Hi Ronnie, That was a great tutorial. I am signed up to be a beta tester for AD for Windows, so I am really stoked for it to be released. You are a really good teacher. I look forward to learning more from you.
Thanks! I am just learning Affinity designer as I was able to get an ipad for my birthday I love how it is layer out but coming from Illustrator to this is a bit of a challenge lol. So thank you very much for this now to transfer what I learned to the ipad lol
Hey Ronnie. If I wanted to make a "glitter brush" or possibly a "bubble brush" would I go about it this way. I'll tweet you couple of pix to show you how far I've gotten, and WHERE I'm trying to get. My example is before I figured out the miracle of the selection brush, which, not knowing anything about Photoshop effects and needing to cut images out for promo work but not knowing how, was AWESOME!! Thanks!
Ronnie, Thanks for trying to help us out. One thing you fail to mention and is a source for a lot of confusion are the steps involved before you start making the brush (i.e. importing the image, what layer are you putting in it). I think it would be helpful starting from scratch. Thanks again. I am subscribed and love the videos. Keep up the great work.
Had the same question also. He says how you can make them yourself, but then he says go find a photo on the Internet. Not sure that would work with copyright LOL!
Thanks for this. I initially had trouble with affinity's "select sampled color" being clickable - even when in the pixel persona. It looks like a few others may have had the same trouble. I learned that the imported smoke photo must be a PIXEL layer (add pixel layer instead of add layer) in order to be edited in the pixel persona (makes sense)..but thought that might be helpful for some others with the same issue.
Hey Ronnie. I think I've figured out what's going on in the example I pic I tweeted you. What that artist has done is use an EFFECT brush, the #4 in AD, applied the starkest of whites from colors, amped up the glow effects, and applied just a tiny bit of blur. It's an impressive optical illusion, much like your tutorial on shading with gradients.
Good Morning, I continue to work with your tutorials with much interest. Thanks very much. At one point in this video you changed document size by clicking on a button just under the top menu bar. How did you get that button there? I've looked everywhere I could think of but haven't found out how to edit that space. Thanks, Paul, Ocala, FL
Thanks Ron, great information. Looking forward to your next tutorial. Can you do something cool with text? I work in the sign industry and use all kinds of type styles.Thanks again, keep up the good work sir.
you rock. thanks for this tutorial. I just purchased affinity today and was stumped by a few things only because they use different terms. For example I was looking for a way to import brushes or style palettes and the word "category" didnt mean anything to me. so it didnt click until I saw your video. now I just need to figure out how to save my brushes and styles from my vast fireworks collection and import or translate to affinity.
+katherine bjork You are welcome Katherine. If your brushes are .abr format then that easy just go to the brush palette option drop down and click import brushes. I think you will love this app the more you use it. Thanks for watching and thanks for your support!
Mixmediasalad I'm using the trial version. Any idea why I don't see Colour range to Refine edges from the select menu. I just want to remove a background so wanted to use Select>Select Sampled Colour at you showed at 2:10. This is just as frustrating as photoshop. Appreciate any help.
James Jehar I am so Sorry, James I missed your comment til now. I sure you figured it out by now, but if you haven't the reason why you don't see these options is because you might be in the draw persona and you need to be in the Pixel persona to take advantage of the Pixel-based tools and commands. to change personas you need to click the second button icon called the pixel persona at the top left corner of the application window.
at 4:35 seconds after you refine when the smoke is selected you say hit delete and it deletes the background , when i hit delete it deletes the smoke and leaves the background . what am i missing here ?
Hey there, I tried to refine the selection in black and white mode by dragging the brush over, but when I finish and let go of the mouse it doesn't refine, it has the outline of the grey brush still visible. Any suggestions?
thanks for the video... however when i select sampled color, it only selects the margins of my image (not the details of the outline of the smoke, regardless of changing tolerance).. what am i doing wrong. also apply then delete does nothing
Hey ronnie, I don't know if i have a different version of affinity then you but i don't know how you even brought up this image and was able to start it. Sorry to be such a newb but i need some help.
