maxmax Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 Hello! I want to draw in Affinity Designer similar to a flipchart with a wedge nib marker. (https://us.neuland.com/markers-more/neuland-markers/neuland-bigone-wedge-nib-single-colours.html) How I can create (or buy) a wedge nib marker vektorbrush für Affinity Designer (like the screenshots from coreldraw and mischief) Regards Max Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SrPx Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 Dunno if you can find sth like that here... : http://www.paololimoncelli.com Quote AD, AP and APub. V1.10.6 and V2.4 Windows 10 and Windows 11. Ryzen 9 3900X, 32 GB RAM, RTX 3060 12GB, Wacom Intuos XL, Wacom L. Eizo ColorEdge CS 2420 monitor. Windows 10 Pro. (Laptop) HP Omen 16-b1010ns 12700H, 32GB DDR5, nVidia RTX 3060 6GB + Huion Kamvas 22 pen display, Windows 11 Pro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Gabe Posted November 17, 2018 Staff Share Posted November 17, 2018 Hi @maxmax, Welcome to the forums. We have got a few articles on how to create your own brushes: Even though they are for iPad, the same settings apply on Desktop: https://affinityspotlight.com/article/how-to-create-raster-brushes-in-affinity-designer-for-ipad/ https://affinityspotlight.com/article/creating-your-own-brush-nozzles-from-real-life-media/ https://affinityspotlight.com/article/how-to-create-vector-brushes-in-affinity-designer-for-ipad/ You can also create your own shape and use that as the nozzle. You can also use a standard round brush and change the shape to an elipse. Put the spacing back to 100 and you're done. Alfred 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxmax Posted November 17, 2018 Author Share Posted November 17, 2018 1 hour ago, GabrielM said: Thank you. The Screenshot looks like the Bitmap Brush. I want to have a wedge-nib as vektor brush. I want the brush to be e.g. wider is when I draw horizontally and narrower in the diagonal for a dynamic drawing as on a flipchart. Regards Federico M. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 BTW you can often also import and reuse PS brushes for AD (Deadbeat Marker), though can't tell if those can then possibly be transformed into vector brushes. However, if you search the Net you will find tons of brushes (free and commercial), maybe you find something which comes close and you can possibly adapt here. Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxmax Posted November 18, 2018 Author Share Posted November 18, 2018 Sorry. It dosn´t work. - I am not able to create a wedge nib vector brush. - I found no wedge nib vector brush in the shops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 The only thing I could suggest is creating a few raster brushes in Affinity Designers Pixel Persona. Here are few brushes I knocked up quickly, there are 30º 40º 45º 0º and 90º the screenshot below is me just messing around with the settings and I quite liked the effect. These are raster brushes so will show up in the Pixel persona in Designer Calligraphy.afbrushes Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lepr Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 . maxmax 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wosven Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 1 hour ago, >|< said: Calligraphic brushes are on the roadmap for inclusion in Designer 1.x, but with no ETA. Interesting point! For now, like @firstdefence, the only way I find to do this is pixel brushes, with a better result when adding a wet edge, and using some tricks since you can play with the nib leaving partly the paper to get different effects. When there's a fine border of the nib, the borders aren't continuous. Plumes.afbrushes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxmax Posted November 18, 2018 Author Share Posted November 18, 2018 2 hours ago, >|< said: Calligraphic brushes are on the roadmap for inclusion in Designer 1.x, but with no ETA. I'm looking forward to the Calligraphic brushes support. I need the brushes around them on vector shapes.Thanks for all hints and help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuartRc Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 Hi I believe at the moment without the option of Calligraphic brushes the best workaround is to create vector brushes based on simple wedge shapes. With Vector brushes you can get better control over the graphic shape by manipulating the nodes. There is a weird bug in 1.6 AD where the end of the brush/vector line 'wiggles'. To get around this you can draw a vector line (pen/pencil/sculpt+-stabiliser); then apply the brush stroke to the line. I personally use the pencil tool with stabiliser to draw outlines (shaped using the pressure controls)..to get tapered lines...and then convert to raster (with simple key press)...You will find the line edges are much smoother than using a raster brush.. Try the attached brushes just to see if they are closer to your requirements (cannot guarantee they will be perfect!) I set at 1000px width with min height 100px Brush Test.zip Quote Affinity Version 1 (10.6) Affinity Version 2.4.2 All (Designer | Photo | Publisher) Beta; 2.4 2.2371 OS:Windows 10 Pro 22H2 OS Build 19045.4046+ Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.19053.1000.0 Rig:AMD FX 8350 and AMD Radeon (R9 380 Series) Settings Version 21.04.01 Radeon Settings Version 2020 20.1.03) + Wacom Intuous 4M with driver 6.3.41-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxmax Posted November 19, 2018 Author Share Posted November 19, 2018 21 hours ago, StuartRc said: I personally use the pencil tool with stabiliser to draw outlines (shaped using the pressure controls)..to get tapered lines...and then convert to raster (with simple key press)...You will find the line edges are much smoother than using a raster brush.. Try the attached brushes just to see if they are closer to your requirements (cannot guarantee they will be perfect!) Thank you! I will wait ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Federico M. Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 I hope Affinity can implement the shape function to the full vetorial brush like illustrator do... At the moment is only round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aleksandar Kovač Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 Inkscape has truly beautiful vector nibs... 😉 Quick, responsive, configurable... Quote Alex Mac Mini M1, mac OS Ventura Affiñititos, how about a roadmap? (but with v2.1 efforts ... massive, tremendous improvement!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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