PAINTING in Affinity Designer!? Pixel Persona Tutorial

Vector graphics are what we usually use Affinity Designer for, but did you know there is also an entire raster tool set? In this video we’ll look at the Pixel Persona and will pay particular attention to best practices when working non-destructively with bitmap graphics.
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CONTENTS
00:00 Intro
01:12 Raster VS Vector
02:16 Importing an Image
02:49 Image Layer VS Pixel Layer
05:50 Touch Up Example
06:58 Dodge and Burn
08:33 Locking Layers
09:25 Copy Part of an Image
11:33 Pixel Tool
12:49 Masking
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[@TechnicallyTrent]

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[@benjfischer]

A shortcut for masking is to use the pixel eraser over a vector object. The Assistant will automatically add the mask and paint black using the Eraser brush where you erase. Similarly you can paint with the pixel brush over a vector object and the Assistant will add a vector layer as a child layer of the vector object. Both are easy ways to add texture to a vector object.

[@TechnicallyTrent]

Cool tip, I didn't know this!

[@rollicker3139]

I use Affinity Designer for painting all the time and it's great for that purpose.

[@nicklegend4547]

Thank you for this tutorial 💯✨

[@madiko]

Woops, the different approach to "locking a layer" took me by surprise. Thank you for the warning, Trent.

[@TechnicallyTrent]

No problem, @madiko...it also caught me by surprise the first time!

[@atasky]

You can use dodge and burn non destructively by making a pixel layer with 50% grey in overlay mode and then dodge and burn in that layer.

[@TechnicallyTrent]

Thanks for the tip, Atasky! Yup, there are definitely many ways to do dodge and burn.

[@juurstudio]

Thanks, I had forgotten about this clever technique, but is it really equivalent to Dodge and Burn tools? I believe working directly on colored pixels Dodge and Burns tools also alter your hues and saturation levels, but probably not on the grayscale layer.

[@atasky]

I think it is the same thing as far as what you get as result.​@@juurstudio

[@loulouloop]

Find your videos incredibly helpful, thanks!

[@mtm7031]

masking is amazing

[@mtm7031]

thanks so much for amazing videos

[@TechnicallyTrent]

Thanks for your support, MTM!

[@juurstudio]

I actually prefer the default locking behaviour in Affinity, but it would be even better if we could control that, lock only the position, pixels, transparency etc. Also can you not "Copy Merged" directly from the image layer in Designer and paste in a new layer?

[@TechnicallyTrent]

Hi @juurstudio, I also think it would be cool if we could choose how locking works.
I'm not sure what you mean by "Copy Merged". Do you mean copy multiple layers and paste them as a merged layer? I'm not sure if that is possible. It seems Affinity Designer doesn't have any advanced merge options, but Affinity Photo lets you merge layers easily.

[@juurstudio]

@@TechnicallyTrent "Copy Merged" is a command in Affinity Photo that allows you to copy everything you see exactly and paste back into your document as pixels, but apparently it's not available in Designer's Pixel persona, but it is available when you access Designer and Photo through Publisher's studio link, which is how I've started using the suite.