Brush size shortcut with drag?

[TheSchlonz]

I am wondering if there is a way to change the Brush size by pressing a defined key and than moving the Mouse, or in my case the Pen from the Tablet.

This would be a very fast way for changing the brush size.

 

[carl123]

If you are on Windows

Hold the Alt key down
Press your pen tip on the tablet
Press whatever button on your pen is assigned to Right Click

Then drag left/right to change brush size
or up/down to change the Hardness

[TheSchlonz]

Ahhh, thank's a lot.

That is exactly what i was looking for. 

[Fixx]

Mac uses alt-ctrl mousedrag up-down/left-right.

[Chip J.]

I can not seem to get this... I'm using a Windows system with a mouse.  Everytime I try to increase my brush and/or hardness with using Alt or Cntrl/Alt all I get is the pixel color selection.  I've tried selecting with left mouse as well as right mouse and center wheel.  Nothing seems to work What am I missing?

[lepr]

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1 hour ago, csh2000 said:

I can not seem to get this... I'm using a Windows system with a mouse.  Everytime I try to increase my brush and/or hardness with using Alt or Cntrl/Alt all I get is the pixel color selection.  I've tried selecting with left mouse as well as right mouse and center wheel.  Nothing seems to work What am I missing?

On Windows with a mouse you need to do the following (with the brush tool selected):

1) Press and hold ALT

2) Click and hold RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON

3) Click and hold LEFT MOUSE BUTTON

4) Drag the mouse left/right for size, up/down for hardness

[Chip J.]

Sima - Thank you...   Holding both buttons (although awkward) works.  Wish I could do same with just the left mouse button :-).

 

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1 hour ago, csh2000 said:

Sima - Thank you...   Holding both buttons (although awkward) works.  Wish I could do same with just the left mouse button :-).

Yeah, I can't get used to using the right mouse button that way either.

[R C-R]

As already mentioned, on the Mac version this is done by holding down two modifier keys (Control & Alt/Option). The staff have said the Windows version can't use the same, less awkward, method because the Windows OS provides one less modifier key than the Mac OS does.

 

But they have also said the developers are considering how some less awkward way to do this on Windows might be implemented, so perhaps that will appear in a future update.

[seamonsterwes]

I cant get this to work for me on a mac. When using just a trackpad- is there a way to handle the ALT+CTRL+LMB+RMB? Additionally, with a magic mouse (no discrete LMB or RMB here either), this also doesn't work. With a USB mouse with two discrete buttons- also doesn't work, with a wacom tablet - still no go. AFAIK, preferences are set to defaults in the software- so I must be doing something wrong. Any advice for this?

 

EDIT:

As quickly as I had posted this, the issue became apparent- my window management tool- Hyperdock was taking over these hotkeys conflicting with AP. Resolved by turning it off. Duuuuuuh.

Edited December 30, 2017 by seamonsterwes

[juliencollee]

On 8/30/2017 at 3:47 AM, carl123 said:

If you are on Windows

Hold the Alt key down
Press your pen tip on the tablet
Press whatever button on your pen is assigned to Right Click

Then drag left/right to change brush size
or up/down to change the Hardness

I'm trying...For real. I keep getting the Color Picker but nothing else. Drives me nuts...

Is there a specific option/thing to activate/deactivate on the Windows/Wacom side?

Thank you

EDIT with solution:

Found how to make it work.
It so dumb it's frustrating. I don't know if it's an issue on the Wacom or Affinity side. But this is truly stupid.
So. If I define a Right Click on the Pen button through the Wacom preferences with Click/Right Click...it doesn't work.
But if I define the same button with Keyboard/Modificator/Right Click it WORKS!
I put a picture. It's in french but the idea is there.

Once done the shortcut works.

Hope that helps

Julien

Edited December 27, 2018 by juliencollee
Found a solution