casterle Posted March 6, 2019 Posted March 6, 2019 On the Mac, you can change mouse size/hardness by pressing a key and dragging the mouse. On the PC you have to press a key and both mouse buttons while dragging the mouse. This is clumsy, but it works unless you are using a tablet and stylus. I've played around and can find no way to adjust brush size/hardness on the PC when using a stylus. How is this done? Quote Windows 11 Pro, XP-Pen Deco 03, AP, AD & APub
walt.farrell Posted March 6, 2019 Posted March 6, 2019 The answer may depend on the stylus and tablet that you're using, what buttons each has, and how programmable they are. And, if course, you don't have to change size and hardness by dragging. Size has a purely keyboard shortcut, and both have Context Menu controls But it's nice to be able to use the other method. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.3, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1
casterle Posted March 6, 2019 Author Posted March 6, 2019 3 hours ago, walt.farrell said: The answer may depend on the stylus and tablet that you're using, what buttons each has, and how programmable they are. And, if course, you don't have to change size and hardness by dragging. Size has a purely keyboard shortcut, and both have Context Menu controls But it's nice to be able to use the other method. I'm using an inexpensive Wacom Intous, so not a lot of bells and whistles. There is one switch on the stylus - a rocker so you can't access both functions at once. Walt, IMHO changing size/hardness from the stylus is more than nice. When I'm editing masks changing brush size/hardness without moving away from my image to do so saves a lot of time and error. Quote Windows 11 Pro, XP-Pen Deco 03, AP, AD & APub
Ron P. Posted March 6, 2019 Posted March 6, 2019 32 minutes ago, casterle said: I'm using an inexpensive Wacom Intous, so not a lot of bells and whistles. There is one switch on the stylus - a rocker so you can't access both functions at once. Walt, IMHO changing size/hardness from the stylus is more than nice. When I'm editing masks changing brush size/hardness without moving away from my image to do so saves a lot of time and error. Compared to other tablets, Wacom tablets are not inexpensive. I use an older Intuos 3 small. It has 4 buttons and one long "slider" button on the left side. I have one of the buttons programmed as the ALT button. On my pen, which also has the rocker button, I have the bottom rocker button set as Right-Click. I can change the brush size and hardness using the ALT button on the tablet along with the Right-Click on the pen, then dragging the pen the same as a mouse. Quote Affinity Photo 2.5..; Affinity Designer 2.5..; Affinity Publisher 2.5..; Affinity2 Beta versions. Affinity Photo,Designer 1.10.6.1605 Win10 Home Version:21H2, Build: 19044.1766: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5820K CPU @ 3.30GHz, 3301 Mhz, 6 Core(s), 12 Logical Processor(s);32GB Ram, Nvidia GTX 3070, 3-Internal HDD (1 Crucial MX5000 1TB, 1-Crucial MX5000 500GB, 1-WD 1 TB), 4 External HDD
casterle Posted March 6, 2019 Author Posted March 6, 2019 11 minutes ago, Ron P. said: Compared to other tablets, Wacom tablets are not inexpensive. I use an older Intuos 3 small. It has 4 buttons and one long "slider" button on the left side. I have one of the buttons programmed as the ALT button. On my pen, which also has the rocker button, I have the bottom rocker button set as Right-Click. I can change the brush size and hardness using the ALT button on the tablet along with the Right-Click on the pen, then dragging the pen the same as a mouse. Thanks, I didn't try that combination. I only paid $70 for the tablet and it works great. It has 4 'Express' buttons along the top, but nothing else on the tablet. I did try using the keyboard Alt and assigning Right-Click to the stylus with no success. But, just a few minutes ago I found something that does work and it doesn't require you to press the rocker on the stylus. I assigned Alt + R-Click + L-Click to one of the tablet buttons. If I press this I can adjust size/width without pressing any other buttons. This combination can be applied to one of the stylus rockers and works that way just as well. For now I prefer the button on the tablet because I'm just getting familiar with the stylus and don't have very good control yet . Ron P. 1 Quote Windows 11 Pro, XP-Pen Deco 03, AP, AD & APub
Old Bruce Posted March 6, 2019 Posted March 6, 2019 Have tried just using the keyboard Control + Option/Alt And dragging vertically for the Hardness and horizontally for the Size? Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6 Affinity Designer 2.5.7 | Affinity Photo 2.5.7 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.7 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that.
