pbass Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 {I mistakenly said Pen tool a couple of times (corrected); I meant to only compare Pencil & Brush in Draw Persona.} In Draw Persona, both the Brush tool and the Pencil tool {<—wrong! see below} can be used to draw with vector brushes (StrokePalette>Style>'Texture Line'). The obvious differences between Brush & Pencil (that I can see) are: - The last drawn Pencil tool line is automatically selected – not so for Brush tool. (This would be my criteria for picking one over the other.) - A Brush tool line cannot have a fill. - While the Pencil tool's stroke colour can be chosen with the Colour-Pickers 'stroke' ring, when you use the Brush, the Colour-Picker switches to two 'fill' circles. ¿ What is the thinking behind this? Why does the vector Brush's Colour Picker have two circles? thanks, - pbass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdenby Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 My understanding is that the the brush tool, used w. vector brushes, is meant for creating textured strokes, as in a painting. When the pen tool uses a vector brush for the stroke, the vector texture will enclose a fill. The fill can be a bitmap, not just a color. So the textured stroke can high light the image fill. Quote iMac 27" Retina, c. 2015: OS X 10.11.5: 3.3 GHz I c-5: 32 Gb, AMD Radeon R9 M290 2048 Mb iPad 12.9" Retina, iOS 10, 512 Gb, Apple pencil Huion WH1409 tablet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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pbass Posted April 9, 2017 Author Share Posted April 9, 2017 My understanding is that the the brush tool, used w. vector brushes, is meant for creating textured strokes, as in a painting. When the pen tool uses a vector brush for the stroke, the vector texture will enclose a fill. The fill can be a bitmap, not just a color. So the textured stroke can high light the image fill. I see I made typos in my OP, and referred to the Pen tool when I meant Pencil tool – now corrected. I was pointing out the differences between the Pencil tool (not the Pen tool) and the Brush tool – both of which can draw vectors with 'Texture Line Style'. {<—My misapprehension, see next post.} (Although the Pencil can have a fill, I'm talking about both tool's Stroke.) Wondering specifically about the reason for the Pencil & Brush's different Colour-pickers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbass Posted April 9, 2017 Author Share Posted April 9, 2017 https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/3390-use-of-pen-pencil-and-vector-brush/?p=12776 here is a real good explanation by forum chief MEB ;) Ok, a lightbulb just went on! I had thought that Pencil tool could start off with a 'Texture Line' Style (i.e., a vector brush); but I realize now that when you select that kind of Stroke, it automatically goes back to pure vector line ('Solid Line' Style). I hadn't noticed that before. You can change a Pencil line's Stroke to 'Texture Line', after the fact; but not while drawing. Got it. The developers' choice of a double-sphere colour-picker for the vector Brush tool confused me – with no fill available, it can only have a stroke, right? (Even if the stroke is derived from bit-map image.) anon1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbass Posted April 9, 2017 Author Share Posted April 9, 2017 Thanks, BMd, it _is_ a good explanation! https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/3390-use-of-pen-pencil-and-vector-brush/?p=12776 here is a real good explanation by forum chief MEB ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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