The Brushes Studio hosts a selection of brush presets which can be selected for use with the Vector Brush Tool and Paint Brush Tool (Designer Persona and Pixel Persona, respectively). Any custom brushes you design can be saved to your own categories. ABR Brush files can be imported and will be available in their own separate categories.
About the Brushes Studio
A choice of pre-designed brushes are available as selectable thumbnails. With the brush tool selected, the selected thumbnail sets the type of brush to be used. Brushes are arranged in categories which can be navigated from the top of the Studio.
The Brushes Studio.
The Studio displays the following:
Studio Preferences menu which offers:
Add Category—adds a new, empty category to the Studio.
Remove Category—removes the currently selected brush category.
Rename Category—allows you to rename the currently selected brush category.
Sort Categories By Date Added—allows you to sort brush categories by the date they were added.
Import Brushes—allows you to import a set of pre-designed brushes, including those in .afbrushes format (exported from Affinity Designer's desktop version) and .ABR format. You can also import brushes via drag-drop from your Files app onto the Brushes Studio.
Export Brushes—allows you to export the currently selected brush category, ready for sharing with other users.
Additional options vary depending on whether you are accessing the Studio from the Designer Persona or the Pixel Persona.
Additional options from within the Designer Persona include:
New Solid Brush—creates a brush stroke with a hard edge.
New Textured Intensity Brush—creates a brush stroke based on the opacity values of a raster image. In the pop-up dialog, navigate to and select a file, and tap Open.
New Textured Image Brush—creates a brush stroke based on the colour values of a raster image. In the pop-up dialog, navigate to and select a file, and tap Open.
Additional options from within the Pixel Persona include:
New Intensity Brush—creates a brush stroke based on the opacity values of a raster image, available on your iCloud Drive.
New Round Brush—creates a brush stroke with a soft, feathered edge.
New Square Brush—creates a brush stroke with a hard edge.
New Image Brush—creates a brush stroke based on an image, available on your iCloud Drive.
Tap the pin icon in the top right of the Studio to hide the Studio automatically when you are no longer focusing on it.
Categories. Use the navigation buttons to jump between brush categories; thumbnails update for the displayed category.
Brushes Studio
Studio Preferences menu which offers:
Tap the pin icon in the top right of the Studio to hide the Studio automatically when you are no longer focusing on it.