Brushes

[Seneca]

I've just noticed that we don't have brushes panel in Publisher. Has this been reported yet?

We have a brush stroke in the strokes panel but the stroke cannot be modified because the brushes panel is missing.

[walt.farrell]

The stroke can be modified. For example, when you have the rectangle tool selected, you have stroke settings in the context bar, and if you click on the stroke type you get a pulldown that lets you choose the style. One of those is a brush stroke, and at the bottom of the dialog box you have a Properties button:

The Properties button brings up this brush dialog:

(Note: I am on Windows. I presume that this same function is in the Mac interface, too, but we have noticed some differences.)

Edit: However, even though we have that dialog, I am so far unsuccessful in making the brush-related choices have any effect. That may just be my lack of experience.

Edit 2: Having played with it in Designer, I also can't get any real modification of the stroke using that dialog, either. It does seem to require the Brushes panel for any meaningful effect.

[Chris_K]

Brushes will be part of the other two personas when available.  Like Photos, the stroke panel needs the brushes option to support files from Designer that have a brush applied

[thomaso]

On 9/8/2018 at 8:20 PM, walt.farrell said:

The stroke (...) https://forum.affinity.serif.com/uploads/monthly_2018_09/stroke1.png.a3ec149ad7cc47a4234ec08a497aa646.png

@walt.farrell, in your screenshot from 8. Sept. you seem to have a tool which looks like a pencil.
Was it in a former beta only and meanwhile eliminated in v.305 (because it needs the other apps)?

– I wonder because I can't see it in my tools collection:

[walt.farrell]

39 minutes ago, thomaso said:

in your screenshot from 8. Sept. you seem to have a tool which looks like a pencil.
Was it in a former beta only and meanwhile eliminated in v.305 (because it needs the other apps)?

– I wonder because I can't see it in my tools collection:

I don't see it in mine, either. I don't know when it disappeared, but possibly Serif decided that it belongs only in Designer (and possibly the Designer Persona of Publisher, when that becomes available for those who also own Designer).

[fde101]

Yeah, I seem to remember they removed that tool from Publisher several betas ago.