Jason Ramasami Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 I can’t figure out what the basic difference is between these two tools. I feel dumb asking but this is not obvious to me - I am not new to illustration work but I really need a basic primer. Can anyone recommend something? Ta. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted July 31, 2018 Staff Share Posted July 31, 2018 The Pencil Tool allows you to draw basic vector freehand lines - no brushes - with pressure if needed. The Vector Brush Tool also allows you to draw/paint vector freehand paths but using brushes - both simple vector based strokes similar to the Pencil but with a few variables/settings (tap the More button in the context toolbar on bottom to see them) as well as based on raster textures stretched or repeated along the path - again check the More button on the context toolbar) . dReas 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Ramasami Posted July 31, 2018 Author Share Posted July 31, 2018 Thankyou. I am thankful you replied so clearly. The thing I’d misunderstood was what a brush actually was - with the advent of Apple Pencil pressure tool capabilities the brush idea had been lost for me. Basically my pencil tool lines look very similar to the ‘brush’ lines so I got confused. The next question is about how to how to effectively use the sculpt tool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 6 hours ago, saamvisual said: The next question is about how to how to effectively use the sculpt tool. There is a video tutorial for the Pencil Tool here, including examples of using the Sculpt feature beginning at about 1:52. Jason Ramasami 1 Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 I posted this quick demo of the Sculpt Tool a few hours ago. Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Ramasami Posted August 1, 2018 Author Share Posted August 1, 2018 Thankyou. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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