushes are working properly, so unsure as to why. Any tips for a newbie? As I understand it (from the Help), an Image brush uses the colors of the image. If you want to be able to change the colors, I think you need to create an Intensity brush, instead. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumblemania Posted June 30, 2019 Share Posted June 30, 2019 Thank you, walt.farrell. I admit to being baffled, but that was just as easy to do as the one I got wrong. I also didn't expect a reply as fast as that, so brilliant. walt.farrell 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted June 30, 2019 Share Posted June 30, 2019 30 minutes ago, Jumblemania said: I admit to being baffled Please don’t be baffled! As Walt said, an Image brush uses the colours of the image; an Intensity brush, on the other hand, uses the variations in the intensity of the image as an opacity map. Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutchshader Posted June 30, 2019 Share Posted June 30, 2019 2 minutes ago, Alfred said: Please don’t be baffled! As Walt said, an Image brush uses the colours of the image; an Intensity brush, on the other hand, uses the variations in the intensity of the image as an opacity map. But when i create a image brush which is not pure black or white the stroke color can be changed Quote intel core i5, 16GB 128Gb ssd win10 Pro Huion new 1060plus. philips 272p 2560x1440px on intel HD2500 onboard graphics Razer Tartarus Chroma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted June 30, 2019 Share Posted June 30, 2019 4 minutes ago, dutchshader said: But when i create a image brush which is not pure black or white the stroke color can be changed It’s the same for me. I wonder whether @Jumblemania was trying to recolour an image brush which had no greyscale content. Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socialconnection Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 Hi Guys, Does anyone know how to show my image brushes . Cause I do not see it there by default on Affinity? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoM Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 Hi, where do I find the image brushes in current version? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 8 hours ago, LoM said: Hi, where do I find the image brushes in current version? If you mean these brushes, they existed in 1.6 but were removed in 1.7: One of the Serif staff members provided them for download here in the forums, but I've lost the topic/post that had the link. Maybe someone else can provide it. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murfee Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 A link for the 1.6 Image brushes is in this thread zyrex and walt.farrell 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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