Hello Malik, I created this image from scratch. This video about making custom brushes in Affinity Designer. I explain in the beginning how to find a smoke images to create a brush. you should visit my website and mixmediasalad.com and sign up and check out my complete Affinity Designer course. It sounds like you should start there if you really want to learn how to use Affinity Designer. You get 50% off my course price through my site. I confident it worth it. Read the reviews and decide if it is for you. Thanks for watching my video.
Okay, So I figured out that I have to switch to the 'Pixel Persona' which you didn't mention in the video :P , I saw a different menu so I looked closely and figured you are in a different mode, however I still have it greyed out :(
Because the Image that you imported is wrapped in an image object wrapper so you will have to go to the layers panel select the image you are trying to select and right click it select rasterize. Once you rasterize your image object you be able to use the select sample color feature. Did that make sense?
Hi Ronnie. I'm struggling to replicate what you're doing in the tutorial - I think the problem may lie in the set up of my image, but I'm not sure. When I hit 'Refine Edges', after following the initial 'Select Sampled Colour' and applying, the background of my image (in the overlay mode) is red, not black as yours is in the video (about 3mins in). When I then go to black and white preview, the colours are inverted when compared with the video. When I then hit delete after refining the edges, affinity seems to increase the tolerance of the edges, rather than delete the background. Any help would be much appreciated!
James Brewer Hello James.Have you figured this out yet? Perhaps you need to inverse your selection before going into refine? Command+shift + i. Maybe your selecting the opposite of what you think should be happening.
Zoefboy H . Use the pen tool and click your points without clicking and dragging. You can also constrain you lines holding the shift button while clicking a point.
Thanks, that was very helpful! Cannot imagine how you earn from these great free videos in the ocean of other great free videos, but I'm grateful, I and I hope you somehow do capitalize on them. Thanks again!
+Сергей Педан Thank you! Yup, the content I offer is free. I only make money from my complete course. I am only hopeful that people consider my course after watching the free content. Anyway, thank you for your kind words of support!
How can you do that Ronnie? import your existing brushes from photoshop. Would you please do a video on how to import your existing brushes from photoshop...please..... i brought your course also
To import your .abr brush file you must be in the pixel personal. IT will not import in the draw personal which is the vector persona. Hope that helped. Thanks for watching :)
your using shortcuts so i can't tell how you are doing certain things like having a transparent background when your done. and when i export I'm getting the wrong size and I'm getting a box around my brush. i followed your video exactly but like i said your using shortcuts so your instruction seems choppy like I'm missing something. i can't eliminate the black background from my image. i need another video where your not using so many shortcuts. thanks bro.
The section about refining the selection was very helpful. Much easier to make brushes than I thought it would be.
Hi Ronnie,
That was a great tutorial. I am signed up to be a beta tester for AD for Windows, so I am really stoked for it to be released. You are a really good teacher. I look forward to learning more from you.
+Robert Hobbs Thank you Rob. My style not for everyone, but I am glad that many like yourself appreciate it. More to come.
Thanks! I am just learning Affinity designer as I was able to get an ipad for my birthday I love how it is layer out but coming from Illustrator to this is a bit of a challenge lol. So thank you very much for this now to transfer what I learned to the ipad lol
Great tutorial! Thanks.
Hey Ronnie. If I wanted to make a "glitter brush" or possibly a "bubble brush" would I go about it this way. I'll tweet you couple of pix to show you how far I've gotten, and WHERE I'm trying to get. My example is before I figured out the miracle of the selection brush, which, not knowing anything about Photoshop effects and needing to cut images out for promo work but not knowing how, was AWESOME!! Thanks!
Ron, thank you buddy. This video was amazingly done, and very understandable.
Thanks Ronnie,
Perfect timing, I was wondering how to make my own brushes.
