Affinity Designer Tutorial - How to use the Pencil Tool

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Күн бұрын

Hello designers and welcome to another Affinity Designer tutorial, in todays video you will learn how to use the pencil tool, pressure profiles, drawing beautifully smooth lines and so much more. It’s beginner friendly and
I’ll take it slowly and teach you step by step so you can follow along with me.
Affinity Designer V2 (2.4) Used in this tutorial.
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NOTE: I'm Using a MAC, so any shortcuts I mention may be different for WINDOWS USERS. See the below for the WINDOWS:
- Mac Command key = Windows Ctrl key
- Mac Shift key = Windows Shift key
- Mac Alt key = Windows Alt key
- Mac Ctrl key = Windows Right Mouse button
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Time Stamps:
0:00 What you will learn
0:09 The Basics width & Colour
02:22 Stabiliser - Rope Mode
03:43 Stabiliser - Window Mode
04:54 Use Fill
05:45 Auto Close
06:08 Sculpt Mode
07:09 Keep Selected
07:56 Controller Options / Pressure
11:13 Pressure Profiles
14:06 Floral Design
16:26 Vector Inking / Tracing
20:06 Well done you!
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Пікірлер: 61

@nikkilesley2525 6 күн бұрын

Thank you! I don’t think I’ve seen such an in depth tutorial on the Pencil tool. 👍😁

@ArtistWright 6 күн бұрын

Cheers, I tried my best to give all the important info

@poncardas 12 күн бұрын

Wow! Affinity's pencil control is much more intuitive vs Illustrator 😮Great tutorial as always!

@ArtistWright 11 күн бұрын

Thanks, I use it all the time. I don't even think of illustrator anymore. It's like a distant memory

@pdrg 3 ай бұрын

Always love your videos, demystifying and encouraging!

@ArtistWright 3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! I try to make it as clear as I can so I appreciate it

@meinhendl 3 ай бұрын

I can't say enough thankyou for your brilliant work and teaching !

@ArtistWright 3 ай бұрын

That's lovely to hear!

@nordiclightphototours153 3 ай бұрын

Just another excellent tutorial. Your teaching skills are second to none! Thank you!!

@ArtistWright 3 ай бұрын

Thank you 👍👍

@ronallen2458 3 ай бұрын

Your tutorials are so good and engaging. I’m always on my toes for easter eggs!

@ArtistWright 3 ай бұрын

Ha that's awesome! Cheers

@arsom5552 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for this tutorial 😊

@ArtistWright 3 ай бұрын

You’re welcome my friend

@mirojuric7486 3 ай бұрын

Thank you!! Great work! Cheers!

@ArtistWright 3 ай бұрын

Cheers Miro!

@carlcasparo 3 ай бұрын

best tutorials ever! Thank you so much!

@ArtistWright 3 ай бұрын

Thank you I'm glad you think so

@carlhughes1206 3 ай бұрын

Another cracking tutorial!!!!Thank you!

@ArtistWright 3 ай бұрын

Cheers

@WimVeen 3 ай бұрын

This is a very good tutorial. I learned quite some of this. All elements of the pencil tool are shown here. Thanks for the great work.

@ArtistWright 3 ай бұрын

You're very welcome!

@rapidraga Ай бұрын

What an amazing tutorial! Thank. You so much.

@ArtistWright Ай бұрын

No problem, also the new 2.5 update has made a big difference, way less nodes on a curve

@user-nm4hr4vy5g 3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!! Great content👍

@ArtistWright 3 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@Marsupioll 3 ай бұрын

This helped me sooooo much 🤯 Thank you!

@ArtistWright 3 ай бұрын

My pleasure

@leythecg 3 ай бұрын

learned a lot! Thanks a lot :-) Really awesome in content and presentation!

@ArtistWright 3 ай бұрын

If you learned something then Im happy! Thanks

@dkickelbick 3 ай бұрын

Cool. Thank you!

@ArtistWright 3 ай бұрын

No worries

@JC-xx6rr 3 ай бұрын

Really helpful thanks.

@ArtistWright 3 ай бұрын

No problem JC

@leni1029 19 күн бұрын

this is such a great tutorial! thank you so much!

@ArtistWright 19 күн бұрын

My pleasure,also check out the stroke width tool tutorial. Very handy

@leni1029 19 күн бұрын

@@ArtistWright uhh, thanks! I will definitely do that!

