Maintaining Stroke and Fill Style

[njakeman]

Hi forum,

 

On both Photo and Designer, I'm often confused by when my vector stroke styles are either inherited from the last object I create or not.
I can't work out the rules for how this happens - can anyone advise on how to control this behaviour either way?

 

Similar issues when I just want to draw a new vector with a new fill colour. So I might select the previous vector layer because I want to insert a new object in front of it. This object will always inherit the style of the one I have selected, which is often not what I want, and can make it hard to see the new shape. I have to change the fill and stroke afterward to stand out against the underlying object.

 

I'm sure I'm missing something simple here!!

 

 

[Lee D]

Each tool will retain the settings from when it was last used. You can reset the Fill and Stroke back to their default Black & White via a keyboard shortcut. Open Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts, set the first dropdown to Draw or Photo and the second to Miscellaneous and look for Set fill to Black & White.

[njakeman]

Thanks Lee. Any advice on the second bit? i.e. how to draw a differently styled object in front of the layer you have selected

[Rael Harris]

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Each tool will retain the settings from when it was last used. You can reset the Fill and Stroke back to their default Black & White via a keyboard shortcut. Open Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts, set the first dropdown to Draw or Photo and the second to Miscellaneous and look for Set fill to Black & White.

Hi Lee,

I'm not sure that I am getting the same results as you describe. I am using the pen tool in Affinity Designer and assigning a brush texture for the stroke however every time I make the very next vector using the pen tool it defaults to a basic 3px wide solid line. In other words my app isn't remembering the style I last used. Is there something I could be doing wrong?

Thanks!

Edited November 25, 2019 by Rael Harris
Wanted to add a quote.