NilsFinken Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 Windows Affinity Designer: I dug out my hardly-used Wacom Bamboo digital tablet today and have managed to activate pressure sensitivity for the peNcil tool and the vector Brush tool via the Controller menu. Wonderful! But can pressure sensitivity be applied to the Pen tool, too? I cannot seem to work it out. Quote Lenovo laptop with Intel Core i7, 16 GB RAM, Windows 10 Home. Former user of most Serif software from PagePlus 3.0 through PagePlus X9, now enjoying Affinity Designer, Photo, and Publisher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 Hi Nils, Pressure can be applied to the "Pen" tool: to do so, it is necessary to expand the button "Stroke" in the upper contextual bar. Pressure options appear and are applicable, both for the tablet and for the mouse.I am also with Windows but with a small tablet Huion quite simple.I hope to have answered your question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NilsFinken Posted February 5, 2017 Author Share Posted February 5, 2017 Hi reglico, Sadly not. The Pressure option works exactly the same with a tablet as with the mouse. I was hoping to apply physical pressure to the stylus to freely vary the thickness of the stroke. The method you illustrated distributes the variation equally along the vector line. I may have misunderstood, though. Quote Lenovo laptop with Intel Core i7, 16 GB RAM, Windows 10 Home. Former user of most Serif software from PagePlus 3.0 through PagePlus X9, now enjoying Affinity Designer, Photo, and Publisher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 Hi Nils, I think I misunderstood your question.Given that, unlike the brush and the pencil, the line is not drawn (with the pen) in one go but in jerks (each time you place a point), I do not think it is Possible to adjust the pressure during the tracing, the notion of speed for example can not be detected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 I was hoping to apply physical pressure to the stylus to freely vary the thickness of the stroke. Like reglico mentioned, the Pen tool creates nodes that are connect by path segments. It would not matter how firmly you pressed when creating one -- a node has no thickness, just up to two control handles that control the contour of the path that runs through it. DivSmart 1 Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NilsFinken Posted February 5, 2017 Author Share Posted February 5, 2017 Thanks. This time it was not my feeble mind... :D Quote Lenovo laptop with Intel Core i7, 16 GB RAM, Windows 10 Home. Former user of most Serif software from PagePlus 3.0 through PagePlus X9, now enjoying Affinity Designer, Photo, and Publisher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 Like reglico mentioned, the Pen tool creates nodes that are connect by path segments. It would not matter how firmly you pressed when creating one -- a node has no thickness, just up to two control handles that control the contour of the path that runs through it. R C-R, thank you for this clear explanation that confirms what I suspected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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