@johnlepore1562 2 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@ArtistWright 2 ай бұрын

You bet!

@Lida22 Ай бұрын

@ArtistWright - thanks! You make some of the best Affinity tutorials available on KZfaq. You explain things clearly and use excellent examples, and do a very good job of zooming in where we need to see what you're doing or selecting. Here's something that might make your tutorials even better and more useful: Change your interface to the LIGHT mode for the recordings. I know many people prefer the dark mode (as you do) for actual work, but it is VERY difficult to see in the tutorials. Medium-dark grey on a black background is very low-contrast and sometimes impossible to make out which element on the interface you're talking about. It is a very simple thing in all Affinity apps to change to the light mode for recording, then back to dark mode if you need it for your work. If you do this, it will be ever so much easier for us viewers to see what you're doing. Thanks so much for your excellent tutorials, and keep up the good work.

@ArtistWright Ай бұрын

Thank you so much Lida, Wonderful feedback! I have never used light mode in all these years 😂 Will try on the next one, thanks for the tip

@ArtistWright Ай бұрын

Hello Lida, check out my latest tutorial, with light mode thanks to you. Let me know if it's better this way. Cheers

@gregorioportela 3 ай бұрын

muito pratico , bem explicado

@ArtistWright 3 ай бұрын

Gracias !

@martinh4982 3 ай бұрын

Nice! You've inspired me to dig out my (Huion) graphics tablet which hasn't seen much love lately.

@ArtistWright 3 ай бұрын

Yeah do it! I love the look of the huion tablets

@martinh4982 3 ай бұрын

@@ArtistWright Blimey - what a battle! So I dug my tablet out, grabbed the pen and... no response from the pen. Re-installed drivers, did fault finding, but no luck. Then I remembered it's a powered pen and I might need to change the battery. Spent ages trying to figure out how to do that, to then remember it has a rechargeable battery! I then spent ages looking for the cable - a USB to a very thin barrel jack cable. By some miracle I hadn't thrown it out and it eventually turned up. Plugged it in and got it charging... but the charge light wouldn't go off, even after hours. Unplugged it and tried it... but still no response! Tried it plugged in and that worked so... I guess the battery had gone bad. Ordered a new pen, which arrived today and, finally, I'm able to use the thing! Sometimes I think the universe is trying to tell me something. I don't suppose you have any tips on using a graphics tablet with Affinity apps? My tablet has hard and soft buttons you can bind to keys/key combinations. Do you have any bindings you add if your tablet has the same features? Any other tips also appreciated!

@kdeuler 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for this vid. I was wondering if you have, or are planning to have, tutorials on how to use a drawing tablet with AD.

@ArtistWright 3 ай бұрын

I've not made any on that subject yet. But you're the second person to ask now. Perhaps I will, although I honestly use it in the most simplest of ways. I hardly ever press the buttons on my graphics tablet except for the buttons on the pen which I've mapped to certain shortcuts

@morizanova 3 ай бұрын

Affinity stroke studio/editor indeed the main reason I'm converted from other brand . That's possible in another apps but what AD offer easier for me

@ArtistWright 3 ай бұрын

So useful

@jillwirsing7544 3 ай бұрын

I enjoyed this video! Thank you! Are the pressure profiles that you save available when you open other files, or just for the file that you save them in?

@ArtistWright 3 ай бұрын

That's a good question actually, I believe it only works on the document you are working on. There is an annoying workaround though. Draw out a line, use a stroke profile you made. Then create a style. then in a new document you can just apply that style

@jillwirsing7544 3 ай бұрын

@@ArtistWright Thank you! That is good information to know!

@thorsten.dienerbusiness6183 2 ай бұрын

First of all thanks for the great video. One Question: I don't have the "autoclose" on my screen. Where can I find it?

@ArtistWright 2 ай бұрын

It will be there in the context tool bar, you will see it when you have the pencil selected. Sometimes on smaller screens some of the options will be hidden and there will be an arrow you can select to see the hidden options

@CBM64 2 ай бұрын

Wow amazing tutorial! I am just now trying this pencil+pressure controller on my MacBook trackpad and notice that the pressure sensitivity is quite extreme. With only a light touch the size goes from 1 to 1000. Is there any way to calibrate the pressure max/min?

@ArtistWright 2 ай бұрын

Thanks, yes try the pressure profile and you can set min and max