Brush management (installing, deleting, and so on)

When it comes to brushes, you can manage them (including their import, export, modification, and so on) by clicking on the four lines icon, which can be found in the top right-hand corner of the Brushes panel (previously shown in Figure 9.1). In the following sub-sections, I have covered everything you need to know to get started with brushes in Affinity Photo. So, let’s get started.

Importing and exporting

Importing and exporting brushes refers to introducing or distributing brush categories from outside sources. Let’s say you bought a new set of brushes from the Affinity website; they will come in a ZIP folder, and there will be an Affinity brush file that you can import.

We have included a sample brush file in the downloads for this section that you can use to follow along. This is the brush we will make at the end of this chapter so that you can see the beginning-to-end workflow (see the 7SS-Bokeh brush file...