Increase size of eraser tool or mask painter tool or shape painter tool

[fuggi]

Hello,
I would like to increase the size of eraser tool or mask painter tool or shape painter tool beyond 100 pixels which seems to be the default maximum. Does anyone know if it is possible and, if so, how?

Thank you very much in advance!

Regards,
fuggi

[Acorn]

Hello,
I would like to increase the size of eraser tool or mask painter tool or shape painter tool beyond 100 pixels which seems to be the default maximum. Does anyone know if it is possible and, if so, how?
Thank you very much in advance!
Regards,
fuggi

fuggi, I would simply change the scale of the page as at 50% the Erase tool is then double-sized.
Acorn

P.S. welcome to TalkGraphics.

[handrawn]

.....provided you have it set to zoomed nib and not fixed nib if you are using designer pro 11

[Acorn]

.....provided you have it set to zoomed nib and not fixed nib if you are using designer pro 11

Thanks, did this get added in V11?
Acorn

[handrawn]

yes it is new in designer pro 11 - I do not think it applies to any of the other versions/products - the option is available for shape painter, region painter, and eraser [button on the infobar left of the size slider]

[fuggi]

fuggi, I would simply change the scale of the page as at 50% the Erase tool is then double-sized.
Acorn

P.S. welcome to TalkGraphics.

Wait a second! You mean ... yes, it works - even in X10. Great! I thought 100 means 100 pixels.

Thanks a lot!
fuggi

[handrawn]

with zoomed nib the size is in screen [monitor] pixels - so the size stays the same no mater what zoom you are using

in fixed, the size is in document pixels, so it will resize with the rest of the document when you zoom

[Rik]

Just to build on Steve's (handrawn) post:
The button we're talking about is shown in the pics below. It's called 'Size'.

Pic 1. When the 'Size' button stands out, then the selected tool size will remain the same when the page is zoomed in and out. This has the effect of the tool size getting bigger and smaller.

Pic 2. When the 'Size' button is pressed in, the selected tool size will change with the page being zoomed in and out. This has the effect of the tool size remaining the same.

Hope I've explained that well enough?!

[handrawn]

a screen shot is always useful Rik

the irony is that in neither case is the nib size getting bigger or smaller, it's just defined differently, so when it does not zoom but the document does, the relative sizes of nib and document change but its always the same screen pixel size nib

the further irony is that the case where the nib does not zoom is called 'zoomed'; but I suppose you could call it an 'inverted zoom' in a sense [not that I would]

all clear?

[fuggi]

@ Rik:
Thank you! Now I know what was meant.

Unfortunately, when zooming out the softness effect weakens so heavily that I can't use it anymore.