Jeremy Bohn Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 With Photoshop, while using the brush tool you can press the option key to quickly sample a new color. Is it possible to do something like this in Affinity Photo or do I have to switch to the Colour Picker tool every time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 Hold down the Option key & drag to switch to the color picker. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Bohn Posted May 1, 2019 Author Share Posted May 1, 2019 Thanks. I never would have figured that out on my own which makes me wonder why they added in the extra drag step. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 2 hours ago, Jeremy Bohn said: Thanks. I never would have figured that out on my own which makes me wonder why they added in the extra drag step. I don't know why they added the drag but the Status bar at the bottom of the window tells you how to invoke it when the Paint Brush Tool is active. GZA 1 Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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walt.farrell Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 1 hour ago, >|< said: Opt-click will sample the colour at the centre of the brush on a Mac (I don't know about the Windows app). The drag is unnecessary unless you actually want the loupe to show. Alt+click also works on Windows. The status bar suggests Drag+Alt. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Bohn Posted May 1, 2019 Author Share Posted May 1, 2019 Now that I know all this, great. But I wasted a bit of time trying to figure this out online and eventually gave up. If the cursor would switch to the eyedropper while holding down option/alt then that all could be avoided. Alfred 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 27 minutes ago, Jeremy Bohn said: Now that I know all this, great. But I wasted a bit of time trying to figure this out online and eventually gave up. If the cursor would switch to the eyedropper while holding down option/alt then that all could be avoided. The Status Bar can save a lot of time Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Bohn Posted May 1, 2019 Author Share Posted May 1, 2019 33 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: The Status Bar can save a lot of time Yes, now that I know that LOL. I'm used to the cursor acting as a sort of status indicator. Not only is it instinct, It makes more sense to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 There is also this here which might be also helpful ... Download the very latest keyboard shortcuts for Affinity apps to view, print or customise ... the app help also lists those as does the online help. 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...
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