Now, double click this brush to open the editing panel. We named our brush Test Brush for this tutorial. Scroll down to the duplicate, right click > Rename Brush. The duplicate will be placed at the bottom of the brush category. Under the Brush Panel, select a brush then right click > Duplicate.

It is generally a good idea to duplicate the brush so you preserve the original. To have more control over how the brush works, you can adjust the settings to your liking. Scale and rotate with the Point Transform Tool or use the Corner Tool to individually edit corners in Affinity Designer. Since the Vector Brush Tool creates a path when painting, you can edit the nodes with the Node Tool. Click + drag a corner or side in or out to resize. You can now edit the paint stroke like you would any path such as resizing the stroke. Next, we clicked on the Move Tool top left. In the example below we set the Controller to None, then painted a stroke. In order to edit the brush stroke, you first need to select it. The last setting, None, has no settings applied other than the brush settings you select. This can be considered similar to Pressure but with the use of a mouse. How fast you draw will affect how the brush reacts. Velocity works according to the speed of your mouse. In the image below, with a single stroke, we went from light to dark just by changing the pressure on the tablet. Pressing lightly on the tablet will give light brush strokes and darker brush strokes with a heavier hand. The Pressure setting works best with a tablet.

The heavier the pressure, the darker the paint stroke. The darker brush stroke was created with a tablet where you have more control over pressure. The light brush stroke was created with a mouse. In the image below, we used the same brush as with the Brush Defaults. The brush settings will still apply but the Controller settings will not. This option relates to the device you are using such as a tablet or mouse. You may also find that, depending on your system, the painting may slow down a bit. We will discuss this later in the tutorial. This is because, as you paint, the stroke adjusts due to it being a path. It’s as if the paint stroke has a life of its own, shifting or moving while you paint.

When working with Vector brushes you may note that they look a little strange while painting. The settings for that brush will be applied such as Width, Size, Opacity and so on. You can then click on the Brushes panel top right, select a brush and start painting. These are the default settings currently stored with the selected brush. It is usually set by default to Brush Defaults or None. The Controller settings determine how the brush stroke acts. You will first need to click on the Vector Brush Tool on the left side toolbar. Step 1 - Brush Controller Settings Explainedīefore we begin, let’s discuss the brush Controller settings, located in the top toolbar. Vector brushes are used exclusively in the Designer Persona. Open Affinity Designer and create a new document of any size setting. In this guide we will show you to use the Vector Brush Tool in Affinity Designer. You are able to edit the strokes, change the color of individual strokes and much more. The Vector Brush Tool in Affinity Designer allows brush strokes to remain fully editable.

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