alsarraf Posted March 2, 2015 Posted March 2, 2015 Is there a shortcut to change the brush size in Affinity Designer ? Quote
Staff Pauls Posted March 2, 2015 Staff Posted March 2, 2015 Those keys may not be easily available on your keyboard though Quote
Staff MattP Posted March 2, 2015 Staff Posted March 2, 2015 It also works from your tablet wheel if you have one. I definitely take your point about definable shortcut keys though and this is on the roadmap... Quote
00Ghz Posted March 2, 2015 Posted March 2, 2015 Just use the Alt - Right click shortcut like in PS. Drag: Up down for hardness, left/right for size. It would be nice if this came in 1-2 future beta versions. Makes painting so much easier. iumbra 1 Quote UI Designer, CG Artist Macbook Pro 15" 2014 2.5 Ghz, 750M https://www.behance.net/VladMafteiuScai
Staff TonyB Posted March 2, 2015 Staff Posted March 2, 2015 We also support Ctrl-Alt Drag: Up down for hardness, left/right for size. It needs a bit of improvement but it's there. ronniemcbride 1 Quote
alsarraf Posted March 3, 2015 Author Posted March 3, 2015 We also support Ctrl-Alt Drag: Up down for hardness, left/right for size. It needs a bit of improvement but it's there. This exactly what I want. It is available in Affinity Photo, but it is not in Affinity Designer. Please add it. Quote
Staff MattP Posted March 3, 2015 Staff Posted March 3, 2015 It is in Designer (beta) but only for pixel brushes (i.e. in the Pixel Persona) I intend to add it for vector things in the future Hanzz and Jakerlund 2 Quote
Staff MattP Posted March 3, 2015 Staff Posted March 3, 2015 Incidentally, I've just improved the experience for this week's beta of Designer and Photo (although it still doesn't work in the vector parts of Designer yet) Quote
Staff MEB Posted March 3, 2015 Staff Posted March 3, 2015 Glad to know it Matt. I always have trouble changing the size or hardness with the mouse. Usually the drag seems to stop responding at some point (specially with the hardness). The changes in size/hardness aren't much fluid. They seem jumpy. Maybe this is just a problem with my old Macbook or my Magic Mouse itself, but with a regular mouse, i can't do much better either. Also having to click with the mouse first and only then press the keys is unintuitive. I always forget to click first. Maybe there's some constraint here that i'm not aware but pressing just the keys would be much better and immediate. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software
ronnyb Posted March 4, 2015 Posted March 4, 2015 Yes, I always press the modifier keys first and then the mouse, and I've come across this odd behavior before, I think it was with one of the zoom in and out options not functioning properly, the bug was already fixed, but I think I encountered it elsewhere because of the click and modifier order, as MEB explains above... Quote 2021 16” Macbook Pro w/ M1 Max 10c cpu /24c gpu, 32 GB RAM, 1TB SSD, macOS Sequoia 15.1 2018 11" iPad Pro w/ A12X cpu/gpu, 256 GB, iPadOS 18.1
Wiredframe Posted January 13, 2017 Posted January 13, 2017 None of these shortcuts work in the Windows Version of AD, neither in the Draw nor in the Pixel Persona. Am I missing something? juliencollee 1 Quote
Staff MEB Posted January 13, 2017 Staff Posted January 13, 2017 Hi Wiredframe, The Windows shortcut is different: press and hold ALT + right mouse button + left mouse button + drag horizontally to change brush size and vertically to change brush hardness. juliencollee and Wiredframe 1 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software
KiboOst Posted January 13, 2017 Posted January 13, 2017 Just a note, I always set my wacom pencil top button as right click. Then, I can use ALT+pencil top button and press on the document to adjust size/hardness ! Works a dream :wub: Quote intel i7-3930K - 32Go - SSDs | Dual screen | Running last customer beta Win 7 Pro SP1 x64 | nVidia GTX 680 - v376.33 | intuos 3 - v6.3.15-3
Wiredframe Posted January 13, 2017 Posted January 13, 2017 Hi Wiredframe, The Windows shortcut is different: press and hold ALT + right mouse button + left mouse button + drag horizontally to change brush size and vertically to change brush hardness. Awesome, thank you!! Quote