Thanks Mixmediasalad for that tutorial, learned a lot from it :) I think the pixel feature in a vector programm is SO awesome!!
Ronnie,
Thanks for trying to help us out. One thing you fail to mention and is a source for a lot of confusion are the steps involved before you start making the brush (i.e. importing the image, what layer are you putting in it). I think it would be helpful starting from scratch. Thanks again. I am subscribed and love the videos. Keep up the great work.
Had the same question also. He says how you can make them yourself, but then he says go find a photo on the Internet. Not sure that would work with copyright LOL!
Thanks for this. I initially had trouble with affinity's "select sampled color" being clickable - even when in the pixel persona. It looks like a few others may have had the same trouble. I learned that the imported smoke photo must be a PIXEL layer (add pixel layer instead of add layer) in order to be edited in the pixel persona (makes sense)..but thought that might be helpful for some others with the same issue.
Great video tutorial!!
Hey Ronnie. I think I've figured out what's going on in the example I pic I tweeted you. What that artist has done is use an EFFECT brush, the #4 in AD, applied the starkest of whites from colors, amped up the glow effects, and applied just a tiny bit of blur. It's an impressive optical illusion, much like your tutorial on shading with gradients.
Good Morning,
I continue to work with your tutorials with much interest. Thanks very much. At one point in this video you changed document size by clicking on a button just under the top menu bar. How did you get that button there? I've looked everywhere I could think of but haven't found out how to edit that space.
Thanks, Paul, Ocala, FL
+Paul bakker the button is a document preferences botton
Thanks Ron, great information. Looking forward to your next tutorial. Can you do something cool with text? I work in the sign industry and use all kinds of type styles.Thanks again, keep up the good work sir.
Ronnie will this work in affinity photos also?
thank you so much for this video!
you rock. thanks for this tutorial. I just purchased affinity today and was stumped by a few things only because they use different terms. For example I was looking for a way to import brushes or style palettes and the word "category" didnt mean anything to me. so it didnt click until I saw your video.
now I just need to figure out how to save my brushes and styles from my vast fireworks collection and import or translate to affinity.
+katherine bjork You are welcome Katherine. If your brushes are .abr format then that easy just go to the brush palette option drop down and click import brushes. I think you will love this app the more you use it. Thanks for watching and thanks for your support!
AD -mine didn't accept my .abr brushes
never mind if figured it out. It works...
you made a good purchase! i sure you be very happy with your purchase too!
Thank you! Ronnie could you please make a video on more designing and Logo's and Website designs. Would be great
Mixmediasalad I'm using the trial version. Any idea why I don't see Colour range to Refine edges from the select menu. I just want to remove a background so wanted to use Select>Select Sampled Colour at you showed at 2:10.
This is just as frustrating as photoshop. Appreciate any help.
James Jehar I am so Sorry, James I missed your comment til now. I sure you figured it out by now, but if you haven't the reason why you don't see these options is because you might be in the draw persona and you need to be in the Pixel persona to take advantage of the Pixel-based tools and commands. to change personas you need to click the second button icon called the pixel persona at the top left corner of the application window.
at 4:35 seconds after you refine when the smoke is selected you say hit delete and it deletes the background , when i hit delete it deletes the smoke and leaves the background . what am i missing here ?
Invert your selection then delete.
Hey there, I tried to refine the selection in black and white mode by dragging the brush over, but when I finish and let go of the mouse it doesn't refine, it has the outline of the grey brush still visible. Any suggestions?
thanks for the video... however when i select sampled color, it only selects the margins of my image (not the details of the outline of the smoke, regardless of changing tolerance).. what am i doing wrong. also apply then delete does nothing
Hey ronnie,
I don't know if i have a different version of affinity then you but i don't know how you even brought up this image and was able to start it. Sorry to be such a newb but i need some help.
