dsgnr Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 I select a Pen brush, and it always comes out the same, like the "Solid Pen" option. Pressure doesn't work, some of the other styles like fountain pen aren't working...but they work sometimes. Is anyone else having this issue? Super frustrating Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted August 1, 2018 Staff Share Posted August 1, 2018 Hi dsgnr, Welcome to Affinity Forums I'm assuming you are talking about the Vector Brush Tool in Vector Persona. Can you confirm this please? Also, are you using the Apple Pencil, your fingers or a third party pen/stylus? If you are using the Vector Brush Tool, check if you have the Controller set to Pressure in the context toolbar on bottom. Then tap the More button on the context toolbar on bottom and check the Properties section (it varies depending on the type of brush selected - the basic ones don't have the Texture section). Check the Size Variance and Opacity Variance settings. Are they set to a small value? If so you will not see much difference when you apply more/less pressure. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtou2 Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 I'm having the same issue. While using either my Wacom Stylus Pen or even my iMac mouse! I can see the edited brush as well as any custom brushes, but when I try to use them, they all draw the same...as a basic solid brush! Please help! I've attached a screenshot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bung Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 Can you show the brush settings at the bottom? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 18 hours ago, dtou2 said: I'm having the same issue. While using either my Wacom Stylus Pen or even my iMac mouse! How can you use your iMac mouse with an iPad? Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.2 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...
Sara72 Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 It looks dtou2 is using the desktop version from the screen shot. Having bitten the bullet and bought Designer for Ipad, i discovered very quickly that you can not use the stroke and pressure studio with pixel persona brushes, only the vector ones, this is were my bamboo sketch stylus would have been useful but not getting detected by Designer. Sara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted August 2, 2018 Staff Share Posted August 2, 2018 Hi dtou2, Welcome to Affinity Forums Check the Controller dropdown in the context toolbar (for Pencil and Vector Brush tools). Make sure it's set to Automatic or Pressure. It's probably set to None. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdenby Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 Hi, summersara, 38 minutes ago, summersara said: It looks dtou2 is using the desktop version from the screen shot. Having bitten the bullet and bought Designer for Ipad, i discovered very quickly that you can not use the stroke and pressure studio with pixel persona brushes, only the vector ones, this is were my bamboo sketch stylus would have been useful but not getting detected by Designer. Sara The pixel brush size, opacity, saturation, etc. etc can be set within the dynamics panel under "More" in the brush bar at the bottom. My impression is that size and pressure are usually couple. Screenshot, on the bottom, of a couple quick strokes showing both size and opacity at default Quote iMac 27" Retina, c. 2015: OS X 10.11.5: 3.3 GHz I c-5: 32 Gb, AMD Radeon R9 M290 2048 Mb iPad 12.9" Retina, iOS 10, 512 Gb, Apple pencil Huion WH1409 tablet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sara72 Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 Quote The pixel brush size, opacity, saturation, etc. etc can be set within the dynamics panel under "More" in the brush bar at the bottom. My impression is that size and pressure are usually couple. Thanks for that gdenby, is there any finger gestures that can increase/decrease 'size' specifically while drawing in pixel persona to get a type of pressure look? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdenby Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 1 hour ago, summersara said: Thanks for that gdenby, is there any finger gestures that can increase/decrease 'size' specifically while drawing in pixel persona to get a type of pressure look? No gestures that I know about. You can get finger strokes alone to respond to velocity and inverse velocity. And a curious one, direction. Both w. a finger are fairly clumsy. One reason I bought an iPencil. Attached, 2 red strokes done by finger tip. The blue are w. size variability set to velocity, inverse velocity and direction. Sara72 1 Quote iMac 27" Retina, c. 2015: OS X 10.11.5: 3.3 GHz I c-5: 32 Gb, AMD Radeon R9 M290 2048 Mb iPad 12.9" Retina, iOS 10, 512 Gb, Apple pencil Huion WH1409 tablet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsgnr Posted August 3, 2018 Author Share Posted August 3, 2018 @MEB that's exactly what it was, thanks. Kind of confusing since it only shows 2 options (and it doesn't default to pressure/auto) and you have to scroll in that tiny box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtou2 Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 Thank you for your response but I am still experiencing the same issue. I did have the brushes set to pressure but the "controller" on the top bar was set to none so I changed it to pressure, but there is no change in the stroke lines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted August 3, 2018 Staff Share Posted August 3, 2018 Hi dtou2, Your screenshot is quite small. Can you post a bigger image please? Increase the Brush Width slider a little (to the middle) so you can see more variance in brush size when using pressure (for testing purposes). If appears it still doesn't work please change to Pixel Persona, select the Paint Brush Tool, click/enable Force Pressure to control size right after the More button in the context toolbar. Does the pressure work there? Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtou2 Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 Thank you MEB, I've tried your suggestion and even made sure my Pen tablet was up to date but, I am still I'm getting the same results Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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