Changing Brush Size Affinity Designer

[alsarraf 22]

Is there a shortcut to change the brush size in Affinity Designer ?

[Andrew Tang 374]

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:)

[Pauls 171]

Those keys may not be easily available on your keyboard though

[MattP 4,253]

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...

[alsarraf 22]

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:)

 

Thank you. 

[00Ghz 253]

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.

[TonyB 1,473]

We also support Ctrl-Alt Drag: Up down for hardness, left/right for size. It needs a bit of improvement but it's there.

[alsarraf 22]

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.

[MattP 4,253]

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

[MattP 4,253]

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)

[MEB 7,498]

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. 

[ronnyb 883]

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...

[Wiredframe 103]

None of these shortcuts work in the Windows Version of AD, neither in the Draw nor in the Pixel Persona. Am I missing something?

[MEB 7,498]

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.

[KiboOst 60]

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:

[Wiredframe 103]

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!! 

[Tupaia 64]

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

[PixelPest 239]

Not sure what you´re saying:

ctrl+alt+click&drag with pen works seamlessly in PixelPersona:

 

 

Cheers

P.

[MEB 7,498]

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.

[PixelPest 239]

@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?

[MEB 7,498]

@PixelPest

From the RMB reference (right mouse button). We don't use it on the Mac for setting the brush size.

[PixelPest 239]

OK - I don´t use a mouse for painting and brush adjustments - which would be a cumbersome workflow.  :D

 

Cheers

P.

[HappyGirl 4]

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!!

[juliencollee 3]

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 43]

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!