Tobias.VFX Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 To my knowledge theres no way to see an actual brush cursor in AP other than a representation of the brush style. This is often very difficult to work with, especially when working on small details. This is for two reasons. 1) The brush tip cursor is a dynamically scaling thumbnail of the brush style. For those brushes with unusual shapes, this is problematic as a clear focal point doesn't exist. 2) The brush tip cursor color is matching the currently selected color. In theory this is helpful but often when using color values close in appearance it is virtually impossible to see the brush tip cursor. I understand it has been asked for before but I'd like to put my virtual 2 cents in. Is there any possibility that we will ever get a legit dynamic cursor that is similar to virtually all other image editing programs on the market? It would be immensely helpful. Thank you kindly for your feedback and putting this in as a hot feature update for this weekend (wishful thinking lol). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PixelPest Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 Have you already looked at the preferences? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tobias.VFX Posted August 30, 2019 Author Share Posted August 30, 2019 (edited) 4 minutes ago, PixelPest said: Have you already looked at the preferences? Indeed. Those don't effect what I'm talking about. Brush previews is the "texture" style of the brush. The Crosshair only works on the stock basic brushes. I'm talking about having a dynamic target cursor (with options of course) like you'd see in PS or AI across the board. Edited August 30, 2019 by Tobias.VFX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PixelPest Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 Mmmh - no PS nor AI user speaking. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tobias.VFX Posted August 30, 2019 Author Share Posted August 30, 2019 3 hours ago, PixelPest said: Mmmh - no PS nor AI user speaking. Cheers All good. I switched from Adobe to Affinity and have no plans on looking back lol. All aside, this is a feature that exists in the majority of all image generation programs on the market, 2D & 3D. I hope the devs are listening. I know this has been a feature request for a number of years in Affinity. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PixelPest Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 Huh! - I live in 3d. Seems I´m lost in translation maybe - but right now I have no clue what you´re talking about. Any chance for a screenshot or something reliable? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Dan C Posted August 31, 2019 Staff Share Posted August 31, 2019 Hi Tobias.VFX I'm sorry, I too am not certain what you mean by; 19 hours ago, Tobias.VFX said: I'm talking about having a dynamic target cursor Could you explain this a little further or provide a screenshot? Thanks! Quote Please note - I am currently out of the office for a short while whilst recovering from surgery (nothing serious!), therefore will not be available on the Forums during this time. Should you require a response from the team in a thread I have previously replied in - please Create a New Thread and our team will be sure to reply as soon as possible. Many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 I'm afraid I don't understand what you mean by having a dynamic target cursor, either. With the option to show the cross-hair active, you have a circle that shows the width of the stroke and a crosshair that shows the center of the stroke. 19 hours ago, Tobias.VFX said: The Crosshair only works on the stock basic brushes. In my experience it works on all brushes. 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...
PixelPest Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 Is he probably is talking about this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tobias.VFX Posted August 31, 2019 Author Share Posted August 31, 2019 Sorry for the delay guys. Thank you kindly for the replies. PixelBest is showing exactly what I'm talking about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PixelPest Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 Yeah - and this is available in Affinity Designer/Photo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tobias.VFX Posted August 31, 2019 Author Share Posted August 31, 2019 2 hours ago, PixelPest said: Yeah - and this is available in Affinity Designer/Photo! Where? I've only seen it work on the standard vanilla brush. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PixelPest Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 With the Paint Brush Tool selected hold down ctrl+alt and move sideways for resizing and up+down for hardness adjustment. Tobias.VFX and Dan C 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tobias.VFX Posted September 2, 2019 Author Share Posted September 2, 2019 Handy but it doesn't work in the latest version I have. Would still love to see an update regarding the OP at some point in time from the devs as it will be helpful down the road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PixelPest Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 2 minutes ago, Tobias.VFX said: Handy but it doesn't work in the latest version I have. Oopsi! Works here with the v1.7.2 on macOS (HighSierra). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tobias.VFX Posted September 2, 2019 Author Share Posted September 2, 2019 Windows 10 Pro on my end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PixelPest Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 But that´s a real party pooper then. So you´re saying it´s not implemented in the Windows version. No bug report about it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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