Tupaia Posted February 22, 2017 Posted February 22, 2017 Hi! Nice that this is working, however: wouldn't just ALT-RMB do, without the LMB? Thing is, I'm using a Wacom pen, which has this rocker switch. I like to assign a MMB to the front side of that switch, and RMB to the rear, because I don't want to grab the mouse whenever possible. Works just nicely mostly. Although it's working, it's not too comfy having to use ALT-LMB (putting the pen on the tablet) and RMB (rocker switch) at the same time. For example, Photoshop uses ALT-RMB, ClipStudio uses CTRL-ALT-LMB. Both are somewhat better in the brush resizing arena... Thanks for considering! Best regards Eugen Quote
PixelPest Posted February 23, 2017 Posted February 23, 2017 Not sure what you´re saying: ctrl+alt+click&drag with pen works seamlessly in PixelPersona: Cheers P. Quote
Staff MEB Posted February 23, 2017 Staff Posted February 23, 2017 Hi Tupaia, I believe this shortcut will be reviewed soon. It's not much intuitive even when using a mouse. @PixelPest This shortcut is different on Windows which is the OS that @Tupaia seems to be using. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software
PixelPest Posted February 23, 2017 Posted February 23, 2017 @PixelPest This shortcut is different on Windows which is the OS that @Tupaia seems to be using. @ MEB Where did you get that info from? Quote
Staff MEB Posted February 23, 2017 Staff Posted February 23, 2017 @PixelPest From the RMB reference (right mouse button). We don't use it on the Mac for setting the brush size. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software
PixelPest Posted February 23, 2017 Posted February 23, 2017 OK - I don´t use a mouse for painting and brush adjustments - which would be a cumbersome workflow. :D Cheers P. Quote
HappyGirl Posted February 3, 2018 Posted February 3, 2018 On 3/2/2015 at 5:38 AM, 00Ghz said: Just use the Alt - Right click shortcut like in PS. Drag: Up down for hardness, left/right for size. It would be nice if this came in 1-2 future beta versions. Makes painting so much easier. omg thank you so much!!! i read in /Affinity-Designer-Shortcuts-Windows.pdf that it was ctrl+Shift+drag and it just would NOT work!! Quote
juliencollee Posted December 27, 2018 Posted December 27, 2018 (edited) Hi there I keep trying to use ANY of the shortcuts combinations you mentionned on Windows with a Wacom tablet and Pen but keep getting the color picker and nothing changes on the size or hardness side... I'm lost and kind of frustrated. I'm almost ready to buy again the photo pack of Adobe with Photoshop... Help would be much appreciated. I'm on Affinity Designer 1.6.5.135 on Windows 10 with the latest Wacom driver and an Intuos 5 USB. The Alt-LMB-RMB+drag combination works. But I can't find a way to replicate this behaviour with the pen. Even while defining a Right Click on the Pen in the Wacom preferences. Thank you in advance! EDIT with solution: Found how to make it work. I don't know if it's an issue on the Wacom or Affinity side. But this is truly dumb. 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! You'd think it's the same thing. But no. Just lost 2h before I figured it. 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 Provided solution Pariah73 1 Quote
Pariah73 Posted March 11, 2019 Posted March 11, 2019 On 12/27/2018 at 4:31 PM, juliencollee said: Hi there I keep trying to use ANY of the shortcuts combinations you mentionned on Windows with a Wacom tablet and Pen but keep getting the color picker and nothing changes on the size or hardness side... I'm lost and kind of frustrated. I'm almost ready to buy again the photo pack of Adobe with Photoshop... Help would be much appreciated. I'm on Affinity Designer 1.6.5.135 on Windows 10 with the latest Wacom driver and an Intuos 5 USB. The Alt-LMB-RMB+drag combination works. But I can't find a way to replicate this behaviour with the pen. Even while defining a Right Click on the Pen in the Wacom preferences. Thank you in advance! EDIT with solution: Found how to make it work. I don't know if it's an issue on the Wacom or Affinity side. But this is truly dumb. 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! You'd think it's the same thing. But no. Just lost 2h before I figured it. I put a picture. It's in french but the idea is there. Once done the shortcut works. Hope that helps Julien thanks! exactly what i needed! Quote
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