casterle Posted March 7, 2019 Author Posted March 7, 2019 6 hours ago, Old Bruce said: Have tried just using the keyboard Control + Option/Alt And dragging vertically for the Hardness and horizontally for the Size? Mac only. No idea why. Quote Windows 11 Pro, XP-Pen Deco 03, AP, AD & APub
Staff Gabe Posted March 7, 2019 Staff Posted March 7, 2019 4 hours ago, casterle said: Mac only. No idea why. That works on both Mac and Windows. R C-R 1 Quote
casterle Posted March 7, 2019 Author Posted March 7, 2019 9 hours ago, GabrielM said: That works on both Mac and Windows. Not for me. When I press Ctrl-Alt-drag I get a color selector. What does work on Windows is Alt-Both Mouse Buttons. Quote Windows 11 Pro, XP-Pen Deco 03, AP, AD & APub
AndrejZed Posted March 14, 2020 Posted March 14, 2020 Omg why is it such a rocket science to change the size/opacity of the brush??? it is the most needed shortcut for drawing why can't i just make it as simple as possible ALT+LMB drag or anything else. ALT+LMB+RMB you try to push 20 buttons on your stylus. I don't want play 5th symphony on the keyboard to change the size of the brush. I fell in love with your software and don't want to go back to Adobe. Just because of that shortcut witch saves 40% of time. Quote
Jowday Posted March 15, 2020 Posted March 15, 2020 On 3/7/2019 at 10:52 AM, Gabe said: That works on both Mac and Windows. Nope, in Designer for Windows it is left + right (mouse) click + alt. Hell. In Photoshop you can also right click and get this menu. You can even save you choice as a new custom brush directly from it. Capture One Pro also has great option via right click: Quote "The user interface is supposed to work for me - I am not supposed to work for the user interface." Computer-, operating system- and software agnostic; I am a result oriented professional. Look for a fanboy somewhere else. “When a wise man points at the moon the imbecile examines the finger.” ― Confucius Not an Affinity user og forum user anymore. The software continued to disappoint and not deliver.
AndrejZed Posted March 15, 2020 Posted March 15, 2020 All i need is a s hortcut i can change my self to just combination of 2 buttons with the stylus drag or\and a floating\custom context bar like in IPad version or sketchbook. Quote
Staff Gabe Posted March 16, 2020 Staff Posted March 16, 2020 On 3/15/2020 at 1:03 AM, Jowday said: Nope, in Designer for Windows it is left + right (mouse) click + alt. Hell. Perhaps something wrong on your end. Those shortcuts work regardless of the order you press them Quote
AndrejZed Posted March 16, 2020 Posted March 16, 2020 How can something be possibly wrong on my end? it is a Software build in Keyboard short cut i have no influence over. IT is how it works now ALT+LMB+RMB - nightmare. NOT promised CTR+ALT+LMB. Zoom in and out with Space+CTR+LMB works well, but for some reason it is click order sensitive. if i Click CTRL before Space it won't work. And your Help stating the same. Please make a shortcut with Just one Mouse button. As you know stylus have limited amount of buttons. Or let user change it. Jowday 1 Quote
Jowday Posted March 16, 2020 Posted March 16, 2020 10 hours ago, Gabe said: Perhaps something wrong on your end. Those shortcuts work regardless of the order you press them I meant... pressing both mouse buttons and a key... is slow, clumsy and cumbersome. Never two buttons at the same time! Besides it causes more muscle strain pressing two buttons down. Quote "The user interface is supposed to work for me - I am not supposed to work for the user interface." Computer-, operating system- and software agnostic; I am a result oriented professional. Look for a fanboy somewhere else. “When a wise man points at the moon the imbecile examines the finger.” ― Confucius Not an Affinity user og forum user anymore. The software continued to disappoint and not deliver.
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