StephanP Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 (edited) I'm quite new to Affinity Designer and also new to the concept of brushes in giving line drawings a 'pattern'. I need to draw a curvy piece of rope and I think (but I'm not sure) that creating a vector brush is the way to go. I've found this rope piece (SVG) on the internet and I am wondering how I should turn this into a brush that I can use for my drawing. rope-piece.svgrope-piece.svg Is it possible to create a brush from vector parts or does it HAVE to be based upon a bitmap as demonstrated in a couple of video's? Edited March 28, 2019 by StephanP repositioning the images Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 I think it has to be bitmap (PNG) instead, see here for example and adapt the iPad things to the Desktop version then instead ... How to create vector brushes in Affinity Designer for iPad 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...
Staff MEB Posted March 28, 2019 Staff Share Posted March 28, 2019 Hi StephanP, Welcome to Affinity Forums The source must be a raster image (transparent PNG). The basic process requires you to import the SVG to the canvas of your document, set the size you want - ideally you would want to create a high-res source image - so enlarge the svg object until you have a width of 1024 or more (up to you) using the Transform panel. Then with the object still selected go to menu File ▸ Export and select PNG. Set the Area dropdown there to Selection without background and export the file to be used as the source image. To create the brush go to the Brushes panel and select New Textured Image Brush, pick the PNG image you exported and the brush should appear at the end of the list of the category currently selected in the top of the Brushes panel. Double-click the newly created brush to edit it and set it to Repeat. Adjust the Head and Tail Offset (redlines in the bottom section) and loom at the preview on top. Ideally both end sides of the source image must match so they can be perfectly aligned. StephanP 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 Its not very well done actually, the ends don't line up. 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...
StephanP Posted March 28, 2019 Author Share Posted March 28, 2019 Quote Its not very well done actually, the ends don't line up. Right. I guess I need to look further. Meanwhile I've run into this piece of rope that does a pretty good job when turned into a brush. But it doesn't do well taking sharp bends. Possibly because of its relative length. Maybe I should try and trim it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephanP Posted March 28, 2019 Author Share Posted March 28, 2019 Trimmed version is doing fine. I think I've got it. Thanks, all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 Nice one @StephanP and it looks more like rope 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...
StephanP Posted March 29, 2019 Author Share Posted March 29, 2019 I'm getting there firstdefence and MEB 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted March 29, 2019 Staff Share Posted March 29, 2019 Hi StephanP, If the brush is being rendered in black and white (and the original source image was in colour) it's because you have a black stroke applied to the line. Remove the stroke colour from the line to get the brush rendered with the original colours of the source image. StephanP 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephanP Posted March 29, 2019 Author Share Posted March 29, 2019 @MEB Thank you! I didn't even realise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artcraft Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 On 3/28/2019 at 10:48 PM, MEB said: New Textured Image Brush, pick the PNG image But I need a vector, not a raster graphic. So it doesn't work here at all? Which means I cant even finish my work.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 @Artcraft Technically these “vector" brushes are hybrid raster/vector brushes, not a true vector brush so raster images on a vector curve. 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...
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