Creating custom vector brushes

Affinity comes complete with a range of preset vector brushes which you can customise to suit your needs. Alternatively, you can create a custom brush from scratch using your own image.

To modify a preset vector brush:
  1. On the Brushes panel, left-swipe on a chosen brush and tap Edit. To create a copy of the brush to modify instead of editing the original, tap Save As New Brush, then locate your duplicated brush underneath the original and Edit that brush instead.
  2. Adjust the settings in the Properties or Controller section.
To create a new vector brush on the fly:
  1. On the Brushes panel, select a brush.
  2. Adjust the settings as you paint on the context toolbar, accessing additional settings via the Edit option.
  3. Left-swipe on a brush in the panel and tap Save As New Brush from the pop-up menu.

Your newly saved brush will appear under the original brush in the panel.

Panel Preferences To create a custom preset brush stroke from scratch:

On the Brushes panel, tap Panel preferences and then select:

The new brush is added to the selected category using default settings and it is found at the bottom of the list. Settings can be altered if required.

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