Sempervivum Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 Hi there, when searching for a star effect brush I found this thread: I downloaded and installed the brushes from deviantart.com. Unfortunately I'm not able to use them properly. What I get is what is visible in the screenshot: The star that is visible in my image (the upper one, the lower one is the sun in the original image) is not as beautiful as in the preview. I tried all sliders but didn't get a proper result. Any hints are welcome. Best regards - Ulrich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sara72 Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 Hi, If its a Photoshop brush there maybe some effect added that doesn't translate into Affinity. You can easily make your own with the shape tool and using the Star shape, set the amount of points you want, i set the inner radius to 5%, outer circle 0%, inner circle 5%, then added Outer glow from the fx settings, increased the radius and then exported the star as a transparent png, go to the brush settings and add new image brush. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sempervivum Posted March 4, 2019 Author Share Posted March 4, 2019 Thanks @summersara, obviously that means that I cannot use these brushes in AP. I'm gonna try to follow your instructions and create my own one. Best regards - Ulrich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sara72 Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 Hi Ulrich, Most Photoshop brushes work fine, it just depends on what extra effects they have added to create it and Affinity doesn't have all the same settings. If you are interested here is the afbrush file i exported, i created it in Affinity Photo but can be used in Affinity Designer in the Pixel persona. Star burst.afbrushes Sempervivum 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 I have that same brush set and it works perfectly You should not need to change any of those slider settings (just the brush size) If you upload that APhoto project file I can test my brushes in that document to try to see what the issue is Sempervivum 1 Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sempervivum Posted March 4, 2019 Author Share Posted March 4, 2019 Hi carl123, many thanks for this reply. This reads promising, maybe there is only a handling error on my side? This is the project file: http://ulrichbangert.de/div/affinity/2019-02-27_Rhumequelle_03.afphoto My version is 1.6.5.123 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sempervivum Posted March 4, 2019 Author Share Posted March 4, 2019 Hi carl123, no need to download, it was a handling error indeed: In the toolbar at the left I had choosen "Pixel Tool". I changed this to "Paintbrush" and now the brush is fine, exactly identical to the preview. Many thanks for your hint, it saved my day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 Cool, glad you sorted it. Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sempervivum Posted March 4, 2019 Author Share Posted March 4, 2019 Hi summersara, I tested your brushes too and it's very fine either. Many thanks for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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