Hello Malik,
I created this image from scratch. This video about making custom brushes in Affinity Designer. I explain in the beginning how to find a smoke images to create a brush. you should visit my website and mixmediasalad.com and sign up and check out my complete Affinity Designer course. It sounds like you should start there if you really want to learn how to use Affinity Designer. You get 50% off my course price through my site. I confident it worth it. Read the reviews and decide if it is for you. Thanks for watching my video.
Hey MMS, I don't have this option, or can't see this option "Select Sample Colour" in my Affinity Designer.
Okay, So I figured out that I have to switch to the 'Pixel Persona' which you didn't mention in the video :P , I saw a different menu so I looked closely and figured you are in a different mode, however I still have it greyed out :(
Okay I found it. I have to rasterise the layer. Pff, answering my own questions here...Sorry I am just a beginner
hey ron when you selected the part where you used select sample in my AD app is isn't selectable? why is that?? I'm in the pixel persona.
Because the Image that you imported is wrapped in an image object wrapper so you will have to go to the layers panel select the image you are trying to select and right click it select rasterize. Once you rasterize your image object you be able to use the select sample color feature. Did that make sense?
Oh ok gotcha thanks
when i try to refine the edges and go to black and white. it disappears. i need a step by step without shortcuts. thanks bro. appreciate it.
Hi Ronnie. I'm struggling to replicate what you're doing in the tutorial - I think the problem may lie in the set up of my image, but I'm not sure. When I hit 'Refine Edges', after following the initial 'Select Sampled Colour' and applying, the background of my image (in the overlay mode) is red, not black as yours is in the video (about 3mins in). When I then go to black and white preview, the colours are inverted when compared with the video. When I then hit delete after refining the edges, affinity seems to increase the tolerance of the edges, rather than delete the background. Any help would be much appreciated!
James Brewer Hello James.Have you figured this out yet? Perhaps you need to inverse your selection before going into refine? Command+shift + i. Maybe your selecting the opposite of what you think should be happening.
will this also work for Affinity Photo?
Morgan McCormick Yes it will.
Mixmediasalad Thank you so much!
Hi! i'm having problems findig the select sampled colour, in my select option does not appear. What do i do? Can you help me?
nizait santana are you in the pixel persona? It won't show up if you are in the draw persona.
Is there a way to make straight lines? I need to make straight lines :O
Zoefboy H . Use the pen tool and click your points without clicking and dragging. You can also constrain you lines holding the shift button while clicking a point.
Aii thanx Mixmediasalad! I was a newby yesterday but I did a lot of research and now I know a lot more. Thanx :)
I have followed the steps and repeated it many times but whenever i use the brush it has a black background and i don't know why?
Its ok i figured it out I was using the wrong brush tool.
Thanks, that was very helpful! Cannot imagine how you earn from these great free videos in the ocean of other great free videos, but I'm grateful, I and I hope you somehow do capitalize on them. Thanks again!
+Сергей Педан Thank you! Yup, the content I offer is free. I only make money from my complete course. I am only hopeful that people consider my course after watching the free content. Anyway, thank you for your kind words of support!
+Mixmediasalad will this method help me create chains looking brushes like the ones you see in accesories ?
In that case I think you want to create a textured image brush. The method of creation is the same.
sweet thanks :)
karla michelle You are welcome :)
can i create any kind of brush i want
+karla michelle yes you can. And you can import your existing brushes from photoshop/
How can you do that Ronnie? import your existing brushes from photoshop. Would you please do a video on how to import your existing brushes from photoshop...please..... i brought your course also
To import your .abr brush file you must be in the pixel personal. IT will not import in the draw personal which is the vector persona. Hope that helped. Thanks for watching :)
Yep that helped....." I got it" 😃
your using shortcuts so i can't tell how you are doing certain things like having a transparent background when your done. and when i export I'm getting the wrong size and I'm getting a box around my brush. i followed your video exactly but like i said your using shortcuts so your instruction seems choppy like I'm missing something. i can't eliminate the black background from my image. i need another video where your not using so many shortcuts. thanks bro.